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What was the moral of the movie?

posted 11 years ago by TerraGreenHouse
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I just saw this film on Video on Demand.

Positives: I liked that they actually cast kids to play kids. I'm tired of seeing 19 year olds play 15 year olds.

I thought all the actors did a great job and I appreciated that each character had a personality and that the 2 "generals" (at least the original one) both were smart.

However, I can't help but feel that movie left me wanting more. At the end of the day, not really much happened.

And none of the characters were all that likable, although I guess that's realistic when it comes to kids that age.

The "crazy" kid who was unpopular and on the verge of a breakdown, the "captured" kid was quite cruel when he got the chance himself, the girl was heartless to the boy that liked her and of course, PK, who didn't actually care about anyone, just him winning.

So what do you think was the moral of the film? What point was it making?

About friendships when you're 12 or 13? That there are more important things than the "game" you are playing because of how it effects the kids involved?

[–] pz_mann 11 years ago

"In war, there are no winners."

[–] Stewball 11 years ago

Do tell. What do you suggest?

[–] fireyhope 11 years ago

I agree, a lot of the kids were not that likeable, many of the more likeable ones were killed off early.

I think the moral was this
"PK's ambition was his downfall"

I do agree the movie left you wanting more.

The Preachers character seemed absolutely pointless to me... I hated how they teased us with the machine gun but never used it.

I really liked how they used appropriately aged actors. I really liked how each characters had there own differently personality's.

Jess's ending was pretty disappointing...

oh I thought Joker was suppose to go with PK but... whatever... Joker was a dumbass...

[–] Stewball 11 years ago

Lord of the Flies phase II: Adolescence. This episode delves into how children (14-15 year olds, not 12) left on their own evolve into game playing where reality comes and goes--leaving some, many or most, unable to ever graduate beyond that state-of-mind. The pivotal character is Caleb which is Hebrew for dog (his companion) and who was a spy for the Israelites, and who appears to be only an observer until near the end. The knife is real, but do any of them realize it--or do any of them not?