Trailer and Movie Expectations

The book I decided to read is called Fahrenheit 451. I wanted to read this book for two main reasons, 1) I had to read it anyway for school and I thought that I might as well knock out two books I have to read by combining the books into one book and 2) Even though this was a school book,  I read the back of the book and it actually seemed remotely interesting, unlike most you-have-to-read-this sort if books. Now this book is a much older book, and that means that the movie, made in 1996 is... How do I put this nicely... very cheesy. The trailer, from my glimpse seemed to keep the general storyline of the novel, however it seems it must have sidetracked a little bit from the main plot. Over of the things I noticed that was different format the trailer and the book is that the romance, that rally occurred in the novel! seemed to be played out more. They also exaggerated some of the characters in my opinion. Like Clarisse, for example, she had absolutely no romantic connection with Montag in the novel, however in the trailer for Fahrenheit 451, it is shown to be two girls fighting over Montag, and he must choose between the two.

Now, if I was trying to sound like a good student I would say that the book is great, and the elevated vocabulary used throughout the novel grabs the attention of the audience, and so on and so on. But, in reality, the book is just plain awful.  In my opinion, I know it's a piece of satire and I know what they have to teach it, but they couldn't pick any book with... better and more exciting characters?!?! In conclusion, this book is literally so boring.

The characters on the other a hand, relate pretty closely to what I imagined in my head. Mildred looks the same as she did in my head, a selfish blonde, and Clarisse was relatively close to what I imagined in my head, although while reading, I pictured Clarisse with brown hair. May I mention though! That the same actor that plays Clarisse, is also the same actor that plays Mildred? If you have onto read this dreadful novel before I would like you to know that these characters are the most contrasting characters with contrasting personalities in the novel. Overall, I am not looking forward to watching the movie because of everything I stated above.