Lord of the Flies
Andrew Taft, Badgett Dale, Balthazar Getty
Harry Hook's adaptation is not as faithful to the William Golding novel as you'd wish (they excised the Lord of the Flies dialogue with Simon!) and because of it, the movie is less allegorical ...( read more
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DVD Released: November 20, 2001
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August 3, 2008Nothing special to be seen here. An okay adaption of the novel, I suppose, if a little liberal. A decent way to waste time, but nothing more.
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April 29, 2008brilliant, what more needs to be said, still holds up to this day
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July 1, 2009not bad, book is still better...
i love the symbolism in this movie between the lord of the flies and Simon.
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September 23, 2008U should read the book to understand the movie but I do agree if they could get an other director to remake the movie the it maybe it will be better..
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September 5, 2008The cover shows the actors from the 1963 movie and the 1990 movie is not as good as the original.
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October 30, 2007The book was amazingly good!!!
The movie is SLOW!
I still believe if the right Director would remake this movie then it would be ever bit as good as the book!
A sleeper film > If you read the plot written by Keith Simanton then you'll undertstand why the movie was not that grand.
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September 26, 2007im currently reading the book and now i wanna c the movie...my dad is gonna rent it
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September 15, 2007i had to read this book for english and i was sure that i was gunna hate it but i actually really liked it! it's one of my favorites now!! the movie is ok but the book is way better (as with all movies) lol!!
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