Fahrenheit 451

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John D @fahrenheit451-2018hater Oct 9, 2026 This was the single worst movie I've ever watched. It feels like a fanfic-rewrite of the orginal book, for the worst. It gave both me and everyone that watched it with me a +100 mental illness #NotMyClarisse. See more Thomas T @RT92714395 Aug 16, 2026 Maybe if I had seen the original or read the book this would have been a slightly better experience but this was bad. The director thought it would get more engaging if a third of the scenes are shown with the 'in the future TV is on the entire skyscraper shtick' but it gets old very fast and all the small likes and comments do not make it funny or familiar. Towards the ending it gets worse and worse. No effort was put in an attempt to make the rebels likeable or less bland and void of cultural wealth than the oppressors. The scene with the super special genius autist who memorized all the books is a cringefest and makes no sense. See more Matthew T @Matty503 Jul 23, 2026 Everyday Civilians are losing more freedoms and rights so this movie makes a great point showing how the path we are currently taking ends. See more Doug D @RT61707944 Jul 2, 2026 (Some reveals included here...) I used to teach Fahrenheit 451 to 7th graders (not a grade I recommend for the book), and I showed them pieces of the 1960s version of the film. It was terrible, and I fully believed a modern version would have to be an improvement. I was wrong. Where the earlier version was primitive and clunky, this one became polished. But it traded core aspects of the novel for face-palm-about-faces that made the new movie impossible to accept. Like Clarisse being an informant. And Beatty killing Montag instead of the other way around. And paper books already being pretty much extinct in favor of digital versions. Michael B. Jordan is a bona fide star, and Michael Shannon is one of the best villains in Hollywood. But the basic plot and screenplay of this movie were beyond terrible. If I ever teach F451 again, I'll just skip the movie comparison part of the curriculum entirely. I'd rather not go there than expose students to this dung-heap of a movie. See more Ihor Y @Ihor_Ya Jun 9, 2026 Dear American filmmakers, you have your own wonderful literature. Refer to it, rather than what you so often quote in this film—and in so many others. See more Blake- N @PBSAniDom May 12, 2026 "Fahrenheit 451" (HBO) was, unfortunately, an awful viewing experience for me. I went in expecting a thoughtful modern take on a classic story, but it never really clicked. The pacing feels uneven and the characters don’t get enough depth to make the drama engaging. It often feels like it’s rushing through important ideas without letting them land. Even with HBO’s production backing, the atmosphere and tension never fully come together. It looks fine on the surface, but it lacks impact and emotional weight. In the end, it just didn’t work for me and felt like a missed opportunity for such strong source material. I’d rate it a 2/10. See more Read all reviews

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