I've now seen this one about 10 times, so there must be something about it I like!<br /><br />50's US sci-fi movies were pretty much a mixed bunch: they were either intelligently made and/or thought provoking or cheap and laughable cheese
. The only thing that really made me laugh was the fact that the characters were so cool and cool, and the acting was so good. I loved the way the actors played the role of the hero, the cool guy, who was cool. And the ending was great. It was a great ending, but it was also a bit too long.
 (like "The Matrix" or "Alien").<b/c of course, the "Star Wars" movies are pretty good too, but the rest of them are just plain awful.