I don't remember that sex scene being in the movie, it doesn't bother me since i educate my children in all aspects of life, one of them being love and sex, and so on, anyways what struck me as weird is that such scene wasn't mentioned in the book, or maybe i just can't remember it since i read it loooooong ago, and i still can't understand how that scene was of any relevance to the story, just seemed out of place, in my opinion it didn't contribute much to the plot
Exactly. I'm a sophomore in high school and I had to be explained some of it. And I consider myself pretty smart when it comes to Communism and what have you.
I really don't think this is a kids movie. The book was written for adults. In order to understand it, you have to be at least a teenager. I was about 13 yo when I first read it, and I didn't understand the finer nuances. Of course, I knew it was supposed to be an allegory about communism in Russia, and I couldn't fail to notice the important role played by the pigs. I recognized Old Major as Marx/Engels, and that Moses was the church… I didn't get the Snowball/Trotsky thing, however, and I definitely did not understand the part Squealer played in the novel. As for Boxer's fate, I was actually unsure about this…to my teenage mind, Squealer's explanation (the vet had bought the van from the horse slaughterer but did not paint it over yet) made sense. And the "sex scene" in this movie…well, you don't actually see any naked skin, younger children might not even notice what it's all about. They might rather be frightened by the scenes in the butchering room, Old Major's skull with parts of flesh still hanging from it or the explosion of the windmill.
In my opinion, it did not contribute to the film in any way, shape, or form. The scene where the adulterous wife is waiting for her farming drunkard is simply meaningless, and was simply unnecessary.