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Apr 02, 2018
Watch the original François Truffaut "Fahrenheit 451" (1966) instead. This is an under budget, dreary remake. The original has better acting (no black moodiness), and is well lit - instead of - "We can't afford much, so let's light it in the dark" - even in the daytime. Fascism had more of an impact in the original movie because everything was portrayed as a normal lifestyle, as opposed to this movie that hits you over the head with it's portrayal as <queue melodrama theme> "Dum, dum, dum!" something's not right. Just the clue of the blurb on the cover referring to "The Matrix" is enough of a hint to avoid this. I give SF movies a chance on the hope that my selection will show up on the Hollywood RADAR as something I want to see as a genre, not as an excuse for them to keep producing re-hashed schlock like this. It was another example of not having a budget - no pictures of slow motion dodging because, again, they didn't light the scene - just muzzle flashes in the dark. So far for me Christian Bale is a hit and miss actor. This is one of his misses. View "American Hustle" for one of his hits.