Unfunny Time Travel Movies
Had a three movie weekend–one quality, one lightweight and one awful. I knew that Timeline would be pretty bad, but I couldn’t resist. Why couldn’t I resist? Two reasons: Paul Walker and Paul Walker.
Just kidding.
In truth, I like time travel movies. I like all the quasi-science and discussions of corrupting the time continuum and all that bollocks. And, as I’ve mentioned before, I’m a movie slut–I’ll pretty much see anything.
As I mentioned, this film was awful. The acting was wooden, the direction uninspired and the historical accuracy–well, I was surprised that a French knight didn’t threaten to ‘bust une cap’ in somebody’s derriere. The worst problem? It wasn’t funny, at all.
The best time travel movies are funny. They may be action films, but they still have some great time travel schtick. Others are comedies which, more or less, depend on, uh, chrono-humour, for their best bits. A short list of some funny time travel movies:
- Back to the Future
- Bill and Ted’s Excellent Adventure
- Groundhog Day
Yowza, that is a short list. Can anybody name any others?
Time travel is ripe for humor, so why not exploit it? Sadly, everybody in Timeline appeared to be struggling just to remember their lines and blocking simultaneously. Such was their acting talent.
Alan Woo 
