This Island Earth
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Movie Reviews of This Island Earth
Movie Review: One of the greatest Sci Fi pictures ever.
Summary: 5 Stars
This is my favorite Sci Fi picture. Its ranks with the 60's 'The Time Machine' and 'Forbidden Planet' as the greatest in my book. To this day I still love it when I see the Flying Saucer fly over Metaluna's destroyed surface (wires, dry ice and all). The sound track and music is so good and the story though very simple is very good.
Love the white hair and high foreheads, just cool.
If you liked 'Star Trek The Original Series' and those old E.C. Comics of the fifties you will love this especially the start where the two scientists get the mysterious catalouge and make the Interociter.
The picture quality was good and so was the sound.
Movie Review: This Island Earth
Summary: 5 Stars
The plot is corny but I loved it. The Metalunians have the technology to travel 80 billion miles through space and yet they come to earth of all places seeking help to save their planet from exploding. I guess the humans being too stupid for extended space travel have to be smart at something, right? However, once you get over the plot, this movie is very entertaining given the neat special effects of the 50's, the interocitor (sp?) powered by a thyratron, the transport aircraft etc .., This fits right in there with the origional war of the worlds and is from the era when they made fun, non explicit movies for the whole familyMovie Review: This is the island
Summary: 5 Stars
Much has been written and said over the years about this movie, and not all of it complimentary. Take this movie for what it is and it is an enjoyable excursion. What is wrong with aliens and mind control and an intergalactic war? Sure, the film can get to be a little preachy at times and it is not a nonstop action thrill ride. It is a thoughtful trip into a future that did not happen. It has good special effects and a few exciting moments that are great fun. This is not supposed to be Shakespeare. Watch it and enjoy. This is entertainment.Movie Review: Which aspect ratio?
Summary: 5 Stars
The aspect ratio is a subject of discussion over at the IMDb, at
imdb.com/title/tt0047577/board/flat/44278786
IMDb itself says that the movie was shot at 2:1, but there is very little evidence of it, as others have said previously. I wish we could get this question resolved.
Be careful when you wish for a wide screen version- If the movie was really only shot at 1.3:1, we could end up with another wide screen hatchet job like they did to "Earth vs the Flying Saucers".
Movie Review: Favorite Science Fiction Movie
Summary: 5 Stars
Fusion: Sizzle
This Island Earth is my favorite sci-fi movie of all time. I was so inspired by it as a child, that I painted a picture of the spaceship beaming up the small airplane on a card table. I loved the stars and space, and the idea of life from other worlds, especially civilizations far more advanced than ours. This, to me, was the perfect movie of my dreams. Nothing less than five stars.