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Summary: A true work of art.
Review: The original short novel by H.G. Wells, "The Time Machine", was not written with movie theatres in mind. Wells' masterpiece is a grim and thoughtful social satire - a genre which works well as a piece of literature, but would really stink as a 2-hour feature film... Only a genius could use this raw material to create a decent sci-fi film: The genius of film Director George Pal.
The film is enjoyable. It creates a sense of awe and wonder. It includes enough original material to make the film interesting, yet captures just enough of H.G. Wells original tale to be considered a faithful adaptation. What more do you need?
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Summary: A Classic with some cool extras
Review: Simply one of the most entertaining films of all time. Great special effects...remember when people built stuff out of real things and had to suspend your disbelief without crappy ass flimsy transparent souless computer graphics? I'm telling you man, the entrance to the Morlock Caves exists...a truly resourceful ingenius use of special effects for its time! As a young lad I watched this movie countless times. Dad's, get this movie for your adolescent son. He will love it. I've never seen the remake...I'm sure it sucks for air. The music is fantastic and is half the experience. George Pal predicted the moptop haircut with the Eloi actors only a couple years before the British Invasion. The extras are actually worth watching with an added scene made quite a few years later...highly amusing. And it's got Mr. Ed's owner in it and he's a superb actor...now c'mon! Get the credit card out! And then there's the part when he spins the talking coins and they tell of the recent past. And there's the part with the nuclear bomb and the lava and then he sets fire to a Morlock and he explodes and then and then and then....it's awesome.
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Summary: The Ultimate Fantasy
Review: This is truly one of the greatest sci-fi flicks of all time!!!It was my favorite as a child ( though it scared the heck out of me the first time I saw it!) and it is still one of my favorites as an adult.Why? Because we're talking about controlling time itself. The "Ultimate Fantasy"!! This premise alone makes it very fascinating.
Rod Taylor plays H.G.Wells himself, truly the ultimate warrior, that travels 800,000 years into the future! Think about that for awhile. WOW! Co- starring the stunning Yvette Mimieux,Sebastian Cabot,Whit Bissel (of course!), Alan Young ( Mr. ED Fame), directed by George Pal ( The best!)Great cast,great music score, great cinematography,great special effects.( received an Academy Award 1960) WARNING!!! DO NOT ACCEPT ANY REMAKES OF ANY KIND!! THEY ARE INFERIOR REPRODUCTIONS! This one is the goods!! Morlocks anyone??
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Summary: George Pal's 1960 Version Is Still The Best
Review: I know it's dated, but that doesn't keep it from being a decent and entertaining film. George Pal's version closely follows H.G. Well's book written in in 1895, except for a few changes. In the movie, the Eloi are normal sized people with blonde hair that can speak, instead of being much smaller and mute. The Morlocks resemble Troll dolls with light bulb eyes that make them seem less sinister than the book does. Weena, the female Eloi that almost drowned, is captured and eaten in the book, but Pal kept her alive so there was a reason for Rod Taylor to return to this time in the future.
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Summary: Despite the obvious sets
Review: and sometime stilted dialogue, this remains one of the most watchable and entertaining films of the genre ever made. FAR superior to the new version. A definite must-own.
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Summary: The Time Machine still a timeless classic
Review: Rod Taylor, Alan Young, and Yvette Mimieux star in George Pal's "The Time Machine", a great sci fi movie based on the novel by H.G. Wells.Taylor plays George an inventor in the late 18th century (1899 to be exact) who makes a machine that can go back in time. At first his colleagues are skeptical, but when they see George's small model machine that goes back in time, they start to believe him. George's best friend, and supporter is David played by Alan Young. George takes the machine back, because he is sick of the present time, with war being brought on. He travels to the early and middle 1900's and to his shock , George finds out that Man's future lies in war (which is pretty accurate even up to today's time). He sees how WWI and WWII started, and even sees when his house is destroyed by an enemy plane! George then travels far into the future, the year 802701, to see if mankind has any hope of living in peace. At first, he sees a great paradise with many people (mostly children) play about in solitude. But when one lady named Weena, starts to drown, he sees that no one seems to care. He rescues her, and after talking to the other youths, he learns that they learned nothing from their ancient ancestors. The books they have are old and buried. They have lived the good the life, based on the sacrifices from mankind, and they don't appreciate it (which is another accurate telling of today's times). He learns that Weena is part of the Eloi society which is under the slavery of the Morlocks, a cannibalistic race. The Morlocks give everything, food and clothing to the Eloi , in exchange for the slavery and their bodies as food. The movie was directed by sci fi whiz George Pal who won an impressive 7 oscars and awards for his movies. He is the Steven Spielberg when it comes to sci fi movies. What's astonishing about the film is the special effects that were made without computer help (which in most movies make the movie look more fake than real). The way the special effects people made flowers bloom, candles burn while the Time Machine went in time, is very special to see. It's a great site, from a special effects view, how these people managed to do these effects, with the limited resources they had. He directed "War of the Worlds" and "Destination Moon" which won numerous awards. DVD comes with a number of great features: A behind the scenes documentary with Rod Taylor. A great documentary where he shows how George Pal designed the machine. Taylor even shows us storyboards which haven't been seen in 30 yrs. Even the DVD main menu with Taylor on the cover and the Murlocks in the background, give the DVD a great sci fi look!!
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