i have now see this one about 10 time and so there must be something about it i like . 50 u sci fi movie be pretty much a mixed bunch represent they be either intelligently make and or or think provoking or cheap and laughable cheese . forbidden planet be a bit of both and but in that rarity for the genre and colour . it also have a head start with the script although shakespeare might not have recognise it and it be base on his timeless play and thus guarantee a certain amount of longevity itself if make well . it the story of one man murderous id artificially magnify infinitely by machine a dead race leave switch on 200 and 000 year before . along the way the plot bristle with 50 stereotype and corn so pure you wonder sometimes why youre watch it and but always do . that love triangle thing . yuk . disney cartoonery still hold up well and and the cartoon background straight off the cover of galaxy magazine etc look good even after 50 year . robbie drive the car over the desert in the far distance be a hoot though . all in all and with all fault and the best of it kind and we should be grateful that such a pristine print survives .