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Saint
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Wed Feb 21st, 2007 02:42 am |
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Nothing quite dashed my hopes more than the recent update of the original H.G.Wells classc, "The Time Mchine." The new movie changed some things and gave the Traveler motive to travel. That worked well. The new time machine was a joy to behold and the time travel sequences well deserved the Academy Award for special effects.
Then everything went horribly wrong. The Eloi were not innocent lambs. The Morloks came out in the daylight, efectively ruining the whole Light/Dark symbology. And the white Mutant? Where the heck did he come from and why is he feeding the plot to the audience as if we are retarded six year olds?
Go back to the original. There is a charm and substance to that movie that is sadly lacking in the update. Weena is played by a shy, naive Yvette Mimiex, the world's first international supermodel. Rod Taylor couldn't be more the brave hearted hero if he tried. Absolutely perfect casting. Even the beautiful matte paintings and time travel sequences hold up to this day.
Best of all, the story works! Because they don't break my number one rule for making a classic book into a movie...
DON"T SCREW WITH THE PLOT!!!
There was a reason why the book was considered a classic!
Last edited on Wed Feb 21st, 2007 02:43 am by Saint
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Posted: Fri Mar 9th, 2007 04:01 pm |
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| haven't got a chance to watch this one, but it seems pretty cool though
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Wed Apr 4th, 2007 05:29 pm |
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| I havent seen the updated movie, have seen the old one. Bobby likes all those sci-fi stuff especially time travel. Will have to tell him they updated the movie incase he doesnt know. Thanks!!
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Posted: Tue Sep 25th, 2007 09:08 pm |
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| I like the classic movie rather than the remake. Nothing beats the original, I guess...
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Sat Sep 29th, 2007 05:15 pm |
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I love to watch classic movies too, but htis one is kinda different from the other classic movie, Time travel is a great adventure movie.
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