Fahrenheit 451 (2018)

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Fahrenheit 451 (2018) – 3 out of 5

I read the Ray Bradbury American classic many moons ago when I was but a teenager in high school.  If I was put to the test, I wouldn’t be able to tell you much about it beyond the basic concepts due to the fact I haven’t read it since those days.  However, I was very interested to see that HBO was bringing Fahrenheit 451 to new life with Michael B. Jordan and Michael Shannon.  The themes the book presents still feel as fresh as ever so it feels like this story is perfect to tell in this day and age.  Too bad the story didn’t really seem like it was actively working to dig into those themes. 

"This book here is particularly fun to burn.  It's about vampires that sparkle.
Sparkle!  Vampires don't sparkle!"

That book self-immolated once he was captured.

In the future, the world has become a very different place and reading has become a thing of the past.  Most books have been banned and any remaining found are burned by the firemen.  An up-and-coming fireman named Guy Montag (Jordan) seems to have a bright future in this dark dystopia and has been guided and ushered along by his Captain (Shannon).  However, after witnessing a woman willing to die alongside her books and being confronted by an informant named Clarisse (Sofia Boutella), Montag has his eyes opened and quickly joins a rebellious group who plans to save as much literature as they can.

Clarisse believed in saving books but was still okay with burning Atlas Shruggedand Dianetics.

The two things that make this current adaptation of Bradbury’s book are the visuals and the performances.  I like the decision to place the film in the distant future because it allows the reality that the current way of doing things took some time and also throws the viewer into

a world where this is the accepted norm.  Additionally, this allows for unique and gorgeous sets.  However, placing the story in the future ends up further exasperating the one major issue the film and story contains and that is the fact this feature never develops or explores the heavy themes of censorship and restraining free-thought that this property is known for to any satisfying degree.  

Yes, in this future you lose books but gain skyscrapers that project Michael
B. Jordan on them!

Fahrenheit 451 has a nice shiny package and sets up some great concepts and ideas for its characters, specifically Shannon’s character of Captain John Beatty (who, in the book, was barely a peripheral character).  However, the story ends up falling drastically short of exploring these concepts and ideas.  Exploration occurs only on the surface and this is mirrored in the lack of exploration concerning the story’s main themes of censorship.  While the film and story do center on the fact that art, creativity and knowledge is being regulated and actively denied to the world, I never really got a feeling that the story was doing anything with it beyond just showing it happening and stopping short of exploring the true nature of these actions.  While some depth is provided thanks to the journey of Montag, no real exploration ever feels like it is achieved.

There's no way he doesn't sing "Fire" by The Crazy World of Arthur Brown
in his head every time he works...provided that wasn't erased from
this dystopia.

What really works in this film is the performances of Jordan and Shannon.  Both men are able to convey the complexities that their characters are going through despite the fact the story isn’t doing much exploration.  On one hand you have Jordan going through the emotional turmoil and confusion as his character is awakening and on the other you have Shannon’s intensity as his character is aware of the truth and decides to stop himself from rebelling like Montag.  Both are amazing in their own capacity but, unfortunately, I didn’t see much chemistry in the two beyond being excellent rivals.  At the beginning of the film they are meant to be buddies with the Captain also playing a mentor role.  Sadly, I really didn’t feel the friendship or mentor relationship from the two but, as enemies, they were excellent against one another.

That's a whole lot of talent in one shot.

I like what this re-imagining was going for and felt it contained a lot of potential.  I really like the overall look of it and how they expanded on the character of the Captain and the performances were fantastic.  As a whole, however, Fahrenheit 451 lacks the depth needed to be meaningful and never really feels like it is exploring the themes that has made the source material so relatable for so long.

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