Mjeteconer Just perfect...

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.

Jonah Abbott There's no way I can possibly love it entirely but I just think its ridiculously bad, but enjoyable at the same time.

Bob This is one of the best movies I’ve seen in a very long time. You have to go and see this on the big screen.

gavin6942 As a new star and planet hurtle toward a doomed Earth, a small group of survivalists frantically work to complete the rocket which will take them to their new home.Alright, let us acknowledge that this is a bit silly. Rather than a comet or meteor heading towards earth (as in "Armageddon") we have a star heading for a collision course. That is some nonsense! And then, rather than any sensible approach, the solution is to send a rocket -- off of a ramp -- to go to a new planet. Exactly when this film is set I do not know, but in the real world we had not even made it to the moon yet! But if we ignore the science flaws, this is sort of a fun film of imminent danger and a split between the doubters and those who want to carry on the human race. And over the top of it is sort of a Biblical message... exactly how that message works may be interpreted differently by different viewers. Generally speaking, I liked it.

classicsoncall There were some great science fiction movies coming out of the Fifties, "The Day the Earth Stood Still" (1951) and "Forbidden Planet" (1956) are ones that immediately come to mind. Contrary to what a host of reviewers on this board have to say, I don't think this was one of them. With a title like "When Worlds Collide", I expected a bit more colliding in the movie than actually occurred. Most of the story had to do with preparatory work to get ready for the eventual destruction of Earth by a runaway star and it's orbiting planet, or vice versa as the case may be. Inserted into the picture was a romantic triangle of sorts that managed to work itself out over the course of the story, but it's not something I'm interested in watching a sci-fi flick. Don't get me wrong, the movie isn't terrible by any means, for example it doesn't approach "First Spaceship on Venus" territory. But when you have a film that conjures up an image of destruction on a massive scale it ought to deliver something along those lines. If only the script had used the word 'azimuth' in any of the scientific calculations coming out of the differential analyzer, I could have thrown in a bonus point in my rating of the picture. Instead, Dr. Tony Drake (Peter Hansen) had this weird patch of brown in the back of his otherwise full head of black hair. Never mind, those two items cross each other out.

BA_Harrison South African astronomer Dr. Emery Bronson (Hayden Rorke) discovers that a far-flung star, Bellus, and Zyra, the planet that orbits it, are on a direct course for our solar system, arriving in less than a year. Zyra will pass close enough to the Earth to cause massive tidal waves and catastrophic earthquakes, but Bellus will destroy our planet completely. With funding from several wealthy businessmen, a team of scientists led by Dr. Cole Hendron (Larry Keating) set about constructing a Space Ark, a rocket-ship capable of ferrying a small group of lucky survivors to Zyra before the Bellus crashes into the Earth. As the deadline approaches, plucky airplane pilot David Randall (Richard Derr) falls for Hendon's beautiful daughter Joyce (Barbara Rush), much to the consternation of her current beau Dr. Tony Drake (Peter Hansen).With its blend of cheesy emotional drama, silly scientific conjecture, and spectacular cataclysmic disaster, When World's Collide is the epitome of '50s pulp sci-fi cinema and also the template for many an apocalyptic disaster flick. The formulaic relationship between Dave Randall and Joyce impedes the action a little too much, but when the time comes for the proverbial to hit the fan, the film definitely delivers, with special effects laden set-pieces that still hold up well today (and which deservedly won the film an Oscar) and a particularly great-looking spacecraft, The Space Ark: typically '50s in fashion, with sleek, windowless, silver fuselage and stubby wings. The film also benefits from a memorable villain—malicious, wheelchair-bound multi-millionaire Sydney Stanton (played with relish by John Hoyt).A lame shot of Zyra's landscape (a flat painted backdrop) ends matters on a slightly bum note, but it's the journey, not the destination, that makes this film so much fun.

Lee Eisenberg While many sci-fi flicks portrayed alien invasions, Rudolph Maté's "When Worlds Collide" is sort of a precursor to "Deep Impact" and "Armageddon". It depicts a star headed straight for Earth, destined to obliterate the blue planet. So, the world's top minds build a rocket ship to move to the planet circling the star (yeah, can you get more far-fetched?). Meanwhile, the star completely alters Earth's climate (sounds like what's happening now).I noticed that "WWC" co-stars Larry Keating, better known as Roger Addison on "Mister Ed", and Hayden Rorke, better known as Dr. Bellows on "I Dream of Jeannie". Interestingly, many of the "IDOJ" cast members co-starred in movies about possible ends of the world. Barbara Eden co-starred in "Voyage to the Bottom of the Sea", which depicted global warming long before there was even a concept of it. Larry Hagman co-starred in "Fail-Safe", about the prospect of a nuclear holocaust (the movie was no match for "Dr. Strangelove"). Emmaline Henry co-starred in "Rosemary's Baby".Anyway, "WWC" is a pretty fun movie.