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Plot: A starship crew goes to investigate the silence of a planet's colony only to find two survivors and a deadly secret that one of them has.
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MCT:July 24, 2008
For me, this is the quintessential sci-fi film, second only to 2001. It's got everything you'd ever want from a good science fiction classic. There is a menacing alien, ray guns, a space ship, the best robot ever to grace the silver screen (sorry C-3PO), and it's all set on a distant planet in a galaxy far, far away. Oh, and did I mention the beautiful damsel in distress (Anne Francis)? This is how William Shakespeare would do 'The Tempest', if he had grown up in the 50's reading Flash Gordon Comics and listening to 'Space Ranger' radio serials.
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MCT:July 9, 2008
One of the coolest, most dreary scifi paranoia flicks of the 50s. Set on a colony where two survivors of a disaster are trapped, the secret they keep may kill them all, including rescuers from a starship.
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MCT:June 17, 2008
This movie is awesome! A neat Sci-Fi film, the effects and set pieces were nice. A bit corny at times but it's still an awesome film.
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MCT:June 10, 2008Man, why everything gotta be adapted from The Tempest.
(Okay, because it's the most overtly supernatural...sure.) This is really a fantastic movie that I should have watched a lot more closely before being involved with the stage "sequel," Return to the Forbidden Planet. Now, I'm not big on the old 50's style sci-fi. I think most of those movies resort to cheap, terible spectacle to carry the movie and I honestly believed that Forbidden Planet would try the same approach. After all, the thing that it is most known for is the image on the poster of Robbie the Robot. Robbie would come back throughout pop culture in many forms, but this is his big debut. There's even a featurette on him on the DVD (Or in my case, HD-DVD. I bet on both horses.) But there is some good stuff here.
Let's stick with the spectacle for a moment. There is a ton of spectacle in this movie. But while the other movies were terrible at showing spacemen doing spacestuff, Forbidden Planet decided to up the bar and show visuals that still impress me in a world that had Tom Cruise fight super-aliens. Really, these are some epic effects. Sure, I know that most of it comes from a really good matte painter, but that's impressive in itself. There's some of those effects that I just sat there and wondered how they did that. I also have to draw attention to the on screen animation. While not impressive coming from laser pistols, the animated effects that came from the invisible id monster show a really nifty, memorable design. (I saw this movie as a child and one of the few things I really remember was the outline of the id monster.)
I do love how the fact that in 1950, all male astronauts were, of course, untstoppable, clever, forgivable rapists. Honestly, I don't understand that. Mind you, they painted the girl to be completely naive yet irresistably sexual. For someone who doesn't know what filthy is, she sure seems to do very sexual things all the time. Also, there's a bit of a jump between being wildy ignorant of acceptable culture to being very presentable and normal by the end of the movie. But that's maybe what really defines this as science fiction.
Storywise, it's a little ridiculous, but somehow held my interest. I loved seeing Leslie Nielsen in yet another serious part. I always think Naked Gun, no matter how young he looks and to see him deliver lines about transwarp whatever is fairly entertaining. Yes, he supports the story quite well and there is a lot of imagination to this movie. It really rides the line between character story at points and super-sci-fi / backstory technobabble, but manages to keep with the character stuff. I do find it amusing that people in the 1950's know little about the workings of the human mind and psychology so that Leslie Nielsen, a ship captain, has to have the id explained to him. Sure, a little ridiculous, but still a powerfully fun film. -
MCT:June 5, 2008it kinda little bit of bored in '1956 film about flying saucer and the robot(robby the name of the robot).
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MCT:May 11, 2008
Ambient soundtrack and classic robot, this crazy sci-fi is quite dated, but still great in some aspects like the humor and theme. Just a bit corny now. It did not age as well as some other 50's sci-fi classics.
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MCT:April 11, 2008
Shakespeare as Space Opera. By today's standards, it looks a little cheesy. Get past that and you have a wonderful film. Easily one of the best SF films of its era and quite possibly of the last half of the last century.
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MCT:April 4, 2008
Direction artistique fascinante. Des effets spéciaux assez révolutionnaire pour l'époque. Bon scénario.
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MCT:April 2, 2008What seems like a 50s campy sci-fi film is actually very intelligent, with authentic techno and psychobabble. Great plot, great pacing, and surprisingly awesome special effects. A true classic
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MCT:February 9, 2008
A real classic sci-fi film. The sets and effect are worth the price of admission alone. Its possibly the coolest looking sci-fi film from that time, thanks to it being the most expensive film at the time. A great script and some fun performances from Leslie Neilsen and Walter Pidgeon. Forbidden Planet also introduces the iconic Robby The Robot.
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MCT:February 2, 2008
Robbie the Robot really steals the show. And there's Leslie Neilsen long before "The Naked Gun." One of the best old school SF flicks made. Doens't that pinging and electronic noises near the end of the movie (the Monster approaches) just send a chill down the spine?
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MCT:February 2, 2008
It's nice to see a sci-fi film that takes place in the future where things are actually going well for the human race.
Forbidden Planet has is also way ahead of it's time feeling like it could've been made at least ten years later, and with a pseudo-serious script that the film sort of loses itself in towards the end. It just feels like a great episode of 60's Star Trek, Robby the Robot is a lot of fun, and well...it's definitly not a feminist feature. Still some great 50's sci-fi. -
MCT:January 27, 2008
Inspired by William Shakespears "The Tempest" This is a classic SciFi movie it has all the classic elements. A must see for any SciFi Fan
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MCT:January 10, 2008
wonderful sci fi movie. cool effects, all-electronic score, pioneering sets, and a well-crafted intelligent plot. acting was a little cheesy at times, but it was cool to see a much younger Leslie Nielsen. forerunning filmmaking and a kind nod to Shakespeare.
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MCT:January 9, 2008
Excellent photography. Excellent special effects. And Leslie Neilson in a SERIOUS role. Who'da thunk???
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MCT:January 1, 2008
i have rewritten my review for this particular film due to complaints of good relatives. any image you got of me from this interview shall be deleted from your memory 3 . . 2 . . 1. poof. now get on with your lives and watch good movies.
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MCT:December 10, 2007
A friend's father said to me that you didn't know Science Fiction until you saw this movie and he was right
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MCT:November 21, 2007
The only movie where Leslie Nielsen plays as well as Robby. Vintage, electronic tonalities very much like concrete music...
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MCT:November 8, 2007
One of the best movies ever created. Without it there would be no star trek or star wars... And what kinda life would that be?
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MCT:November 1, 2007
One of the classic science fiction films that has inspired many more films and TV shows. In the narrative at the start of the film it's interesting to note that man finally lands a rocket on the moon in the last decade of the 21st century. It certainly makes a change to have a technological prediction in a film to happen later than predicted. Leslie Nielsen (of Naked Gun fame) plays the captain of a starship sent to check on a science team on a remote planet. Upon arrival they discover that all but one man and his daughter have died in mysterious circumstances. Things take a turn for the worse when the crew of the ship also start to die. The film itself is definitely entertaining and is a must-see for any fan of the science fiction genre.
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MCT:October 5, 2007
Decades ahead of its time, the SFX still hold up well even today. Loosely based on Shakespeare's The Tempest, this was made when Sci-Fi was still wondrous and mysterious. The early electronic score is moody and atmospheric. Robby the Robot is an iconic character and Anne Francis looks awesome in this film. Leslie Nielsen gives an excellent performance as he always does.
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MCT:October 2, 2007
Great for its time and better than every Star Trek episode. You can find the blue prints that Gene Rodenberry stole to create his highly overrated show here. Also proof that Frank Drebin had Black hair.
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MCT:September 30, 2007
This movie is everything that was awe inspiring and wonderous about science fiction in the early years. A united humanity exploring the final frontier, wicked cool gadgets and special effects, and A Thought-Provoking Message.
I started reading Asimov, Clarke, Heinlein and that lot in grade school. And while these stories and this movie were all made YEARS before I was even born, it still stoked the fires of wild imagination deep within me. I'm eternally grateful for that.
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