nb_23
Joined Aug 2002
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My biggest problem with rating this movie is that I'm forced to give it a star - if I were able to tell the ratings truth it would be no star whatever. If only minus stars were possible! The original movie of the Time Machine is genuinely scary and completely coherent. The acting is wonderful and the special effects are amazing. This new version is a watered-down, glossed-up travesty. It is truly one of the worst films I have ever, ever seen. The story is ridiculous, the premise incredible, the storyline lacks any credibility, the acting is cringeworthy, the stupid, stupid machine is just daft - why the blinding lights???? Don't waste your time - it is dreadful.
Of course Edinburgh was one of the stars of the movie so it was even more horrible to see the violence with my beautiful city as a backdrop. But that's partly why this movie made such an impact on me - yes, yes, it was a bit over the top and it was probably a mistake to allow Richard Jobson to be writer and director (just as it's usually a mistake to allow someone to star in the movie they directed - except for Clint Eastwood who is astonishingly good at using all of himself in his movies).
However, and it's a big big however, this was real. These people were real. Their lives and tragedies were real. The film was overwritten but overall lyrical and full of pathos. The images were wonderful (go on, admit it, you loved the sunset over Edinburgh's Folly!).
Ignore the detractors - go and see this movie to experience one side of Edinburgh life that you'll never see when you come for the Festival.
However, and it's a big big however, this was real. These people were real. Their lives and tragedies were real. The film was overwritten but overall lyrical and full of pathos. The images were wonderful (go on, admit it, you loved the sunset over Edinburgh's Folly!).
Ignore the detractors - go and see this movie to experience one side of Edinburgh life that you'll never see when you come for the Festival.