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Such a waste of a movie

posted 8 years ago by CathodeRayTubesRock
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Seems like such a waste of movie. By this I do not mean that 2002 The Time Machine (TTM) is horrible, it's just sort of meh, okay. It seems like a waste because of the wonderful source material and ideas it had to work with. The book and previous film cover huge, significant ideas of how are future ancestors will live. The fate of the earth and humanity. But also balanced with the ideas and love of one person ultimately make a difference.
The movie never lives up to this. It (at least for me) fails to capture what an incredible thrill and adventure it would be able to travel through time.

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[–] Mercader79 8 years ago

Agreed. 1960 film was much better.

[–] suburban_Venus 7 years ago

What difference did the time traveller make in the book? And to whom?
The 1960 movie distracted from what is important (ie novel material) to emphasise the human relationships, because this is what brings people into cinemas (at least in 1960 I guess). Romantic love interest.
I was disappoined by both movies, but the 1960 movie even more. At least the newer version tried to differ in more than one aspect and had it's own ending. It should be a love interest category nontheless. About a man who lost his love and finds a way to cope with it by finding a new love and a new challenge.
I cannot even say how much this bores me every time I watch this, the genre I mean.

Still, I agree with you, the 2002 movie was a waste of source material and ideas, much more would have been possible with nowadays tech.
Waiting for a third adaption that actually is a literal novel-to-film movie. Because I want to see those spidery morlochs with their huge eyes and little hands, white like the fish in the caves.

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