For years, I’ve been hearing about George Orwell’s “Animal Farm” but it was only last week that I’ve bothered reading it.
Pardon my ignorance but I initially thought that the title was just metaphorical and the characters were human. However, after reading a spoiler-free synopsis of the book, the characters were indeed animals so it definitely tickled my fancy.
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I just found out that the movie was a remake of Arnold Scwarzenegger’s 1990 film of the same name, so I won’t be able to judge how poorly/well-made this re-boot was. However, when I first saw the trailer months before, I’ve been intrigued of the story’s premise — I always like a good mix of sci-fi/action, which Mon can’t quite understand. So when I finally convinced him to watch it in the cinema last Saturday (on a sold-out screening), I can’t help but think in terms of familiar themes. To be more precise, I was constantly reminded of the core-periphery dependency.
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