I do not usually review movies, but I am forced to review it after watching and seeing that the core message of the book was altered to suite the McCarthyists sentiment of the time.
It seems disingenuous that producers would choose to make movie of a book which criticized meddling into other countries affairs in the name of democracy, but will alter the final message to suite American patriotic emotions.
At a technical level, the movie is well made, but it is infuriating to see one of the most important iconic books of its time, butchered. It is like making a movie on the book 1984, and in the end showing that Winston was really hallucinating and that Big Brother was really right.
It seems disingenuous that producers would choose to make movie of a book which criticized meddling into other countries affairs in the name of democracy, but will alter the final message to suite American patriotic emotions.
At a technical level, the movie is well made, but it is infuriating to see one of the most important iconic books of its time, butchered. It is like making a movie on the book 1984, and in the end showing that Winston was really hallucinating and that Big Brother was really right.