Me too. Remember being completely entranced by it when I saw it on tv as a kid. There’s a horrible 2002 version but this is the definitive adaptation as far as I’m concerned. Until someone can come up with something better. Which I doubt.
Rod Taylor is a wonderful and completely under-rated actor. The way he looks with complete adoration at the little model and says, “THIS…is a time machine.” His disgust at the disregard for the intellectual property the Eloi have let rot. “A million years. Sensitive men dying for their dreams. FOR WHAT?” and his hand gesture throws the dust from the decaying books straight into the male Eloi’s face. The fact that he can do all the he-man action stuff AND play an impassioned scientist without hitting a bum note. Impressive. Here’s to ya Rod.
My God, I love this movie!
Me too. Remember being completely entranced by it when I saw it on tv as a kid. There’s a horrible 2002 version but this is the definitive adaptation as far as I’m concerned. Until someone can come up with something better. Which I doubt.
I think the two versions complement each other pretty well, I particularly liked the fractured moon and hologram portions of the new one
I think I saw this on eBay.
Great movie.
Rod Taylor is a wonderful and completely under-rated actor. The way he looks with complete adoration at the little model and says, “THIS…is a time machine.” His disgust at the disregard for the intellectual property the Eloi have let rot. “A million years. Sensitive men dying for their dreams. FOR WHAT?” and his hand gesture throws the dust from the decaying books straight into the male Eloi’s face. The fact that he can do all the he-man action stuff AND play an impassioned scientist without hitting a bum note. Impressive. Here’s to ya Rod.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pPu0OzGMies Wonderful interview with Rod from the nineties.
I watched a rerun of The Big Bang Theory today, and the guys bought that Time Machine.
I hate to be a yes man, but this movie is absolutely masterful. Today’s cinema has clearly lost something special.