Story: It's very simple but honestly that is fine.

The best films of this genre always show a path and provide a takeaway for being a better person.

what a terribly boring film. I'm sorry but this is absolutely not deserving of best picture and will be forgotten quickly. Entertaining and engaging cinema? No. Nothing performances with flat faces and mistaking silence for subtlety.

There is, somehow, an interesting story here, as well as some good acting. There are also some good scenes

I rather enjoyed this amazingly daft sci-fi film. There's just something about hokey effects, pseudo-science, astronauts recording their thoughts on cassette and the brain scratching physics on display. It's 1980 (!) and man has a spaceport on the moon, sending out manned rockets here and there. Problem is, these rockets keep crashing on a dwarf plant that can seemingly move around the solar system at will, and it's up to astronaut Frank Chapman to sort things out! The US are already two ships down by the time Frank heads out there with his buddy, and Frank's not about sticking to the rules, so in order to find a random planet that flies about the place, he goes off course and it's not long before the ship is being wrecked by meteorites. Frank and his buddy go outside to fix things and Frank get's beaned on the head by a tiny rock, but his mate gets him onboard before he himself is battered by a rock and drifts out into space. Frank comes to just in time to steer the rocket onto the Phantom Plant.This is where the film get (even) dafter, because Frank crawls out of his ship and meets loads of tiny men, but don't worry about that. Didn't Stephen Hawking mathematically prove that a physical body will shrink to adapt to its environment? He didn't? Well that's what happens here as Chapman shrinks to the size of everyone else and soon finds himself on charges of assault. Also, they all speak English and lives in caves but can steer their planet about. Yep.So Frank is found guilty but that means nothing as he's set free as long as he doesn't try and escape. He also gets into a duel with a guy and there's a mute girl making goo goo eyes at him. Just when you think Frank's about to go native (and to be honest just when things started getting boring) a bunch of aliens called the Solarites turn up and start attacking everyone! Thank the Gods for them as this bunch of crazy eyed bovver boys tear around the place in ships made of fire. Can Champ Frankman sort them out, grow big again, and go home? You'll have to watch the film to see or at least look up the plot on Wikipedia or even go and do something worthwhile with your life instead.Films like the Phantom Planet are far too daft to hate. Full of cheesy effects (including the rockets ships, the look of the Solarites, and the brain damaging 'science) and the kind of rugged guys who always do okay as long as there's someone to sock on the jaw, this one was a good laugh back in those naive days before we discovered that space was full of a whole load of nothing.

I must admit that I did not watched an old Sci-Fi movie since long time, so, maybe I'm not what they call an expert in classical movies. I am the child of my times, so I'm used with the new wave of Sci-Fi movies, full of action and special effects.Still I enjoyed this classic film and I think is worth viewing. You can find a bit of everything in this movie.The dream of nuclear power as fuel for rockets. Some kind of Gulliver among the people of Liliput. The highly advanced civilization who gives up to the comfort of technology (and all the dangers that comes with it) to live a simple "primitive" life. A touch of Ancient Greek fashion style in the dress models of the main feminine characters. An echo of Feminism: female juries wearing short dresses. And at the end, the somehow blurred line between what is real and what is not.The "special effects" and the general style reminds me of Star Trek TOS. And just like in Star Trek, the monster aliens look unconvincing. But we should admit that the creators of this movie did their best for that time. I could point out some goofs, but I think we should show some understanding and just enjoy this classic!

This splendidly awful sci-fi flick was made in 1961 but looks decades older, with most of its sets and special effects less convincing than those from the first Flash Gordon serials. And then there's the acting, which seems to be taking place in shorthand, and the storyline, which is thinner than a supermodel's wrist.The Phantom Planet begins with the mysterious disappearances of moon-based space patrols; it seems there's a fleetingly visible object that looks like a planet involved in these incidents, and so our main protagonist, played with blissfully misplaced confidence by Dean Fredericks, is sent in to investigate. In 1961, Fredericks was straight out of a run as "Steve Canyon" in the television series of the same name, so he was familiar with the space-age hero role, and he makes an effort, but he's punching smoke, and not swinging too hard, either.Spoiler - The Phantom Planet, as it turns out, is an asteroid that is populated by a race capable of controlling its flight through space. This race is very small, and under the influence of the local atmosphere, our hero shrinks down to their size. He is then held on the asteroid against his will to guard their secret, a gravity control device that they use in their war against the Solarites, who strangely enough, are only attacking them to get the device. This is only one of the under-baked elements of this story. The conveniently located vaporising plates of justice( a Health and Safety nightmare), which finally put pay to an unrecognisable rampaging Richard Kiel, are another, and the love/lust triangle forced on our hero is yet another example of plot complication without any logical motivation (End Spoiler).Nothing gets enough time to develop in this film – perhaps it's the result of that rare space atmosphere, but everyone's motivations seem rather perfunctory. Whether it's lust, love or hatred, emotions swirl around Frederick's character with aimless or unexplained strength. In the end, The Phantom Planet is a two-dimensional exercise that brings absolutely nothing of weight to the genre of the marooned stranger. On the other hand, as a celebration of hokey effects, bad acting and atrocious dialogue, it's a blast. And keep your eye on that Solarite!

An astronaut finds his ship pulled to a large asteroid, where he encounters a race of people who live inside it. His ship is jettisoned and he is told he will have to live with these people forever, Which,k of course, he resists, even though there are about a hundred young women in tunics who would love to give the guy a go and help replenish the population. He is on hand for an attack on the asteroid by other aliens, and engages in a badly staged fight with one of the enemy (Richard Kiel in a laughable plastic costume). Special effects are on par for the time. The music isn't half bad. Veteran actor Francis X. Bushman plays the head guy on the asteroid. You may recognize several other actors, such as Anthony Dexter who performed in many B movies and TV shows. Definitely for the kiddies, so we don't get to see any mating or nudity. Have a six-pack on hand to get through this one.