Metropolis

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Summary: Amazing Movie - Best Anime I've Seen!
Review: Before I watched Metropolis, I had high hopes for an entertaining film. Maybe not one that would particularly be a favorite, but just worth the money. However, it turned out that my expectations weren't anywhere near how amazing the movie actually was.

After I had watched Metropolis for the first time, I had mixed feelings. The artwork and scenery were gorgeous, the story was multi-layered, (something I find attractive in a movie), and it had a touching ending, but even through all of that, there were small bits of the movie that I had a hard time understanding. When my mother asked me, "How was the movie?" all I could come up with was, "It was really good."

A day or two later I decided to watch Metropolis again, to try to figure out the rest of the movie that I had missed the first time. This time, I caught on to the entire movie, and realized that it was absolutely fantastic. The storyline is very entertaining, with a variety of characters from different walks of life.

The movie starts out with a scene in which the people of the city of Metropolis have gathered to celebrate the finished construction of the Ziggurat, ordered to be built by Duke Red. Since the Ziggurat is complete, Duke Red has asked Dr. Laughton, a robot constructor to build him a robot that looks like his daughter Tima, who had passed away at a very young age. Tima was then to be placed on top of the Ziggurat to rule Metropolis, upon completion. However, his violent adopted son Rock whom he had found after a war felt that Tima would steal his "father's" attention. This resulted in Rock attempting to kill Tima throughout the movie. His first attempt was when she was almost finished, but still being worked on by Dr. Laughton. A huge fire began because of it, and also caused Duke Red to believe that Tima was gone forever. It turns out that Tima had survived, and was found by Kenichi, the nephew of Detective Shunsaku Ban. Kenichi and Tima, after finding out that the determined Rock is trying to kill them, had to try to escape from him. This leads them to meeting new people, including Atlas, a teenager plotting a revolution against robots. After all of their time together, they eventually fall in love. But when Tima is convinced that she is a robot, she decides to sit upon the throne of the Ziggurat. Shortly afterward, the Ziggurat self-destructs, and Tima's past memories are erased. The movie's ending is tragic, but teaches us that it's better to have loved and lost than to have not loved at all.

Metropolis' wonderful combination of American-inspired Dixieland Jazz music, rich colors in both the CG and hand-drawn backgrounds, the classic Astro Boy look of the characters, and the original storyline, make a wonderfully sculpted Anime movie. I would highly reccomend this movie to anyone intersted in Anime, or someone just looking for a quality movie. It was definately worth the money.

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Summary: Metro-too-polis
Review: This is a very intersting piece. Not the best art but it is anime! The music doesn't match the "theme" in some scenes so I gave a 4. So...Cool story, inapropriate music for the emotions.

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Summary: I can't stop loving you...
Review: This movie is truly one of the best. Not THE best but one of the best anime and animated film out there. The cinematography in this film is amazing, and myself, hoping to be a director, can only hope to mimic the angles used.
Animation is crisp and clear, with bright, cheerful colors used when the movie is 'happy' and dark, morose colors used when it turns 'sad'. The animation itself reminded me of Disney, only the story was not Disney.
It starts when a young boy and his detective uncle come to Metropolis to investigate a crime. While uncovering clues, the boy meets a young, mysterious girl. As always, their meeting signifies the rising action, until the climax occurs which is what I think the best point in the film.
After all the subplots and mysteries come together, a record player clicks on and an old bluesy type song called "I can't stop loving you" begins to play. While this song is playing in the backgfround, the end occurs and somehow the song doesn't make it silly or funny. It works, It oddly works. (Think of Terminator's ending. Imagine if a somewhat cheesy, romantic love song was playing in the background to understand what I mean)
For that scene alone this film is worth it.
Now to voice acting. I was pleasantly surprised by the dub, and I personally like it more than the sub. Not that the sub isn't top par, some voices were a little too deep for my tastes. Not once do either sides overexaggerate and make scenes cheesy.
The extras on this disc were included on a small 'mini-disc'. Be warned that on some DVD players they will have trouble playing - I have two, My Playstation 2 and an AVEX, and the AVEX didn't like the extras disc.
Overall this is a solid release and worthy of both anime and movie collectors.

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Summary: A wonderful MASTERPIECE. Brilliant.
Review: The film Metropolis not only has the most breathtaking artwork but its story is complexe and entertaining. It follows the Manga almost page for page and is seamlessly mixed with traditional anime and CGI. A Must have for all anime fans. (Or anybody acually!) ABSOLUTELY BRILLIANT!

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Summary: I DO NOT LIKE Anime and I loved this movie...
Review: I have seen several anime films in the last ten years or so (anyone does who has friends who draw, I think) and most of it has either left me disgusted or, even if impressed by the animation, bored and wondering why I didn't just watch Bugs Bunny instead.
Up until now the best one I had seen was "Princess Mononoke", and it was tedious for a good twenty minutes right in the middle of the film.
Metropolis, however, transcends Japanimation.
I thought, watching it, that if someone made a live-action version of this, shot for shot, it would undoubtedly be the highest grossing film in history, and probably take home the Best Picture Oscar. Not that there is anything in it that can really be called "acting", and the story, though very deep (especially for anime) and thought-provoking, is not one of the most thrilling ever told.
However, a combination of tightly direction action (and repose), a script universal and yet human enough to make you genuinely care about these 2-D characters--and some of the most amazing visuals ever juxtaposed on screen--make Metropolis a high quality SF FILM and the fact that is it animated and tied to a dubious genre is almost negligible.
Except, of course, that you will marvel that something so epic and detailed can go from an idea in a man's head, to a drawing, to the setting for a world that will make your seen your own in a new way...

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Summary: One of the best animes ever
Review: I rented this one from Blockbuster a few months back. After seeing it, i just had to own it. Its a feast for the eyes, and thankfully, there's a story to go with it. It looks like Astroboy, so that may be a good thing or a bad thing, depending on your tastes, plus, the soundtrack is very, very different, as it plays jazz music in very odd spots. But, this movie is truly worth a purchase, even if you're not into anime.

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Summary: Beautiful but empty
Review: Visually this is one impressive movie. Unfortunately the beauty was merely skin-deep. The characters lack any real substance, and are out of place in the world that is created.

It promises alot, but ultimately falls far short in its delivery. It is worth a reantal, but certainly not a purchase.

Rating:
Summary: beautiful animation
Review: I held higher expectations for this anime, so I bought it before seeing it. I haden't had the chance to watch it and a week later it came to the art theater in my town. So I thought it would be nice to see an anime on big screen for once. Now I wish I haven't bought it.
The animation was just "wow", very beautiful and absolutly stunning.However, I didn't care too much for the story line, nor do I like the way the charaters are drawn. I like the bigger eyes, and not so roundy faces for anime. I think that the way the characters in this took away from the beautiful backgrounds. I also don't like how they didn't really get into detail about any of the characters.

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Summary: beautiful, but sad
Review: I do not care for the giant robot/mecha/whatever anime overall so we rented this one before buying it. My almost 12-yr-old daughter kept saying "We're going to buy it" until we got to the end, & then she was crying so hard she didn't want to buy it, but I said we could get it & never watch the end again, so we did. (We stop at the tower before Tima hooks up to the chair).
It's pretty, but after viewing the extras where one learns some of the characters are taken from other works, I'll have to check out the manga to see the changes. Of course I'm already behind on Clover, Dragon Ball Z & Skull Man, so it'll be awhile before I even think of reading Metropolis.

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Summary: woooooooaah
Review: This movie is excellent. Period...Alright, here's the scoop: a twenties style city, with hover cars and robots walking freely among humans. However, certian robots do not belong on the surface, and must stay below the bustling metropolis in the core of the city, working to keep the city stable.also, people who can't afford to live in the city, must live in the slums beneath it. Anyway, duke red...a political figurehead,has completed construction on the Zigurrat, a giant ray gun thingy to make all robots malfunction in a chosen area. There are an over whelming population around the world, and if he choses that area to control he points the ray up at the moon, and when it bounces back, the robots go nuts, and there could be a vast onslaught,
forcing the nation to give control to duke red, soon to make him the king o' da' world! The people in the slums feel that the robots are better than them, and are seriosly pissed. duke red does have a soft side though... buy the movie. the ending is so sad, that I was actually crying. buy this now...