Fahrenheit 451

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Zoe B I believe the movie interpretation of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury is a good example of exactly what Ray Bradbury was trying to avoid through his book. Ray Bradbury had been warning people of the dangers that come with social media and censorship through his book, only for his very own book to be taken and destroyed by the movie version. I am going to touch on three large topics that were changed between the book and the movie addition of Fahrenheit 451. The first topic I would like to touch on is the lack of an important character named Mildred. In the book, Mildred is one of the key characters who shows us what life is like for most people in this world. Mildred displays a lack of emotion and understanding in which people have for each other, also while portraying the true carelessness of the citizens in this time. Mildred taught us what a lack of human interaction could do to a society without bonds being formed. These are just a few of the MANY reasons why Mildred was a very important character who should NOT have been left out of the plot in the movie. I’m very disappointed that we as an audience did not get to see this character brought to life, especially because there are many actors that could have done a very good job with the part. The second topic I would like to pinpoint is the relationships Guy Montag has with some of the other characters. In the book, Beatty is still the fire captain, (yay, they kept something consistent), but he has a strange father-son relationship with Montag, who wasn’t even the best firefighter in the book. In the movie, Montag has Beatty put on a pedestal. Montag is lined up to follow Beatty in his footsteps and become the next Chief Firefighter, which isn’t anything like the plot from the book, in which Beatty hates Montag. The next relationship I would like to touch on is the one between Guy Montag and Clarisse. The book portrayed this relationship as a friendship/acquaintance between an older guy and his young neighbor, a child. In the movie this relationship somehow turns into a really weird sort of love story between Montag and Clarisse, the CHILD in the book. Gross. While the actor and character for Clarisse are older in the actual movie, it still seems very wrong. Somehow, this isn’t even the worst of the changes to the movie adaptation. Last but not least, the Omnis. I don’t even know how to start this paragraph. The Omnis is a DNA strand that contains all the information in the world and is kept safe inside of a bird. I don’t think very much needs to be said here, because you now know just as much as I do. The level of ridiculousness the creators of this movie took the plot to is not only crazy-unreal, but just plain stupid. The whole end of the movie was very confusing. I don’t really have much more to say with nice words, so I’m going to leave this paragraph as it is. In conclusion, sometimes it is better to leave a book as a book. Some turn out to be great movies, but not this one. Before you watch the movie, look up the reviews, they’re not great. If you would like to save yourself some anger, don’t even look up the reviews, just avoid the movie altogether. I would like to say thank you to Ray Bradbury for Fahrenheit 451, and sorry, your book did not deserve that. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/28/25 Full Review drownqauvion h They straight up ripped hard r. The book was no where close to this movie and where is the wife. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 05/22/25 Full Review Travis B I dont understand how a book lays out the blueprint of good story telling and yet you turn it into utter trash. Michael B Jordan and Michael Shannon are phenomenal actors i would watch those two in a Miami Vice reboot and never get bored. This project gives them nothing to do. Rated 1/5 Stars •  Rated 1 out of 5 stars 04/22/25 Full Review Richard Z Terrible! I couldn't even finish watching. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 04/14/25 Full Review Paul S Even though it fails to encapsulate the source material, I still had fun watching the movie and found its premise intriguing. I'd definitely recommend it for sci-fi fans. Rated 3/5 Stars •  Rated 3 out of 5 stars 04/09/25 Full Review Laszlo G The only remarkable thing about the Fahrenheit 451 adaptation is how remarkably poor every aspect of it is. Ray Bradbury (author of the original Fahrenheit 451 novel) would lose his lunch and his will to live if he were to watch it. Rated 0.5/5 Stars •  Rated 0.5 out of 5 stars 03/13/25 Full Review Read all reviews

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