Animal Farm Movie Critique

In the Animal Farm movie, there was quite a few changes from the novel and the movie. First of all, Mollie was absent through-out the whole film. Though, overall she had no major part, she still represented the wealthy class of the Russian revolution. Showing they had power to leave during the times of fighting, which is still quite significant. Second, the movie started off the same as the book, expect after Old Major gave his speech about his dream and the rebellion, he died on the spot after the animal sang 'Beasts of England'. Third, the order of a few things were also mixed up like when the Battle of Cowshed took place. Snowball was also killed when the dogs chased him out and Moses isnt much of a big character in the movie. Lastly, another significant part of the movie was that in the end the animals rebelled against Napoleon and took over the farm, which never happens in the book.
In the book, there was more depth in the way they related it to the Russian revolution. In the movie, it seemed more of a cartoon about animals on a farm, and it didnt seem that underneath it all, it was really portrayed as the Russian Revolution. Also in the book, they gave you a clearer picture of who some of the other animals were, such as Clover, Muriel, Moses and Benjamin. In the movie it focuses mainly on Boxer, Napoleon, Squealer and the other pigs and thier actions. Overall, the movie was another good way to portray the Revolution, but i think the book was better, because it was easier to understand and went into a little more depth about it.