It comes to this...

This comment was posted in an article in which Frank Darabont (Shawshank Redemption, Green Mile) expresses his frustration at the resistance he is experiencing getting his script for an adaptation of "Fahrenheit 451" approved by studios that think it is "too smart" for people.

Wow, im pretty sure that movie was made already. Its called Equillibrium and stars Christian Bale and Taye Diggs. Fascist future, burning all creative/emotive material, one man (Bale) sees a beautiful woman and starts questioning his job, a resistance underground that tries to preserve anything artistic (books, music, paintings)...good thing we have a director saying how smart it is when its been done. Its like making a movie called Transmorphers about everyday robots that turn into cars and calling it too smart for Hollywood. Pathetic.

If you ever wonder how a film like Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen can make $60 million in its opening day, here is your answer—a viewing public who's film memory only spans the last 10 years and whose reading habits consist of the internet and comics. When Hollywood raises an audience like this, it's no wonder that toy, comic, videogame adaptations and remakes are the only things they are producing.