Animal Farm is the one Orwell book I've not read yet. However, I liked this film very much. I have no doubt that a staunch fan of Orwell (whom I'm not sure I'd ever want to meet) would disapprove of the liberties taken with the story, but I don't rightly care. It was an excellent film, and the voice characterizations were right on the money. Patrick Stewart's portrayal of Napoleon/Stalin was chilling, and he captured the essence of Stalin like few people could in my opinion. (Fascinating since I could never see him playing Stalin as a character....but then Robert Duvall did so who knows?). The expressions of the animals were amazingly well done too. It puts me in hope that the same technology could be used if a film is ever made of "The Master and Margarita".
Good as this was though, it cannot compare with Michael Radfords film of "1984".
Good as this was though, it cannot compare with Michael Radfords film of "1984".