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Summary: Delicious, w/ touch of 50's-style Naughty that still works!!
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This is a must-have, guilty-pleasure in either the VHS or DVD format!...
If you want to introduce your kids to Shakespeare this is your best door to do it through. Follow it up with a full version of the bard's tale and watch them get it and get interested in the classics.
If you are in the mood for a classic movie gem whose every frame glows with the best of technicolor's lurid granduer -- grab this one off the shelf!
If you are a Star Trek fan and would love to see where Roddenberry got some of his best ideas -- this is your movie to own.
If you want a story you can sit back and chew on, and watch again and again -- yup, buy it.
If you just enjoy some of the best of the 50's clever inuendo and double entendre, not to mention a very, leggy blonde in tight (but tastful) little costumes, who doesn't understand the words "bathing suit" or "kiss", but wouldn't mind learning -- you'll enjoy placing this one in your collection. (And you guys know which of you raging hormone machines I am talking about!)
The line "What's a kiss?" ranks right up there "You know how to whistle don't you . . ." as some of the most delightful of the little mind games that Hollywood played in 40's & 50's with the Hay's code attempts to save America's moral fiber from evil movies. Hollywood truly understood back then that "Less IS More." If only they could remember it again! It sure would be nice to not have to worry so much about shielding the little ones from blatant smut and yet still have adult and witty content.
This flick is too good to miss! Too good to EVER remake! Too good not to share! This one's a real kick for the whole family to watch together, one you can safely have even your youngest without having to send them out for popcorn every five minutes (okay, except for during the monster's first appearence, but even that bit is screamy good fun)!...
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Summary: all-time classic film
Review: This movie set the modern standard for all sci-fi films to come. Even in a period with no computer assistance, the special effects are usually very convincing and generally excellent (with help from Walt Disney's studio for the "Id" monster <ahem>). The film is a classic and a must to own. My copy offers both letterbox and standard viewing options. I personally rate this #1 on my science fiction list. (Now, if they'd only come out on DVD with "The Day the Earth Stood Still", my next favorite sci-fi classic..).
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Summary: KRELL STEEL!!
Review: Unalloyed pleasures on the big screen finally get a Deja Vu on Deja Vee Dee!! The widescreen, letterboxed format coupled with your best sound system for the awesome all-electronic score, and the ensemble cast that established the "Star Trek" format insure this Cinemascope/Technicolor wonder a place on any fan's top shelf! What would YOU order from Robby the Robot?
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Summary: One of the Best Sci-Fi Movies of All Time!
Review: Forbidden Planet was absolutely awesome when it was in the theaters! I've watched it on the late night movies, seen it in black and white, and in color. I wore out a VHS tape of it for my kids, and now the Grandkids get to see it on DVD.
The DVD was actually quite a shock to me. Not for anything bad, mind you, more for the overall effect! After seeing the movie hacked up for TV, and watching the tape, the first time I watched the DVD... I felt like I did when I saw it in the theater. WOW!!! The film has been restored better than anything I've ever seen from that era on DVD! And the soundtrack is excellent!!
If you love this movie, and are tired of the faded colors of a tape, or of the late night movie, GET THIS DVD!!!
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Summary: Simply the best
Review: If you have never seen this movie, you are in for a big surprise. Even by todays standards it is a masterpiece of technology. I have seen it at least a hundred times and now on DVD its even better. Its definately a must see.
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Summary: VINTAGE SCI-FI GENRE CLASSIC.
Review: Without giving away any details of the plot - for its best to watch for yourself - just know that this is a superb entry into the realm of Sci-fi flicks! FORBIDDEN PLANET offers the viewer an exceptionally intelligent script, fine direction and excellent acting by the entire cast who are threatened by a strange being on an exotic planet. In the year 22OO A.D., commander Leslie Nielson lands his United Planets Cruiser C-57D on Altair-4 where the sky is green the sand is pink, and two moons circle above...For its day, the technical achievements for the film were astounding. It was the first science fiction film produced by a major studio (M-G-M) for a million dollars. The eerie musical score, the atmosphere, even the odd Eastmancolor all add to the film's immense enjoyment. The film is essentially (and rather ingeniously) a futuristic variation/fantasia on Shakespeare's THE TEMPEST: an undeniably brilliant excursion into outer space and the inner mind.
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Summary: Don't Judge THIS Movie by its Cover
Review: Many 50's SF movies are based on pulp ideas brought to the screen with hokey effects and plot lines only a freshman comp teacher could possibly accept. Many of them wouldn't even rate as Saturday morning cartoons. Forbidden Planet breaks that mold. No, the effects aren't what you'd expect 45 years later from Dreamworks, but they are carefully crafted using the technologies of the day. The plot leaves us exploring the gap between technical and psychological evolution (something done well in books like Daniel Quinn's ISHMAEL and Eisler's THE CHALICE AND THE BLADE). Character development is a bit immature and somewhat stereotypical, but this doesn't spoil the movie, it just leaves room for improvement in a remake ... Actually, plot development is prototypical for 60's SF TV. Wrestling with philosophical questions in the context of the imaginary future continued with Twilight Zone, Outer Limits, and Star Trek. Some of the music and sound effects now seem a bit comical and MST3Kish, but that's because they were lifted from =THIS= movie by a whole horde of B matinee flicks. Thoroughly entertaining, the best of its genre for its time, this movie is not one to miss. Well worth viewing, even if science fiction isn't your favorite genre. If I'd seen more character development, I'd have given it a full 5 stars, but the conflicts and mysteries of the movie seem to lead to little growth. (If you'd like to discuss this video or review in greater detail, please click on the "about me" link above and drop me an email. Thanks!)
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Summary: Great Science Fiction
Review: First off, those of you complaining about the stretched out video transfer need to educate yourselves on DVD. It's called anamorphic and allows more of the MPEG-2 video codec to be used for the picture itself in very widescreen formats. If you don't have a 16:9 television, you need to go into the video options menu of your DVD player (not the DVD's menu, mind you) and tell it you're using a 4:3 aspect ratio display. As for the color hues and sound, I don't own the DVD, so I can't say. Somehow I find it unlikely that a major studio's video mastering would be paltry, but who knows. Now for the film itself: Forbidden Planet blew me away. Human beings in the future using flying saucers. Realistic jargon. Believable military behavior and procedures. Scenes that have been used in countless other sci-fi movies, including Total Recall and Star Wars. I even noticed that David Lynch copied some of the costumes and props for his version of Dune (uniforms, rifles, gun fire, onboard microphone handset, etc). Leslie Nielsen plays a very convincing captain of the military vessel. The crew is much more at ease with each other than you see in most science fiction where there's a command structure. Then, we have the stunning Anne Francis who's got a face to die for. The plot has excellent pacing and it never gives away too much too soon, even going so far as to never show us certain unnecessary elements at all. This is definitely a must see.
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Summary: Amazing classic SciFi
Review: Before there were special effects, there was a great story behind a movie. While Forbidden Planet may not be your average action sci-fi flick, it does have pre-Star Wars blasters, Hyperspace and robots. When the crew of a spaceship is sent to a routinary mission to replace the researchers in a farway planet, they are surprised to find that only a mad doctor and his lovely daughter live there. The plot thickens as the astronaut falls for the girl, and the doctor discovers the real power behind his mad experiments. Packed with action, romance, wit and a touch of esoterism, Forbidden Planet is a must see for fans of the genre and all that want to know how Sci Fi has developed from its origins to its current state.
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Summary: Excellent Movie, Sound Needs Work...
Review: I really enjoyed this movie as a kid, and when I found it on DVD, I had to buy it. The movie itself is very good. It has a solid plot, and good acting.
Now the bad news. The sound in this movie needs a little bit of help. The background "noise" in the movie is supposed to set a certain mood, but I find myself constantly changing the volume on my tv because the noise is earsplitting. This is really the only negative I have about the film.
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