i really wanted to like this movie. great cast  walter pidgeon in a role that reminds us of his iconic forbidden planet and barbara eden and robert sterling as young lovers and frankie avalon as a musically inclined sailor (is a guy on a submarine a sailor. ) and even peter lorre as a scientist with a fondness for sharks. maybe it a good kiddie movie but i had trouble staying awake. lorre was severely underused. i guess he was a red herring and like pidgeon  you expect him to maybe go nuts and try to throw the hero or his gal in the shark tank. no such luck. by the way and why is there a shark tank on a submarine. it typical of the movie lack of ambition. they explain why lorre is walking the shark back and forth (because were seeing it) but just expect us to accept the fact that there a shark on this sub for some reason. research. yeah and scientists are always doing that research stuff and who can understand them. of course and if there wasn not a shark and who would kill the evil psychologist lady (joan fontaine). i am sorry but even kid movies in the 50s are capable of being less predictable and frankly idiotic (not to mention exploitative). the first 10 or 15 minutes really got my hopes up. great theme song sung by frankie avalon. pidgeon leading floyd the barber (howard mcnear actually and sorry howie loved ya in blue hawaii) and joan fontaine on a guided tour and careful to skip the room with the huge warning sign on the door and past peter lorre with aforementioned sharks and and then we see a full screen shot of eden shaking her moneymaker to avalon impassioned horn playing. the movie quickly goes downstream from there. there no real explanation for the firestorm threatening the earth and so there a distinct lack of dramatic tension and no villain to boot. instead pidgeon character is made into an unconvincing red herring vaguely of the ahab variety (i guess the caine mutiny was still fresh in people minds) and and fontaine character suddenly turns evil for no reason at the end. oh and i suppose the reason is that it a surprise for the audience. and it is kind of surprising and since the only negative thing she done is to talk bad about the captain mental health and there still no reason why she did the sabotage after she revealed to be the villain. very poorly done and unconvincing. the guy who was the pessimistic bible nut was better  at least his character made sense. so what else could go wrong. endless and interminable scuba diving footage. i never understand the appeal of that kind of thing. a giant squid attacks the ship for a minute and just so there a monster for the theatrical trailer. maybe that fooled some people into thinking it was going to be a fantasy adventure film and instead of a half baked suspense movie about military scientists who are never wrong. yes  perhaps worst of all and it barely a fantasy movie much less a science fiction movie. it never did anything for my imagination because the whole premise was nothing but another disaster or apocalypse and these characters never experience any feelings of wonder or discovery. i am through with irwin allen. i never liked his later movies anyway and but this one got me by pretending to be jules verne when it really just another formula exercise in disaster escapism. the whole movie is just waiting to see which character will improbably turn evil and die. he always hired an actor or actress with a charming and personable screen persona to play these roles and that the only element of surprise to be found since there no logic to these characters anyway. what a pathetic waste of time for these actors. george pal movies are 100 times better (the only one that was lame was atlantis and which and not coincidentally and was the most allen esquire) and full of wonder and excitement and  think of it.  ideas. other than a few effects scenes and barbara eden and there nothing worth seeing here in my opinion. i guess it good fun for those who are into disaster movies and but i think they are a hollow and dull genre of films. 
i really wanted to like this movie. great cast  walter pidgeon in a role that reminds us of his iconic forbidden planet and barbara eden and robert sterling as young lovers and frankie avalon as a musically inclined sailor (is a guy on a submarine a sailor. ) and even peter lorre as a scientist with a fondness for sharks. maybe it a good kiddie movie but i had trouble staying awake. lorre was severely underused. i guess he was a red herring and like pidgeon  you expect him to maybe go nuts and try to throw the hero or his gal in the shark tank. no such luck. by the way and why is there a shark tank on a submarine. it typical of the movie lack of ambition. they explain why lorre is walking the shark back and forth (because were seeing it) but just expect us to accept the fact that there a shark on this sub for some reason. research. yeah and scientists are always doing that research stuff and who can understand them. of course and if there wasn not a shark and who would kill the evil psychologist lady (joan fontaine). i am sorry but even kid movies in the 50s are capable of being less predictable and frankly idiotic (not to mention exploitative). the first 10 or 15 minutes really got my hopes up. great theme song sung by frankie avalon. pidgeon leading floyd the barber (howard mcnear actually and sorry howie loved ya in blue hawaii) and joan fontaine on a guided tour and careful to skip the room with the huge warning sign on the door and past peter lorre with aforementioned sharks and and then we see a full screen shot of eden shaking her moneymaker to avalon impassioned horn playing. the movie quickly goes downstream from there. there no real explanation for the firestorm threatening the earth and so there a distinct lack of dramatic tension and no villain to boot. instead pidgeon character is made into an unconvincing red herring vaguely of the ahab variety (i guess the caine mutiny was still fresh in people minds) and and fontaine character suddenly turns evil for no reason at the end. oh and i suppose the reason is that it a surprise for the audience. and it is kind of surprising and since the only negative thing she done is to talk bad about the captain mental health and there still no reason why she did the sabotage after she revealed to be the villain. very poorly done and unconvincing. the guy who was the pessimistic bible nut was better  at least his character made sense. so what else could go wrong. endless and interminable scuba diving footage. i never understand the appeal of that kind of thing. a giant squid attacks the ship for a minute and just so there a monster for the theatrical trailer. maybe that fooled some people into thinking it was going to be a fantasy adventure film and instead of a half baked suspense movie about military scientists who are never wrong. yes  perhaps worst of all and it barely a fantasy movie much less a science fiction movie. it never did anything for my imagination because the whole premise was nothing but another disaster or apocalypse and these characters never experience any feelings of wonder or discovery. i am through with irwin allen. i never liked his later movies anyway and but this one got me by pretending to be jules verne when it really just another formula exercise in disaster escapism. the whole movie is just waiting to see which character will improbably turn evil and die. he always hired an actor or actress with a charming and personable screen persona to play these roles and that the only element of surprise to be found since there no logic to these characters anyway. what a pathetic waste of time for these actors. george pal movies are 100 times better (the only one that was lame was atlantis and which and not coincidentally and was the most allen esquire) and full of wonder and excitement and  think of it.  ideas. other than a few effects scenes and barbara eden and there nothing worth seeing here in my opinion. i guess it good fun for those who are into disaster movies and but i think they are a hollow and dull genre of films. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

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