SpuffyWeb Sadly Over-hyped

Fairaher The film makes a home in your brain and the only cure is to see it again.

Haven Kaycee It is encouraging that the film ends so strongly.Otherwise, it wouldn't have been a particularly memorable film

Billy Ollie Through painfully honest and emotional moments, the movie becomes irresistibly relatable

Mark I'd not seen this film for many decades. After watching Ray Kurzweil - The Singularity Is Near on YouTube, I remembered this movie and decided I should view it again, remarkable!In the 1960's I was young and remember thinking to myself how very silly and quaint Things to Come was. Let's face it, there was no "green screen" no CGI etc. But the issues are still very relevant. H.G. Wells had amazing and prophetic insights.Pre WWII but the directors and screenwriters were spot on as was Mr. Wells. Keep a close eye on the time lines. The correlations I found rather remarkable. WWII the cold war etc. The rise and fall of despots, those who wish to live in the past, the fear of the unknown, change and progress. At times the acting is very much over the top, but try to look beyond that, to themes, archetypes, and how we humans tend to repeat history. Overall, we progress, sometimes plotting along, other times through giant leaps. Always, and I mean ALWAYS through science and reaching out to our future as frighting as that might be.

Leofwine_draca THINGS TO COME was one of the big science fiction movies of the 1930s and a lot more literary in feel than the sorts of pictures that Universal were making during the era. The story is based on the novel by H.G. Wells and shows a dystopian future dominated by technology and the ambition of mankind. It starts off fairly grim and depressing in the first half, chronicling the effects of war and starvation on the population, before detailing an oppressive future that includes space travel (who'd think it?).The film is heavily inspired by METROPOLIS and features plenty of famous faces in the cast, including Raymond Massey, Ann Todd, Cedric Hardwicke, and Ralph Richardson. As with many early sci-fi movies, it feels somewhat staged and dated, and descends into melodrama on occasion. Still, the effects are fun and some glimpses of the future (the arterial highways, the watch phones) are quite prescient.

capone666 Things to ComeThe first thing to do in a post-apocalyptic world is execute all the psychics for not warning us ahead of time.Thankfully, the citizens in this sci-fi movie received many declarations of war.An air raid on Everytown from an unknown adversary sets off a global conflict that finds resident John Cabal (Raymond Massey) enlisting as an airman.Decades later, the war-torn town is devoid of technology as society has deteriorated into a dystopian wasteland controlled by warlords.But engineers have created an advanced civilization in the desert that will lead humanity into a new technological age.Exploring the evolution of humanity through the ashes of war and regenerative powers of progress, this 1936 adaptation of H.G. Wells' novel may suffer from longwinded diatribes but its unique narrative and stylized set designs are worth it.Moreover, dystopian futures are the reason the sewer housing market is so hot right now.Yellow Lightvidiotreviews.blogspot.ca

LeonLouisRicci Didactic and Philosophically laden, this is a Grandiose Vision of Civilization and its Place in the Animal Kingdom. H.G.Wells, a Proud Socialist and Pacifist, Thought (erroneously) that He was on His Game here and Demanded Command on the Set, and in No Uncertain Terms unleashed a Dictate on the "Sign of the Times" and the "Things to Come".It is Clear that this is Wells (who was involved and dictatorial during production) Heavy Handed Verbiage Intruding when the Shakespearean Overacting begins to enter this Visually Vibrant and Awe Inspiring Film. The Actors do their Best to Upstage the Breathtaking Backgrounds, and are a Poor Contrast.This is a One of Kind Movie and does not lend itself to Comparison as it is a Stand Alone Compilation of Fact and Fiction, Art and Literature.Only Metropolis (1927) can offer such Stimulation of Cinematic Brush Work. It has such a Sensation of Art-Deco Beauty for the Expressionistic design and it makes the Industrial Revolution Look Attractive.It is Overwritten and there is very Little Subtlety. There is one Scene of Understatement and Poignancy, where two Aviators are brought together After a Crash. There is also one Shot of a Child's Death complete with Blood dripping from the little one's Face. This is a Powerful Anti-War Statement that does more than Projecting Dialog and Flailing Arms.It is Wells' Ideas that are brought to the Screen with Pictures that end up Ironically the Best. The Pompous, Thoughtful, and Noble Prose is so Overwrought that it Distracts and is Detrimental.Simply the Author's Words and Ideas were Not Transmutable to the Medium of Film in this Way and in this Case.