GamerTab That was an excellent one.

Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!

Bergorks If you like to be scared, if you like to laugh, and if you like to learn a thing or two at the movies, this absolutely cannot be missed.

Logan By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

griz-259-175100 Don't make the mistake of thinking this movie is just parroting the book. It is a fresh, updated telling of a time-honored story. All of the key elements are there, just spun artistically into a different era. To enjoy this movie you will have to manage your expectations. If you go into viewing it with bias as to what it "must be" you will probably score it low as a lot of others have. The story line is good. The lead actors are quite good, delivering performances beyond their years that have them coming off as quite fluid and natural. Some of the other performances are strained . . . but I find it quite acceptable that such a troop of young actors would deliver a performance in keeping with their age. Perhaps we the viewers have become so spoiled with astounding performances, we're jaded against simple good performances. While changed up a bit, this is the same classic story of striving for civil order yet having it inevitably fall to struggles of power and ego and fear. Made all the more poignant for having it performed by such a young cast. A huge hats-off to the production crew. Filming with just one or two children and animals is said to be quite the monumental undertaking. Managing a young cast of over a dozen and coming out with such a good film deserves far greater notice than many reviewer are granting.

FlashCallahan After a plane crash in the ocean, a group of military students reach an island. Ralph organises the boys, assigning responsibilities for each one. When rebel Jack neglects the fire camp and they lose the chance to be seen by a helicopter, the group split under the leadership of Jack. While Ralph rationalises the procedures, Jack uses the fear of unknown to control the other boys, and hunting and chasing pigs, stealing Ralph's group and even killing people.....For purists of the source material and the original movie, it's going to irk a few people. Here we don't really have the metaphors of religion and the fear of growing old, it's just a load of boys in pants running amok in the jungle.But it still sort of works. Getty and th other one are really good as Jack and Ralph, almost Cane and Abel in stature, they are friends, then become the best of enemies, for no good reason.Soon the island is split in two, one lead by head, the other by heart, but as the heart is deceitful above all things, the 'head' camp gets gradually smaller as the days go by.It starts off as an adventure for the boys, but soon becomes a nightmare, when people start getting killed. and this is where the film falters, its too dark and grim and savours too much on the deaths of characters.Yes, they have to die to keep the material true, but does it have to be so graphic?Other than that, it's a very wheel made film with some good central performances and quite a good final act.

mattsimdb First of all, I never read the book. Both my older brother and sister read it in middle school, but somehow I missed it. I have been aware of the story for many years though. I am definitely going to go pick up the book now. Furthermore, can anything be more cliché than to pan a movie because it didn't live up to the book. Anyways, I had the luck of going into this movie without that bias.I have read many other books that involve political analysis, such as George Orwell's 1984 and Animal Farm. I find these kind of topics fascinating.First of all, I disagree with the people that saw this movie and see it only as "boys go savage". It shows that reviewers simply don't understand the deeper level this movie goes to, which is why do people behaved "civilized" at all. How does a democracy survive? How do dictatorships happen? What is civilized? How do you make people cooperate?I personally have been in situations, such as adult recreational sports, where I volunteered as a team captain. It's a perfect analogy to Lord Of the Flies, because a team captain has no real authority. I'm not paying people, and I can't kick people off the team, and there are real limits to anything I can do. Every time I have done that there is always some punk that decides he wants to take over, or doesn't have to do what he is told. This happens regardless of how minimally I am trying to dictate anything.So, how do you prevent anarchy? How do you keep from being overthrown? Every society starts out like this. Sure, once someone gets in power there are many people that can't compete with them, but at the top of any hierarchy is competition and relationships. How is order created?So, after I watched this movie I thought, what did Ralph do wrong?Here is my answer. First of all, Ralph should have not created a complete democracy. Instead he should have created a council subgroup of kids that would be elected into their positions. He should have also been elected, and would have easily won in the beginning.By tying the council members positions to his position, they would have supported him in case of any rebellion. True authority is cemented in affiliation. Also, if someone else wanted to take over they would have had a civilized means to do so, next election, and wouldn't have to resort to rebellion.Also, anyone not doing their fair of work on the island would have to be judged before the council. This way his authority would have been enforced through a form of group discipline.Many tribal societies function like this, despite the fact that some might judge them to be "uncivilized". In fact, this is also how modern democracy/representative governments work.Jack on the other hand did just about everything right in building his brutal dictatorship. He built his own council out of boys that decided to rebel with him from the beginning. So, he already had his power base. He used fear of the monster to create a constant state of emergency to keep people from questioning his authority. He used violence to keep everyone in line, and he eventually attempted to kill off all his opposition.Stories and movies like this are very important to keep us aware of the way we are manipulated by those who want power. By simplifying the situation they serve as a window to show us how our larger societies function.If you learn anything from this movie at least learn to be suspicious of any political group that cultivates fear in you of outside forces. By making you afraid and convincing you that "we" are the ones that can protect you, they are using the oldest trick in the book.

fethullahzeybek i personally think that most of these IMDb users are being far too generous in rating and reviewing this movie. i even think that the people who rated this a 1/10 are being just a little too positive with their reviews. now you're probably wondering if this is the worst movie i've ever seen. the answer is a clear and obvious yes. i'll even go as far as saying that 6.2 rating should be a 2.6 rating. why?the acting is abominable. most definitely the worst i've ever seen. we figure out without any effort of giving it any thought that the actors are doing their job SOLELY for the money.in the thirty minutes of the movie that i watched i found that ALMOST EVERY ELEMENT OF THE STORYLINE was changed. there is a pilot or captain who's not supposed to be there because he's not in the book. We are supposed to see a storyline where everyone except Ralph and Piggy turn into savages. but right from the beginning, they're swearing like there's no tomorrow.the script is what keeps you entertained. it was so dumb and so badly written that it often makes you laugh. a lot of the things they say are dumb and pointless. i don't care about how jack got caught driving a car on a highway.the characters in the movie AWFULLY developed. we're supposed feel remorse for the way in which Piggy is treated, but his character is so badly developed that we can only laugh at his problems.i should also mention the fact that because of the things mentioned above, the director did not even seem to have a clue as to what in the world he was doing. i've seen videos of people making "little movies" that are supposed to be scary and they actually seem to know what they're doing, UNLIKE THIS DIRECTOR.now, as for my recommendations, i would certainly recommend viewing this. why? because while watching this movie, you get to laugh at how badly they failed, especially when it comes to script. that's why this movie can pass as a great comedy!i've tried to keep this review fairly simple but ended up having a lot more to say about this movie, and i guess even this review is a bit positive. but oh well, now you know how abominable this movie is. as of now, you can enjoy this nicely made comedy film!