Review – The Time Machine

I loved the H.G. Wells source story when I was a kid, and I can remember feeling somewhat let down the first time I saw this movie because it didn’t conform to how I’d imagined it. However, as an adult I recognize that a movie-maker’s vision is naturally going to differ from my own imagination (which is why to this day I make a point of reading the book before seeing the movie, assuming I’m ever going to bother with the book). And youthful disappointment aside, this is a good production. George Pal’s stop-motion animation both subtracts from and adds to the picture. In spots the logic of time travel takes a back seat to the animated effect Pal wants to try. But his stuff is just so interesting to look at that it’s easy to excuse such small and occasional inconsistencies. Mildly amusing