Exoticalot People are voting emotionally.

Matialth Good concept, poorly executed.

Cassandra Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

Isbel A terrific literary drama and character piece that shows how the process of creating art can be seen differently by those doing it and those looking at it from the outside.

sarastro7 I have just been watching Brave New World on Google Videos (where it can be seen for free), for the first time since I saw it on television in the early '80s (being only about eleven at the time, I could only remember a very few scenes). Before rewatching it, I read the book, and the movie completely amazed me.It is magnificent.It is something so rare as a great science fiction adaptation of a great science fiction novel, debating all the salient points of dystopia and utopia that science fiction is the perfect genre for exploring. It paints a bleak yet strangely compelling picture of a completely unfree society in which everybody has been engineered and indoctrinated to be happy. The treatment of the main prevailing ideologies of Huxley's time - Marxism and rampant capitalist consumerism - is both progressive and satirical and far ahead of its time, the two -isms being mind-bogglingly blended into a harmonic mix containing all the worst elements of both.Few books about social developments can be said to be as thought-provoking as this, and the movie lives brilliantly up to the book. The only thing that disappointed me was that the climactic discussion about Shakespeare in the book was almost entirely omitted in the movie. But the movie still stands as a towering achievement in television film-making. I would be the first to buy this if it became available on DVD with a crisp picture quality, and I am very sorry that, so far, it isn't.One of the greatest boons of this movie is Ron O'Neal as Mustapha Mond. He charismatically exudes power, self-confidence and self-righteousness, and he ought to have been propelled to stardom for this role. Instead, it is not even mentioned on his IMDb bio page.Science fiction is my preferred genre, and I have a collection of nearly 500 SF movies. I can honestly say that Brave New World is among the 15 best SF movies I have seen. But, of course, you have to be a fan of utopian or crypto-utopian SF in order to feel this way. A comparable book or movie would be Heinlein/Verhoeven's Starship Troopers, which also presents us with a sort of attractive but ultimately nightmarish utopia. If you love Starship Troopers, you will probably love Brave New World.10 stars out of 10. Don't listen to the idiot naysayers. Huxley would have been thrilled with this adaptation.

bradnfrank As others have said, this 1980 version of "Brave New World" is far superior to the 1998 version. But what nobody has mentioned, probably because they aren't even aware of it, is that the 1980 film exists in 2 different versions.This was originally produced as a 2-part mini-series, running 4 hours (including commercials). But at the last minute, NBC chopped it down to fit into a 3-hour time slot. Allowing for commercials, this means that more than half an hour was removed. When it was later aired on the BBC in England, it ran in its original full length, 2-part form.There are many collectors offering copies of this movie via the IMDb message boards, or eBay. Before buying, I suggest you ask which version they have. (I can personally recommend the copy offered by "deaks".)

SNLgirlie Aldous Huxley would be ENRAGED that his WONDERFUL literary work has been defiled in such a manner. This is a disgrace. A horrible mini series and is the worst adapation of a book I have ever seen!!!

graham_wright I am not going to pretend this is my favourite film of all time, but it was a good, clear version of the excellent book.The film looks dated and would be boring for some. But those who are interested in what might happen to the human race should check this out. This idea is the most likely to come true of all possible fates of humans.The acting is in places 2-dimensional, but this is usually only when portraying characters who are themselves 2-dimensional, such as Lenina, Linda and Thomas.The three more interesting and deeper characters of Bernard, John and Mustapha are portrayed well and all change dramatically and believably as the story unwinds.Not a funny, thrilling or exciting film but a clear film that makes you think.