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DVD The Time Machine
After scoring popular hits with When Worlds Collide and The War of the Worlds, special-effects pioneer George Pal returned to the visionary fiction of H.G. Wells to produce and direct this science-fiction classic from 1960. Wells's imaginative tale of time travel was published in 1895 and the movie is set in approximately the same period with Rod Taylor as a scientist whose magnificent time machine allows him to leap backward and forward in the annals of history. His adventures take him far into the future, where a meek and ineffectual race known as the Eloi have been forced to hide from the brutally monstrous Morlocks. As Taylor tests his daring invention, Oscar-winning special effects show us what the scientist sees: a cavalcade of sights and sounds as he races through time at varying speeds, from lava flows of ancient earth to the rise and fall of a towering future metropolis.
The movie's charm lies in its Victorian setting and the awe and wonder that carries over from Wells's classic story. The pioneering spirit of the movie is still enthralling, but it gets a bit silly when Taylor turns into a stock hero, rescuing a beautiful blonde Eloi (Yvette Mimieux) and battling with the chubby green Morlocks whose light-bulb eyes blink out when they die. Although it's quaint when compared to the special-effects marvels of the digital age, the movie's still highly entertaining and filled with a timeless sense of wonder. --Jeff Shannon
Geroge Pal, with his groundbreaking visual-effects and his eye for detail add a sharpness to this classic telling of H.G. Wells famous story. Rod Taylor's performance is over-the-top at times (as is he were channeling Charleton Heston at times) but otherwise straight-forward and charming. The Morlocks vs. The Eloi...Hmmmm. Interesting stuff. After taking his time going into the future, first stop in the 40's, second the 60's and then .... on to 802701. Civilization is in ancient ruins .... technology seems to have expired. Here are the Eloi, a group of futuristic nymphs and idiots dressed in skimpy pastel togas singing and staring and giggling like cretins. Life is simple...as George the Time Traveler learns when one of the pretty little nymphettes starts to drown in the river and no one rushes to her aid. Enter hero George... he soon discovers that there's something sinister in this braindead paradise...enter the Morlocks. The Morlocks are a group of critters that used to be human thousands and thousands of years ago but were transformed when they fled the surface of the planet (probably because of the implied nuclear halocaust) to dwell in the darkness. Glowing eyes, blue-green skin, blond fur running down the top of both arms...these creeps mean business. A siren starts to wail and the Eloi start marching like mesmerized lemmings to a cliff...into the underground. For...here's the kicker...the Eloi are the Morlock's food supply. Can you say cannibalism? I knew you could. Overall, this 1960 classic can't be denied its rightful place in film history. Looking back the effects pale in the light of CGI, but they were more pure back then, more real, and people like George Pal paved the way for the things possible today. This is a great movie! Be not afraid...far, far superior to the remake.
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This film has become a fiction classic. Based in an other classic fiction writer, H.G. Wells. A must seen film for all fiction lovers
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1960 version of Time Machine film includes a bit of absurdity but overall an enjoyable one. The odd thing is the story by H.G.Wells was made at the turn of 20th century but when the movie was created it already gained 60 more years. So the first and second world wars were added as an excellent prologue to the coming apocalyptic nuke wars. (It was just mid of cold war era).
Perfect setting. And what would bring to the world 800,000 years from now? Unlike the Dune saga human would not be able to colonize the star systems. But utopian-looking world turned out to be planet-of-apes like situation where humans called Eloi at the prey of monsters called Morlocks(It actually was the another human descendents). But then the biggest absurdity comparable to One Million B.C. based on erroneous scientific settings comes. (Historically humans and dinosaurs never lived the same age!)
Eloi speak the same language of that of 800,000 years ago. That's impossible! The newer version is more probable. But Eloi girl saved by George the Victorian gentleman is really cute.
Verdict: Great classic but includes some absurdities.
Rating: 81 out of 100.
Recommended for classic movies fans. If you pursue the movie with attractive heroine this could be the one.
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