Fahrenheit 451

Unbelievably disappointing adaptation of one of the great dystopian books. I thought it started out promisingly enough, but it utterly falls to pieces. Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon are both so much better than the material.

A poor adaptation to the classic, with an attempt to be "relevant". Was the book not relevant enough? The movie fails to display the dangers of a complacent and apathetic society to war and suffering, seems to only focus on one theme, book burning. It hardly goes beyond this. This movie was wasted potential with the material to be used from the book, as well as the given budget and cast. The actors worked well with what little they were given. Very disappointing, just skip this one.

Love the book, and while a modern update to the story sounds like a good idea, this one was poorly executed.