{"id":28664,"date":"2019-10-01T16:52:51","date_gmt":"2019-10-01T22:52:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=28664"},"modified":"2019-09-01T16:57:31","modified_gmt":"2019-09-01T22:57:31","slug":"the-invisible-boy-1957-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/?p=28664","title":{"rendered":"The Invisible Boy (1957)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/invisible-boy.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"260\" height=\"406\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-28638\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/invisible-boy.jpg 260w, https:\/\/www.bmovienation.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/08\/invisible-boy-192x300.jpg 192w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 260px) 100vw, 260px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>As others have said, this movie is definitely weird. If you&#8217;re in the right mood, that&#8217;s great. Otherwise you might just find it ridiculous and unrealistic.<\/p>\n<p>Although I can&#8217;t deny that &#8220;Forbidden Planet&#8221; is a superior film when it comes to acting, set design, visual effects, a more consistent tone &#038; clearer message &#8211; I think I kinda enjoyed it&#8217;s low-budget follow-up, &#8220;The Invisible Boy&#8221;&#8230;more. For one thing, I prefer this brand of humour &#8211; the spoofing of 50&#8217;s sitcom families, the parents&#8217; deadpan reaction\/nonchalant acceptance of amazing events such as their son&#8217;s invisibility, etc &#8211; much funnier than the booze-seeking shenanigans of the Cook, whose eye-rollingly lame scenes pass for comedy relief on &#8220;Forbidden Planet&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p>The bizarre shifts in tone and plot absurdities\/illogic in &#8220;The Invisible Boy&#8221;, can be seen as weaknesses, but at least they make the movie less predictable. One can argue that &#8220;Forbidden Planet&#8221;&#8216;s script ties everything up *too* neatly, that there is too much foreshadowing, and the clues a bit too obvious, as to the origin of the monster. I figured out what was going on there, long before the climax (and I didn&#8217;t need a brain-boost!) &#8220;The Invisible Boy&#8221; had more surprises.<\/p>\n<p>Another point in this film&#8217;s favour &#8211; Robby The Robot gets to show more personality, express a wider range of emotions (I&#8217;m not kidding!), and is even more lovable than in the first film. It probably helps that Robby didn&#8217;t have to compete with any great actors like Walter Pidgeon here. But I do think he has more screen time and more opportunities to shine in &#8220;The Invisible Boy&#8221;. He tugs on the ol&#8217; heartstrings and really steals the show.<\/p>\n<div class=\"syndication-links\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As others have said, this movie is definitely weird. If you&#8217;re in the right mood, that&#8217;s great. Otherwise you might just find it ridiculous and unrealistic. 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