Review of Lord of the Flies (1991) by Kimberley F — 07 Sep 2008

The book was exploring the nature of human beings, and it showed that there was contradictions in character. This was not shown here as the script seemed to be heading for a very black and white approach.

It cut out a lot of subtleties which 'made' the book. Why make Jack a trouble maker from the start when in actual fairness he was prefect and had responsibility in his old life etc. Almost like they are trying to say, well a normal boy wouldn't do that - but Golding was saying, but they would.

Also where was the key scene, where Simon speaks to the Lord of the Flies? From watching this film alone I would have no idea why it was titled such. The film was not bad, but I'm marking down because it didn't tell the story it was meant to tell.