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0 to 800,000 years in 1.2 seconds. másPlot:
Hoping to alter the events of the past, a 19th century inventor instead travels 800,000 years into the future, where he finds humankind divided into two warring races. full summary | add synopsisPlot Keywords:
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Nominated for Oscar. Another 1 win másComentarios de los usuarios:
Simon Wells Spits on his Grandpa's Grave másCast
(Cast overview, first billed only) | Guy Pearce | ... | Alexander Hartdegen |
 | Mark Addy | ... | David Filby |
 | Phyllida Law | ... | Mrs. Watchett |
 | Laura Kirk | ... | Flower Seller |
 | Josh Stamberg | ... | Motorist |
| John W. Momrow | ... | Fifth Avenue Carriage Driver |
 | Sienna Guillory | ... | Emma |
 | Max Baker | ... | Robber |
| Jeffrey M. Meyer | ... | Central Park Carriage Driver |
| Alan Young | ... | Flower Store Worker |
 | Myndy Crist | ... | Jogger |
| Connie Ray | ... | Teacher |
 | Orlando Jones | ... | Vox |
 | Lennie Loftin | ... | Soldier #1 |
| Thomas Corey Robinson | ... | Soldier #2 |
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Rated PG-13 for intense sequences of action violence.Parents Guide:
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96 minPaís:
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2.35 : 1 másClasificación:
Iceland:12 | Argentina:13 | Australia:M | Brazil:14 | Finland:K-11 | France:U | Germany:12 | Hong Kong:IIA | Ireland:12 | Netherlands:12 | Norway:11 | Peru:14 | Philippines:PG-13 | Portugal:M/12 | Singapore:PG | South Korea:All | Spain:7 | Sweden:11 | Switzerland:14 (canton of Geneva) | Switzerland:14 (canton of Vaud) | UK:PG | USA:PG-13 (certificate #38773)MOVIEmeter: 
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Originally released for December 2001, the release was bumped to March 2002 because of a decision whether to remove a scene involving a meteor shower crippling New York. The filmmakers were concerned that such a scene may stir memories of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Center. másGoofs:
Miscellaneous: Actress Myndy Crist, who is the friendly New Yorker who thinks Alexander Hartdegen's Time Machine is a Cappuccino maker, is listed in the movie credits as "Jogger", but in the entire scene she is walking or unlocking and riding a bicycle, thus her credit should be "Bicyclist", since she isn't Jogging anywhere in the film. másQuotes:
Phillby: [looking at a futuristic picture] I wonder if we'll ever go too far.Hartdegen: With what?
Phillby: [pointing at the picture] With this. With all of this.
Hartdegen: No such thing.
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H.G. Wells is spinning. No doubt about it.
Really, this would have been a decent sci-fi/adventure movie, if it hadn't been based on a classic novel and directed by the author's grandson. I kept hearing about how this would be the definitive version of the novel. What resulted was a pathetic and simpleminded bastardization.
The novel is a great sci-fi story but what a lot of people miss when they read it (probably because they read it when they're very young) is that it's overflowing with social commentary. The Eloi and Morlocks are a satire of the class distinctions of Victorian England, and the overall message of the film is that EVERYTHING DECAYS AND DEGENERATES, a satiric jab at Victorian complacency and their belief that their civilization would last forever. There's no love story, no romance with a beautiful Eloi woman....in the novel, the Eloi are 3-foot-tall childlike beings with a mental capacity not far above that of an animal. The Time Traveler does befriend an Eloi woman but it's clear he thinks of her more like a pet, and anyway she's killed before the novel ends.
This movie first tries to give us a totally stupid backstory as to "why he wants to travel through time." The treacly romance and the Lessons He Must Learn are enough to make film fans vomit.
The journey into the future is punctuated by a future disaster. OK, not bad, but it would have had more punch if we had been allowed to see that mankind just generally degenerates, as in the book. More a reflection of the times, I guess, as the George Pal version had a nuclear war take place.
The general story? Ugh. A total misrepresentation of the novel. The Eloi are too competent and warlike. The Morlocks are too intelligent. The UberMorlock is an embarrassment, and there's no setup. He just shows up in time to be killed. Yawn.
Samantha Mumba does OK. Guy Pearce is one of my favorites but he often seems confused and in pain. (Reportedly he broke a rib while filming this.) He also looks unhealthy and overly thin, as if he had been ill for a long time before making this.
A sad, sorry film version of one of the world's classics. H. G. Wells deserves better....MUCH better.