Fahrenheit 451

While Truffaut's adaptation also failed, it was relatively faithful. This one attempts to modernize a story that didn't need modernization. Combine that with some piss poor acting from pretty much everyone except Shannon--but his character's shittiness lies in writing that makes his actions and motivations make absolutely no sense. I'll probably sound old, too old for the target audience, when I say: go read the book, you hooligans!

Missed opportunity. Tried to update the material but it still felt bland and unrelatable

An off hand attempt to try and get us to question what information we are truly receiving. Jordan and Shannon spend most of the film in a very secretive brotherhood and most of the film being weirdly affected by graffiti when a lone on screen. It was polarizing because the source material is even more relevant in todays world; Yet the film chooses to focus on one mans choice to defy the only rule he has ever known without first really showing us the depth of what he is destroying.

A bland retelling of the classic tale. Aside from looking pretty good, you can skip it.

What’s the ignition temperature for a movie? Because this should have been put in the oven before being released.

Not total trash, but needed to be a lot better to keep me interested. The idea and concept are great (I didn't know this was a remake). It is very much a "dystopian future" type story, in the same vein as '1984' but didn't have the same intensity or depth. The production is great and you wouldn't know it's a TV movie unless you told me and I'm a big fan of both Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon but even they weren't enough to lift this film.

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.

Good emotive shots on burning books.

worth a watch

People based their opinions just reading the headlines. Some old classic books now can be offensive for some people. Let's put this on a new Fahrenheit 451 movie! Good premise. Not so good development. Poor ending. IMHO.