is it worth watching tonight?

Posted 12 years ago

I think so, got it on the Doovde

Posted 12 years ago

yep

Posted 12 years ago

I liked it despite the presence of Cruise

Posted 12 years ago

To be honest, Ireally preferred the original, the recent re-creation is more about the spec effects..

Posted 12 years ago

‘s alright. Not brilliant, but alright.

Then again, I’m a huge fan of the Jeff Wayne version, if only for Richard Burton’s voice.

Posted 12 years ago

I think the first half is tremendous, then it gets daft.

Posted 12 years ago

Easy to watch sc-fi action film.

Posted 12 years ago

ah ok I’ll give it a go.

thanks.

Posted 12 years ago

I thought it was really, really awful.

Posted 12 years ago

1st half was OK with some good effects

The 2nd half just petered out

Posted 12 years ago

I second flyingmonkeycorps. I thought it was terrible.

Posted 12 years ago

Edited highlights here, clicky

Posted 12 years ago

the original is way better, the new one really is a let down
i’d love a forbiden planet remake buy they would probably cast it with keanu and **** it up too

Posted 12 years ago

Not bad, bears some resemblance to the book. (about all you can ask from Hollywood)

Posted 12 years ago

it was rubbish imo

Posted 12 years ago

Thought it was alright.

the recent re-creation is more about the spec effects..

IMHO its a sci-fi movie so I expect special effects and, being a ‘Hollywood blockbuster’, I expect them to be good quality. I’ve seen the original but the special effects are obviously now dated so I don’t find it as watchable and both follow the same basic plot.

Posted 12 years ago

shocking american version. Girl screams all of the way through.

listen to the album instead!

Posted 12 years ago

How many of you have read the book?

Posted 12 years ago

i’d love a forbiden planet remake buy they would probably cast it with keanu and **** it up too

Well the original survived having Leslie Nielsen in it so it wouldn’t necessarily be a disaster.

Posted 12 years ago

I’ve read the book (about 40 years ago mind)

The original stars were Gene Barry & Ann Robinson. The film not the radio broadcast.

Posted 12 years ago

i thought the spcial effects were great, and the general look and style of the film, and the broken family storyline superimposed over the top is just about bearable until the stupid hollywood ending.

Has anyone seen the Jeff Wayne musical version? Its on at the o2 arena and looks great, tempted to get tickets!

Posted 12 years ago

I’ve read the book and it’s superb. Skip the film and get back to the original medium; much, much better.

Posted 12 years ago

I like the Black & White version … more relax I guess.

🙂

Posted 12 years ago

In the book the aliens land at the bottom of my road (Horsel Common, Woking). Was most disappointed when they didn’t in the film
😕

Posted 12 years ago

Thought I had the book somewhere

The latest film follows the tripod theme unlike the 1953 version. However, special effects apart, the 53 version gets my vote.

Posted 12 years ago