Cathardincu Surprisingly incoherent and boring

Rijndri Load of rubbish!!

Platicsco Good story, Not enough for a whole film

Ariella Broughton It is neither dumb nor smart enough to be fun, and spends way too much time with its boring human characters.

Jason LaBonte Wow! Just...WOW!!! This movie was such a joy to watch. It's a shame that this film didn't get the attention it deserved. This is a damn good movie with a great subplot, the characters are so enjoyable, and Rock is a bad-ass villain!I mean, you got Rintaro, the director of Galaxy Express 999, directing it, Katsuhiro Otomo, the creator of Akira, writing the screenplay, and an adaptation of the best anime creator of all time, Osamu Tezuka. What more can you say about that? Amazing animation, too. The CGI goes wonderfully with the 2-D animation, especially the part when the (Spoilers Ahead!!!)when the zigurat self destructs.It's funny, it's dark, it's heart warming, and just plain spectacular. Just don't say anything and get this film. It will be worth your time. I swear to you, it will be!

kungfubobsart This film is a stunner. It uses smooth jazz as it's soundtrack, and had both a futuristic, and retro look at the same time. It was sort of like the design style that artists of the thirties and forties used to draw science fiction art. The story was emotionally involving, and easy to follow. Without trying to sound too full of hyperbole, the visuals were actually gasp-inducing in their colors, beauty, imagination, and complexity. When I first looked at the DVD cover and title I wondered "Does this have anything to do with Fritz Lang's 1927 masterpiece METROPOLIS?" I found this info here- "The manga is pretty much it's own story but the creator of the comic apparently was inspired by just a poster of the German film. He had never actually seen it." Very interesting. The story deals with a detective trying to solve a murder, a revolution, corrupt politicians, and the division between the human and robot characters. I'm not a big anime fan. If something is recommended to me, then I'll check it out. To me, the fact that METROPOLIS is an anime is besides the point. What is most important is that it's a fantastic film. Please check it out!

bennyhagen Director Rintaro stubbornly refuses to progress a barely existing plot, expose motivations, make connections or build towards any kind of conclusion simply wasting your time for 108 minutes. While the visuals are of course great, with nothing remotely available to serve they also are totally f***ing pointless (like this whole thoughtless movie). Anyone who is into the genre knows, that for what reason ever, anime does barely ever provide you with a tight narrative or even a solid plot, but let me tell you this movie is just pointless.Because I have said everything I can about this thing and still don't meet the required amount of lines, I will recommend other anime here. Skip this and if you heaven't yet, watch anything from Akira to GITS to Sky Crawlers, to Studio Ghibli movies, Soul Eater or Claymore instead.

Jessica Carvalho ''Metropolis'' story is set in the future, in a society where humans and robots live together, but has problems with each other. Shunsaku Ban is an investigator who came to Japan to find a criminal named Dr. Laughton. He came with his nephew named Kenichi. They don't know the Metrpolis well, so they hired a Detective robot to guide them. In Metropolis world, artificial intelligence has advanced a great deal and robots are seen everywhere performing many different tasks. But they do not have any of the rights that are granted to human beings,in order not to infringe upon human rights, they are not allowed to have human names nor to travel in the zones without permission.Ban and Kenichi discovers that Dr. Laughton was working for Duke Red, one of the main politics of Metropolis city, in a hidden place, creating a super Robot that resembles Duke Red's daughter once lost called Tima.The place suddenly stays on flames and Tima wakes up during the fire and is saved by Kenichi. Dr. Laughton dies shortly after being rescued by Shunsaku but manages to utter a few words regarding a precious notebook of his, which the detective saves from the flames. The movie is full of conspiracies, and one of the main characters in this plan is Rock, Duke Red's adopted son, who discovers his father's plans and decides to destroy the Robot and to kill Dr. Laughton. Rock is strongly against giving powers to Robots (to be honest he hates Robots in general) and he stays the entire anime trying to find Tima, the robot, and Kenichi. Rock is responsible for destroying the place where Dr Laughton worked and why it stayed on flames.Kenichi and Tima become good friends during the movie in a more romantic way.''Metoroporisu'' is a complex anime that actually shows more then people imagine. Definitely is not a movie for kids(( Even looking a little childish), since they probably will not understand the real message of the movie or the scene where Tima is shot in her heart, a metaphor for losing her humanity. o For instance, we see a theme of class struggle in a society full of riches and full of poor people and also the relationship of robots with humans.I am very glad that Rintaro and Katsuhiro Otomo united their forces to bring Metropolis to a film, contradicting Osamu's wish. Many of the scenes of this animation were very well done(like the one the ziggurat is connected to Tima) with great special effects, and the mix of a retro animation with futuristic city had a very nice combination in the product of the movie.I can say for myself that it was a long time since I watched an anime that made me feel touched, and this anime happened to be one of them. The end is very sad, and I don't think that Tima was rebuilt, as many people were speculating, since she was the most complex robot in the world and not easily rebuilt,specially without her creator.