Quotes
Altaira Morbius:
Where have you been? I've beamed and beamed.
Robby:
Sorry, miss. I was giving myself an oil-job.
Altaira Morbius:
Robby, I must have a new dress, right away.
Robby:
Again?
Altaira Morbius:
Oh, but this one must be different! Absolutely nothing must show - below, above or through.
Robby:
Radiation-proof?
Altaira Morbius:
No, just eye-proof will do.
Robby:
Thick and heavy?
Altaira Morbius:
Oh, no, Robby. It must be the loveliest, softest thing you've ever made for me, and fit in all the right places, with lots and lots of star sapphires.
Robby:
Star sapphires take a week to crystallize properly. ...
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FORBIDDEN PLANET is the best SF film from the golden age of SF cinema and what makes it a great film is its sense of wonder . As soon as the spaceship lands the audience - via the ships human crew - travels through an intelligent and sometimes terrifying adventure . We meet the unforgetable Robbie , the mysterious Dr Morbuis , his beautiful and innocent daughter Altair and we learn about the former inhabitants of the planet - The Krell who died out overnight . Or did they ?
You can nitpick and say the planet is obviously filmed in a movie studio with painted backdrops but that adds to a sense of menace of claustraphobia I feel and Bebe and Louis Barron`s electronic music adds even more atmosphere
I`m shocked this film isn`t in the top 250 IMDB films .