It is very easy to see similarities with later sci-fi franchises whilst watching this film, the most obvious (to me) being Star Trek from the futuristic space attire to pretty much everything.
A scientist has a horrific accident when he tries to use his newly invented teleportation device.
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Learning of the deaths of the others of the original group, Commander Adams decides to stay until he can contact Earth for further orders.
The image is an example of a ticket confirmation email that AMC sent you when you purchased your ticket. Dr. Morbius and his daughter Altaira have somehow survived a hideous monster which roams the planet. A superb sci-fi flick, Forbidden Planet offers an unusually intelligent script, exciting direction by Wilcox and generally good acting from a decent if rather dull cast. There really is so much to talk about in this movie its hard to get it all in. This film shows you don't need incredible graphics or special effects to tell a great story. Things escalate when members of the crew are attacked and the full extent of the dangers on the planet become more and more clear.Looking for some great streaming picks?
with anyone. Yeah back in the days before his hair went white and he wasn't acting the fool in a genius kinda way Nielsen was a stoic stern no nonsense space Commander who gets his girl. Forbidden Planet was one of the first films to encompass all of the aforementioned things, albeit in an entirely different manner.
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And you have unseen alien with formidable knowledge and power.
July 26, 2011 A ferocious dinosaur awakened by an Arctic atomic test terrorizes the North Atlantic and, ultimately, New York City. This film can easily be considered a forgotten gem, but ironically, it's one of the films that paved the way for countless other films to be made.
a list of 21 images An engaging 1956 science fiction gloss of Shakespeare's Tempest. The films starts off in a very typical spaceship interior which these days probably would do nothing for you. 8.1/10 The tragicomic tone would have done the Bard proud, and at even only 98 minutes, Forbidden Planet is positively epic. October 12, 2011 Along with that there are the quite stunning underground machines of the 'Krell' which are again a combination of some fantastic matte painting work set against live action, again the forced perspective really tricks the eye (these sequences look like Duck Dodgers). A clear precursor to so many things in Star Trek the following decade, and for the genre, it probably deserves even a slightly higher rating. In other words, the words spoken usually have a bigger impact than anything you see. Even the films poster is beautiful, the kind of classic colourful movie poster you could frame and hang on your wall.
There's little to no action, and any scene of injury or consequence often happens off-screen.
Your eyes start to quiver with nerd orgies when we see the horrifically stereotypically designed 1950's flying saucer spaceship land slowly on Altair IV. | The film deals with a starship crew from the 23rd century exploring a planet that was thought to be the landing place of a previous crew years earlier. | | This was before Star Trek or Star Wars and yet, it still makes an impact on me after I've spent years of my life cherishing those properties. [Full Review in Spanish] With that said, the sets and painted backgrounds are easy on the eyes, especially considering this film was made over 60 years ago. As for the plot its definitely more than a simple humans vs aliens sci-fi which you might expect. Check out some of the IMDb editors' favorites movies and shows to round out your Watchlist.Keep track of everything you watch; tell your friends. 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. You have the young nymph (Anne Francis) who is sexually unaware but willing to take lessons from crewmen all too eager to provide them, stoking the fantasies of male sci-fi fans. The crew don't beam down in this film though, its all a bit more grounded. Mystery & Suspense, The only science fiction characters I can think of that came along before this film that may have influenced it in one way or another are Flash Gordon Buck Rogers and, believe it or not, Duck Dodgers.