I really think someone needs to remake this. I think it would be Very impactful and relevant today.

@MrHartApart

3 жыл бұрын

it would be screen writ by Winston himself and heavily changed and you know it.

@GardenCelluloids

3 жыл бұрын

He should compare the album too

@accidentalmadness1708

2 жыл бұрын

It’s getting a feminist remake yay :|

@AtypicalPaul

2 жыл бұрын

This would be a great remake.

@hulkflattt7854

2 жыл бұрын

No need to make a movie when we are living it live action

My friend made a point about the Brother and Sister phrases, basically he believes it's because then becoming romantically interested feels incestuous and wrong - instead of them being partners they're referred to more like "family"

Who knew Big Brother's name was Alexa?

I've seen the movie version it's the scariest thing I've ever seen forget ghosts and zombies because they're not real, this is real horror, because something like is happening in real life, China is a fine example of George Orwell 1984

@dramsos

2 жыл бұрын

If you read the book with very attencion, 1984 can be a illustration of many U.S.A basic elements.

@GreenFoxLuama

2 жыл бұрын

I'd say North Korea. Like literally, they hang portraits of their leaders everywhere and in every building in the country, even in train carts, nearly 100% of North Korean citizens wear red badges of their leaders on their chests. They only have 1-2 TV channels, most programs beside the news are songs and documents about their leaders they still have a loudspeaker system that plays propaganda speeches out the streets.

@Irish_Clan

Жыл бұрын

@@dramsos , No.

@Irish_Clan

Жыл бұрын

@@GreenFoxLuama , North Korea definitely.

@Irish_Clan

Жыл бұрын

@Scott Wilson, China and North Korea. At least people in China are free to leave the country. North Korea is Oceania.

Orwell was a socialist... this is not an anti communism book. It was anti-authoritarian/totalitarian. The furthest you can go with the anti-communist angle is anti-authoritarian communism (Joseph Stalin) people don’t understand that authoritarianism does not equal communism.

@AdamWrightReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Fair enough. Thank you for the criticism.

@zackyjack8891

2 жыл бұрын

And communism is not socialism

@vanbogan3712

2 жыл бұрын

Communism is authoritarian by nature.

@Irish_Clan

Жыл бұрын

I know this is an old comment but I’m going to reply anyway. :) Orwell was a Democratic Socialist. He despised communism, was in favor of freedom of speech, freedom of the press, and individuality. He saw what communism does to a country, its economy, and its people, and he feared that it would exist worldwide in the near future.

@mickey30981

Жыл бұрын

He WAS a Soviet critic , however. Huxley, in Brave New World makes a realistic criticism of the totalitarianism that we currently face-fascism. If Orwell was just criticizing totalitarianism it seems he would’ve made clearer the connection to Nazism and fascism. Instead his dystopia looks much more like the Soviet Union to most readers. This. HOWEVER, doesn’t give “socialism” a pass. Marxists and Soviet communists were explicit in their hopes for the role in socialism to simply be a step toward communism. And one way they expected that would happen is through growing dependence on government over other private relationships. Pretending there’s no relationship between socialism and communism is ignorant and foolish.

Yes! The movie could have used more exposition. As I'm watching certain scenes play out on screen I could only think to myself the inner monologues winston would have that wouldve fit perfectly as narration. Like the cafeteria scene early on in the film, winston's thoughts on Parsons were written on his face, yet I only feel like I would have known that from reading the book.

This is probably the kind of movie that you can only fully understand if you have read the book it is based on. Still, it is by far the most book-faithful of the movie versions. The part I don't find satisfactory is Winston's time in the Ministry of Love, which is simply lacking in intensity. Burton as O'Brien seems slightly bored with the whole thing, especially compared to the stormy god that is the literary O'Brien.

@AdamWrightReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Totally agree! Your point about lack of intensity is spot on.

I think the movie was well done but I would love to see a big budget remake

@AdamWrightReviews

2 жыл бұрын

I would too!

I think by focusing more on the big visuals of the hate and getting the teleprompters they missed a big opportunity to have us connect with the main characters by focusing on their story more. The Winston/ Julia scenes were supposed to contrast the oppression with a spark of hope- without that hope, the oppression didn’t hit as hard. They could have used clips of Winston writing in his journal a lot more as a tool of the inner monologue and they also cut a lot of the bread crumbs; i.e. the “shop owner” thought police saying some cryptic things, i don’t even think O’Brien was mentioned before becoming a main character. It was super disappointing

I tried twice to watch the movie and between how disturbing it was and yet difficult to follow, I never got more than half way through it. I just completed reading the book. Hands down, book was the winner. Loved how descriptive it was and knowing Winston's thoughts definitely kept you in the loop. Still disturbing but well written. It was like Orwell had a glimpse into what we are going through today. Way too relatable, scary! Adam, I just found your channel and this was the first video I have seen of yours but I thought it was very well done and I look forward to watching more from your channel. Blessings!

@AdamWrightReviews

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Joan! And I agree with your analysis :)

Another book/movie comparison so very well done, Adam. You've made me want to reread the book!

I just finished watching this movie, and I think it was an abismal showing. Winston having an inner monologue would've done this movie wonders since a good portion of the exposition in the book is Winston's thoughts and perceptions. Plus, they cut out a lot of little, subtle things that while perhaps only adding maybe ten minutes of total extra runtime would have each added mountains of context and depth (and necessary story bits). For almost the entirety of the movie, all I could think was, "Without having read the book, I don't see how anyone could grasp what, how, or why anything is occurring in this movie!" The pacing was weird; it felt unnecessarily drawn out in some spots while hastily moving through the plot in others. The whole thing felt like a nostalgic slideshow whose only goal was to conjure memories of having read the book rather than actually telling a story itself. 0/10, would NEVER recommend, just read the book instead, it's short enough at about 250-ish pages.

I only watched the 1954 version I didn't even know there was a newer version😩

I lived in Soviet Union in 1980s and I have to say, many things were absurdly accurate. It makes feel like they got ideas from the book.

i don’t think this is necessarily anti-socialist. the proletariat are oppressed by the regime, and Winston is calling for a working class uprising

@Man_of_Tomorrow

2 жыл бұрын

As ironically tends to happen when socialism turns corrupt. Everyone wants it until they REALLY have it.

@Pippokpax

Жыл бұрын

Orwell was a socialist. The KZreadr doesn’t know anything about him, the book, or the movie outside of a bad cliffnotes synopsis which he freely gives in this simplistic breakdown. If you read the book or watch the movie and you can’t relate it to the capitalist America hellscape that we all live in then you are seriously limited.

Hey, im writing an essay about this book in my English class, I want to use some of the quotes from your video 3:25. I was wondering what page numbers I can find those quotes on. Thank you

you seriously deserve more recognition good job 👍

@AdamWrightReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Dylon Barry thank you. Spread the word!

@dylonbarry1085

3 жыл бұрын

Adam Wright will do, will do

Just watched the movie for the first time. I’ve read the book many times and agree it’s more relevant now than ever with the western world insanely clamouring for socialism. The movie does really heavily on having read the book. Not having read it in a while it was kind of like watching through a first timers eyes. Agreed there’s no explanation on how overbearing the govt is, big brother I think was mentioned once. The ministry of truth isn’t explained at all, the memory holes, how the news is constantly being edited. Winstons friend who works on the newspeak dictionary isn’t really explained. His kids kind of accuse Winston of thought crime but unless you know what that is it doesn’t mean anything. Newspeak isn’t explained. The resistance and Goldstein aren’t explained. Even the random bombs falling on Oceania aren’t explained. Proles aren’t explained. Ministry of love, where Winston is imprisoned isn’t explained. Basically everything that makes 1984 the book, so great, isn’t explained at all. Pretty disappointed with the film all around. Great comprising anyway. Subbed!

@AdamWrightReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Excellent points, Woody! Thanks for subscribing!

@Man_of_Tomorrow

2 жыл бұрын

Having just watched the film last night and never having read the book I disagree that film didn't go into a lot of this. Big Brother is mentioned constantly, though they don't really go into a lot of detail on who or what Big Brother is meant to be. They show Winston editing the newspaper several times, though I was thrown a bit for a loop when they later refer to articles he's written, as all I saw him doing was censoring things. I guess my biggest complaint there was it was a bit out of context, and I wasn't always sure exactly what he was doing. I thought his friends explained newspeak pretty thoroughly nearly the beginning and throughout the film it makes more and more sense. The kids accusing him of thoughtcrime I thought was pretty self explanatory, the government brainwashing these kids into paranoids. I didn't think Goldstein needed much explanation, but I assume maybe that's a more interesting aspect of the book, but overall in the film I understood the point. The resistance never felt like a real thing in the movie, I don't know if that's the same in the book but in the movie it comes across as a ruse, false flag type deal. I did find the Proles a bit confusing. I didn't really understand how they factor into this world. The bombing I thought was a little open ended. How it came across to me immediately was it was just the result of these wars they've been talking about the entire film, or it was a staged attack to drum up more support for the war effort. I'll give you the Ministry of Love not being very well explained, I found that to be a bit confusing. I thought the film overall was pretty good though, and I liked the moment where it finally dawned on me the 'thoughtcrime' they were rooting out was love, and I like how they didn't hold my hand to that conclusion.

Love the video, I was wondering what the differences might be between the book and the film

I read the book and then watch the movie. I could understand what was going on, but someone who hadn’t was going to have a hard time doing so. It was always going to be a difficult book to adapt without making significant changes or going heavy into exposition. The book itself is very, very exposition heavy.

I just watched the movie in order to prepare for an assessment but honestly I will say I was disappointed. They left out some major things. Such as when Julia went with Winston to O’Briens. Also didn’t help the audience and myself really feel bad nor connect with Winston at all. I believe like you said if there was some sort of narration it would have really helped! Especially hearing more of Winston’s thoughts like we read in the book. Such as how he feels about Julia, which shows the brutality of the party. Definitely also that one scene in the book where he walks past a severed human limb and just kicks it to the side. Really shows us how the party had made their people so emotionless. What really frustrates me is that they didn’t include the thought of the brother hood at all, nor Winston and Julia reciting what they had to, for the brother hood. But mostly, the end I was dissapojnted about. They forgot to include Winston being shot at the end. In the book this really stuck with me because I remember when O’Brien had mentioned to him they would shoot him. And well, they did. But other than these things I think the graphics and some imagery of the party was pretty well presented. I just wish they included a lot more elements from the book.

Of course the book is better, but I found that, with the movie, I got a bit of a better sense of the pointlessness and, shall I say, dirtiness of these people's lives. It all revolves around keeping this terrible monolith standing, even though you don't want to, and there's no hope offered in EITHER the book or movie, which is what I appreciate about them, really.

1984 couldn’t be more relevant given what America is experiencing now,the only thing Orwell got wrong was the date !

I just read the book for the first time in my life. I couldn’t put it down. Very compelling and prophetic I would say. I was thinking about watching the movie, but I’m not sure if I want to now.

Some parts of the film were so poorly explained that I would’ve been completely lost, or would’ve completely missed the point, if I hadn’t read the book first.

*SUCH AN UNDERRATED CHANNEL. SUBBED*

@AdamWrightReviews

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@jakegevorgian

Жыл бұрын

😮 such a great content and low subscription ---- I subed as well.

@jakegevorgian

Жыл бұрын

I think the movie was so gloom, that when a friend asked if I read the book, I said no, and I probably won't, because it's gloomy. Is the book as hopeless as the movie? I seriously don't want to witness another character assassination... had it enough!

Man, this book has a lot of familiar things that sound like what's happening now.

You should include more insight into the both media, also you said about spoilers but you didn't actually spoil anything

@AdamWrightReviews

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah, my videos usually do contain spoilers so it’s become a habit to include the warning, but you’re right, after I published the video I realized it wasn’t necessary.

Can you make a review talking about the “sequels” that have been written when the book went into the public domain

Never read the book. I liked the movie but I did feel like it expected you to already know it's lore before watching it, which of course I didn't. First thing I did after watching it was to look it up on Wikipedia and see what the heck half this stuff means, doesn't seem like they read the book either though. The hand signal thing they do also felt kind of out of place, so if it's something the Hollywood people came up with it makes perfect sense.

How about the album?

He's not againts "Socialist utopian thinking". He's againts the totaletarian side of it, regardless of the economic system. He was infact a democratic socialist.

I agree with some of the comments below. This is very scary. I am a horror fan, and I find this true horror. m Monsters like zombies (clickers might come real tho from TLOU), vampires, etc., aren't real. This can become real. Maybe it already has. This is terrifying because I kinda think it's already happening. I don't really understand why either. Why can't humans just be happy and live a happy life? Why do some people want power and control over others. Just live your life and let others live.

I think every school needs to require reading this book.

The movie adaptation is more what I personally wanted out of the book, Wich I don't like

Brilliant book and movie, highly recommend but read the book first if you can!. The plot reminds me alot of the black mirror episode 15 million. Merits. A must watch also. E noy 👍

Can the movie be used instead of the book for an English class?

@AdamWrightReviews

2 жыл бұрын

Depends, but I would say no.

Have you read Brave New World?

@AdamWrightReviews

3 жыл бұрын

DekuLevi 93 I have not! Plan to though

Great book. I remember reading it in Jr high school

@shellynazyia

Жыл бұрын

same i read it in 8th grade and loved it!!!

Book book book

I feel that the 1956 version of 1984 is the superior movie. This is an English production and had different endings for British and American audiences. Black and white - grainy - very film noir also. Check it out.

The film had absolutely no life whatsoever, it’s as if the actors were all half asleep saying their lines. I know the world of the Party is supposed to be miserable, but there are still supposed to be moments where the characters are quite animated. Like where Syme talks about Newspeak or where O’Brien talks about the Party’s future.

What is the movie about thoe

Sorry for being one year late to this party, but I’d like to say something on this review: Overall, I agree with your analysis. I did enjoy both the Book and Film. Yes, the book is better, but the film has some strengths that deserve praise. 1) Casting for the film (especially John Hurt and Suzanna Hamilton) was almost the most perfect casting to any motion picture I’ve ever seen. 2) The dark and dreary setting and atmosphere were conveyed very, very well. It was almost like watching a horror film if you can just imagine you or a loved one just having to actually living in that environment. 3) The film score (nuff said) Great video!

1949, when the 2049 ambition was created...😅

I disagree. The movie felt heavy, oppressive, and hopeless. The characters reminded me of cattle. So disturbing! I loved it!

I was trying to spare my family the torture of reading the book. But after having to (Try and fail) to explain the depths of despair and control that the party exerts on its populace; well, I felt stupid for suggesting the viewing. Shame on the movie makers, why not more narration? Maybe not outright exposition, but an inner monologue. The diary entries were all off. It’s almost like someone really wanted to make the movie. Then they made damn sure nobody could understand it. I will be referring them to this video. because I know there’s not a chance in hell they will ever read that boring; depressing book. Not after that movie. that message is ever present and universal. A warning ⛔️ everyone should be cautious of. and Of course I will play the audiobook for them. Possibly just follow them around the house as I read aloud. Mind you; I only read this under duress(required reading). It changed me tho, like Night or The Metamorphosis. Made me 💭

George Orwell was socialist: “Every line of serious work that I have written since 1936 has been written, directly or indirectly, against totalitarianism and for democratic Socialism, as I understand it"-George Orwell why i write essay

Brother & sister might be a religious reference.

0:49 Afghanistan is graveyard of empires. It is graveyard for totalrianism

1984 ,1956 version is better than the 1984 version

@antman5474

3 жыл бұрын

I watched the 1956 version having already seen the Hurt/Burton version and wondered how it would deal with the coffee making scene. Thankfully it wasn't at all shocking. Now I must read the book.

@ziontrumpet3343

3 жыл бұрын

correct

@kostabakalas9346

3 жыл бұрын

Love the 1956 version because I had seen it long ago in black and white. To me it's much more impactful. Recently I saw it in a colorized version, good but still preferred it in B/W.

I think most books are better then movie adaptations.. in general. Even if it is very good movie.. Like One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest ... Movie is great but you get only like 5% of the book content. The same with Congress .. adaptation of Futurologistic congress . Or Generation P ... all good movies and I think better than this 1984 adaptation, but seems movie as a medium just provides different angle on the story. Anyway I think 1984 movie adaptation isn't bad but yeah kind of bland..

i read this book only because i couldnt find the film. lmao. theres a lot of sex in the book. i wonder how that translated in the film. it may benefit from a modern adaptation.

I hated the movie. The book is obviously the ultimate edition of 1984.

The movie 1984 pissed me off. Everything was out of order. It was like the filmmakers didn't even read the book. I didn't like Suzanna Hamilton as Julia. I feel like she didn't physically fit into the role. Mentally while reading the book she's not what I pictured. There was also so many important scenes cut out and changed. I watched the movie with a friend who hadn't read the book and we literally had to pause it so I could explain what was happening.

@Man_of_Tomorrow

2 жыл бұрын

Did she not have that massive bush in the novel?

For someone who references their high school experience with 1984 you are at a surprisingly middle school level of analysis of the book and the movie.

@AdamWrightReviews

Жыл бұрын

Thanks dude

wait a minute. this is just simple communism. this actually happened.

@KeytarArgonian

2 жыл бұрын

Ingsoc is Socialism pushed to Totalitarianism.

@mollie.28.15

2 жыл бұрын

If you think 1984 is about communism you need to read it again

Orwell was a communist so saying the book is a critique of socialism is foolish

1984 sucked. There was very little diversity. No people of color in prominent roles, the LGBTQl community are totally ignored and Julia is just a sex object in Winstons sick male fantasy. It's just toxic masculinity at it's worst, with Winstons fear deemed more important than any mention of equal pay or womens rights. The book would benefit from stronger characters, maybe showing true bravery like embracing Trans people and decrying racism in all it's pervasive forms. Straight white males again... yawn. This would never be written today, or even be worth sharing on Instagram or tick tock. Shallow and lacking diversity. 1 out of 10 x.

@marisol64647

2 жыл бұрын

Ur funny lol

@ayegirl9452

2 жыл бұрын

NOT EVERYTHING NEEDS LGBTQ.

@GreenFoxLuama

2 жыл бұрын

Drop it, I know you're a conservative pretending to be a left-wing supporter to make them look bad

@mollie.28.15

2 жыл бұрын

@@ayegirl9452 completely correct but the book is still awful and outdated and shouldn’t be adverse to criticism. Winston is a fucking awful person and Orwell is obviously 100% to blame. Hesaid that when he first saw Julia he wanted to rape her and then murder her. Winston also basically called her a whore, and Julia the only female character, her only personality trait was that she would have sex with Winston she was nothing else. That’s not good writing