Goal! The Dream Begins (2005)

"The only one who can tell me I'm not good enough is you. And even then I may not agree with you."

Motion Picture Rating (MPAA)

Rated PG-13 for some sexual content, language and a brief drug reference; Rated PG for language, sexual situations, and some thematic material including partying. (edited from PG-13 version)


Scenes to skip: (due to sexual situations/ mature party situations)
Nothing until scene 12
* First 5 seconds of scene 12 (you see gavin wake up in a bed)
* When Santiago and Rose walk into his new apartment, once they meet his new roommate (and the conversation is over) skip to next scene
* When Santiago and Gavin are in a bar, they meet David Beckham. As soon as Gavin says "Let's go, this place is dead" skip to next scene.



STS recommendations:
This movie is great for any Spanish or ESL classroom. They immigrations issues are dealt with maturely and can facilitate some great classroom conversations. None of the skipped scenes add any value to the story line and this movie is definitely worth the time!

Lord of the Flies (1990)

" We did everything the way grown-ups would have... What went wrong? "

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Rating: R ( adult situations/language, violence )   

Critical Rating: 6.1 out of 10

Running Time: 90 minutes

Genre: Action & Adventure/Thriller/Drama    

                   

Info:

• Synopsis:

Harry Hook's adaptation is not as faithful to the William Golding novel as you'd wish (they excised the Lord of the Flies dialogue with Simon!) and because of it, the movie is less allegorical and less resonant. A group of young men from a military academy are stranded on an island. The group quickly becomes fractious with a passive section led by Ralph, trying to get rescued, and a hunter faction, led by Jack, trying to procure meat and "have fun." Peter Brook's 1963 filming seemed to get closer to the Darwinist sense of this cultural disintegration. Here, the hunter faction seems more like Peter Pan's Lost Boys than the bloodthirsty murderers they are. The performances, particularly young Getty, don't quite carry the weight of the situation. It's still, however, sobering to slowly watch the school uniforms traded for war paint, and the little boys turn into little savages. --Keith Simanton

 

• In Theaters:  Jan 1, 1989 Limited

• On DVD: Nov 20, 2001

• Avalibility: Netflix, Blockbuster (DVD only)

• Directed By: Harry Hook  

• Written By: William Golding, Sara Schiff

• Actors: Balthazar Getty, Chris Furrh, Danuel Pipoly

SCENES TO SKIP

Total Profanity:

Lots of mild language, plus 9 S-words and 4 F-words.

Time of Profanity:  (S= s word, F= f word)

14:54 - S

• 16:13-16:25- S twice
• 19:08 -  S
• 26:38 - S
• 27:48 - S
• 40:14-41:10 - S 3 times + 1 F
• 49:14 - 49:38: S twice
• 52:39 - S
• 60:30 (1 hr 1 min 30 secs) - f 
• 74:50 (1 hr 14 mins 50 secs) - F

Sex & Nudity:

Young boys are seen usually in underwear or scraps of it that sometimes almost reveal genitals.

Total Nudity: None

Total Drug/Alcohol Abuse: None

Violence & Gore:

• a pigs head is decapitated and we see guts, and then the head is pinned on a stick, this image is seen multiple times throughout.
• A boy is stabbed to death by another group of boys. Brief flashes of gore are then seen.
• A boulder falls on a boy's neck and cracks his skull. Blood pours out.
• A boy is beaten and whipped by another group of boys.
• A man is stabbed by a young boy visiting a cave (Mostly a shadow)

Frightening/Intense Scenes:

• The Lord of the Flies itself ( the pig's head ) can be a little disturbing to some   
•  A man jumps out at a boy exploring a cave and he is stabbed (Mostly a shadow)
•  Piggy and Simon's deaths can be very disturbing to some.
• The idea of being stranded on an island itself can be very unsettling to some

  Did You Know?

• Chris Furrh was in another movie this same year about a group of kids stranded alone on an island: Exile (1990) (TV).
• Balthazar Getty fell from a tree in Tarzana, California just a few weeks prior to beginning filming and broke both his wrists. The director still stood by him and decided to write his injuries into the script and have his character Ralph in an arm-sling for half of the film while Getty healed.

STS Recommendation:

Although it is at best a loose adaptation of the classic novel, Lord of the Flies is appropriate to show to most audiences. Although the language can be a bit crass at times, it is not constant, and it can be avoided. Some of the scenes are a bit intense, but none are incredibly graphic. Though considered an R rating movie by the MPAA in 1990, it would likely be released as PG-13 today.

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