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5.0 out of 5 stars
Fascinating!, May 8, 2004
Have you wondered why manned space missions just petered out after we got to the moon? Do you suspect things might have been different if JFK hadn't died in 1963?
Well, according to this extremely thoughtful direct-to-video SF movie, you're right. See, a guy comes back from the future and prevents JFK's assassination, and the result is . . . well, that's the movie, so I'd better not spoil anything for you.
As has been noted, the film does jump around. But it's not confusing at all; in fact it's extraordinarily well handled. The jumping around is part of the process of exposition, and that's where most of the drama in the film lies. At any rate you won't have any trouble knowing which scenes are happening when.
The alternate history of the Kennedys is also quite well handled. JFK is respected but not worshipped or whitewashed -- and in general, far from lionizing the Kennedy clan, the film takes a fairly gritty and politically realistic view of them. This is a future that could actually have happened, if only . . .
Parts of it are laugh-out-loud funny, too. I won't spoil any of _that_ stuff either, but you'll enjoy all the little references to what-would-have-become-of-so-and-so-in-this-alternate-history.
If you enjoy time-travel and/or alternate-history stories, you'll like this movie. (And as others have noted, it doesn't make any difference whether or not you're a 'Democrat'. For whatever it's worth, I'm politically small-l libertarian myself.)
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29 of 31 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Absolutely Fantastic! But will you hate it?, April 5, 2006
Until I saw Timequest, I thought that Terminator 2 was the one of the best movies ever made, and by far the best time travel movie ever made, distantly followed by the "Back to the Future" series.
I couldn't believe it, but Timequest edged out T2! And I almost didn't rent it, even after reading the synopsis. I really like SF, but time travel is difficult to do well, and that goes double for films. I was worried that this would be a turkey. Boy was I pleasantly surprised!
Looking at the other reviews, you will either love or hate Timequest. So... how can you tell beforehand?
First, if November 22, 1963 is etched on your mind like 9/11, then this movie will hit you like a ton of bricks. (I was just a little kid, but I still remember walking home from school that afternoon).
Second, if you need lots of eye candy (explosions and such), then you'll hate it - the movie moves rather slowly, though there are many parts with unbearable tension.
Third, if you liked the funny references to historical people --as was done in Forrest Gump, you'll like that part of it.
Forth, if you hated Forrest Gump and loved T2 for the same reasons I did, then you will like Timequest. Forrest Gump was the philosophical opposite of T2. hint: the floating feather vs. "no fate". If you understand that, and if you want your movies to make you think and feel deeply, then you'll love Timequest.
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15 of 16 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
A well thought-out "what if" movie, November 22, 2005
I bought this movie used because (a) I love time travel movies and (b) it was cheap. What I didn't expect was it being so damn good! Love the way it was cut especially the different looks (i.e. the news broadcasts of 1963 and 2001). I thought the asides were cool too. Dan Rather still an obsure local newsman, John Lennon and The Beatles virtually forgotten, RKF and MLK the future president and vice president respectively, and Bill Clinton a racy book author. Would love to see other movies of this type with the altered timelines themes. Reminiscent of the original Star Trek episode of time travel/altered timelines, "City on the Edge of Forever".
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