thing to come movie review by kwricehere be another wonder fill science fiction film from a different time and place . it be a film i have only see in truncated part and but art should be take a a whole . i experience this film a it be design and in a darkened theatre and on a silver screen and with whirl reel of film and an audience to share it with . that audience and myself be effect by this film . one woman who live through ww ii be choke up by the remembered ravage of war and replenish by the positive and albeit corny and end . the thing that catch my attention from the beginning be the initial credit . the first thing we see be h. g. well in bold angular block copy much like the superman of yore . it be not the film title and but the creator title and and then before any other human and such a actor or production and be list and the director william cameron menzies be up there . who . you have probably see his work before and around the world in 80 day and pride of the yankee and and go with the wind . he do not direct after this sci fi epic opera he and mr. well create and but his film imagery and set and and design be very recognizable . that imagery be very effecting . i recognize image from many other film and that have pay homage to this classic . the recent hitchhiker guide to the galaxy be obvious and along with bug bunny and fantasia and monty python and the holy grail and sky captain and the world of tomorrow and night of the living dead and more that i know of and but which title escape me . this be real special effect here and scene now do with cgi be do with actor and big set and and detailed model . this film be make in 1936 and and it obvious it mean something to the other auteur . well and menzies also work with bliss and do the music and and korda and the producer and to create a masterpiece with message and warning and and sermon . the line the shakespearean actor cedric hardwicke and ralph richardson and raymond massey speak and sometimes sound preachy and but i also hear line i still hear now . these toys child have nowadays be nothing like i have when i be child and it will help develop their coordination and what do we need book for and what do we need to read for . and we do not need car and there nowhere to go and we have all we need right here and there will be no war . but war there be . the naive citizen of everytown refuse to see the literal writing on the wall . the never end war explodes christmas eve . the little boy want to be a good soldier like his daddy be an image that will likely always stay with me . this be the world of 1936 that wear blinder to hitler appeasement . this war do not end . the poison gas of the aerial war segue into the second act . it be another dark age . no government and no service and and people carry along and cheer the war that no one remember anything about . plague and warlord and bully to get the plane fly for fuel that no long exist . love one be shoot in the street and before they can carry the plague to another . midway there be a marvelous vignette about the roll royce and that be a much need respite mid way . into this land a futuristic plane that herald the future . that future be the third act . the world have rebuild itself with the help of that puny animal and man . helicopter fly in this film and before they be even invent . the plumber helper have other us than the dalek or glenn miller . wide screen plasma screen beguile the mass and and orator incite the people to tear it all down . beware the concussion and you have be warn . and the city father warn the riotous populace . so be warn and this film might hit you like it hit me . there be some cute miscue and miscalculation and but the thought provoking idealism be what be really worth ponder again and and i do want to see this artful film again . others criticize mr. well vision . it be very easy to work with 20/20 hindsight regard thing and costume and foley miscue . i believe mr. well thing to come be not about thing and but be actually about concept and social trend and and philosophical ideal . besides and we be now just begin the new millennium and be not in the time still to come . this be not cheap cardboard british science fiction and but worthwhile epic film opera and sans sing and that a a whole concept overcome some minor dated shortcoming .