Amazon.com: While the 1960 version of The Time Machine remains a science fiction classic, this adaptation of the H.G. Wells novel benefits from a dazzling CGI facelift. Digital wizardry shows us the awesome splendor of eons passing in an eye blink, while Wells's heroic time traveler--played with appealing conviction by Memento's Guy Pearce--is given a stronger motivation for piloting his time machine 800,000 years into the future. Long after New York City has crumbled and the moon shattered by a nuclear accident, Pearce finds a new home with the peacefully primitive Eloi, after confronting the subterranean Morlocks (courtesy of Stan Winson's monster shop) and their evil overlord (Jeremy Irons in wicked, pigmentless makeup). Trading Wells's social commentary for pure adventure, director Simon Wells (the author's great-grandson) maintains the story's legacy of wonder, despite a few hokey embellishments. Catering to a younger audience, this Time Machine is fun without being particularly distinguished--a treat for the eyes, if not the brain. --Jeff Shannon
The Timemachine This product is great. The movie is interesting and relates to the book well. It is a creative idea of what man can create, destroy, and how its impact can be on our civilization in the future. Over All its a fun movie to watch.
If you've got nothing better to do This is a remake of a pretty good 1960 film version of the H G Wells story. Guy Pierce stars in the leading role. Now Guy Pierce isn't a bad actor, but here is given an impossible job. At the start of the film he is the obsessed Prof. Hartdegen who just happens to on the verge of building a time machine. He has a sweetheart of course and after an evening in the park he has recourse to use the machine. From then on its downhill all the way as Hartdegen changes from a somewhat reclusive Prof. into an Indiana Jones type character.
Add to this magical transformation a frequently vomit-making musical soundtrack and overall you have a film that really should only be watched if you have nothing better to do. There are worse films for sure, but this certainly lacks any of the charm of the original and has even less to with the book. Result - only buy if they are giving it away!
Wishful Thinking This movie made me want to invent a time machine, travel back in time, and prevent myself from seeing this movie.
Lame... I'm not sure how anyone can write a positive review of this movie. OK, I take that back. The only good thing going for this movie are some of the visually stunning sequences. I'll save you from an over-elaborate plot description other than a mourning professor builds a time machine and tries to save the woman he loves, instead finding himself 800,000 years in the future where the human species has split into two after the disintegration of the moon - the hunters and the hunted. The movie is poorly and woodenly acted and I'm truly astonished a studio paid money to make this film...
"What If? ~ Time Travel, Practical Application" Synopsis: When Alexander Hartdegen, a brilliant young inventor and visionary loses his true love on the night of his wedding proposal he becomes obsessed with the idea of time travel. Defying the "Order of Things", he builds a time machine in a vain attempt to change the past and save his beloved. When he discovers he is unable to alter what has already happened he flees into the future in search of the reason why events must remain as they are.
What he discovers is a world in the aftermath of cataclysmic destruction where two distinct races, one living above the ground, the other below, have evolved from the ruin. While this brave new world initially appears to be a New Eden he soon discovers that the old law of survival of the fittest still rules. Will Alexander finally uncover the answer to his question and learn to live once again and can one man from the distant past make a difference in this brave new world? Only time will tell.
Critique: I must say I was surprised, no more like stunned. to see that the average rating for the '02 remake `The Time Machine' is only -3 Stars-. OK, I can understand and appreciate the H.G. Wells purists who like to see a storyline remain true to its original source, so there are some valid reasons for their less than enthusiastic feelings about this cinematic re-visioning.
However once you move beyond that and embrace the changes you'll discover that this is a beautiful production in every way. The visuals are amazing, the acting solid, the soundtrack inspiring and unforgettable and the storyline surprisingly intelligent, even profound at times.
While the original concerns of H G. Wells classic have been replaced by other issues, it is still a thought provoking and entertaining film nevertheless.
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