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Summary: Krell Bain Test?
Review: After reading some of these extensive reviews on this film , I must take the Krell mind exapnder. Fine MGM Sci Fi entry is only marred by the absurd dialogue between Annne Francis and the crew who obviously have been in deep space a bit too long. Dir. by Frank Wilcox
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Summary: Forbidden Planet is a Movie close to heart
Review: I woved this movie...it has the name Pidgeon as someone's name...that's funny...anyway, it is a movie that is woosly based on my wife!
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Summary: Seminal Sci-Fi
Review: This is the seminal sci-fi movie, with one memorable scene after another.
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Summary: Classic SCI-FI
Review: If you're over 40 (maybe 50), then you remember the days of Captain Video, Buck Rogers and Flash Gordon serials. The 1956 movie "Forbidden Planet" was as much a step forward in special effects in its day as "2001" in 1968 and "Star Wars" in 1978. Not only that, but it also had a great story line.
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Summary: Wow! This was made in the 1950s?
Review: I just saw this movie for the first time ever. I must say that I was very impressed! The story was very interesting, and the plot really held my attention. The characters were very well done, and the acting was superb. I know that this is based on some old Shakespear play, but hey, I never really cared for his stuff. But this movie is fantastic! The thing that surprised me the most was the special effects. They were amazing. The sets and vehicles and backgrounds all looked so well done. It's hard to believe that this film was made nearly half a century ago. One of the good things about the special effects is that the movie didn't focus on the effects. Instead, the effects were simply treated as if they were natural occurences and so nobody really paid any attention to them. The special effects were a part of the film, but they were not the film itself. I could tell that this movie is a big influence on many later to come sci-fi things. For example, I could see big pieces of Star Trek and Star Wars, and also some elements of 2001 and Lost in Space. But the main reason that I will be watching this movie again and again is because of the story. This is the kind of film that really makes you think. The story drags you in right away. It really held my attention. The picture quality on this DVD is excellent. The colors are stong and bold, without ever being overbright or intrusive. And the letterbox presentation does a fine job of showing the film in the format that it was intended to be seen.
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Summary: Comedy Surley? (no, and don't call me Shirly)
Review: A great film with elements of action and in depth story lead to a well crafted peice of cinema. The only real drawback to the experience id that you spend the entire film waiting for Lesley Neilson to deliver a punchline that you subconsiously know is never coming.
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Summary: Awe-Inspiring Childbook Science Fiction Brings You Back
Review: This movie instantly captivates u and brings u back to the good ole days when u were a kid and looked up at the night sky and dreamed of outer space. Great acting and an eerie and unique musical score help meld this movie's landscape and story into a classic that will live on forever. This film will live on to represent mankind's vision of the very far future and how during the years, our views of the future change. Instead of childbook awe-inspired imagination, today's films are commercialized and cannibalized to create profit. Watching this film, you can see that it was very influential in the derivative Star Trek and Star Wars.
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Summary: REMARKABLE FILM MAKING
Review: The reviews are in! It's a hit! Well, at least among those of us who have been captivated by the eerie mat-painting backgrounds, the story of inner monsters, a haunting electronic music score, and a humor-tinged robot named Robby. My stepson and I have developed the same enthusiam for this film, playing it many times over the years in VHS, LaserDisc and now DVD form. Sometimes, the generation gap CAN be bridged! This movie was (and still is) a remarkable piece of film making, along with "The Thing (From Another Planet) and "The Day The Earth Stood Still". Science Fiction movies of the '50s were more often concerned with monsters and communist political subtexts than in more thoughtfully developed stories about the primordial instincts of all life. This is a movie that wears well after many viewings, and even with our jaded "Star Wars" view of space movies, it remains a magnificent edifice to the film maker's art.
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Summary: Buy it NOW
Review: It is nice to see that some of the classic films of various genre are being DVDed. Forbidden Planet, for any or all faults, belongs in all DVD collections. For those stuck with VHS, get it anyway. If you saw it when originally released, live it again. For those who have never seen it, stand by for a treat. Don't blow some bucks on some stupid modern piece of junk, get the *Planet*!
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Summary: Great Classic Sci-Fi.....
Review: I remember seeing this in the theater when I was just a kid and it has stuck with me ever since. The special effects were certainly state-of-the-art for the 50's..few movies of that time can equal it. The dialogue can be a bit silly sounding, and it is always amusing to watch the 50's idea of hi-tech equipment versus what we know now! Leslie Nielsen was a very earnest Captain (again, a funny counterpoint to his later movies as hapless Frank Farmer in the Police series). And it is always great to see a young Anne Francis in those wonderful short dresses! Overall, a true classic of the time and genre and a movie that will be fun to watch forever!
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