Lord of the flies
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dukeboy749r said:
I didn't enjoy the book (set in English as part of the course work and poured over for many weeks).
Very unsettling subject.
I thought about watching it last night and decided the book had been enough.
I think I had to do to kill a mocking bird and always hated that book. As my posts may show I gave up on English at that point.Very unsettling subject.
I thought about watching it last night and decided the book had been enough.
The first cinema version in black and white was - is - the only film I have ever seen that was as near as possible exactly verbatim with the book. The BBC version is being recorded on my PVR for binge viewing at some point. The intermediate TV version from 2000 has passed me by.
According to the DT critic preview of it before it was aired, the BBC have done a pretty good job of it. I really hope it's not like that execrable 'War Between the Land and the Sea' drivel.
According to the DT critic preview of it before it was aired, the BBC have done a pretty good job of it. I really hope it's not like that execrable 'War Between the Land and the Sea' drivel.
Had the book for "O" level English Lang, 1969. We were taken to see the B&W film at one point. t was on with "The Wild Bunch"!
Can't recall much about it apart from Sticking Pigs! Actually don't think I remembered much about it at the time of the exam. Only one in my class to fail Eng Lang twice!
Can't recall much about it apart from Sticking Pigs! Actually don't think I remembered much about it at the time of the exam. Only one in my class to fail Eng Lang twice!
I recall reading the book because of one of those "top 100" lists. My school years were too far after of the release to make the curriculum, so I had to make do with Robert Swindel's "Brother in the land" (a post-apocalypse story told from a younger pov) and Shakespeare's "The Tempest" for English Lit. Oddly, I really loved The Tempest, which forced study is usually not conducive to.
I did watch the 1963 film, didn't really care for it at all, just bad film-making, editing, overdubbed dialogue, god awful music. Strange choice of director, Brooks was immersed in thesps, Shakespeare and theatre, Ken Russell Dick Lester, or best of all, good old Stan Kubrick would have made a better fist of it.
I watched the first episode with a weird sense of foreshadowing, and it's every bit as bad as the book. Don't get me wrong, it's a wonderful piece of literature but it's dark, real dark. Shows how quickly things can spin out of control into a frenzy of cruelty, barbarism,totalitarianism and murder. It's not a jolly romp and the adaptation captures this perfectly. Won't be watching any more, no sirree Bob.
Skyedriver said:
Had the book for "O" level English Lang, 1969. We were taken to see the B&W film at one point. t was on with "The Wild Bunch"!
Can't recall much about it apart from Sticking Pigs! Actually don't think I remembered much about it at the time of the exam. Only one in my class to fail Eng Lang twice!
Same O level year for me, only I passed first time Can't recall much about it apart from Sticking Pigs! Actually don't think I remembered much about it at the time of the exam. Only one in my class to fail Eng Lang twice!
(I won’t mention my chemistry, physics and maths re-sits however 
)Escort3500 said:
Skyedriver said:
Had the book for "O" level English Lang, 1969. We were taken to see the B&W film at one point. t was on with "The Wild Bunch"!
Can't recall much about it apart from Sticking Pigs! Actually don't think I remembered much about it at the time of the exam. Only one in my class to fail Eng Lang twice!
Same O level year for me, only I passed first time Can't recall much about it apart from Sticking Pigs! Actually don't think I remembered much about it at the time of the exam. Only one in my class to fail Eng Lang twice!
(I won t mention my chemistry, physics and maths re-sits however )Gassing Station | TV, Film, Streaming & Radio | Top of Page | What's New | My Stuff