The Time Machine, 1960. A Victorian inventor travels to the distant future.
Directed by George Pal. Written by David Duncan, based on a book by H.G. Wells. Starring Rod Taylor.
Concept: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Story: 1/4 (Bad). There isn't much to Wells' story to begin with, but they did an appalling job of adapting it. They seem to have tried to turn it into the standard Atomic Age anti-war morality tale, but by the end of it wound up with an unambiguously pro-war morality tale instead.
Characters: 1/4 (Bad)
Dialog: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Pacing: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Cinematography: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Special effects/design: 2/4 (Indifferent). Lots of great, and lots of terrible.
Acting: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Music: 2/4 (Indifferent)
Subjective Rating: 5/10 (Indifferent, 2/4). I didn't expect much, and I didn't get much. The book is not particularly suited to being a movie, and despite all of their changes to the story, they didn't do a single thing to address that problem. And the few things that the movie should have been able to have in its favor - adventure, suspense, and a sense of wonder - are absent.
Objective Rating (Average): 1.8/4 (Eh)
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