Pretty good movie overall. First half was nothing special but it got better as it went along.

Fanciful, disturbing, and wildly original, it announces the arrival of a fresh, bold voice in American cinema.

The movie's neither hopeful in contrived ways, nor hopeless in different contrived ways. Somehow it manages to be wonderful

By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.

Beautifully conducted and acting that is believable, this film is a great edition to the Science Fiction enthusiast's collection. H.G. Wells has always been a favorite of mine anyway, but the concept and idea of the film is so neat. I love how the feel of the film makes you think you're on another planet, when in fact, you're in another dimension. Truly, this was a great film and I would recommend it to anyone.

The special effects are a bit dated as you might expect from a movie made in 1960 but the story will live forever. One of my all-time favorite movies.

For those who don't know the story, Rod Taylor is the man who creates a time machine at the turn of the century. Undaunted by the disbelief of his friends, he climbs into the machine and finds himself soaring forward through time, witnessing both World Wars, and then the nuclear wars of the future (or, in this case, 1966). The lava engulfing vehicles in the high street might resemble jam engulfing Matchbox toys today, but we get the idea. Taylor finally finds himself hundreds of thousands of years in the future, where mankind has split into two separate races - the gentle Eloi and the cannibalistic Morlocks.Befriending Weena, one of the Eloi, Taylor learns through talking discs (an uncanny prediction of CD technology?) the history of the world. He is disconcerted when his time machine disappears inside a giant Sphinx-like building, and comes to realise that the Morlocks which live underground, have stolen it. Soon Weena too disappears into the Morlocks' caverns, and Taylor climbs down an air vent to battle with the creatures...This is by all respects a superb adaptation of the H. G. Wells story about a man who travels forward into the future. Made in 1960, this film has hardly dated, and the special effects are still effective even today (when I was younger I was scared out of my wits by the decaying of the Morlock in the final reel). Okay, so they might not be realistic, but they're still brilliantly conveyed. Also, the crisp colour photography really makes this one stand out from the crowd, as well as a high action content which is always a crowd-pleaser.Rod Taylor may not be everyone's choice to play a Wellsian hero, but he is intensely likable and makes a good action figure (similar to the character he played in Hitchcock's THE BIRDS). He remains cool throughout the film, his hair never gets messed up, and he's just the kind of macho figure that a film like this needs. The film benefits from some fine sets (especially the sitting room, where Taylor relates his story - dozens of clocks line the walls), authentic costumes, good special effects, and having such a charismatic actor as the lead. Taylor is supported well by Yvette Mimieux as a shy, child-like love interest, and Alan Young as a kind-hearted fellow scientist who overdoes the stereotypical Scottish thing a bit too much.The best part of the film is the spectacular ending where Taylor fights the dreaded Morlocks in the burning caverns! The Morlocks are essentially rubber-suited monsters, with lumpy faces and pig-like eyes, this made them very hideous and extremely frightening to me when I was young. It's simple things which are most effective. THE TIME MACHINE is a very light-hearted romp and lots of fun, this is a delight to watch if you want cheering up, a film to make you happy, excited, awed and fearful. One of the best Wells adaptations around, and also one of my favourite films.

A Victorian Englishman travels to the far future and finds that humanity has divided into two hostile species.I cannot say that I am terribly familiar with the original story. I am, however, somewhat familiar with the remake. Although that was not bad, you simply cannot beat the charm of this original.What I liked most was the progressive move forward in time, first by minutes, then years, and then many thousands of years. That was much more interesting than just jumping to the distant future and the Morlocks. The son who looks exactly like his father? Brilliant. And by setting it in Victorian England rather than 1960, the jump ahead could be accomplished with a true history... at least for the first fifty years.