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Lothlann
Reviews
Raising Dad (2001)
Horrid
Awful. Just awful.
I remembered Bob Sagat having acting skills in Full House. What happened here?? This show is terrible. I don't expect it to survive further than this season.
Lord of the Flies (1963)
Good, but not that good
I watched this version in class, after we had read the book, and I felt that the movie was missing some of the important symbolism used in the book. Yes, this movie did capture a lot of the things that happened, but it was missing some of the more important things.
In class, we critically analyzed (we're an honors class) the details to the book, and what they symbolized.
In the book, the conch shell was smashed into a million pieces when Piggy was killed. This should have been in the movie. It symbolized the ending of civilization, because the conch shell was a symbol of power for the kids.
The other big thing that annoyed me was that they left out the part where Roger throws rocks at another kid (I forget who). In the book, he intentionally misses because the other kid was protected by an invisible barrier, the barrier of rules and punishment for intolerable acts in the world of parents. This showed that they still had a small grip on reality before Jack took over.
One last thing, the height of Ralph and Jack annoyed me. They were supposed to be the same height, but Jack was significantly taller. This shows that they were equal in size and shape.