I have a very interesting history with The Time Machine (2002). When I was 6 years old, my dad took me and my brother to the theater with the intention of seeing Ice Age. For the first and so far only time in my life, the movie was totally sold out. Rather then leave, my dad took us to see The Time Machine (2002) instead. Of course my child brain processed it as the greatest thing ever. Which is why we bought the movie on VHS and watched it numerous times after. Until my mom pointed out that the original was much better. Then my opinion of the remake dropped severely. Don’t get me wrong, even the worst of my childhood movies make me feel nostalgic no matter what. But I could tell there was something wrong with the movie even at a young age. The Time Machine (2002) takes a far darker approach to the H.G. Wells story. It also adds things that were never present in the original story. The inventor, now named Alexander, invents the time machine with the purpose of saving his fiancée’s life. The new cause of him ending up in 802,701 is the moon exploding. The Eloi are also made to look more like natives who are a mixture of all races (which is actually a very clever notion). The Morlocks look about the same though, only with the confusing inclusion of a super intelligent Morlock. The original Time Machine is clearly the better movie, but I would still recommend the remake for the sake of comparison.

Alexander Hartdegen boards his time machine
Remake of: The Time Machine (1960)