TimeQuest
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Movie Reviews of TimeQuest
Movie Review: Jim Mica
Summary: 4 Stars
Look, if you're not a Boomer --if you don't remember where you
were when the news came in from Dallas on November 22, 1963,
this won't make much sense to you.
If you remember that time, when a generation saw a hero cut
down in his prime, then this film will reach you.
We now know that JFK was a hero with feet of clay, but in this
Alternate History, he got the chance to move on to real greatness.
This film gives us a view of a world in which 57,000+ Americans
(plus God knows how many Vietnamese) didn't have to die. It
gives us a view of a world in which JFK didn't end up as some
contemptous horndog-womanizer. It gives us a view of a world
in which Robert F. Kennedy wasn't gunned down in LA and Martin
Luther King Jr. became a Vice President of the USA.
If you can remember where you were when Walter Cronkite told
the world that the hope of a generation had been snuffed out,
this is a film filled with healing images.
No, it isn't perfect. The exposition of the plot is more
convoluted than it needs to be, but it gives us a glimps of
a world in which the landing of a man on the moon (yeah, it's
still a man and not a woman) is a moment when all of humanity
celebrates.
What can I say? I was in a school classroom on November 22nd,
1963. The man who gave us the Peace Corps and the challenge
of landing on the moon died that day. This film prevents
his assassination and the character assassination that followed
a few years later.
We live in an age brimming with anti-heroes. This film is
an allegory in which JFK DOESN'T become one of them.
Movie Review: Very Good Sci-Fi...
Summary: 4 Stars
I'm sorry to burst another reviewer's bubble, but as a Conservative/Libertarian I enjoyed this movie immensely.The Democratic Party of today bares little to no resemblence to the party of the time of JFK.
I enjoyed this movie, and liked the idea that had JFK lived we would have colonized the Moon and beyond.
Also, how could avoiding Viet-Nam be a bad thing?
And Martin Luther King as Vice President of the U.S.A. is a bold move and welcome outcome of preventing the assasination of the President.
For those who are fans of Time Travel, and What-ifs. I highly recommend this movie. It's fun, it's not complicated, it tells a compelling story.
Movie Review: An Unintentional Comedy
Summary: 2 Stars
"Timequest" had a potentially good concept involving a "what if President Kennedy had never been assassinated" plot line, but fails badly. The movie is terrible, with jerky, illogical, and hard-to-follow scene changes, laughable dialogue that wasn't intended to be laughable - all intermixed between otherwise boring filmmaking. The acting is mixed as well, with most of it achieving a level of mediocrity and no higher. One of the most hilarious scenes is with the "man from the future" who wears one of the most ridiculous "space suits" I've ever seen. No lie - it looked like a piece of crap. Still, it was good for a few laughs. In fact, the whole movie turned out to be an unintentional comedy, and that's how I ultimately viewed it. However, if you like good science fiction, this movie isn't it.Movie Review: Great idea, bad movie
Summary: 2 Stars
man oh man. what a great premise, been done by some others too, but this one had such great potential... too bad it was very poorly executed. but, at least it was free - library borrow. i'd never pay to watch it!Movie Review: remarkable in its lack of imagination and energy
Summary: 1 Stars
In customer reviews there is excessive use of hyperbole and exaggeration when reviewing films. Way, way too many times the phrase "Worst Film Ever" or "worst film I have ever seen" is casually and capriciously used, even though the latter claim is most likely inaccurate and the first one almost certainly is inaccurate.
However, this film may well merit some of the more scathing aspersions. The general premise is not all that bad, although hugely farfetched (a time-traveller goes back in time to stop the JFK assassination). I am a HUGE fan of alternate/counterfactual history (as confirmed by my book buying patterns). I was intrigued by the storyline of this film and had very high hopes for it being an interesting and fascinating movie. Done well, it could have been an intriguing and maybe even a great film. Yet a lack of budget and an ENORMOUS lack of imagination made this a weak community stock theater version of an English composition essay. Besides the very conspicuous lack of even a vague reference to any scientific or sci-fi explanation, Papa Walton shows up in a diver's suit (the old fashioned kind like you see in fish aquariums) in the middle of JFK's supposedly secure hotel suite, then dodderingly proceeds to explain that he went back in time to prevent the assassination (no scientific mumbo-jumbo included).
Although the film does make an attempt to present an alternative to what might have been in history (the consequences of JFK's more unethical side catches up with him), mainly it is an embarrassingly bad soliloquy to a time-traveling stalker's love for Jacqueline Bouvier Kennedy. An awkwardly large part of the film was Ralph Waite's character talking about his love for the First Lady (telling her directly), then asking for a slow dance with her as a reward for saving the President's life - I kid you not!
The acting was sluggish and palpably uninspired. I was literally embarrassed for the actors at a few points in the film. I swear it is as if the cast was using body language as if to say, "how did I get talked into this film, and when OH DEAR GOD when will it end?". Seriously, the actors playing the first couple were listless and seemed to be uncomfortable, although that part is understandable. Ralph Waite's performance or character was just plain creepy and off-putting, combining near-senility with a stalker's eeriness. Even Bruce Campbell (yes, I am a fan), who can generally be counted on to add some energy and interest to a film with his appearances, is both underused and poorly directed.
This is way too much like a story written by some marginally skilled Kennedyphile who pines for the days of Camelot, complete with the embellished and exaggerated notions of virtue that were all too often imputed to it. If those who rave about this film can be honest with themselves, the notion that all of America's problems being solved as a result of an unabridged JFK (and later RFK) administration are a little on the ridiculous side, though he no doubt would have made some accomplishments. Overall, JFK did a good job as President, but this film did not really do him justice as a portrayal.
Political leanings aside, you don't have to be a conservative or Republican to dislike this movie, which had an interesting and promising idea but became a weak and lazy result full of poor writing and acting. Do not be mislead by the inaccurate reviews that tell you otherwise. If you want a good film to make you feel good about the Kennedy presidency, watch THIRTEEN DAYS (although too much of that is focused on Kevin Costner's character).