Pretty impressive scale, special effects, and cinematography.

Most people probably think cyberpunk started in US in the early 80s. I say it started in Germany in 1927. Metropolis all but disapeared after its initial release, but slowly gained a following in drops and drabs, and then with the early 80s restorations, it began to truly take hold in the minds of most as something special in movie making history. Is it a coincidence that Metropolis gained prominence right around the same time as the cyberpunk movement took hold? I think not.

The recent restoration of the missing "Thin Man" subplot smooths out most of the awkward patches the earlier version of the film had, making it even easier to appreciate its impressive technical and visual achievements.

The vast majority of these points are merely respect for its influence and historical significance, nothing more. Nowadays, it's completely boring and unwatchable; lots of plodding and pacing back and forth, and few truly significant events. Worse, the story is as complex and deep as a child's fairy tale, with a banal message surrounded by predictability. Even by the very low standards of late 1920's sci-fi, this was less imaginative than a Flash Gordon.

A classic, if a little slow and plodding in the middle.

Futurism. Cults. Mad scientists. Marxist uprisings. Mass action. Love. All in the Greatest Show The World Has Ever Seen.

Great movie, but a little to lengthy at times

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grandiosa futurismo en su maximo esplendor

a german film. anticommunist, antimodern and antisemitic.

This is the kind of movie where you watch it and wonder why movies nowadays don't do things like that. Wonderful visuals, well-paced, and with one of the best-thought-out dystopias I've ever seen.

There must be a connection between "hands" and "brain", and it is "heart". Wonderful guess of future.

Totally ahead of its time, bizarre, beautiful, and all the other good stuff people say about this movie that's true.

Lang was constrained only by the limits of the time, and he pushed those limits as far as they would go in this film. While it still has several issues associated with silent films, it has many wonderful moments, which are made even more amazing by the fact that this was made before 1930. I would love to see the complete, restored version.

A lot of allowances have to be made for some silent films, in particular the acting, and Metropolis boasts some of the most ridiculously hammy acting I've seen in any silent. The plot can also be fairly ridiculous at times as well. But that's more than balanced out by the mind-blowing set design, effects work, and the scope of Lang's vision. The third act is thrilling entertainment.

fabuloua

A great story with great acting, Metropolis probably provided the basis material for most of the futuristic movies to work with. Even Huxley and Orwell seem like to follow some steps from this one. Great movie, a must see.

Amazing

Wow! Not sure that this is something I'd like to just pop in the DVD player for a relaxing Friday night flick, but it is certainly a powerful and amazingly-done film, especially given the time period. We watched this for a graduate-level Humanities course and it fueled much discussion!

Any flaws one might put forth are irrelevant; what an insanely impressive piece of cinema. Completely engrossing throughout. The huge sets, camerawork, music, acting (especially the leading lady)... it all comes together perfectly.

Overrated film with a wobbly pace and over-the-top expression of the message (man is being degraded by machines. GET IT!!!). Other than that, I cannot deny the wonder of the set design and visual effects, which are highly impressive in the sci-fi genre.

5/5