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Yar, you be here: Animal Farm > Customer Reviews Animal Farm Customer Reviews (10 - 12 of 18 Reviews)A great movie but not one to see with kids!
This movie supposedly was supposed to be based on the book Animal Farm. It's parallel to the Russian Revolution and the idea of Communism being practiced in Russia, only that instead of Stalin, Lenin, Trotsky, etc., we get animals who, influenced by a speech given to them by a Berkshire boar named Old Major before his death, overthrow the humans on the farm, and set up a government called "Anamalism". However, just as Communism didn't work out, Anamalism didn't either, instead being dictated by a "superior" pig named Napoleon. At times during this movie, you feel like you want to punch the screen because it is so upseting and frusterating. Sometimes you want to laugh, other times, like when the hard working horse named Boxer dies or the massacure in which Napoleon executes many animals, you want to cry. An all in all great movie if you're over 10. Once It was called Manor Farm...
This movie is well produced. Mostly fake animals were used except for Jessie and Pincher and the puppies. When Jones and his wife are ambushed by the fed-up farm animals, things start getting crazy. The pigs take over and make rules such as "All animals are equal, but some are more equal than others" or "No animal shall sleep in a bed with sheets". The farm was once called Manor Farm but the animals changed it to Animal Farm. Every body doesn't realize pigs' horrible beavier and their cruelness except the Border Collie named Jessie. The pigs tell the animals to make a windmill. Boxer the stallion works hard but one day a wheel on his cart breaks and he's hurt. The pigs say he's going to the Vet but he goes to the Glue Factory. This part just makes you want to cry your eyes out. The rest is just chaos. The movie is very upsetting. The movie was better than the book. DASHEIKS 2 CENTS
I thought this movie was a pretty good adaptation of the book but in my opinion if a movie does not resemble the book in every frame and aspect it fails. "Animal Farm" the movie is a failure. Old major looked rediculous. He may as well had been played by Kermit the frog. And to my disapointment, the ending of the book where a card game takes place and cheating is discovered (my favorite part of the novel ) is just left out and replaced with a happy ending. DREADFUL!!! "Animal Farm" is one of my all time favorite books and I have been waiting for a movie adaptation ever since I read it in high-school. I've probably read it at least 3 times. I always said I'd prefer an animated cartoon version instead of a live action one. When I saw the "Babe" movie I became alright with the prospect of a film created with this technology. I have been betrayed and in my opinion so has George Orwell. This film is an UTTER disappointment!
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