I'm not familiar with the book so I have nothing to base this movie off of except itself. I thought it was entertaining enough. The story is interesting even though we know which side is going to win. The futuristic style and technology looks cool but I wish they had a bigger budget to make it look better. This feels like a TV movie. Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon are both great. Their performances are the best part of the movie.

a movie of this kind must achieve a totally oppressive atmosphere something that does not get in any way

There's some interesting ideas added into this version, but way too much is glossed over. As a movie it doesn't do a good job of explaining any aspect of what's going on. It's just a bit of a mess, that had a lot of potential. I'm convinced in other hands it could've been great. it also needed to be expanded. Would've worked much better as a mini-series.

I'm only here cause Michael Shannons a freak

Substandard adaptation of the classic Bradbury tale. Still, considering its age, it is strangely relevant to the world we live in today, where digital media has replaced the need to read books in paper form. Blasted Amazon and its stupid Kindle!

I kept asking myself "was that part of the book?" If the ending is any indication, no. No it wasn't.

I absolutely love the poster

Middle of the road movie. Few scenes have dialogs quoted word to word from Bradbery's novel (quite a nice touch).

I thought it was okay...I am never really happy with the liberties they take with the characters and the story, but it was entertaining at first. It just kind of fizzled out in the end.

I’ve read the book and seen the original movie. Of course the book is best. This movie was awful and a waste of great material that is extremely relevant in today’s world. I’m sad to see it ruined. I wish Michael B. Jordan had turned this down, he’s better than this derivative junk.

Fahrenheit 451 can be summed up in two words: wasted potential After seeing the trailer a few months ago I was exited about the idea of a new retelling of Ray Bradbury’s classic dystopian novel especially seeing that it was to star Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon. What HBO actually realised this it flew under most peoples radar and those who did see it, myself included, were not impressed. This film has no sense of store structure, world building or char development. Motivations are not just unclear but non-existent and no clues are ever given as too how the system became what it was. The result is painfully boring and doesn’t give me much to talk about, any interesting concept is clearly ripped from the source material without clear understanding. Shannon is unapologetically loud and Jordan is a blank slate, neither works.Throw in a hilariously bad romance sub-plot and some severe logical issues and you have what will most likely be one of the most disappointing films of this year.