This version of the
H G Wells story is a giant-sized turd, but it proffered some very exciting blink and you’ll miss them sci-fi ideas that could've been plundered to become the basis for something much better. Their inclusion was utterly baffling until I found out the screenplay was by John Logan; that pretty much explained everything.
It scores points for the titular machine, which was a fantastic piece of design, although I’d have liked some crazy pseudoscience to explain how it was able to traverse time. I care about such things. I also care about believable character motivations, which were also absent.
2 terrible words out of 5
I liked just a bit more.
ReplyDeleteMaybe a 3.
Was a fun ride.
Too bad Simon Wells didn't do better though. He probably wanted to do justice to his great grandpappy's work.