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Summary: My 5 year old boy enjoys this show very much.
Review: I enjoyed this show as a kid and bought it for my children. My daughter has little interest in SciFi, but my son enjoys all the classics: Forbidden Plant, Them, Godzilla, etc. He watched this every day for several days: the true seal of approval. There is suspense and adventure and buggy monsters. What more would a boy want?
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Summary: Classic Old Sci-Fi!
Review: I first saw this movie on television sometime around 1965-66, when I was about 10 or 11 years old, and it just made my imagination soar back then. I rank it up there with "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "The Angry Red Planet", and "War of The Worlds" movies. All greats, which I also own! Being on DVD just makes it that much better. While admittedly it doesn't compare to todays special effects, it was really good stuff back then. For those of us whose saw and enjoyed it in our youth, it's very nostalgic. If your an old classic Sci-Fi enthusist, such as I, by all means get it. You won't regret it.
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Summary: Another lost classic!
Review: I had never heard of the movie until I found it in my in-laws basement. What a film!Lionel Jeffries is well used here in this excellent tale of a scientist who creates Cavorite, a substance that allows him to float to the moon in a nicely upholstered sphere and have a run in with terrific stop-motion caterpillar things and allows for the brilliant scene where the Americans touch down only to find a tattered Union Jack.
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Summary: Beautiful DVD Version of Harryhausen Classic
Review: I happened to come across this DVD by accident, and was very pleased indeed when I brought it home! I had previously seen only pan-and-scan versions on TV, and this widescreen edition is an absolute revelation. The sound is superb (the cover says it's Dolby 4-Channel "discrete", but it sounds pretty close to 5.1 to me), and the video transfer is excellent. I have always been fascinated by this film-especially Dr. Cavor's meeting with the "Selenite King". The discussion about the violent nature of man is really something to think about. In the midst of their talk, Bedford (Edward Judd) barges in, shotgun blazing, and only reinforces what Cavor and the King have said! Another Harryhausen classic; the only reason I give it four stars are the gaffes in the plot: 1) The men on the moon with no gloves on. 2) The giant caterpillar with a bony skeleton, after being killed by the Selenites with their electrical weapon-insects have exoskeletons (articulated shells on the outside). I make this statement because the Selenites were so obviously based on terrestrial insects. Ray should have known better... In spite of it's flaws, I am still a great admirer of this film, and heartily recommend it to one and all!
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Summary: GREAT OLD CLASSIC SCI-FI
Review: I loved watching movies as a kid, but unfortuntately that was before videos and DVDs. After seeing a film in the theater I could only see it again if it ran on TV or was re-released in the theater. There were certain films that I loved in the theater and would try to watch every time it ran on TV: "First Men in the Moon" was one of those films. I loved it when I first saw it in the theater and after that I tried to catch it on TV. I'm sure that it would seem slow and tame by today's standards, but the story and the effects, spectacularly realized by the great Ray Harryhausen, were quite remarkable for the time. It's a good, old-fashioned Saturday morning matinee kind of a film.
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Summary: GREAT OLD CLASSIC SCI-FI
Review: I loved watching movies as a kid, but unfortuntately that was before videos and DVDs. After seeing a film in the theater I could only see it again if it ran on TV or was re-released in the theater. There were certain films that I loved in the theater and would try to watch every time it ran on TV: "First Men in the Moon" was one of those films. I loved it when I first saw it in the theater and after that I tried to catch it on TV. I'm sure that it would seem slow and tame by today's standards, but the story and the effects, spectacularly realized by the great Ray Harryhausen, were quite remarkable for the time. It's a good, old-fashioned Saturday morning matinee kind of a film.
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Summary: One of my favorite 1960s science fiction films
Review: I never knew at the time that I first saw "The First Men in the Moon" and "Five Million Years to Earth" (a.k.a. "Quartermass and the Pit" that both screenplays were written by Nigel Kneale, but in retrospect that makes prefect sense to me. Both movies begin with captivating hooks, although certainly "The First Men in the Moon" has one of the most memorable ones from my childhood: the first spaceship from Earth lands on the moon with its multi-national crew, only to discover a tattered British flag and an ancient parchment declaring the Moon has been taken for Her Majesty, Queen Victoria. This amazing discovery leads the authorities to what was then called a rest home, where they confront an old man, Arnold Bedford, with a photostat of the document. "You found this on the moon," he tells them. Bedford had been spared the excitement of the news about the moon landing because of his preoccupation with the subject. Learning that man has landed on the moon, he become quite agitated and insists the astronauts are in grave danger and should leave immediately. With that prelude, Bedford (Arthur Judd) tells them the story of how in the year 1899 he and his girlfriend, Katherine Callender (Martha Hyer) happened to meet up with the inventor, Joseph Cavor (Lionel Jeffries). Cavor had just invented Cavorite, an element that he applies in a paste to deflect gravity. By applying this paste strategically to a sphere he has constructed, Cavor intends to travel to the Moon. Bedford and Katherine are skeptical, until they are suddenly in the sphere hurtling towards the Moon. There, courtesy of Ray Harryhausen, they learn that being the first men in the moon might be a big mistake. I never read the H. G. Wells novel and I probably never will because this is one of those movies from childhood that is enhanced by memory so that its flaws are inconsequential. The science makes sense the way it does in comic books, but I never took physics (or chemistry or biology) so I have more latitude when it comes to the willing suspension of disbelief than most people. The main thing is that with its great hook, this 1964 film comes up with a good reason for the aged Bedford to be worried about men walking once more on the moon. If you have seen this movie, then you know what I am talking about and you probably feel the same way about this film. But if you have not seen "The First Men in the Moon" then hopefully I have given you enough to get you to track it down some time. Maybe it does not work as well on adults as it did on us as kids in the Sixties, and I am sure today's kids would find this an antiquated example of special effects, which is all too bad because there are not too many films today that could probably make the same sort of impression on young viewers that this one did way back when.
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Summary: Better than I remembered
Review: I used to watch this growing up-it is even better than I remembered! The picture and sound are excellent. The moonscapes are the best!! Buy it!
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Summary: The movie that got me HOOKED on Science Fiction !!
Review: I was born in 1966, and I remember seeing this movie as a small kid. From that time on, Science, Space travel and SciFi have always been a very great part of my life. This movie was fantastic back then and still is today. The idea of men taking a journey to the moon years before the "Offical" moon landing still excites me today. For the people who really didn't care for this movie, remember, it was made WAY back in 1964, when movies such as this were very new to the screen.
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Summary: Delightful sci-fi adventure
Review: I was mesmerized by Nathan Juran's science-fiction classic as a child, and have waited years for the opportunity to see it again. When I finally got my hands on the DVD, I was not disappointed. This adventure-filled tale has worn well, and even the dated elements nevertheless retain their charm. Where to begin spelling out the treasures First Men in the Moon holds? Lionel Jeffries's endearingly eccentric professor? Ray Harryhausen's distinctive animated creations? Laurie Johnson's atmospheric score? Nigel Kneale's witty screenplay? Magnificent, all. The DVD picture-quality is excellent. For fans of SFX artist Ray Harryhausen there are a couple of nice featurettes, even if the photo gallery is a tad lacklustre.
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