Movie Review: Journey to the Seventh Planet (1962)
Synopsis: In the year 2001, world peace has been achieved, and mankind has begun exploring the galaxy. This includes an international team of astronauts arriving at the seventh planet, Uranus. Expecting to find a frozen wasteland, they instead land in a forested area that looks a lot like home. They soon realize the planet is inhabited by an alien creature capable of bringing their memories, fantasies and fears to life. Who's in it? The movie stars John Agar , Carl Ottosen , Greta Thyssen , Louis Miehe-Renard and Ann Smyrner. Review: I came across Journey to the Seventh Planet while unsuccessfully looking for another movie. While I'm always a bit skeptical of science fiction films from this era, the plot did sound interesting, so I added it to my library and watched it this morning. As it turns out, it wasn't too bad. Obviously, the idea of there being world peace and humans exploring the galaxy by 2001 was both wishful thinking and does date the movie a bit as a res...