| Author | Subject: international box office |
| gary o'donnell | Posted At 09:16:58 04/22/2002
for all you temporal terrors... as it stands the intenational box office figures for T/M stand at $81 million.... the film still has a fair few countries to open in so.....you never know..... |
| Peter N. |
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Posted At 15:02:00 04/22/2002 Wow, it might just manage to get its money back ! |
| Palmachine |
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Posted At 07:30:13 04/23/2002 Just because Simon Wells'first live action movie made money to attract a few curious people.... does not give it classic status! The original journey made by actor Rod Taylor is still the ultimate film experience aboard H.G. Wells' fantasy vehicle! And Taylor is the quintessential Time Traveler of the novel! Yvette Mimieux is the perfect Weena...and Alan Young, (even though he did appear shortly with flowers again in the new film), portrays loyal friend, Filby to the hilt...right up to the end of George Pal's celluloid treasure! Give me the MGM version any...TIME! |
| gary o'donnell |
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Posted At 07:54:12 04/23/2002 it's not meant to give it classic status at all - it's merely a statement to say where T/M stands internationally.....just because there's been a remake doesn't mean it has to rain on your parade...it is what it is and isn't trying to be anything...it's only a version of a story after all...... |
| Peter N. |
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Posted At 19:05:05 04/23/2002 I guess we would have liked the DreamWorks version to be a slightly better one than it was. |
| Palmachine |
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Posted At 15:21:35 04/25/2002 The new film does not 'rain' on my parade, Mr. O'Donnell. It was only a fair film, regardless of the money it has made! I do like the soundtrack music... but, the story..? Well... it still stands as fact that most critics did not agree with the film... it looks like the 'parade' is pretty darn long from what I have seen. If you liked this version, all well and good..it had a few agreeable points in its favor. I went to see it...and I just did not find the magic of the original novel and the first cinematic version even closely touched in this updated version, yet Simon Wells indicates in the HBO special "First Look" that it is meant to be a tribute. I just did not see much of a tribute here. If his film does well internationally, so be it... Wells will have the money back that he invested in making it! But, for my part, I was a bit disappointed in this new film! And, I would dare say that there is a larger group of TM fans who will agree with this. Please excuse me for being too critical of your remarks.... I was just stating an opinion... |
| MrX |
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Posted At 00:02:47 04/26/2002 i think the new movie rocks..... |
| gary o'donnell |
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Posted At 06:55:54 04/26/2002 hey...no probs Mr. Palmachine...we're all fans of HG anyway...I know what you mean...for me, I think it's good that HG's writings are still up there for Hollywood consumption...you know the score, unless you did something yourself you'd never be totally happy and there's nearly always "artistic licence" with all that's made (even the original had some of this)but I think as long as the spirit and intent is there then it can't be all that bad and I felt that the new film has some of this and that Simon Wells has given his slant...I personally don't know if better or worse applies - I suppose that's just personal opinion and, like you say, everyone is entitled to that.At least HG Wells' name has been introduced to a new generation of people....and that's nice!!!...All the best...Gaz |
| sn |
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Posted At 20:12:43 04/26/2002 The money means nothing, because it has failed as a movie. 81 million is still bad when it cost 122 million, even the money it made US is a major failure, please try not to make this film sound like it is loved by fans, it is not. Tickets cost more & there are more people in the world then in 1960, so yes it looks like it is making money. Sorry I hope someday we will see a really heartfelt, with action, film of The Time Machine. |
| Peter N. |
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Posted At 21:16:36 04/26/2002 On thing that surprised me is that most people I have talked to in the last few days who liked the Pal movie (but were not die-hard fans like us) had either not bothered to go see the DreamWorks version or were not even aware that it had come and gone ! |
| gary o'donnell |
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Posted At 02:55:52 04/29/2002 I know what you mean about the money and I myself (after seeing the movie) was left feeling wanting...I'm not trying to make it sound like it is loved by fans ....but i'd just like to see the film do as well as it can...reach as many people as possible...introduce HG to new people...because I think that the downside of this remake is that I don't think it will give any more mileage to the story for another telling...maybe it will but I don't think so...unless someone with some autonomy just wants to do it for no other reason..I mean the right reason is to make it because you love the story and really want to do it justice...but I don't know if that really happens nowadays with everyone looking at money...yet it costs money for the right kind of production values...but anyway......it will be interesting to see what extras and deleted scenes will be on the dvd...I've a feeling that a lot of the production cuts that have been evident in the trailer and press photos will crop up here...not that they will make the film any better or worse than it is.... |
| Peter N. |
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Posted At 10:48:57 04/29/2002 As far as the possibility of another remake, you have to keep in mind that DreamWorks owns the worldwide movie rights to The Time Machine until those expire in 2017 ! Most people don't realize that Wells's writings are still protected by copyright in Europe, while all of his early writings are in the public domain in North America. This means that, although any American producer could make another movie adaptation of The Time Machine and show it locally, he could not distribute it worldwide unless he works out an agreement with DreamWorks or... waits until 2017 ! |
| gary o'donnell |
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Posted At 11:12:52 04/29/2002 I know Peter...and that's a shame isn't it...that this opportunity and a real big one with Dreamworks/Warners sharing...has come and gone. Maybe in the meantime someone will invent a T/M and go and change it!!....no I enjoyed the remake in certain ways and in others I didn't...it's just a shame that you think things look so promising and then end up not so. Production values,the OST and the actors playing it straight were all plus points but that doesn't make a film does it...what heart was there beat ever so faintly instead of gloriously!!!!....ah What If!!!! |