Forbidden Planet Movie
Jan 14, 2024 18:55:45 GMT -5
Post by Radrook Admin on Jan 14, 2024 18:55:45 GMT -5
Forbidden Planet Movie
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet
Forbidden Planet Possible Improvements
Below are some examples:
First let's review the film's outstandingly good points as outlined in the excerpt below.
Forbidden Planet is a 1956 American science fiction film from Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, produced by Nicholas Nayfack, and directed by Fred M. Wilcox from a script by Cyril Hume that was based on an original film story by Allen Adler and Irving Block.
It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, it is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema.
The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the plot contains certain happenings analogous to the play, leading many to consider it a loose adaptation.
It stars Walter Pidgeon, Anne Francis, and Leslie Nielsen. Shot in Eastmancolor and CinemaScope, it is considered one of the great science fiction films of the 1950s, a precursor of contemporary science fiction cinema.
The characters and isolated setting have been compared to those in William Shakespeare's The Tempest, and the plot contains certain happenings analogous to the play, leading many to consider it a loose adaptation.
Forbidden Planet pioneered several aspects of science fiction cinema. It was the first science fiction film to depict humans traveling in a man-made faster-than-light starship.
It was also the first to be set entirely on a planet orbiting another star, far away from Earth and the Solar System. The Robby the Robot character is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical "tin can" on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film.
Outside science fiction, the film was groundbreaking as the first of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score, courtesy of Bebe and Louis Barron.
It was also the first to be set entirely on a planet orbiting another star, far away from Earth and the Solar System. The Robby the Robot character is one of the first film robots that was more than just a mechanical "tin can" on legs; Robby displays a distinct personality and is an integral supporting character in the film.
Outside science fiction, the film was groundbreaking as the first of any genre to use an entirely electronic musical score, courtesy of Bebe and Louis Barron.
Forbidden Planet's effects team was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Visual Effects at the 29th Academy Awards. Tony Magistrale describes it as one of the best examples of early techno-horror. In 2013, the film was selected for preservation in the United States National Film Registry by the Library of Congress as being "culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Forbidden_Planet
Forbidden Planet Possible Improvements
Although I consider the film Forbidden Planet a masterpiece in its acting and the scenery, as well as in the sound and special visual effects, there are still certain improvements that could've been made.
Below are some examples:
Safe?
1. Morbius tells the commander that the tiger is perfectly harmless when in his daughter's presence ad that they are all perfectly safe? Suppose she isn't there when the tiger sees you?
Impossible Stability
How can Robby walk effortlessly while holding ten tons in the palm of one hand, without tipping over? No, strength doesn't provide the foundational stability necessary for that.
How can someone sit safely in the small vehicle which Robby drives like a madman, without having a seat to sit in, and without even a seatbelt as the doc did?
Having Robbie the Robot telling the passengers to take a seat and to strap themselves in, does not magically convince the audience that there is actually a seat visibly there, and that the doc has sat in it and is strapped in.
Furthermore, none of that is evident when they arrive at their destination and the doc is very clearly shown to be precariously perched behind the other two crewmembers with nothing whatsoever to stabilize him.
Having Robbie the Robot telling the passengers to take a seat and to strap themselves in, does not magically convince the audience that there is actually a seat visibly there, and that the doc has sat in it and is strapped in.
Furthermore, none of that is evident when they arrive at their destination and the doc is very clearly shown to be precariously perched behind the other two crewmembers with nothing whatsoever to stabilize him.
Unexplained Phenomenon
After the creature from the Id attacks the crew, and is unharmed by the barrage from the fission weapons, the doc explains that in order to survive such weapons, the creature would have needed a physical density that would cause it to sink to the planet's core.
Which then raises the question: Why didn't it do so? Renewing its molecular structure every microsecond, as the doctor explained, doesn't eliminate the density problem he had just mentioned as an obstacle to its existence.
Monster Magically Disappears?
At the ending, when the monster from the Id has Morbius
Commander John J. Adams, and the girl Altaira cornered, why does the monster suddenly vanish even though the professor is still alive? Isn't his subconscious still intact?
Tampering with a Perfectly good scene
In the final scene, on board the ship heading back to Earth, where both the Altaira and the commander are observing the destruction of the planet via the ship's observation window, the captain dramatically utters the name "Altaira" twice before making a very profound declaration concerning her father and his discoveries!
Now, strangely, and for some nebulous reason, someone shortened it to his saying "Altaira!" once. This totally unnecessary deletion causes the film to jiggle visibly, and reduces the dramatic quality of his statement.