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Summary: One of the best of the really good 1950s SF movies
Review: When Worlds Collide is one of the movies that reminds us that the 1950s was more than a decade of giant, mutant bug movies. It gave us some truly pioneering, serious and high-quality works, including Destination: Moon, Forbidden Planet and, of course, When Worlds Collide. This film is far more intelligent and thoughtful than the 1990s monstrosity Armageddon, and features characters of greater depth than Deep Impact. Frankly, I liked it better than the 1930s novel it was based upon. A wonderful piece of imaginative fiction. One of the best.
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Summary: When Worlds Collide - Simply Beautiful!
Review: The crisp quality and vibrant color of this DVD are fantastic! Paramount, as usual, offers very little extra than a trailer and scene chapters, but the picture is unbelievable on this 1950's scifi classic. If you like "This Island Earth" or "Forbidden Planet", you'll most undoubtably enjoy viewing "When Worlds Collide"! Sound quality is fine. Offers English subtitles. DVD If you are a scifi collector and enjoy melodramatic, disaster-film adventures, you'll want to add "When Worlds Collide" to your library
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Summary: Not Just An Asteroid...
Review: Indeed, there is no question in reviewing the premise of this film: the Earth WILL be destroyed. It's not just a matter of blowing a piece of cosmic debris out of the sky...Doing my best to place myself in the position of one of the myriad cast, I have found the experience of viewing this film to be rather terrifying. And certainly the producers of "this telling" have done an outstanding job of translating the novel (written in the early '30s) into a cinematic "nightmare." Crisply told in an almost typical '50s style, the story moves along with little baggage to hold it back. And while the special effects are lacking in comparison to today's CG capabilities, they easily suffice for what the director was trying to convey. Prior to the launch of the "space ark," the steady build-up of anticipation and urgency effectively causes the audience to experience the panic and paranoia of Earth's final moments. Just imagine watching your world vanishing from existence... Finally, I recommend that one read the original novel (recently reprinted) which contains a more detailed exposition of humanity in the face of certain doom. Besides, the novel also features the sequel to the first story, written shortly after the original by the same authors. It's quite a tale in and of itself. Enjoy...
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Summary: Early "disaster" flick the predates "Armageddon"
Review: George Pal's 1951 flick still holds the interest as it tells the tale of mankind's attempt to continue the species after the impending collision of the planet with a big old rock from space. The effects were groundbreaking for the time, garnering Oscars. Sure, there are no persons of color onboard the "space ark," and the "science" was unbelievably absurd. However, the film does entertain and features some realistic scenes of destruction, courtesy of great matte paintings. Although there are no "stars" in the cast, character actor John Hoyt stands out in a role he perfected in so many films and television shows: a pompous aristocrat whose sole purpose in life is self-preservation at the expense of others. As the "villain" of the piece, he makes for one who is easy to "hiss."
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Summary: Great 50s Sci-Fi...
Review: Another great classic science fiction movie from the 50s. Excellent special effects for it's time and still holds interest. If you like this one, check out WAR OF THE WORLDS and THEM.
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Summary: Before Deep Impact & Armageddon there was:
Review: If you like classic end of the world movies then you will love this one. Of course this is before the modern movies like Deep impact and Armageddon but this early movie holds up very well. It's one the the best from the 50's.
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Summary: Classic SF of the 50's
Review: I first saw this when I was about 5 or 6 and I really related to the little boy snatched from a flooded house-top by the chopper flown by the two main characters. Classic 50's SF, great effects for its day. Holds up well. For the computer-geeks: take note of the analog computer they use to calculate the date of impact.
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Summary: George Pal is the granddaddy of sci-fi filmmakers
Review: Good movie about the impending doom the world faces as a renegade red dwarf star hurtles its way on a collision course with the earth. A good screenplay which is only loosely based on the novel produced in the thirties by Philip Wylie and Edwin Balmer. Special effects presented were state of the art at the time of this film's theatrical release; but they appear cheap and crude in comparison to what we have today.
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Summary: A Genre Classic
Review: When Worlds Collide still remains as one of George Pal's best films in science fiction. Likeable characters (cast by Good Actors) make every preperation to build a rocket and escape to a new world before Earth is destroyed by a runaway star. Just as good a movie today as when it was released in 1952 and certainly much more interesting then that Asteroid film that starred Bruce Willis, which was all effects and no story. Talk about progress.
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Summary: Prelude to Disaster
Review: One of the best "Armageddon" like movies in history. A movie based the biblical text in which God informs Noah that he would destroy "the earth with earth". Not only does it have great special effects, but a powerful human feel to it. The ending is awsome and biblically correct. Good to rent, great to own.
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