Fahrenheit 451. Too smart for hollyWEIRD!

[miraclefan]

Oh wow, I didn't even know there was a French version and that the English was dubbed. I usually refuse to watch anything dubbed on principle. I wonder if a no dubs version would make it any more watchable. That dub could explain a lot of the wooden acting and flat dialogue.

I remember now that I saw this movie in high school and university. When I watched with my English class in high school, one girl yelled "wild!" with delight when we saw the police flying around with their fake-looking jet packs. That was the only part I ever recall liking, just because if was so campy.

WOW! That girl MUST have been high!

 

[Mr. Laser Beam]

I can imagine Oskar Werner speaking French ("Jules et Jim"), but Julie Christie? I don't remember dubbing into English. The IMDb says the movie's language is English.

The movie was filmed in English, but later dubbed into French. That's what I meant. The screenwriters were French, and they didn't have a complete grasp of English. That's why the English dialogue sounds so weird. When it was later dubbed into French, it worked out a lot better.

 

[Hober Mallow]

I personally appreciate the irony of Hollywood making a dumbed-down movie version of a book all about how TV and film makes people stupid and not want to read anymore.

 

[miraclefan]

I personally appreciate the irony of Hollywood making a dumbed-down movie version of a book all about how TV and film makes people stupid and not want to read anymore.

Yes the IRONY is indeed SWEET!

 

[Asbo Zaprudder]

This is just sad, but that's the mentality of HOLLYWEIRD. http://www.comingsoon.net/news/movienews.php?id=56599

Well, there's always the Truffaut version from 1966.

Yeah, if you're into English dialogue that sounds only slightly more realistic than All Your Base... Truf himself hated that version, 'cuz the English was so bad. He much preferred the French dub.

Nope, it's not a good film, but I kind of like bits of it for their sheer goofiness. You can explain away the stilted dialogue as the result of exposure to too much reality TV. Commiting the book to film at all is probably a mistake given its message.

 

[Ethros]

Don't if anyones heard about this (I only read about it just now) but there's soon to be a Fahrenheit 451 graphic novel released, adapted and drawn by Tim Hamilton
http://www.publishersweekly.com/article/CA6654436.html

Sounds quite interesting, I love the book and would love to have a gander at this. Can't find any preview art or anthing though

 

[Harvey]

Honestly, the novel struck me as padded in order to be at its present length when I read it several years ago. And the Truffaut film never interested me when I saw it at around the same time. Pauline Kael wrote a review that picked apart the absurdity of it all pretty well, although she was no proponent of science fiction.

 

[MIB]

You know, I'm not sure which is more sad. The Hollywood execs saying the movie is too "smart" to be considered. Or the idiots in the comments section arguing that Fahrenheit 451 already saw a decent adaptation with the gun-taka masters of Equilibrium.

 

[Teelie]

"Wow, that's the best and smartest script that I've read since running this studio but I can't possibly greenlight it." I asked why and he says "How am I going to get 13-year-olds to show up at the theater?"

And therein lies the problem with Hollywood. All they are concerned about are teens. Screw the adult audience.

 

[Too Much Fun]

Or the idiots in the comments section arguing that Fahrenheit 451 already saw a decent adaptation with the gun-taka masters of Equilibrium.

Wow, is this the general consensus on Equilibrium? If so, I'm surprised and disappointed. I thought it was popular and had a cult following online. I honestly believe that as far as movies about a 'Dystopian' future go, it was one of the best, and I liked it even more than the movie adaptations of 1984 and Blade Runner.

Sure the story wasn't original and was an obvious rip-off of ones like Brave New World, 1984, and Farenheit 451, but I thought the acting was excellent, and the action gave it a unique and entertaining new element. I don't much like Blade Runner at all, actually. I love the production design and the special effects, but the acting, characters, and the way the story was presented all bored me.

 

[JacksonArcher]

Ah, so this explains why the film adaptation has been stalling for so long. Word on a new, more faithful take on the book with Frank Darabount writing and directing has been circulating for probably almost a decade now. I still have a print of the book with a section that talks about Darabount's efforts (at which time Mel Gibson, pre-Passion of the Christ, was slated to star).

The Truffat film wasn't really an accurate portrayal of the book. I was looking forward to Darabount's allegedly more faithful depiction. Oh, well. Maybe someday soon.

Also, FWIW, I love Equiliberium. I saw it as a video rental with low expectations but came out wishing I had seen it on the big screen. Yes, as stated before, it's a bit derivative but it's still done in a thought provoking and entertaining way.