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Forbidden Planet

Posted by rico (A) on January 22, 2004 at 10:48:22

This film, loosely based on Shakespeare's "The Tempest", is arguably
the best science fiction film of the fifties (although I must confess an equal admiration for the original "Invasion of the Body Snatchers"). Except for a bit of Hollywood required hokey humor involving the cook character, it is well written and well played.
The special effects, some done by Disney, are excellent. One can see a lot of things here that made it into both Star Trek and Star Wars. Walter Pidgeon is excellent. And the scene when they are in the twenty mile high underground portal is still as captivating as when I first saw it almost 50 years ago.

The DVD transfer is very good.

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