Metropolis (2010)

Great Film overall

Good story, Not enough for a whole film

A great movie, one of the best of this year. There was a bit of confusion at one point in the plot, but nothing serious.

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

This film is rated very highly as a futuristic sci-fi story made in 1927 setting the example how future sci-fi would be made some 40 years later.As a silent movie, albeit with a music sound track added to it, it remains an extremely difficult movie to follow, as the limited interspersed written sections in between scenes are all in German, though the film has been updated with previous lost parts and supposedly, addition of English translations.The movie I saw, was indeed on BluRay with an on-screen written explanation in English, giving the movie's history and how lost parts had been recovered. But the movie itself was still completely the German version.A classic movie? No way! After an hour I scanned through the rest and found nothing of interest in this overlong movie. It should have remained on the rubbish heap.

I was excited about the movie after reading the reviews but I have to say the this movie just not makes sense in 2018. It must have been a master piece in 20's but after almost 90 years it has lost all its relevance.

"Metropolis" is Fritz Lang's masterpiece of science-fiction that delves into a highly metaphorical futuristic story of two divided classes and a man caught in between them. A film devoted to ideas and themes, richly rooted in religion and fantasy, "Metropolis" is a haunting and emotionally powerful experience that's impossible to forget. This is one to study for the ages and every film fan should find and cherish. Time hasn't been kind to this extraordinary film. After years of different versions, KINO International released a "complete" version of the film which included lost and damaged footage essential to the plot of the story. Thanks to their outstanding restoration of the film, we get to experience "Metropolis" in mostly all of its cinematic and artistic glory. The images and story feel more striking than ever before and the unapologetic approach Fritz Lang took in creating this masterpiece is what makes this movie stand far out above other science-fiction films. The film itself has a dream-like trance with hypnotic editing that when dream sequences are actually happening, you wonder what truth is really being presented on screen. This works to the film's advantage by allowing the audience to completely feel the majesty and horror of the future. "Metropolis" immerses the audience with not only excellent technical techniques, but the brilliant art direction and production design. Viewing the film in 2017, one still wonders exactly how particular effects were achieved. Thankfully, we get sucked into this world and its story so effortlessly, we have no time to wonder how we're seeing what we're seeing. We simply enjoy the movie magic. With clear direction, strong performances, and unforgettable visuals, "Metropolis" couldn't be more recommended. If the "complete" version is available, it's well worth the extra runtime to grasp the entire story. "Metropolis" is a cinematic masterpiece; pure and simple.

This is unbelievable!I was sitting on the sofa watching the movie in an apartment in the middle of a city with high towers that host the rich, poor people around the city living in old and outdated places and bridges an tunnels that connect them. And the machines are everywhere. machines run by the hands of the poor to fulfill the mind of the rich. And I was watching a movie from 1927 that pictures my city exactly as it is now! this is unbelievable!And The heart that is the required element that connects the hands into the minds in its right way in the movie, that was the only missing part here! I was looking for the heart in my city and found none. Maybe it has been faked nowadays?! I was thinking of the media or religion and tried to compare them with the crosses in the Maria's place or the inventor's wicked acts. That was what I found, However you may find something else.The Visual Effect at the other hand, It was a masterfully accurate prediction. for a product from 1927, that was too much to be believed. A perfect Sci-fi for the time being and a powerful reminder of our lost hearts for our time.