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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community Apr 11, 2002
Pros: Jeremy Irons, Orlando Jones
Cons: Just about everything else
Summary: The year 1899 has been the setting for a couple of recent movies. Last year, it was the setting for the Oscar nominated movie “Moulin Rouge!” It also served as the starting point for the remake of “The Time Machine.” Judging by these two efforts, I’d ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 4, 2010
Pros: Good EffectsTime travel stories are interesting because the bring up paradoxes
Cons: doesn't fit the booksome semi-non-creative plot patterns
Summary: Many people can get a bit irritated after watching the Time Machine and realizing that it does not fit the plot line of the actual book; however, if a person can put that aside and look at the movie as a seperate story in itself, I think the ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Mar 8, 2008
Pros: A nice balance of themes - fantasy, philosophy and pure entertainment.
Cons: The annoying "Jitter-Cam" during the chase at the end
Summary: Okay, I'm going to take a different bent than normal here. When people talk about this film (not that they do all that often), it's usually in comparison to the original George Pal movie - which is of course a classic piece of sixties filmmaking, don’t ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 6, 2004
Pros: Flawed themes. No involvement.
Cons: Concept.
Summary: Science fiction doesn't necessarily have to add up completely. But it should make you forget your questions. The Time Machine (2002) is the worst kind of sci-fi. Many plot holes and questions, large and small, pop up throughout the movie, and ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 5, 2003
Pros: A succesful modern adaptation
Cons: Not for the purist
Summary: Having recently seen the Time Machine with my son at the decadent establishment called Crown Casino Complex in Melbourne, I thought I might give a review of the movie. Guy Pearce is Alexander Hartegen a nutty professor type. Very much into theoretical phy ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 21, 2003
Pros: Good FX.
Cons: Long, dull. Uninspired performances. Unintentionally goofy at times.
Summary: Director Simon Wells moved from animation (the stunning "Prince Of Egypt") to big-budget live acti ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 14, 2003
Pros: Decent effects, interesting story.
Cons: The ending was silly, much of it was contrived.
Summary: Whenever Hollywood thinks it can "improve" a classic, it usually fails. This movie is no exception. ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Feb 10, 2003
Pros: Flashier special effects, photography.
Cons: Plot, acting, logic, everything else.
Summary: The 2002 version of THE TIME MACHINE was peddled to us as somehow a truer interpretation of the H.G. Wells story ... since the producer claimed to be his great-grandson. Yes, and I am descended from one of the chief rabbis of Romania. The apple can roll ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 25, 2003
Pros: The musical score, The second half, Mumba, Irons, Special effects
Cons: The first half, Pearce in the first half, changing the main character, casting in general
Summary: Although I am not going to go so far as to say that you shouldn’t watch this film at all, if you have a choice, go back and read the original novel, by HG Wells. It ought to be more entertaining.
There are some things in this movie that I ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jan 24, 2003
Pros: A short running time.
Cons: Unconvincing and unbelievable.
Summary: The movie The Time Machine (2002) rests conceptually on what is known as the grandfather paradox. The paradox is a conundrum of logic that inevitably arises whenever debates or thought experiments about causality in time travel are conducted. It ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Dec 6, 2002
Pros: acting, visuals
Cons: strayed from original
Summary: Having reviewed George Pal's 1960 version, I felt it only fitting to go on and review Simon Wells' 2002 version of Time Machine. This version has been widely panned here on Epinions and elsewhere, and I can see their point. I went into this ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Nov 3, 2002
Pros: Great special effects, entertaining story.
Cons: Bad ending.
Summary: I have great respect for H.G. Wells and all of his work, especially (what I think is his best book) the book, Time machine. Unfortunately, great things can rarely be reproduced, much less made better. Although this movie had great special ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 21, 2002
Pros: Excellent use of paper mache
Cons: Only 90 minutes, and with so many questions unanswered!
Summary: Time machine:
I love H.G. Wells so I'm willing to subject myself to every attempt at making movies based on his work.
H.G. Wells' Time Machine is kitsch to begin with, so any criticism of films of his work as being silly or flimsy ... read more
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Rated a Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Oct 3, 2002
Pros: Graphics
Cons: story
Summary: If a loved one died, what would you do? Alexander Hartdegen, played by Guy Pearce, built a time machine. Right here, there’s a difference between the book and this movie. First off, the time traveler in the book was never named. (He’s simply referred ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 12, 2002
Pros: Good Story
Cons: Lacking Plot, Disappointing Ending
Summary: We recently rented this movie and, I must say, the original was better. When this movie first came out, I wanted to go see it in theaters, but never got around to it. Maybe because I didn't hear anything good about it or subconsciously I knew the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Sep 6, 2002
Pros: Great special effects, cute leading man, Orlando Jones has never looked better!
Cons: It was a bit disjointed in parts, some questions were never answered.
Summary: I enjoyed this movie. Okay, so it didn't follow the HG Well's book, and it isn't a patch on the original "Time Machine" movie but I liked it a lot.
Guy Pierce did a good job as the tormented Alexander Hartdegen who builds a time machine so he can ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 23, 2002
Pros: Exciting moments and above average acting.
Cons: Quick climax scene, disappointing ending.
Summary: Okay, I admit it. I've never read the book by H.G. Wells. I can't expound on the literary themes that are prevalent throughout the book and therefore in the movie. I won't draw comparisons between the author's original work and Hollywood's ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Aug 13, 2002
Pros: Good work by the 'techies' who built the sets, props, costumes, makeup, and effects.
Cons: Huge plot holes, little reason to care about characters, insufficient story.
Summary: I've always been a fan of the science fictional subgenre of time travel. H. G. Wells' The Time Machine is the classic work of this specialty, so naturally I was interested when a new movie version of it was released. Even the bad reviews that ... read more
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Rated a Very Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 31, 2002
Pros: Mindless entertainment.
Cons: Cheap ending.
Summary: Once again I find myself in the need to say that if you’re a fan of the book – you’re probably not going to like the movie. It doesn’t matter what producers or directors do, they will never, ever, absolutely come even remotely close to the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 26, 2002
Pros: Great visuals, imaginative changes to the original story
Cons: The later romance could have been developed better
Summary: I will admit that even though H. G. Wells is one of my all time favorite writers, “The Time Machine” was not, in its utopian ravings and tenuous plot, one of my most cherished works. I much prefer the subversive, dark humor of “The Invisible Man” or the ... read more
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Rated a Somewhat Helpful Review by the Epinions community
Jul 24, 2002
Pros: Very Top Notch
Cons: no cons
Summary: "Is the future what we think it is". The Time Machine is all about a man that tries to bring his wife back and he builds a timemachine. The movie alone deminstrates how far a person would go, for what they believe in. I am going to say the movie is ... read more
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