Fahrenheit 451 is based on Ray Bradbury's classic novel. In a future where the media is an opiate, history is rewritten and "firemen" burn books, Jordan plays Guy Montag, a young fireman who struggles with his role as law enforcer and with his "mentor", played by Shannon. Premieres Spring 2018 on HBO.
Positives
- the premise is solid and provocative enough to be incredibly compelling
- some inspired updates to the world building over what was already in the Bradbury classic
- you can't go wrong with Michael Shannon
Negatives
- a fantastic premise does not automatically make a good movie
- world building is a mixed bag of some amazing things drowned by conveniently lazy writing
- dialogue is hackneyed, and tries to be so profound to the point of being on the nose cliches and heavy handed
- most of the characters are uninteresting one dimensional caricatures
- the movie is kinda stupid and boring multiple times over
- a lot of eye rolling moments abound
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