Supplementary Task IX

The 60's version of the movie was ineffective to the average moviegoer. The taste of the direction and style the movie was lain out seems so dim. The major difference between the novel and the movie is that in the novel is was well played out and the author thought well enough to let the reader's mind create an amazing picture of the characters while the movie is based on the screenwriter. This is also affected by what technology is available since most of the special effects - as special as they might be - aren't alluring. When Simon and Piggy die in the story you imagine all the gray matter being exposed but in the movie it leaves you hanging for more but it doesn't deliver. In the novel, Piggy dies from a boulder being rolled down and basically crushing is midsection and creating pressure to build up cracking his head with everyone seeing how exactly his mind is made up of. In the movie all you see is the face of the child actor who plays Piggy and his hands raised up the boom he is gone well you just assume he is gone. There isn't any more video made to show the viewers who paid the see the movie. Simon's death was pretty much a blur and the age of the movie played a roll since the video cameras couldn't handle well the light and darkness. In the movie, Simon's death was fast, painless, and generic.
His hands and face were the main event where you couldn't see his assailants actually hurt him in anyway other than their sticks moving up and down. The sound of a pointy stick puncturing Simon's flesh also sounds like someone just move some leaves and crushing them. In the book, Simon attempts to warn the other kids about some old man then dies when the hunters thought he was the beast.
The lord of the flies is also not represented in the movie at all with its somewhat psychotic episodes erupting near Simon and creating the suspense in the book allowing fear and explanation to seep through and clue in to many ideas to come forth.
Overall the movie doesn't bode well with the book since the movie is very much just like any other movie on book. Lines just read off and no real acting in it. It sounds as if the crew who made the movie just wanted a quick buck and do not wish to be remembered for their talents. This movie was a waste of time.