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Lord of Flies (1963) |
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Lord of Flies (1963)  Rating: Rating:  - Read the bookNot as good as the second one (1990). It's filled with bad child actors, and seems to skip through a little too quickly without explaining what's going on very well. The book is much better in this regard of course. As usual, read the book. As a film, this just isn't very good. As a look into the savagery encoded in everyone, even the most highly educated well-mannered English boys, it's an excellent lesson in sociology and psychology. Rating:  - Lord of the BESTThe DVD of Lord of the Flies is one of the greatest DVD i have ever seen. However, i was wondering why there were some scenes that were in the book and did not appear. The Extras of the DVD overpass those of the Matrix by far, and one does not have to reade the book before seeing the DVD. Alltogether, a great and excellent movie, very emotional, with a powerful meaning to it. Rating: - A great movie, a fantastic DVD.This is a thinker's film. If you like movies to sweep you away in a safe adventurous fantasy, get something else. Enjoying this film is contingent upon thinking about it. Like the book, it provokes, and you, being the subject matter, may not like being addressed in such a way. Whether ir not it lives up to the book is a whole other question. I think it is wonderful in its own right, and that it does a great job of bringing Golding's story to the screen. Whatever. As a DVD, this Criterion Collection edition is practically unsurpassed. I buy very few DVDs because they are expensive and I see this new medium as an opportunity to build a truly great movie collection. One afternoon I was discussing with some friends what movies we would buy on DVD. I immediately suggested "The original 'Lord of the Flies'. But they won't release it. And if they do it will be a crappy transfer. And there won't be any extras." Oh, how wrong I was! The sound and picture transfers are incredible - the film is better than I've ever seen it. And the extras are amazing! The commentary is completely satisfying from a filmmaker's point of view, and likewise a philosopher's interest. The story of the making of the film is worth the purchase in itself. There's tons of stuff to watch and listen to. It's great. It's totally worth the price. I thought that "The Matrix" was a great value as a DVD (in terms of extras), but this matches it and means a lot more. "Buy it!", I say! Rating: - extremly terrible adaption from the original.I can't believe what has happened to this wonderful, but creepy story. It has been chopped, and rearranged in a very awkward manner. Some important and key scenes aren't in the story at all! The movie didn't even exploit the message in the tale of man's dark nature. If Golding saw the movie version of his famous book, I think he would have been very disappointed. If I had it my way, I would had rearranged the story like the original. Read the book, its better. |
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