Title: Forbidden Planet
Year: 1956
Director: Fred M. Wilcox
Writer: Cyril Hume, story by Irving Block & Allen Adler
Starring: Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, Leslie Nielsen
Music: Bebe & Louis Barron
Distinctions: Oscar nomination for Best Special Effects
Length: 98 minutes
Synopsis: a planet's last surviving colonist doesn't want to be rescued
How I saw it: on video (rented on DVD), yesterday
Subjective Rating: 6/10 (Okay).
Objective Rating: 6/10 (points off for characters, pacing, cinematography and acting) c. 2.5/4 (Okay).
It has a lot of great ideas in it (it's quite obviously the inspiration for Star Trek, among other things), and some cool images. As a sci-fi geek I really wanted to love it, and there's a lot to love, but it just wasn't all that fun to watch. So much that's ripped it off has done what it does better.
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