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Rod Taylor builds a time machine and travels forward in time, seeing vast social change, war, and eventually winding up tens of thousands of years in the future. He finds himself in a devolved world, where humans (the eloi) are mere cattle, living in ignorant bliss. They are food for the race of subterranean mutants (morlocks) that lord over them. Can Taylor's character help these doomed folks? Classic stuff!...
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A thousand times better than the recent remake. Don't bother with that one.
This is the definitive movie. I watched this with my 22 year old daughter
who is studying animation. She agreed with me that George Pal's 1960 animation
was as good as anything in the new version. The story was far better presented.
and the additional 30 minute special feature with brings Rod Taylor and Alan Young
back together again 30+ years later was far more enjoyable than most 'making of'
features.
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I saw this movie on tv when I was a child. It made a big impression on me. I saw it again as an adult and realized it had even more to offer in the way of concepts (above and beyond the special effects). I know this movie was remade. I saw the remake, I can't remember very much about it, it was unremarkable.
But this version was intriguing, and thought provoking and has cool special effects. I shared it with my grandson for the first time. He's 10 years old and jaded by Modern Warefare II type graphics, but he still appreciated this movie. It has special effects, it has a story, and it sticks in your mind. What else could you ask for?
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I saw this as a boy and it permanently entered my imagination. If there was one wish that I could have had, it would have been to have a real machine like the one in the film. I added the film to my collection so that I could share it with my children.
Watching it at this age, I must say that there is still magic to it. In particular, the sense of history passing so quickly, seeing where the path of man might lead. The scientist truly still captured my imagination - his inspiration, his wonder, his hopes, his regrets, his struggle against smaller minds. That part worked for me as it did in 1964, when I first saw it. I also enjoyed his discovery and investigation of the Eloi, who to his horror had devolved into passive children living only in the present, using only present-tense verbs.
Unfortunately, the part with the Morlocks appeared preposterous and crude to me, a kind of tack-on to the great first hour of the movie, to make it an action movie in its last 25 minutes. It is fun, of course, but there is nothing distinguished about it and the end resolution is way too pat.
And my kids (g14 & b10). With the special effects nearly 50 years old, they were not impressed. They also did not get swept up in the themes the way I did, again with a mix of sophistication and impatience with the slower pace (the Star Wars infection, I would call that). But we did discuss it, even if they laughed at it for the most part.
The extras of my edition are also OK. Though the documentary has too much about the fate of the prop time machine, there is also a fictional vignette conclusion that is truly worth the price of admission.
Warmly recommended. I guess I'm dated in my kids' eyes, but I am still a sucker for it and glad of it!
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This is a good fantasy movie. Rod Taylor is terrific in his role as is Yvette Mimeux. If you want action and adventure, this is the movie for you.
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