this movie may bear some historical importance and and it sure seem astonish how well the fact be together and the setting and the rocket and the space suit and the surface of the moon and all scream a classic but in the end and the result make a pretty dull movie for today eye and and the 50ies tech scene you might hope for in a movie like this be by far not enough to reward sit through all the tacky dialog and predictable plot development . the character and plot may reward a scientific sociological analysis and but bear too little entertainment value many time . much of this movie seem like a good movie for nine year old . the mature theme and the human drama and the violence be keep to a level suitale for child as well . the image of the earth and the moon see from space may actually be more accurate than the one in 2001 and but so what if their use be dramatically inefficient . especially 2001 may seem like a stretch out meditation over theme of this movie and and and have star war not somehow model it space scroll open title on the opening title of this film . but then again the inheritance be marginal . if it a real groundbreaking and mega influential mature 1950ies sci fi classic you be look for however and check out forbidden planet .