This movie absolutely ROCKS!
Run, don't walk to your television and see how the future looked from a 1938 perspective. This is a brilliant film about a man who is thrown forward in time by the War Department on special mission in hopes of preventing the rise of Hitler and the Second World War.
There's a brief introduction by Niel DeGrasse Tyson, the famous astrophysicist, describing how this film emerged.
The dialog is excellent. Quick, smart, snarky. The quips are fast and stylized, reminiscent of such classics as "The Philadelphia Story," and "Dinner at Eight." The movie is utterly engaging and entertaining from the opening credits to the final "The End" that closes the film. This is a real gem!
It has flavors of the movie "Just Imagine," a 1930 sci-fi musical view of the New York of 1980, and the General Motors "Futurama" ride at the World's Fair in 1939 predicting a future of soaring skyscrapers, fabulous cars, and a bright future. If you enjoyed the old, fanciful Jules Verne movies you'll love this.
There are plenty of predictive revelations in the movie that have actually come to be. Well, more or less. Wireless picture phones? Check. Texting? Yep. The 24 hour news cycle? It's here. But none of it looks quite the way it was predicted.
Acting and story are first rate.
Cinematography and special effects are good, especially considering it's a 1938 film!
The movie has a cartoon-like quality to it, which works very much in its favor. And if you want to know the answer to the riddle, "What do you wait for, but never want, and follow by stopping," you'll have to watch the movie.
Run, don't walk to your television and see how the future looked from a 1938 perspective. This is a brilliant film about a man who is thrown forward in time by the War Department on special mission in hopes of preventing the rise of Hitler and the Second World War.
There's a brief introduction by Niel DeGrasse Tyson, the famous astrophysicist, describing how this film emerged.
The dialog is excellent. Quick, smart, snarky. The quips are fast and stylized, reminiscent of such classics as "The Philadelphia Story," and "Dinner at Eight." The movie is utterly engaging and entertaining from the opening credits to the final "The End" that closes the film. This is a real gem!
It has flavors of the movie "Just Imagine," a 1930 sci-fi musical view of the New York of 1980, and the General Motors "Futurama" ride at the World's Fair in 1939 predicting a future of soaring skyscrapers, fabulous cars, and a bright future. If you enjoyed the old, fanciful Jules Verne movies you'll love this.
There are plenty of predictive revelations in the movie that have actually come to be. Well, more or less. Wireless picture phones? Check. Texting? Yep. The 24 hour news cycle? It's here. But none of it looks quite the way it was predicted.
Acting and story are first rate.
Cinematography and special effects are good, especially considering it's a 1938 film!
The movie has a cartoon-like quality to it, which works very much in its favor. And if you want to know the answer to the riddle, "What do you wait for, but never want, and follow by stopping," you'll have to watch the movie.