"The Lord of the Flies": Movie Critique

Produced in 1990, the screen adaptation of William Golding's Lord of the Flies fails to capture the effectiveness of the 1954 novel. Set in a remote Pacific island, the novel follows the events that occur amongst a group of stranded British schoolboys. The novel accurately portrays the daily challenges faced in modern society in the form of an almost childlike adventure story. The novel will remain a treasure of modern literature while the film shows nothing more than the sloppy work of an amateur. The three critical mistakes that screen writer Schiff and director Hook made were the mischaracterization of Ralph, lack of portrayal accuracy and the lack of Simon's importance in the script.…