Animal Farm Critique

I think the movie Animal Farm was a pretty good adaptation of the book. When I found out that it was a cartoon, and that the animals didn't speak much, I didn't think it would be too good, but it was. I didn't find too many important ideas in the book that were missed out in the movie, or many ideas in the movie that were not originally in the book although there were differences. One difference was how characters such as Clover, Moses, Muriel, and Mrs. Jones were not clearly identified in the movie. The movie did do a good job in showing characters such as Napoleon, Boxer, and Squealer though. They also showed Benjamin in the movie, although he seemed much more cynical and negative in the book compared to the way the movie showed him. The one major difference I found was the ending. The novel ends when Clover, Benjamin, and some other animals watch as the pigs and humans take advantage of them and learn how Napoleon was only thinking of himself and was no better than Farmer Jones. At the end of the movie, there were no humans, only pigs, and there was a glimpse of another revolution where the animals would get rid of the pigs.
I liked the novel and the movie, but I think the book was better. It's hard to pick one, because they were both good, but I did think the book was better. First, although the movie might have been visual, the book described everything much better. Secondly, the animals actually talked in the book which made it easier to understand while the movie was rather vague because no one said anything. It was kind of annoying when the narrator kept coming in, too. Lastly, the characters were better shown and described in the book than in the movie. Also, there would be no movie without George Orwell's book, so I think the book was better.