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<blockquote data-quote="Willie Oleson" data-source="post: 444443" data-attributes="member: 8">Lord Of The Flies (1990)[ATTACH=full]59637[/ATTACH]It&#039;s a well-known title but I had never seen the film or read the book and therefore I had no idea what kind of story I was about to watch.The all-child cast in a mature story is enough to make it special and the performances are good enough to buy into the drama.Gosh, some of the kids are so tiny and it&#039;s a bit difficult to watch them in that sad &amp; hungry scenario, sometimes punished by the older boys.Although...at the end&nbsp; of the story I wish Ralph (the good kid) had told the soldier that he was the only survivor. &quot;Take me away, please, quick&quot;.I like that the tone of the film is consistently from the children&#039;s point of view. The horrors are not dramatised in a mature fashion, which is a bit frustrating but it&#039;s the only way to make it work.I did have some questions like, how does a seven-year-old boy end up in a military academy? Are they all orphans, I don&#039;t think parents are ever mentioned.Regardless, the academy doesn&#039;t seem like a much&nbsp;&nbsp; better place than the hypothesis of the Russian Olympics.The only adult survivor - a pilot or a steward - is largely ignored. Not that I would expect them to know how to take care of the badly injured man, but it&#039;s not unreasonable to think that the boys would pin their hopes on the only adult &quot;who knows stuff and knows what to do&quot; - even if he doesn&#039;t.There&#039;s something bizarrely independent about it all, except for the lack of independence within that child&#039;s world as we see them getting bullied and blackmailed into tribalism. The most Machiavellian character looks like a mini-David Bowie.The story has no beginning or end which, I guess, makes it easier to tell the story in isolation. Perhaps we&#039;re meant to feel part of the group instead of spectators.After the film had ended I hopped over to youtube to see if there was a Reunion Special interview documentary thing. It&#039;s there, but - dammit - they&#039;re the kids from the original 1960s film! I didn&#039;t even know that the 1990s film was a remake and now it turns out that a brand new version has been made this&nbsp; year.It&#039;s a lot happening at the same time. The day before yesterday I was completely oblivous to the Lord Of The Flies franchise.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Willie Oleson, post: 444443, member: 8"] Lord Of The Flies (1990) [ATTACH type="full"]59637[/ATTACH] It's a well-known title but I had never seen the film or read the book and therefore I had no idea what kind of story I was about to watch. The all-child cast in a mature story is enough to make it special and the performances are good enough to buy into the drama. Gosh, some of the kids are so tiny and it's a bit difficult to watch them in that sad & hungry scenario, sometimes punished by the older boys. Although...at the [I]end[/I] of the story I wish Ralph (the good kid) had told the soldier that he was the only survivor. "Take me away, please, quick". I like that the tone of the film is consistently from the children's point of view. The horrors are not dramatised in a mature fashion, which is a bit frustrating but it's the only way to make it work. I did have some questions like, how does a seven-year-old boy end up in a military academy? Are they all orphans, I don't think parents are ever mentioned. Regardless, the academy doesn't seem like a [I]much[/I] better place than the hypothesis of the Russian Olympics. The only adult survivor - a pilot or a steward - is largely ignored. Not that I would expect them to know how to take care of the badly injured man, but it's not unreasonable to think that the boys would pin their hopes on the only adult "who knows stuff and knows what to do" - even if he doesn't. There's something bizarrely independent about it all, except for the lack of independence within that child's world as we see them getting bullied and blackmailed into tribalism. The most Machiavellian character looks like a mini-David Bowie. The story has no beginning or end which, I guess, makes it easier to tell the story in isolation. Perhaps we're meant to feel part of the group instead of spectators. After the film had ended I hopped over to youtube to see if there was a Reunion Special interview documentary thing. It's there, but - dammit - they're the kids from the original 1960s film! I didn't even know that the 1990s film was a remake and now it turns out that a brand new version has been made [I]this[/I] year. It's a lot happening at the same time. The day before yesterday I was completely oblivous to the Lord Of The Flies franchise. [/QUOTE]

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