Jeanskynebu the audience applauded

VividSimon Simply Perfect

Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

Philippa All of these films share one commonality, that being a kind of emotional center that humanizes a cast of monsters.

pietclausen 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.

riteshk-71503 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.

framptonhollis Mechanical movements and heavy over exaggerations jump from each and every corner of the constantly moving screen as Lang shows off his revolutionary talents as a filmmaker. Envisioning an over the top and consistently horrifying dystopia, "Metropolis" is one of the very greatest science fiction films ever made, but the viewer must keep in mind that it is heavily flawed. Some moments and performances are melodramatic to the point of heavy laughter, it's way overlong, and the story is no where near as compelling as its visuals. That being said, this is still the ultimate German Expressionist classic. Crooked windows, creepy shadows, unforgettable imagery in nearly every frame. This mixture of futurism and Expressionism is what keeps "Metropolis" moving along at a perfect pace. There is tons of thrilling action, mind boggling surrealism, and wild editing; enough to keep even the average moviegoer at least mildly entertained. It is likely to inspire headaches or confusion, laughter and tears and shouts and so on. There are constant references to religion and some highly intelligent commentary on both the pros and cons of Marxist theory to allow one's intellect to be entertained (although the religious references are so obvious it gets a little annoying at times). And the visuals...I'm not even sure if I can muster up the energy to comment on them. Even today they're aw inspiring and fantastical, adding to the film's "fairy tale set in the faraway future" feel with exuberance and occasional, explosive violence.

Juliette Betram Oh! I loved this movie so much that I don't even know where to start! The fact that Metropolis was produced on the 20's didn't give me high hopes at first. However, the perfect coordination of an in-depth meaning and photography, soundtrack and motion, and most important of all, the impacting expression of strong emotions towards the crude reality of capitalism, left me more speechless than the movie itself! It is totally worth watching and do not mind the length--it will not matter if you get enrolled by the message. Should we leave capitalism do its "magic" where surplus is squeezed on a few hands thanks to the undermined labor? Should be break the system and ask for revolution? Or should we find a mediator, a heart, between head and hands? We are still nine years away from 2026. Now it is on us to compare how different is Metropolis' version of the system from our current social and economic inequality and maybe that way, we can find the correct answer to all of these questions.