The Time Capsule

I believe that all people who ranked this movie as 1 urgently need a shrink. You can only see evil if there is evil within you.

I was shocked by the amount of unhelpful comments about the film. The year 2022 surprised by the number of bad and boring movies that were released. Basically more of the same over and over again.

The Time Capsule is a good surprise. I didn't have high expectations, but I decided to take a chance, especially after seeing the amount of haters.

The film has good performances, a creative story and takes a different look at how love can withstand time. Brianna is very cute and deserves praise for her performance. It's important to remember that this movie doesn't have an unlimited budget, but I'm sure you'll like it.

The acting, the writing and the directing are very adequate; nothing more than that was necessary to set this film in a middle-of-the-road category. Acceptable, not outstanding.

I find the film slow: with the exception of the hostile TV interview, the scenes which constitute the plot were not intense enough to maintain my interest. (Can't totally blame the writers: the situation in itself is static: "she went away and she returned at the same age. This is all there is, what we do now?") There is too much Hallmark and not enough time travel.

Some viewers find repulsive (creepy) the idea of a couple with 20 years of age gap. Fine to them, but not for me. For the last 18 years I've been married to a woman 30 years my junior. We have two children and we are reasonably happy. Either way, the age factor should not weight on the consideration of the merits of the film, which does not take a position on age-different couples. It is just the situation as it is.

All in all, the movie is just OK, and very little is gained by watching it.

My first advice... Ignore the 1/10 & 10/10 ratings... See it for yourself.

To the story. I liked it. I do not understand the bad reviews. This never deserves a 1/10 and I agree, also not a 10/10, but my 6 ot 7/10 is real. At least for me. See the story of love is one thing. But another, the story of life, and decision making, choosing your personal path in life. This is a story everyone could tell. Most people make decisions, that in their minds, they have to rigidly cling to, and because of whatever fear, they close their hearts and make all wishes and dreams go away... Lifelong... Jack resembles this pattern behaviour in all of us... But the story is also the story of finding ones authentic self. Doesn't matter how long it takes, or how hard it is. It is worth finding ourselves... Finding out, what we realy want. Jack did it. And you?

I'm a sucker for any "time" related sci-fy, so the plot got hocked, it's 1 am so why not? A 17yo girl goes on a space flight leaving her 18yo boyfriend behind. These flights are not supposed to come back to Earth but hers does a few months later. Even though her time was only a few months, 20 years had passed in Earth due to Time Dilation given by Special Relativity. She's now 18yo while the ex-boyfriend is a married 38yo, creepy.

The movie was kinda of cute until their "drunken" scene by the lake; I would've edited it out and just have him explain why it can't workout. I'm GenX, can't imagine having a relationship with a millennial; just the political views would likely be vastly different. Still the movie was OK and maybe worth ~6.2 instead of 5.3.

Now the technical problem. The girl went out for the space trip for just a few months yet 20 years went by in Earth. The space ship had to travel at about 99.97% the speed of light for these #'s to work out. This speed is highly unlikely in the near future.

This reminds me very much of the The Lake House(2006) which is a wonderful romantic drama with lots of twists and turns. It left me in the same mood as that film so I'll certainly watch it again.

If you are on the fence about watching this then pay no attention to many of the reasonably sounding negative reviews as they don't reflect reality. Its hard to imagine those reviewers actually watched all the way through.

Firstly it has a wonderful script, with plenty of drama, and no plot holes for me. At times I wasn't sure who was in love with who as there are at least three possibles, perhaps more, but I'll not spoil things.

The cast are all new to me and everyone seemed so realistic in their roles. Its hard to pick anyone out as the casting worked so well. Again they all seemed real and everyone different.

For me its 9 out of 10, as for some reason it seemed a bit short although at 1h 45m it is longer than The Lake House. I'm so glad I ignored those early negative reviews.