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Kerching! (2003)
Very, very annoying.
Firstly I would like to point out that I only know of the show due to my younger sister always watching it. I find it the most annoying program on TV. There is nothing funny about any of the 'jokes' and the canned laughter is unbearable. The show would work much better if filmed in front of a live audience. That way the laughter would show just how 'unfunny' the show is. However I give credit to the acting talents of the young cast. It sickens me however to think that they'll look back on the show in the future and see how bad their first TV show was. The show links in well with the overall annoying voices and style of the CBBC presenters. Why the youth of today need to be shouted at so much is beyond me. That is all.
Thomas and the Magic Railroad (2000)
Too Americanised.
Where is the English charm? Why are all of the Engines now American? I watched this movie as I thought it would be a good tribute to Rev.W.Awdrey's life long work. It's not at all. The engines just sound annoying and the plot doesn't work at all. Has Britt Alcroft decided to go behind his back completely. Surely if Awdrey were alive today he would not be impressed at all. I am not a child but I still think that children should be shown a sense of consistency from the TV series. It's a bad film. The Island of Sodor makes no sense. Thomas is a British masterpiece and this film has ruined it. The producers should be ashamed. That's all I have to say.
Lord of the Flies (1990)
Terrible. No credit to the book at all.
There is no way that this film should be called 'Lord of the Flies'. There is no way that it should have Sir William Golding's name associated with it. Since when were the boys American? The story has been changed so much that the significant meanings and references to the horror of war have been lost completely. The boys' characters in the book represent the forces of good and evil. Jack is Hitler and Ralph is Churchill. The Island itself and the activities that go on there are supposed to symbolize the fall of civilization in the Western world. The important symbolism of the island (being the pink rocks and the pink conch) were completely lost. The film is an insult to British writing. The 1963 version is much better.