For months, I waited with anticipation for HBO's adaptation of my favorite book Fahrenheit 451 to make its début; I was a huge fan of the book-obviously seeing as it's my favorite-and I also quite enjoyed the first 1996 movie adaptation when my teacher shared it with our class in 2011. Naturally, the 1996 lacked a few things, but seeing as the technological capabilities were limited then compared to what we have now that is to be expected, so when I heard HBO was doing an updated movie I was ecstatic and couldn't wait to see all of the things that had had to be left out in the 1996 version and when it popped up on my Hulu account to watch I was definitely excited...until I turned the movie on.The cast wasn't anything close to the characters in the novel, nor were the personalities that they portrayed onscreen. The story itself-to me at least-seemed to be changed and even dumbed down for the audience of todays generation and that saddened me alone. I could have stomached most of the movie if they had stayed true to the original plot. To me they have utterly destroyed one of my favorite books.Long story short, if you genuinely love the book and want to see it come to life on the big screen, don't watch this. If you're looking for an action/thriller sort if thing that seems to barely have a decent storyline and you've never read the book, then you're good.

In a dystopian world where books are called graffiti and are burned on sight by a fire brigade, tasked to do exactly that, where history is being modified at will by the government and the truth is well hidden from the eyes and years of its brainwashed citizens, a famous fireman begins to doubt his work after meeting a young but strange girl.It's one of those movies which has, from my point of view, a very good idea but simply doesn't know what to do with it. It has a very interesting world, with a couple of very well though premises, but the characters it features and its story don't do anything to support them. The characters are so lightly developed, so superficial regarding anything they do that you simply cannot gain even a tiny bit of interest regarding their fate. They're there just because the film had to have characters, but their contribution is simply not noteworthy. The plot is also very bad, superficial being a compliment regarding it. Everything happens very quickly. No suspense is gained throughout, no thrill and even no interest. To be honest, there isn't almost anything to be liked about it. It's as badly implemented as it can, not managing to create any dose of entertainment at any time. As when talking about characters, it is there just because the film had to have a plot and nothing more. As the movie is as bad as it is, there isn't much to say about it. It's simply not worthy to be seen. It's not a catastrophe. I've clearly seen much worse movies during the past years alone but that doesn't make it even mediocre. I appreciate the idea but that's about it. A bad story, bad characters, almost non-existent action and even a lame and predictable finale. You can do yourself a favor and avoid this one. Your time is too valuable to be wasted on this movie.

After watching this movie, I was prompted to read the book.The book is really, really good.

Best part was the beautiful flocks of birds at the end. Which had nothing to do with the original book or film.