Jeanskynebu
the audience applauded
Moustroll
Good movie but grossly overrated
Claysaba
Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Julian R. White
Beautifully conducted and acting that is believable, this film is a great edition to the Science Fiction enthusiast's collection. H.G. Wells has always been a favorite of mine anyway, but the concept and idea of the film is so neat. I love how the feel of the film makes you think you're on another planet, when in fact, you're in another dimension. Truly, this was a great film and I would recommend it to anyone.
higherall7
Nothing but admiration for this film, which won an Academy Award for Special effects back in 1960. While it is a moot point whether or not we can all be trained scientists or inventors and technocrats, the beauty of THE TIME MACHINE to my mind is that anyone can understand it. This is not a dumbed down version of H.G. Wells masterpiece of Science Fiction, rather, it is a literate and jaunty romp through concepts about Time and Space and Cultural Development in a thoroughly entertaining way. Such a cinematic work as this stimulates thought for all ages and genders and gives us fascinating cultural perspectives regarding the Past, the Present and the Future.Earlier, I suggested that Michael Rennie as Klattu in THE DAY THE EARTH STOOD STILL was the ideal Science Fiction Hero to my mind. This is because his performance effortlessly caused the viewer to associate him with Sherlock Holmes, Abraham Lincoln and even Jesus Christ. A noteworthy feat for one man to accomplish, but owed in large part to the great writing and direction of the piece. One could say more easily that Rennie was simply right for the role of an alien emissary with a message for Earth to mend its ways.But considering that Rennie as Klattu was a wonderfully dignified paradigm for the Visitor from Outer Space as Hero, who would do so on a more Earthbound plane? I nominate Rod Taylor's George as a fit candidate, until someone extrapolates a Science Fiction Hero from the likes of Lewis Latimer, George Washington Carver and Garnet Morgan. Once again, we have someone in the person of Mister Taylor who brings to mind Winston Churchill, Knute Rockne and finally Thomas Edison.We find our hero at the outset suffering from a situational and, later we learn, psychologically bad case of Temporal and Spatial discontinuity. He laments being in the wrong place at the wrong time, however true or false this conclusion may be. He harbors a latent wish to be a member of a more enlightened society, less inclined to warring and more amenable to projects for social betterment.Therefore, he has devised his own way out. Enter his latest invention; the Time Machine. After a short tutorial and lecture about how Time and Space affect each other, he presents a prototype to his dinner guests. He discovers much to his chagrin that his explanations have produced more culture shock than enlightenment and finds himself the object of disgruntlement and scoffing from his close friends.But our hero is resolved to act, and throwing off the tarp to a full scale model of his invention, off he goes into the wild prismatic yonder of brilliant time lapse photography chronicling his adventures in Time. He makes sundry mental notes here and there as his journey progresses, and lands himself eventually and unknowingly in the midst of a cultural divide between two races of men, the Eloi and the Morlocks.Thought it was fascinating to see a group of people often portrayed as representing the concept of Aryan supremacy presented here as passive sheep and slaves to be sheared. Freed up the thinking considerably on that front. The Eloi are these people and our hero discovers them in a veritable Garden of Eden, little realizing that there is figuratively and literally a dark underside to their existence. This is all vividly addressed in the simplest terms with all the sweep and romance of a grand adventure bordering on being a fable or a fairy tale.These comments should explain the across the board appeal of THE TIME MACHINE and how enjoyable is the learned, virile grace that Taylor brings to his role as the hero inventor. The fey innocence of the beautiful Yvette Mimieux as the Eloi Weena, and Alan Young's portrayal of Filby, the friend for the ages are also elements that stand out in this film.There was a remake made in 2002, but this original version has the burnish and the glow of a classic.
Ian
(Flash Review) This is an amusing time travel movie with a plot that is intriguing, has a message, keeps changing and getting more creative as the story goes. The movie starts in the 1800's and goes all the way to something like 200,000 AD!!! As the time traveling inventor makes stops throughout time he sees how mankind changes. When he stops at year 200,000 AD, he notices humans have stopped caring about learning and advancing the species. He finds this troubling and later learns that another type of foreign being has had a profound influence over mankind. What is happening? Will he or should he alter the future and will he be able or want to make it back to his original time? This is an entertaining 60's Sci-Fi movie with amusing sets and effects. It also has subtext around society and the dangers of future technology and not learning from past as well as failing to advance mankind.
Uriah43
"H. George Wells" is an inventor living in London during the turn of the 20th Century who has invited four good friends over for dinner because he has some exciting news to tell them. When they finally get there he appears in a disheveled condition and relates to them that he has invented a time machine and has gone into the future and just now returned. After a quick glass of wine to help him recover his senses he then goes on to tell them several amazing stories of future events. Now rather than reveal any more of this movie and risk spoiling it for those who haven't seen it I will just say that this film produced in 1960 and based on a novel written by H.G. Wells in 1895. As a result some of the stories are obviously quite dated and the special effects aren't nearly as good as anything produced today. Even so this was definitely a good science-fiction movie for its time and still manages to be quite entertaining. Along with that, it features the lovely Yvette Mimieux (as "Weena") who certainly adds to the scenery. Above average.
