# Timeline movie **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [August 8, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-movie/193823 "2003-08-08T13:38:51Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 3\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Epimetheus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/c4cdca/32.png) [@Epimetheus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Epimetheus)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 1:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-movie/193823/1 "2003-08-08T13:38:51Z")
Anybody else see [this trailer](http://www.apple.com/trailers/paramount/timeline.html)? Big fan of the book, though I must admit, some of the acting looks bad, the story doesn’t seem to be exact on the book (didn’t see soldiers transfered with em, and apparently the professor is the main characters father- don’t remember that being the case, though it has been awhile since I have read it) Whachta think? ---
**Author:** ![Moirai](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/96bed5/32.png) [@Moirai](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Moirai)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 6:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-movie/193823/2 "2003-08-08T18:28:09Z")
There have been a few threads about this already. Basically, the film rights were sold before the book was ever written, which was pretty obvious from the writing. I am worried about the film being bad, I thought the book was OK for a light read but Crichton is way too formulaic for me anymore. ---
**Author:** ![Cervaise](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/cervaise/32/16693_2.png) [@Cervaise](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cervaise)\ **Post date:** [August 8, 2003, 8:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/timeline-movie/193823/3 "2003-08-08T20:24:58Z")
The advance test screenings have produced wildly inconsistent reports. Go to [aintitcool.com](http://aintitcool.com) and do a search.