Merely being a remake of anyone's "top cinema essentials" is enough justification to pique one's curiosity here. I saw this title on TV by chance a year ago, later bought the DVD for commercial-free viewing, that I haven't gotten around to yet. The story line is in some ways more in tune with the original novel than the first movie (has more sci fi) but in ways the original time period could not have (or did) predicted. For example, wall sized TV screens displaying controlled Socialist content, and interacting with AI devices rather than a metallic dog that was in the book but too difficult to work into a 1966 movie. The first film featured the contrasts between the two female characters, which is weakened in the second film in favor of the fireman - fire chief interaction providing most of the action. In both, the main character evolves to question his duty (burning books to prevent illegal independent thought) that he previously took for granted. I was a little bit perplexed at the notion of preserving the data in books the way it is now portrayed..... but they weren't going to remake people walking around in the woods muttering books to themselves by memory, without everyone laughing. SO, to each their own. I'm watching it again tomorrow just to be fair.
Review of Fahrenheit 451
