Essay On The Forbidden Planet
The Forbidden Planet
During the post World War II era, in 1956, director Alfred M. Wilcox created this scince fiction masterpiece, which was based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, The Forbidden Planet. This exciting film stars Leslie Nielson, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis. If you have read The Tempest, you know that a ship full of people crash onto a desolate island inhabiting a mage and his daughter and a deformed fish man. In The Forbidden Planet, rather than a vessel crashing, it’s replaced with a space ship, commanded by Leslie Nielson, landing on a planet that inhabits a doctor and his daughter and his slave robot. In this movie, Leslie Nielson plays his role as Commander J.J. Adams. He receives orders to land on Planet Altair IV, which is 16 light years away from Earth, to discover the fate of an expedition sent 20 years earlier to establish a colony there. His cruiser is contacted by Dr. Morbius, who …show more content…
In the late 1950’s electronic music was becoming popular, especially in Hollywood. The music in this movie adds an eerie tone to the futuristic theme. Some of the special effects, which were revolutionary for its time, may look tacky for today’s standards but was indeed spectacular and breath-taking for the audience of its time. The space ship traveling through space, the beast and its roars, the projectiles from their guns; they were all a great vision and an imaginative creation that helped create some masterpieces today, such as Star Trek and Star Wars. And of course, the most favorite character, Robby the robot, had many tricks up his sleeve. He was designed to perform many tasks such as to the ability to speak 187 languages, to brew bourbon whiskey, and to even have superhuman strength. For the era this movie was made, the special effects were so good that A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving G. Ries, and Wesley C. Miller were nominated for an Academy Award. They were in charge of the
During the post World War II era, in 1956, director Alfred M. Wilcox created this scince fiction masterpiece, which was based on Shakespeare’s The Tempest, The Forbidden Planet. This exciting film stars Leslie Nielson, Walter Pidgeon, and Anne Francis. If you have read The Tempest, you know that a ship full of people crash onto a desolate island inhabiting a mage and his daughter and a deformed fish man. In The Forbidden Planet, rather than a vessel crashing, it’s replaced with a space ship, commanded by Leslie Nielson, landing on a planet that inhabits a doctor and his daughter and his slave robot. In this movie, Leslie Nielson plays his role as Commander J.J. Adams. He receives orders to land on Planet Altair IV, which is 16 light years away from Earth, to discover the fate of an expedition sent 20 years earlier to establish a colony there. His cruiser is contacted by Dr. Morbius, who …show more content…
In the late 1950’s electronic music was becoming popular, especially in Hollywood. The music in this movie adds an eerie tone to the futuristic theme. Some of the special effects, which were revolutionary for its time, may look tacky for today’s standards but was indeed spectacular and breath-taking for the audience of its time. The space ship traveling through space, the beast and its roars, the projectiles from their guns; they were all a great vision and an imaginative creation that helped create some masterpieces today, such as Star Trek and Star Wars. And of course, the most favorite character, Robby the robot, had many tricks up his sleeve. He was designed to perform many tasks such as to the ability to speak 187 languages, to brew bourbon whiskey, and to even have superhuman strength. For the era this movie was made, the special effects were so good that A. Arnold Gillespie, Irving G. Ries, and Wesley C. Miller were nominated for an Academy Award. They were in charge of the