[yarddog]

“Forbidden Planet” was the best of all those 1950’s flying saucer and sci fi movies. I watched it recently and it still holds up well, even the special effects age believable and they were not using special effects to try and make a movie interesting.

They went back further and used a beautiful girl wearing not much clothes. Anne Francis really was a beauty. The story or plot was also much better than average. Also lots of actors whose faces would become more familiar later.

Even better than “Invaders From Mars”.

[Moonman62]

I thought the effect for the underground Krell machine was awesome, especially for the mid 1950's. There were many other good effects as well.

There was probably nothing up to that level again until Kubrick's 2001, and that was ahead of its time in the effects department.

[Cincinnatus]

"The story or plot was also much better than average."

Uh, the story or plot of Forbidden Planet comes from a play called The Tempest written by a fellow named William Shakespeare. He may also have created the character of Robby the Robot, I forget.

[altura]

I agree about Forbidden Planet. I was almost afraid to re-watch it but it does hold up extremely well.