A dutiful robot named Robby speaks 188 languages. An underground lair provides astonishing evidence of a populace a million years more advanced than Earthlings. There are many wonders on Altair-4, but none is greater or more deadly than the human mind. Forbidden Planet is the granddaddy of tomorrow, a pioneering work whose ideas and style would be reverse-engineered into many cinematic space voyages to come. Leslie Nielsen portrays the commander who brings his spacecruiser crew to the green-skied Altair-4 world that's home to Dr. Morbius (Walter Pidgeon), his daughter (Anne Francis), the remarkable Robby...and to a mysterious terror. Featuring sets of extraordinary scale and the first all- electronic musical soundscape in film history, Forbidden Planet is in a movie orbit all its own.
Starship C57D travels to planet Altair 4 in search of the crew of spaceship "Bellerophon," a scientific expedition that has been missing for 20 years, only to find themselves unwelcome by the expedition's lone survivor and warned of destruction by an invisible force if they don't turn back immediately.
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The best everOne of the best grade sifi-movies ever..Score: 5/5
CLASSICThis is one of the best classic sci-fi's one can watch over and over. Leslie Nielsen as the handsome captain (long before his comedy Airplane,Gun movies). Anne Francis is always beautiful and such a talent..Walter Pidgeon is fantastic as Dr Morbius. There is even Earl Holliman that turns in a great comic performance as the cook (most of his career was in Television). Check out Warren Stevens (another great TV career) playing 'Lt. 'Doc' Ostrow'. This is one of those films that is a must watch / must own!.Score: 5/5
Bad Bad Bad procedures, leadership, and policies !OK - a Military Ship is warned by the planet side to turn back - the first thing they would do is ask for a Risk Assessment, what is the threat? Second - um - close the ramps and door - who lands a space ship and forgets to close the outer hatches? Button it up! Third - They find one guy who says everyone else died - instant murder suspect. Forth - The robot - just get a copy of the construction plans and tech specifications, and take that back to Earth. Fifth - the moment the scientist shows you the alien database, you simply ask to have your own science guy come in and look at it, and begin recording all of the data - in a few hours - a wealth of knowledge is recorded - let someone else figure it out back on Earth - just copy all you can. Sixth - keep your hands off his daughter for at least 5 minutes and focus on the mission! and Finally - everyone should stop being stuck up jerks and work cooperatively - as best they can - like in StarGate! The energy/matter converter tech was not bad - just the user interface! Replace the 'mind reader' with a simple laptop / keyboard interface - a bit easier to control than peoples random thoughts!.Score: 3/5
A True Cult ClassicThis has long been my favorite science fiction movie. Though the special effects certainly do reflect the age of the film, they are not at all bad. The story, however, is what caught me and has kept me a fan my whole life. Compared to a large number of other films from the same era, this movie has a much more intelligent and philosophical plot line. Compared to modern science fiction movies, the same still holds true. The acting is good, though very representative of the production year. I highly recommend this to fans of Sci-Fi, especially if you like movies like Contact, Close Encounters, etc..Score: 5/5
The prototype for all great science fiction films!Forbidden Planet is one of my favorite films of all time. Get past the lurid title and poster art. This is a thoughtful, entertaining story about the risks of pushing the boundaries of man's knowledge, and the need to figure human frailty into our calculations as we build a technological society. Leslie Nielsen, Anne Francis and Walter Pidgeon -- these great talents are all at the top of their game here. Forbidden Planet sports the first fully electronic musical score ever in a major motion picture, and features special effects that were, for their time, the best ever seen. The story of an obsessed scientist, his lonely daughter, and the determined captain who has come to bring them rescue leads to a confrontation with the worst and the best within the human soul. That story is as well-told and powerful today as it was in 1956 when the film was released -- or in Shakespeare's day when he examined the same story in his play, The Tempest. Must-see!.Score: 5/5
One of the greast science fiction movies ever made!And with a great message as well. Funny how it wasn't afraid to mention God! Robbie is one of the best robots ever creatured next to Lost in Space's Robot and Doctor Who's Daleks. A must have!.Score: 5/5
Watch this a lot!Saw this at a drive-in outside Albuquerque, New Mexico, in 1954. We were surrounded by reddish brown arid land and blanketed with a star studded indigo sky; it was a perfect film for the location and I was hooked. I was nine and I've loved science fiction since then. This film was the best Science Fiction film of its time. The depth of the story may be surprising; I certainly didn't get it at the age nine. The Walter Pidgen character sees the truth about the former residents of the planet, the Krell, but cannot see that he too has become victim to what befell them. There is a truth to this film that applies to everyone: there is, within everyone, a selfish, animalistic nature that can destroy all held dear if it is not recognized and dealt with. Quite a statement for a little 1954 science fiction film. Oh, it's is in wonderful color too -- not common for sci-fi back then. No gore, no frantic action. The sound track is amazing, made entirely up of sounds, not melodies, no music. Brilliant and innovative for it's time. I loved the sounds. I loved the monster. I love the film. Yep, this is worth the money..Score: 5/5
Agreed--a masterpiece!I've watched it many times over the years and with each viewing seem to pick up subtlties I missed before. Unbelievable that it was released in 1956!.Score: 5/5
The SoundtrackFor those of you who are music buffs, this was really the first ENTIRELY electronic movie score. With "tonalities" by Louis and Bebe Baron utilizing a ring modulator, this is the movie that single handedly decided what spaceships, electronic force fields, futuristic sliding doors, etc. were supposed to sound like almost a decade before moog synths were even invented. This combined with the fact that this is just an all around good movie should be worth at least the $3 to rent it..Score: 5/5
Superlative Sci-FiUltimately, this movie is a product of it's time, and it shows - but it strives for so much more, and, to a great extent, succeeds. The screenplay is actually quite well written and intelligent (and it owes a great debt to Shakespeare's "The Tempest"), the production design, sets, visual effects and animation are just astounding for 1956 (especially when we venture into the Krell "machine"); it's hampered by stodgy direction and fairly typical 1950's-style acting, but all in all this is still quite the superlative sci-fi, even when compared to the best of what modern technology and film-making has to offer. Oh, and, guys (you male types) - 26-year-old Anne Francis playing 19-year-old Altaira: suh-MOKIN hot, with legs that go all the way to the core of the galaxy!.Score: 5/5
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Loved it as a kid love it still!Best sci-fi of its time and still great to this day! 👍👍👍.Score: 5/5
A Classic So Well DoneIf you don't love the movie simply because of Robbie the Robot you will have to love it for a young Leslie Neilsen straight acting for once in his life. A classic which was very well done for its time and in the restored state an excellent watch. Pity its for rent only here though when one can buy it just about everywhere else..Score: 5/5
ClassicI bought this on blu-ray years ago because ituneless in all their wisdom would only rent it out. This is the best B movie sci-fi ever made. Buy it, it is awesome..Score: 5/5
Why rental only?Why is this only available for rent?.Score: 1/5
But not for sale?I love this film. For its day it was so far ahead of its time, people couldnt get their heads around half of it. I went to see it in the theaters. The visuals in this film were the bench mark for sci-fi films for a beyond a decade later. Deserving of being in any sci-fi nuts collection. In the 1980's, this movie was available for sale on tape (betamax), VHS and laser disk in the 1990's. What's up with rental only?.Score: 5/5
When can we buy this movie?I have seen this movie when I was a kid. Great movie! I would like to buy this movie for my collection. But it's only for Rent?.Score: 5/5
The only to describe this movie is that it ts good campy fun.The special effects may be dated but there is no doubt that you will laugh at how fake it will seem. I reccomend that you get it..Score: 5/5
Better Than Star TrekSets standard for sci-fi movies..Score: 5/5
Forbidden PlanetOne of my favorites. If it is ever a buy instead of a just a rent I will purchase it immediately..Score: 5/5
Definitely one of the films that changed science fiction.Forbidden Planet may have been the first Shakespearean sci-fi film having been loosely based on The Tempest. The story was original enough for me for obvious reasons. Robby the Robot being one of them. I think the groundbreaker for this sci-fi film is its clever revelation of how the ultimate enemy can come from within. Walter Pidgeon's thoughtful portrayal of Dr. Edward Morbius enhances our understanding. If there's one thing worth learning from this film, it's the appreciation of our own mortality if we're to avoid the tragedies that make Altair-4 the Forbidden Planet..Score: 5/5
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