Customer Ratings & Reviews

I love watching Forbidden Planet again and again. I can't get enough of watching Robbie the robot

A classic, my favorite scene is when they go underground to the Krell power plant

Wonderful old classic for Sci-fi fans. The blue ray edition looks and sounds great.

Have this movie on Laser Disc. Wanted it for my DVD collection, since the video is better. Also remember watching it when I was a kid.

Great science fiction movie. The special effects are great for the time

Great! Showed up in a couples days. Package arrived in perfect condition.

One of the great science fiction movie of all times. A good addition to my movie collection.

Really good quality, great special effects considering when it was made. I'm glad it came out in Blu-Ray.

What a classic movie for it's time, very well done.

A great movie for it's time period. I just love it.

Great movie. Always love the classics. jnjscnnjnjj

It's a great movie. Sci-fi at its finest. A movie every sci-fi fan should watch.

First big budget Sci fi. Truly a classic. First all electronic music score.

first saw this as a child, blew me away then. Classic Sci-Fi!

This was one of the most serious sci-fi movies I was ever introduced to. Given the era it was shot in, the effects look good! If you maintain a sci-fi movie library, this is a must have.

State-of-the-art special special effects with that MGM gloss.

Definitely a must see scifi movie for any age movie buff!!

Great movie. 2K: average. SDR: average. Audio: average.

Here is a true classic and a film that boasts so many firsts! Forbidden Planet was the first sci-fi film made with an 'A' movie budget, the first film to use an all electronic score and the first film to show sci-fi's potential for greatness. Forbidden Planet also introduced movie-goers to Robby the Robot. The story follows the crew of the Spacecruiser 57D on a relief mission to a lost colony. There, the crew meets the lone survivor and his daughter and later learns some of the secrets of a lost civilization and battles a terrifying invisible monster. The visual effects, many of which were done by Disney animators, and sets all look great. This was all state of the art in the mid 1950's and it still holds up. The scenes in the alien city are still mindblowing and the battle with the only partially visible monster is truly exciting. This is one sci-fi movie that really gives you the feeling of being in another world. I love the 'electronic tonalities'. Both the music and the sound effects are eerie and unforgettable and add to the broad canvas that is Fobidden Planet. Robby the Robot is cool. He was the first robot to be portrayed as a character and is a forerunner of movie robots to come in later years. He actually looks like a working robot! The HD transfer is fantastic, especially when you consider the age of the film. A defenite improvement over the DVD. Most of the scenes are sharply detailed and clearly defined with only a few source material problems owing to the age of the film. The extras include documentaries on the film itself and 1950's sci-fi films and even about the development of Robby the Robot. There's also a 'Thin Man' episode that featured Robby the Robot and the movie 'The Invisible Boy' which also featured Robby. 'The Thin Man' episode is entertaining, but 'The Invisible Boy' is boring! Forbidden Planet is the movie that set the stage for so many great sci-fi movies to follow and remains one of the most influential films ever made. This is a truly essential Blu-Ray for any sci-fi fan or for any interested in cinema history. Forbidden Planet stands with the likes of 2001 and Star Wars as one of the greatest sci-fi films ever made.

As one of my all time favorite sci-fi films, I would give it 10 stars if I could. Super Disney annimation was 30 years ahead of it's time comparable to Star Wars and Avatar breakthrough technology of it's time in 1956. Mind expanding story line of the extinct Krell race advanced technology from the book "The Tempest". Outstanding visual effects and first movie ever with great all synthesizer sound effects. Characters include highly advanced Robby the robot, Anne Francis, her father, the captain and crew and...the invisable monster from the IDD. Has a sci-fi fan cult following, join in, a must see movie for all ages.