Quote Originally Posted by pv4 View Post
I watched this when I was 3/4 of the way through reading George Orwell's 1984, and I had no idea that the movie was based off the book. So needless to say, I absolutely lost my shit, in a good way, when I watched it.

Looking past the whole kids movie thing - it was a genuinely good movie. And did 1984 a lot of justice, as far as it could.
Neither did I. It has been years since I read it, but it would be interesting if you're reading it now to compare. There you go.