Metropolis

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Summary: This absolute classic deserves better!
Review: When I saw this movie in twice a cinema with live music I was thrilled to the max both times.

This DVD version though falls short in musical score and overall picture quality. It's a disgrace to Fritz Langs' masterpiece.

But for the reasonable price and no other easy sources available you might decide to live with it...

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Summary: DVD-Metropolis
Review: The opening credits to the film were cut off by poor editing. The music had absolutely nothing to do with what was going on in various scenes. I had to turn off the sound and play a different music CD because the soundtrack was so poor. I recommend listening to a Star Wars soundtrack while you watch the film, because at times it perfectly matches the action on the screen. Other than these 2 faults, it was a good copy of the classic film, although I prefer the 1984 Moroder version of Metropolis.

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Summary: Metroplis- Great Movie- Bad DVD
Review: I was fortunate enough to view a print of the tinted, Giorgio Moroder version of Metropolis in a movie theater in New York City in the mid-80's. I should have purchased a video copy of it then. The Mandacy Entertainment DVD of this film is shameful. The opening title "METROPOLIS" is so fuzzy, it isn't visible. Can anyone steer me towards a decent VHS copy? There are so many, my head is spinning!

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Summary: Could be a masterpiece,BUT!
Review: I have nothing to say about the movie,but the DVD quality of the film may be the worst i've ever seen.VCD or a bad quality VHS copy could be a better or a cheaper way of watching this classic monster. They better remaster and print the DVD version.

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Summary: Inferior Video Transfer
Review: Madacy continues to underwhelm when it comes to video transfers to the DVD medium. Copies always look as though they were made from an inferior VHS tape. If you ever wondered why Madacy's DVD titles were so inexpensive, now you know. The movie itself is a classic, however.

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Summary: Don't buy the 1998 version (New soundtrack)
Review: I've never seen how a soundtrack destroyed one of the most important movies of history. The 1998 Peter Osborne's Score sounds exactly like the music of a Nintendo game. Just an absurd, out of scheme, sometimes even out of time, soundtrack that separates the spectator from the vision that should be a silent movie.

By the way, some scenes that are supposed to be tragic, the sound transforms it in a cheap comedy clip.

Now the reason i gave this film 5 stars is how it's director (Fritz Lang) and author (the wife of Fritz Lang) got ahead out of their time, showing us thru different scenarios above the city (a King Kong 30's NY kind of city), with planes flying around, while below the surface, thousands of slaves are risking their lives in order to keep working so they could at least eat.

Actors and actresses do their job in a standard way, making efforts to transmit emotions (logic in a silent movie).

My DVD version is "area 2" and is from AEK or something (i decided to return it to the store beacuse of the lausy soundtrack) and it keeps a perfect visual, never getting out of frame. Even, the presentation with a New Age Sound is incredible, transporting me to future in my head...

I know it's hard to believe, but with masterpieces like this, i'd make a trial to the man that destroyed the movie with such a lousy new 1998 soundtrack...

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Summary: Buy Region 2
Review: This is perhaps one of the worst DVD transfers around. Not only is the print bad but the entire film is out of focus. The region 2 version of the film on DVD does not suffer from these problems. If you want this film on DVD don't by this version.

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Summary: Metropolis
Review: The DVD of Metropolis is truly bad. How bad? Well in the first 30 seconds the title is out of focus and is cut off at the "L" in Metropolis. Do not buy this DVD.

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Summary: Incredible for 1926!
Review: Metropolis is a wonderful movie with stunning scenery for what I expected from a movie made in 1926. The robot sequence of course led George Lucas to create C-3PO for Star Wars. The only flaw I saw with the movie was the fact that it was silent, and the music did not fit in with the theme of the movie.

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Summary: Not the real Metropolis, not worth that price !
Review: I thought Id finally found the video I was searching for at Amazon. I have seen the 1984 release with the Georgio Meroder rock soundtrack. I have been searching for a copy of this release for several years.I've been dissappointed after purchasing several with "silent film " scores. It is difficult to truely appreciate this fine film without the brilliant soundtrack that brings it to life. Does anyone know where to get your hands on the real Metropolis?