Lord of the Flies (1963)

Innocence (23 movies items)

"The Kids (But only some of them, and only for a time) "

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Not as innocent as they appear... (44 movies items)

"The kids, in general. "

Trapped! (15 movies items)

"Who's trapped:A bunch of young boys from a military academy. Trapped on:An unknown island in the South Pacific. Trapped how:The plane they were on went down and they are alone, and slowly becoming more and more violent without the rules of civilization to keep them in line... "

Films I've Seen In 2011 - Best To Worst (75 movies items)

"A stilted, bare-bones adaptation of William Golding's terrific novel. It bypasses the book's religious and psychological allegories and ignores characterisation of key characters (most notably Ralph, Simon and Roger) in favour of presenting 'highlights' and set-pieces from the book in an effort to make the film come across as powerful when the power of Golding’s story wasn’t primarily in actions but in words, behaviour and metaphors – the “Lord Of The Flies” is barely featured and the "

“A stilted, bare-bones adaptation of William Golding's terrific novel. It bypasses the book's religious and psychological allegories and ignores characterisation of key characters (most notably Ralph, Simon and Roger) in favour of presenting 'highlights' and set-pieces from the book in an effort to make the film come across as powerful when the power of Golding’s story wasn’t primarily in actions but in words, behaviour and metaphors – the “Lord Of The Flies” is barely featured and the killer quote, “I’m part of you”, is nowhere to be heard! Visually, the film is great, full marks there, but that emphasises the fact that the film is very much style over substance. Of course, a film that has its entire cast made up from child actors is always going to struggle (although the k” read more