Lord Of The Flies: Comparison of Movie and Book Lord of The Flies is a great book, although, the movie was much much better I thought. The movie and the book start off on the same foot, so to speak. The story starts out with a exploring. "The boy with fair hair lowered himself down the last few feet of rock and began to pick his way toward the lagoon. Though he had taken off his school sweater and trailed it now from one hand, his grey shirt stuck to him and his hair was plastered to his forehead." This gives you an idea of how much William Golding (the author) likes to descr