Smartorhypo
Highly Overrated But Still Good
Intcatinfo
A Masterpiece!
Stoutor
It's not great by any means, but it's a pretty good movie that didn't leave me filled with regret for investing time in it.
Geraldine
The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.
sablair
In the mind of an eight-year old boy,in the summer of 1956, this was the perfect film. Later, when I learned that the screenwriters had pirated the plot from Bill Shakespeare, I found myself a bit disappointed, though in retrospect, it did not diminish the sweetness of the memories. Campy? Yes. A bit kitsch? Of course. Entertaining? Most definitely. Set aside 95 minutes on a summer's eve and prepare to enjoy yourself, and when you get to Altair IV, say hello to Robby for me.
buckikris
A group of scientists/ military travel to the planet Altair 4. It is 2200 AD they are on a mission. I the year 2200 man has concurred many missions in space & with the help of hyper drive they have the ability to reach deep space exploration. The United Planets Cruiser commanded by commander Adams( Leslie Nelsen) travel with his crew to the planet Altair 4. Altair 4 is an Earth like planet, but with green skies and two moons. Twenty years ago The Valia landed here, but all the crew except Dr. Morphosis( Walter Piegon), and is daughter, Altera( Anne Francis) were killed. Just before landing Dr. Morphosis warns them not to land on Altair 4. If they do he will not be held responsible if something happens. Commander Adams ignores his warning, and lands anyway. When the ship lands Commander Adams, Lt. Doc Ostrov( Warren Stevens), and Lt. Forman( Jack Kelly) are meet by a robot named Robbie. The three are taken to Morphosis's home where they meet Altera( Anne Francis). The three along with Morphosis, and Alteria set down and talk. Then the Doctor introduces the crew to Robbie. Robbie is a robot like no other, cooks, cleans, does chores. He is programmed to do just about anything, plus he has a built in safety device that prevents him from harming humans. Dr. Morphosis gives the crew more info concerning The Valarian. The Valarian and it's crew were terrorized by an invisible creature. He explains there was no way it could be destroyed. Somehow he and Altera were immune from being harmed by it. While waiting fro Dr. Morphosis, Commander Adams and Dr. Ostrov find a way to get into Morphosis study. There they find a type of hieroglyphics. While studying the papers, Morphosis finds them. There he tells them about an anciet species called the Krell. The Krell were a highly advanced than humans, and at one time walked on Earth during the time of early man. They brought back bio specimens to study. Then one night the Krell perished along with their magnificent architecture. All disappearing back into Altairs soil. The along with Morphosis go on a tour to see the Krell underground. They discover the Krell I.Q. test,stronger material, and fascinating architecture. One night while on watch an invisible creature enters the ship. The only thing damaged was their Plaston Frequency Modulator. The crew return to the ship and set up an electronic perimeter this time to catch the beast. It fails but the creature make footsteps where it was. The only thing they can do is make a cast of the print. Adams discovers something strange about this print, and realizes this creature is one that Morphosis has developed from his subconscious. They try to destroy it, but realize the only way it can be destroyed is by destroying Morphosis. One of the crew must break into the lab a take the brain boost. When Morphosis took the brain boost the first time, it altered his subconscious. It made is I.Q. higher, but it also made conjured a monster from the ID part of his subconscious. In other words one of the crew must take the brain boost to defeat Morphosis subconscious monster. In the end it is successful, but Adams loses Doc in the processes; and Altara losses her father. The survivors safely leave along with Robbie and Alteria.In conclusion, this is a great film with excellent effect of the time. I didn't know this at first; but look for Richard Anderson( 6 million dollar man) as Quinn. This is a great Sy-Fy movie that was ahead of it's time.
Tweetienator
A real nice classic piece here - Forbidden Planet is sci-fi pulp fiction forged into a movie, on top we get Leslie "Naked Gun" Nielsen in his very young days.
Like the The Day the Earth Stood Still (1951), Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1956) and The War of the Worlds (1953), Forbidden Planet is a real iconic sci-fi flick of the 50s.
Charles Herold (cherold)
Forbidden Planet is an entertaining movie that falls in 50s sci-fi somewhere between the high-brow approach of The Day the Earth Stood Still and the cheesiness of Creature from the Black Lagoon.The Tempest-based story is quite good. Space travelers are warned off of a planet. They ignore the warning and arrive to find impressive alien technology, a lone survivor or an expedition, and his sexy, short-skirted daughter. Things get dangerous, and the source of the danger is original and ingenious.The dialogue and acting, on the other hand, are pure B movie. While Walter Pidgeon is solid, the astronauts are a generic bunch outside of the Earl Holliman's somewhat amusing cook. And the sexy daughter played by Ann Francis lacks a set personality; in one scene she's innocent nature girl, in another she's feisty, elsewhere she's the doe-eyed love struck girl. The robot is more interesting than the humans.Visually the film is solid. The special effects are pretty good, nicely building up the nature of the threat.The special effects and central premise are good enough to make this worth watching in spite of its deficits. It isn't a great movie, but it's still classic sci-fi.
