It Came from Outer Space
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Movie Reviews of It Came from Outer Space
Movie Review: Classic Sci-fi
Summary: 4 Stars
This 1950's Sci-fi classic is well worth getting. It influenced a number of films that followed it and stands up well, even now, over 50 years later.
Really its only obvious weakness is the alien spacecraft in flight, which special effect wise is very poor. However, in most other areas this is a great film. The acting is pretty good, the other special effects are well done and best of all is the sense of paranoia that runs throughout the film. Seeing this film at the Cinema in the 1950's must have been some experience for the audience as there is a sense of foreboding which must have been very unusual in its day.
In the end of course this being 'Hollywood' we know everything will be alright in the end, but this film keeps you guessing right to the very end.
Movie Review: You may never look at dessert the same way again.
Summary: 4 Stars
This is good fun although at times very silly but often does carry forward an important message about the problems of anthropomorphism and how we would deal with strange looking visitors from other worlds. I think biologists would have a field-day but in "It Came From Outer Space" the aliens are so ugly as to scare humans into a kill frenzy.
A saucer crashes, an astronomer sees the alien, reports it to the town, the alien body snatches, well borrow bodies temporarily and tries to find a way to escape before it is found. The moral of the story is that even Jelly-like beings can be as smart as Einstein and us Earth people can be awfully narrow-minded, however The Day the Earth Stood Still does it better.
Movie Review: it came it saw & it still conquers
Summary: 4 Stars
A movie unique for its genre. Where the aliens are not the deadly threat, but the earthlings themselves. Lots of ideas are thrown up, as well as thrills and spectacle. I was lucky enough to see it in 3-D in the black & white days, but the makers were smart enough to ensure that it could still be appreciated in 2-D. Richard Carlson is as earnest as ever, Barbara Rush as beautiful as ever (how could she hook up with him?) and a host of well known supports do what they have to.watch and enjoy a classic of its kind.Movie Review: Pretty good...
Summary: 4 Stars
This movie actually has a plot along with the message offered by so many sci-fi flicks of it's time. The acting isn't really that bad and the plot holds together all the way through the movie. I actually liked the film but I tend to do that with almost all the old sci-fi stuff of the 50's and 60's. This one definitely isn't as bad as some and the special effects are pretty fair also. The added documentary is pretty interesting and gives some insight to movie making at that time. I liked it.Movie Review: Good 50's sci fi
Summary: 4 Stars
A classic B movie from Richard Carlson. Production values are not the greatest, but this is super Saturday creature feature matinee material. Actually that is somewhat unfair to this movie. There is thoughtfulness in the scripting, moreso than one would expect. I am a fan of all of Carlson's films of that time. He was underrated in his career, but always seemed believable in his roles. This is a good movie to watch to recapture the Saturday morning double feature feeling.