Metropolis

An ambitious movie but with poor pacing.

The story’s pacing is not great. The first few minutes were really good, it showed the utopian world very well. Unfortunately after that the pacing was really slow, it just started introducing the characters, and all the side characters seem boring, the uncle, Kenchi, Tina, the villian, and it was really slow. The two main characters Kenchi and Tina are interesting though. The places explored by Kenchi and Tina were shown really well and the new zones in metropolis are shown in great detail.

THe second half was amazing, there’s a surprising moment I won’t spoil. Then the pace moved ... faster and Tina starts struggling with her identity, which was really interesting, and it was fascinating watching how she dealt with this.

The story was good, and the themes questions what does it mean to be human is shown very well. A highly ambitious movie with great world building, but poor pacing in the first half.

Constructive feedback is appreciated :)

I urge anyone who's interested in this anime to watch it. I think the top couple of reviews are being much to critical of the film. Although the story of this film is mostly symbolic and a bit off a mess, and the characters don't have much depth, the world this film creates is more than enough of a reason to watch it.

With a team of veteran filmmakers behind metropolis, it's no wonder that every frame of animation is a joy to look at. For a film made in 2001 it still holds up incredibly well today. The colors are vibrant, the detail is ... striking and both work together to bring the city of metropolis to life. I think the use of music in the film is done very well. Chases sequences have fast pieces to keep the viewer engaged, while emotional scenes have slower more powerful pieces to add weight. While the characters are mostly used as vehicles for the plot, there are stand out moments that let the relationships shine through, including a very memorable end sequence.

I think that the film fails to capture the essence of the 1927 metropolis, but takes elements form it that makes the film stand up on it's own as a classic. If you watch the film for what it is then I think you'll be pleasantly surprised and might find yourself thinking about the film long after you've seen it like I was.

In the year 2001 the studio Madhouse decided to make a film of the manga of Osamu Tezuka which in turn is the adaptation of the famous German film.

I will clarify things from the beginning: Is Metropolis a bad movie? - No, it's not a bad movie; Is it a good movie? - No, it's far from being a good movie.

Let's remove the obvious things and then talk more about this peculiar film, Metropolis is a wonderful movie, the Tezuka design gives it an incredible personality and makes it stand out easily from many other futuristic films also the background art and the level of ... detail put in the city makes her feel alive. The movement is natural and feels with weight as the CGI does not feel intrusive and the love is noticed.
Special mention to the sound and the soundtrack because they are also of a high level and to this day they have managed to maintain and even overcome several modern films.

The great films of Sci-Fi are those which manage to maintain a clear focus, expose and treat their subjects through subtle dialogue and above all know how to manage the rhythm and cohesion, so let me tell you that Metropolis does not fulfill any of these characteristics as well as throw all its potential directly into the trash.

One of the biggest problems in the story is that it takes time to decide what the conflict will be and how the climax will develop because most of it consists of an extended presentation about the characters and what they want to cover, after that the plot begins to add different sub-frames to give us the feeling that a great conflict is arming but this feeling is false, because the film is superficial when it comes to exploring these stories that end up hindering the main plot. On the other hand the rhythm suffers constantly from sudden changes because they decide to go from subframe to subframe and it is not that they add substance and the fact of overloading the film of so many plots affects the rhythm.
Once we finally reach the great climax I realize that this has no impact because the film has been concerned very little to give weight to the characters and more to build a relationship without charisma. On the other hand it is the final one which is worth having been written by Katsuhiro Otomo, all being destroyed and all being abruptly closed as if they were trying to paste it with silicone.
An honorable mention to the number of conveniences of script, plot holes, twists of no planning nut and a huge plot armor that covers and saves our characters from any situation of danger in very convenient ways.

The cast is not good either, the main 2 barely and have a minimum degree of characterization and the conflict of Tima is so involved among so many subplots that in the end it loses strength and substance. Rock had one of the most interesting conflicts in the film but its treatment is too simple for something that shouted a development, even the work tries to victimize it when in the whole movie its actions have been exaggerated.
The rest of the cast is simple but functional for the plot.

And finally the dialogue and the direction are inconsistent, the first being totally exposing the plot and letting go of everything and the second, trying to count through the staging but it is curiously the lack of dialogue that makes these parts feel hollow and with some meaning, although there are certain moments where Rintaro hits enormously

In conclusion: A great technical section added to some well-achieved scenes manage to save a disastrous script.
I recommend it because at least it manages to entertain if you do not pay attention to its many mistakes.

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En el año 2001 el estudio Madhouse decidió hacer una película del manga de Osamu Tezuka que a su vez es la adaptación del famosísimo filme alemán.

Aclarare las cosas desde el inicio: ¿Es Metropolis una mala película?- No, no es una mala pelicula; ¿Es una buena película?- No, esta lejos de ser una buena película.

Quitemos las cosas obvias para luego hablar más sobre este peculiar film, Metropolis es una película que ve maravillosa, el diseño de Tezuka le da una personalidad increíble y la hace destacar fácilmente de muchas otras películas futuristas también el arte de fondo y el nivel de detalle puesto en la ciudad la hace sentir viva. El movimiento es natural y se siente con peso así como el CGI no se siente intrusivo y se nota el amor puesto.
Mención especial al sonido y a la banda sonora pues también son de un alto nivel y hasta el día de hoy se han logrado mantener e incluso superar varias películas modernas.

Las grandes películas de Sci-Fi son aquellas las cuales logran mantener un foco claro, exponen y tratan sus temas a través del diálogo sutil y sobretodo saben manejar el ritmo y la cohesión, pues déjenme decirles que Metropolis no cumple ninguna de estas características así como tira todo su potencial directo a la basura.

Uno de los mayores problemas de la historia es que tarda en decidir cuál será el conflicto y como se desarrollara el climax debido a que la mayor parte consiste en una presentacion extendida sobre los personajes y lo que quiere abarcar, luego de eso la trama comienza a añadir diferentes sub-tramas para así darnos la sensación de que se está armando un gran conflicto pero esta sensación es falsa, pues la película es superficial a la hora de explorar estas historias que terminan entorpeciendo el plot principal. Por otra parte el ritmo sufre constantemente de cambios bruscos pues deciden pasar de subtrama a subtrama y tampoco es que sumen sustancia y el hecho de sobrecargar la película de tantas tramas afecta al ritmo.
Una vez que por fin llegamos al gran clímax me doy cuenta de que este no tiene impacto pues la película se ha preocupado muy poco de darle peso a los personajes y más en armar una relación sin carisma. Por otra parte esta el final él cuál es digno de haber sido escrito por Katsuhiro Otomo, todo siendo destruido y todo siendo cerrado de manera brusca cómo si la estuvieran intentando pegar con silicona.
Una mención honorífica al sinnúmero de conveniencias de guión, plot holes, giros de tuerca sin planeacion y un enorme plot armor que cubre y salva a nuestros personajes de toda situación de peligro de maneras muy convenientes.

El cast tampoco es bueno, los 2 principales apenas y tienen un mínimo grado de caracterización y el conflicto de Tima está tan metido entre tantas subtramas que al final pierde fuerza y sustancia. Rock tenía uno de los conflictos más interesantes en la película pero su tratamiento es demasiado simple para algo que gritaba un desarrollo, inclusive la obra intenta victimizarlo cuando en todo la película sus acciones han sido exageradisimas.
El resto del cast es simple pero funcional para la trama.

Y por último el diálogo y la dirección son inconsistentes siendo el primero totalmente exposición sobre la trama y soltando todo de tirón y lo segundo pues intentacontar mediante la puesta en escena pero es curiosamente la falta de diálogo lo que hace que estas partes se sientan huecas y con algún significado, aunque hay ciertos momentos donde Rintaro acierta enormementel

En conclusion: Un gran apartado técnico sumado a algunas escenas bien logradas logran salvar un guión desastrozo.
La recomiendo pues logra como mínimo entretener si es que no te fijas en sus muchos errores.

Artificial consciousness. Emotions. Empathy. Power. Scientific Development. Religion. Segregation. Fascism. With all these themes, the show looks like a 2010s movie, but it's a 60s story by the manga God Tezuka Osamu, and, combined with the visionary, beautiful and well-worked direction of the anime God Otomo Katsuhiro, Metropolis is, by far, one of the best movies ever made.

Story: 8/10
The plot is perfect, seems like a Urasawa Naoki manga and the conceptual social sci-fi was well-placed, combining mythology and science, like every Otomo's pieces. It's a political movie, so, the ideological discussions being so well-wrote has increased a lot more.
The only defect I can find in ... the story is the classical Akira unique mistake: the self-overrated ending. The director has the bad habit of thinking their pieces are more than they actually is, and all Otomo's anime endings are pretty outcast and edgy, but not in a good way.
If it wasn't a police mystery thriller, the movie would get 9/10 in terms of story, but this genre needs good ending to get a good story rating.

Art: 10/10
Using a modern version of Tezuka's trait, the art of Metropolis is kinda nostalgic, and the animation is perfect. The Akira-like machine details, the kodomo style and simple visual effects turned the piece into a reference in terms of art.

Sound: 9/10
There's no nostalgic non-mute movies without a good soundtrack, and Metropolis isn't an exception. Jazz, blues and 20th century pop had increase a lot the movie, and all the tracks were well-placed.

Character: 7/10
The movie focus isn't the character development, despite it's kinda well-worked to a one and a half hour movie. Well, it's nothing like Perfect Blue or another Kon Satoshi's piece, but it has unforgettable characters and brilliant protagonists, combined with the well-done character design.

Enjoyment: 10/10
The dialogues are pleasant, the movie atmosphere is nice and the story is well-wrote, with a jealousy script and incredible direction.

Overall: 8/10
Buy it if you like: current topics discussions, good animation, good soundtrack, good level of story, soft thriller and social sci-fi plot.
Don't buy it if you don't like: conceptual sci-fi, peculiar endings and dialogue-focused movies.

When I heard that Metropolis was a really good movie from reviewers, I had to pick it up at the library and try it. Highly disappointed I found it to be extremely boring.

The story revolves around a city named Metropolis, a city filled with creation, structure, and many action. There is one scientist named Dr. Laughton, a Japanese detective named Shunsaku and his nephew Kenicihi. Soon, they arrive at Metropolis and the scientist (I guess or whatshisface) creates a robotic girl named Tima. Kenicichi befriends this girl and decides to help her through the dangers of the city.

Since I'm a child, ... I couldn't really understand this movie. It didn't have enough action in it as I thought it would, but many adventures and suspense. The movie did have a tearful ending and some interesting scenes, but that still didn't enthuse me.

The art and animation style didn't bother me too much; it was beautiful. Much like a Hayou Miyazaki film such as Spirited Away or Cowboy Bebop The Movie or anything that was made in 2001 with the same art style. I loved how this film was drawn and the characters too (even though they're a little smaller than I expected). The animation was also beautiful as well as the art style.

The dub I guess wasn't too bad. Reminded me of some of the Fullmetal Alchemist actors who dubbed their characters (if they're in this film) and some of them sound like the ones from the Lupin III franchise. The little boy was very cute as well as the little girl and the scientist did well with his voice.

The characters weren't too bad. Very imaginative and the kids were very cute, but sadly, I didn't have much enthusiasm with them as I thought I would; but they seem very connected to this movie.

I didn't really enjoy this movie. Although, like I said, the animation/art/dub/characters didn't bother me too much so I guess I can't hate the movie, but it's just something that didn't really interest me as well as other movies out there in the world.

The movie was a HUGE disappointment compared to all the other 2001 movies I've seen which were FANTASTIC but this one has to be the worst out of them. The movie put me half to sleep and I didn't really focus on it too much, it just made me almost turn the television off and watch a different anime. But I had to watch it so that I could review this, sorry.

Overall: 4/10

After a long intro, we get a interesting little piece like a dictator and then a futuristic looking town I could only believe was based on New York. Something about this show makes me feel that he was trying to comment on the social structure and where it’s going. It’s the natural thing of people in high power pushing down the lower class as they head to the top.

Each of the characters that actually have a big part to play in this show actually has nice personalities even though they sometimes fall into a norm. Tezuka always had an interesting way of mixing robots ... and human characteristics. His robot creations are unlike anything you really ever seen before this time for the most part. They have a playfulness even if the story is supposed to get rather dark. Tezuka always had a reason behind his stories and this is no exception. The story talks about what separates man and machine, what it really means to be human, and all that wonderful stuff.

The Artwork is definitely Osamu’s style with its large noses and hair that mostly falls over the eyes. Everything about it is rather fun looking and interesting. A lot of characters are strange proportions with rather thick legs, hands about the same size as gloved hands and so on. The colors are mostly bright and colorful even in the darker parts, of the show, the rust pretty much showing up brightly. There is a small feeling that we are looking threw an antic lens at times with some of the grainy feelings it gives off. Sometimes as well, we get a rather panted look for the still images like the face where the hair actually moves about it on a cell. At least, that’s what it looks like.

The English voices aren’t bad for how odd the show is though they play it off sort of like a radio drama. It works perfectly with the feel of the show since it looks like it’s from the time of ‘War of the Worlds’. The music also plays into that with the 1950’s New York attitude. It makes the show a bit more relatable in a sense because it brings the old charms we know and love about a actually city with this new futuristic world that may come soon to us.

Ah! Metropolis. I only watched this movie because I love the original by Fritz Lang (1927). This movie is inspired by that. That movie is a fricking masterpiece. A silent movie. (Ahem! 1927). It was one of the first silent movies that I watched, so it was obvious that it had to be an 'experience' in my life. The original had a good story to tell. A good message. (Won't Spoil). And this movie too tried have that similar kind of impact on the audience in 2001. I won't say that it failed but that I didn't love the execution.

This movie is very different ... from the original. Only some of the core themes match. As the city of Metropolis itself, it's there in both versions, with their own versions of the tower of Babel. (It's a thing in these movies). The main story is completely different in both movies. Both movies tackle similar but different themes. This one is more based on the manga written by Osamu Tezuka than the 1927 movie. But it has its difference with the manga too.

(Read The Synopsis). This movie captures the impact of artificial intelligence on our society very well. It also parallels and shows some of the real-life issues like oppression, racism, and the impact of self-righteous politics. And I think it does its job well. This aspect of the story is what I am most impressed with. Then there is the relationship aspect of the story. A parent-child-like relationship and a romantic relationship. Although I felt the romantic aspect to be weak. I just can't fully get the decisions made by the characters that evolved due to this relationship. Although not quite developed the parent-child-like relationship worked better for me. There are two of those in this movie. (Till now I was talking about the hero one).

This movie had villains. Although I think it must have been better if it did the whole who is the better successor story well. For me the way it was done just produced a couple of cool action sequences. But if it had tackled it any other better way like not having the villain to be the assassin creed leader himself rather having him as the politically more evil version of his father, who behind his father's back did all the corrupt works for the same reasons. I dunno.

It takes its time trying to develop some of the things but really doesn't give much time to others. It feels slow at some moments. Like boring vibes slow.

It has the signature style animation of the director Rintaro. (I don't like his character animation style that much though. Astroboy!). But boy don't the environment looks beautiful in this movie. Reminded me of the original Blade Runner movie. It's great.

I would give this movie a 7/10.

First what I want to say is Motoko from Ghost in the Shell, Alita from Gunnm, or Dorothy from The Big O are more compelling characters. Actually my favourites in anime/manga or even in entertainment media overall. Tima has a basic plotline. Being the highly intelligent robot that rebels in the end. You can sympathize her when she has got saved by Kenichi, but when she goes berserk I just don't care. We have seen such plot in most robot movies. Even if mechanical life is possible and artificial intelligence may be real, if a robot is malicious it is an enemy. ...
Otherwise it is a beautiful movie. Great direction, animation and music.

Well, for an adaptation of the classic silent movie by Fritz Lang, this movie hit the spot right on.

The story, while being way different from the original one, still takes place in the same city but with more mature subjects.

The soundtrack and voice acting are great, but not perfect (some voices are a little too quiet).

The animation, in one word: gorgeous!

Overall, if I had to compare these two versions, both are worthy of deserving a gold medal, but personally I would give it to the 1927 version. Why? Because I re-saw this movie in concert in a cathedral two years ago with an organ improvising ... on this marvel, and boy was it transcendent! Now that doesn't mean the anime version of 2001 is inferior: both version are good in many aspects, it's just that my heart leans toward the 1927 version.

Metropolis displays a fairly standard cyberpunk story mixed with jazz music and has the look and feel of an early 20th century scifi.

Story: In an age where robots are omnipresent and discriminated against, a mad scientist creates a new perfect being destinated to rule the world.... *yawns*. The story was simplistic, rushed, highly predictible (I could figure out everything in advance...) and with almost 0 character development. It is also very slow paced and could have fit in half the time. If you want an anime that keeps you on your toes, this is not the one. At least the story makes sense and flows ... fairly well, so it's watchable.

Art: Lots of eye candy which is the main reason I kept watching it to the end.

Sound: Well you gotta love jazz, I personnally think the music didnt fit at all.

Character: It's very unfocused, does not make me feel they spent a lot of time on character design...

Enjoyment: This is very slow paced for no reason at all.

Overall: Very underwhelmed for something so highly recommended, I give it a 6/10 just because of the eye candy.

A wonderfully beautiful, but terrible adaptation. Given the richness of the source material and the global promotion that ran behind it, "Metropolis" shines as a true disappointment for feature length anime.

"Metropolis" was heavily hyped(globally) and anticipated for its time, even being said to be the "heir to AKIRA", and with several large names attached to the production. Upon release it was immediately forgotten and for good reason. No one talks about this movie now, outside of its amazing visuals and flowing animation.

While visually stunning, the story and characters are an absolute mess.

The ending is so abrupt and over the top without resolving ANY of the ... dozens of plot threads introduced throughout. Best to enjoy with friends and a six-pack.

Metropolis is an anime movie that started showing in Japan on May 26, 2002. It is loosely based on Osamu Tezuka's manga Metropolis, which itself is inspired by 1927 German silent film of the same name. The movie was produced by studio Madhouse, and it was directed by Rintaro, who's directed things like Galaxy Express 999 movie.

The story takes place in the great city of Metropolis, where life is easy and everything is great. Or is it? Beneath a facade of splendor lies dark world of prejudice, unrest, and violence. Because, in the city of Metropolis, humans and robots live together side by side, and ... robots gets all the bad jobs that no one wants, and are treated as disposible objects. But you've not only got the robots who have it bad. You also have the poor who live in slums. They can not get jobs due to the robots taking the only jobs that normally would be available to them, and they are only alive because they are being kept alive through things like food handouts. On the other end of the spectrum you have people like Duke Red. He's the most popular man in Metropolis who most people want as mayor, but he claim uninterested in politics. However, he has other plans. He's hired a scientist named Dr. Laughton, who's making a robot to sit on the throne of the Siggurat and display "mankinds power" to the rest of the world. However, before Duke Red can get a hold of this robot, Dr. Laughton is killed and his lab burned down, and the robot is nowhere to be found.

The most important character in this movie is Tima. Tima is a robot who is made to realize Duke Red's ambitions of spreading "mankinds power" across the entire world.
Kenichi is the nephew of Japanese detective Shunsaku Ban who have come to Metropolis in search of Dr. Laughton, who's suspected to violate human rights by trading organs. Kenichi ends up saving Tima from the burning lab of Dr. Laughton, and Kenichi and Tima ends up running around all of Metropolis and witnessing all the horrors of this supposedly great city.
Rock is the reason why Kenichi and Tima is running around Metropolis. He opposes Duke Red's plan to use Tima, and is trying to kill Kenichi and Tima. He killed Dr. Laughton and set fire to his lab in an attempt to destroy Tima, but since Kenichi rescued her, Rock now see's it necessary to get rid of Kenichi too.

Visually speaking, this movie is kinda strange to me. It's not that it looks bad, just weird. The backgrounds are absolutely fantastic. Metropolis really is great looking, and the way the backgrounds speak volumes of the state of the city without ever saying a word to you is fantastic. But in contrast to that, you have Osamu Tezuka's character designs running around in here. Just personally speaking, I'm not the biggest fan of his designs, so for me it took a bit of getting used to. But not concidering personal opinion here, this movie is very good looking, and of course the animation is up to par as well.

The music for this movie was composed by Toshiyuki Honda. He did a really good job on the music in this movie. It saxophone really fits this movie and adds something to almost every scene, yet at the same time, the music has got flair that makes it fun to listen to even by itself.

Looking at Metropolis, I see a story of inequality and prejudice as the main focus. We have this great and bustling city where everyone seems to be happy and live great lives, but underneath all of that we see the real problems. We see poor people who are only being kept alive by "good will" as they can't even get a job or anything due to the robots taking all the unwanted jobs. We see that Metropolis is really just a paradise made for the few. And at the top of that paradise we see Duke Red, who is a man who's hunger for greatness and power is more important than anything else. Honestly, this movie was just as good as I was hoping for. That's not to say I think it's without flaws. I feel like the movie gets a bit too focused on Metroplis itself and the main characters. That might sound a bit weird, but like I mentioned earlier on, there is the element of real humans struggling here as well, but they show very little of that throughout the movie, and you don't really get a good idea of just how bad it actually is until the riots start breaking out. Up until that you've mostly been shown what the city is like, and the way the robots are treated through the eyes of our main characters, as well as them trying to figure out who Tima really is since Tima has no memories. I think the movie might have tried to do a bit too much with it's less than 2 hour run. But despite this, I think this movie is still a really good movie and I highly recommend people to check it out if you haven't yet.

"Every epoch dreams its successor."

Metropolis is a visually striking film based off of the manga of the same name from 1949, which in turn was inspired by a single frame from the 1927 Fritz Lang movie. This 2001 film feels like it completes the cycle taking the best from both materials and weaving it into a movie exploring pervasive themes of class struggle in a dystopian plutocratic society and expands it to examine the relationship of robots with their human masters. The film removes some elements of the original manga the most notable example is the flying, gender-swapping humanoid Mitchi is removed in favour of ... Tima, who is permanently female and cannot fly.

The portrayal of robots in this film feels very much like it was inspired but the Shinto religion of Japan, as a delineation between the animate and inanimate is clearly present. As Shinto kami can be spirits, humans, objects or in this case, robots. The robots themselves are thankfully portrayed in a favourable view where there is a near equal number of robot and human characters.

Taking 5 years to create with animation studio Madhouse at the helm, Director Rintaro brings to life this beautiful mis-mash of 2 different source materials and with a screenplay written by the legendary Katsuhiro Otomo, how can you go wrong? Answer is you don’t and are left with something as visually striking as it is heartbreaking.

One of the major highlights for me is the New Orleans-styled jazz soundtrack by Toshiyuki Honda and the almost perfect use of Ray Charles' I Can't Stop Loving You. Overall, Metropolis is a heartwarming tale topped off by breathtaking visuals.

"I am who?"

Everything is so detailed and lively.The backgrounds look superb and the character animations look great.

Still, I wished the characters had more time to talk to one another given how they're never in the same place longer than a few minutes. I enjoyed the voice acting and the interactions between Kenichi and Tima specifically.I would've liked Rock to bicker with Kenichi given their contrasting views about Tima. In other words, I wish the characters would've been more fleshed out and show the audience how they bounce off one another throughout the course of the movie.

It's got lots of social commentary about lower class making ... a stand and lots of symbolism here and there. The ending had me on the edge of my seat, wondering what'd happen next, and damn. It got me. Even with how intense it was, it did feel rushed and raises questions about how will, if ever can humans continue to live alongside robots.

I still enjoyed it overall, would recommend.

Finally completed, this awful abomination. Rintaro strikes again (first neo tokyo, then final fantasy and now this shit.) He has no idea that movie should be presentable to audience. It looks awful shit and painful to watch. I actually had to watch it 3 times just so that I could wouldn't get distracted by his presentation and focus my eyes and brain of the story.

This movie biggest problem is the "viewpoint". whenever there is character interaction or speech, normally anime are supposed to show character's face at close up view. but this this movie does the opposite. There are 3 ways this movie sets the ... viewpoint during speeches or interaction-

- Far view point (almost 40%)
basically shows a large area like airport or party hall from the farthest view. Multiple characters are present in a single frame and each character has there own motion. Plus due to the far view all character are so small. I (as in my eyes) has to identify which character is speaking the lines which can be heard in the movie and its really strainfull work for my eyes. Excessive animation for unnecessary parts, absence of focus, jarring atmosphere created due to combination of all this is really distracting.

- Detailed scenery without showing the character (30- 20%)
Rintaro likes to flaunt his background designs a lot. It would not be a problem normally, but he is purposefully doing it when a character starts speaking. That makes me fume in anger. Most of the time after the dialogue has ended or is about to end is when the microscopic sized character enters the scenery frame which is shown. This just shows how much he doesn't care about the story which is going on and he wanted to do is show off he movie's artistic detailed skills.
But is those details even good? No, in terms of looks those details are horrible. Just because he can make a detailed artwork doesn't mean its supposed to look good.
(Have ur teacher even scolded u in school to leave lines while writing and improve ur handwriting because u make a mess in the notebook with details which teacher is unable to read? Its basically the same.)
His films heavy detailing doesn't look neat. U can compare steamboy and metropolis side by side, to identify when heavy details look good and when heavy details look bad.

-Character back is shown (around 20%)
many of the times during the rare close up scene, we are supposed to see character's back while they are talking instead of there faces. Why??? Why would u want me to hit u so badly?

Only around 5-10% time of character speech, character faces are shown. like during each speech or interaction, 1 or 2 sec cameo of their faces just to rub salt in our faces.

Other problems with this movie ( ofcourse the problem won't stop at that)
- tezuka character designs looks out of place from the movie setting and detailed background (its like mickey mouse walking in live action avatar)
- also what with scene transition which looks cartoonish ( reminds me of looney tones hole or MS PowerPoint transitions). I know its rintaro's signature style, but he should realize by now he artwork and those transitions are like water and oil which don't mix.
-his storytelling is also pretty shit if u ask me. the sunspot came out of nowhere in the film, never really explained properly. By the first half, all the side characters either died or are out of picture. It look not so good to me. I have not read tezuka original work, i don't know how it went in it. But based on just wiki knowledge, their are many thing which appears to be missing or are poorly done in this movie

Overall If I consider only story then maybe its a 6/10. But because how excruciatingly painful rintaro direction was I will give it 3/10. Only thing I really liked about this movie was the tezuko character design or music. Story appears decent, nothing that special. characters also appeared fine, but i am not really sure. It will take a somewhat decent adaptation judge character fairly. Everything else was goddamn dreadful.

This is my first movie which I have dropped in between watching because it was painful to eyes.(I have watched more than 200 anime movies if u check my animelist, and the only one came close to dropping was darkside blue or neotokyo. but this is on another level)
I cannot believe this horrible thing was made is 2001. Truly, a remnant of 90s horror.
My advice to anyone is don't be fooled by masochist who consider it good.

I really enjoyed this film. End to end it kept me engaged in story whilst the animation continued to be stunning throughout.

Animation wise, this reminded me a lot of the style from Porco Rosso. Its like it has hints of Disney whilst rooted in Japanese animation. This films animation is stunning. Everything moves fluidly, the characters, I feel anyway, are nicely designed and have their own originality. As we journey through the film we are treated to variety. The environments vary in a nicely contrasting way, the above ground segments looks vibrant and full of life and the below ground environment look dull and devoid ... of life, not physically but spiritually. The animation does a really good job of painting the picture this story is trying to convey and is honestly one of the most classy looking anime films I have every seen. I'd give the animation a strong 9. Ifs funny because I watched this straight after finishing Sigurui which is, in my opinion, one of the worst animations shows Madhouse has ever done, which is rather contrary to Metropolis.

Music wise, I feel is rather strong. It takes a nice detour away from what we are used to from anime. We go from swing, to orchestral, to jazz, to just straight smooth and gorgeous tunes. Honestly one of the finest, best fitting soundtracks I have heard in a film. Its such a stylish OST and still manages to be coherent and fits the film perfectly. I is quite evident that just as much time was put into this soundtrack as was put into the animation. Though I'll be honest, I feel the music tops the animation by just a little which means I'm giving the score a 10/10.

On to the story now, which I think is it's weakest point. Don't get me wrong, this film still kept me thoroughly engaged throughout, but I felt this was more down to it's stunning animation and the perfect soundtrack. The story doesn't have a whole lot of weight to it. Its still tells a great tale for sure, it just lacks much dynamic. There isn't many soring highs or heartbreaking lows, it's all just a little flat. The characters are well written but do little beyond what they deliver upon their Introductions. This film still has a story worth watching, it's just not hitting the levels it needs to be among the great stories of anime. For me it's a low 7/10 on the story front.

All in all this brings us to an average of 8.6 but I never round up. So this is getting an 8/10 which is help up by the great animation and sublime soundtrack. Its still a film worth watching, it's just unlikely to be in most people top films/shows of anime.

This film is an enigma to me. The visuals and its scope held a lasting impression, the climax/ending scene alone replays in my mind over and over again. Meticulous work was put into every frame of the animation, rivaling that of films such as Akira or End of Eva. Despite the enticing visuals, its story is hardly memorable. The plot is a cluttered mess and the characters are very one-note, which really hinders the enjoyment factor. The film suffers from the same predicament as the Akira movie, where it's attempting to tell the story of a multi-volume manga in an hour and a half. Despite ... my criticisms, It's an intriguing film worth a watch, however, I wouldn't put it past anyone who doesn't get much out of watching the film. I may come back to this movie, as I do appreciate its commentary on themes such as class warfare and fascism, I can definitely see myself coming back to it in the future.

This movie is a lot like Akira, Except the story makes a lot more sense and is easier to follow. The art style and characters are lot more colorful too. This movie basically felt like Akira: for kids. Even though there's still a pretty heavy tone and a good amount of violence. The actual animations I would say are on par with Akira. But because it was made in 2001 some of the cgi looks funny by modern standards. There were parts where it just looked like sprites dancing on top of a picture of a lego circuit board. To me that's part of it's ... charm. I can see how other people might call it a negative. This movie isn't really the best at anything but I think it would be enjoyable to a wider audience than most anime. I get kind of a "Treasure Planet" vibe from it, I think they came out around the same time.

Metropolis is a movie doing everything wrong. And I am not talking about the production values, which are great by the way. I am referring to the aesthetics, a complete mess of ideas and sceneries that strike a chord in all the wrong places and moments. It could definitely be a fine title, if it was aware of the way it presented itself. It could be great if it was:
1) a series instead of a movie. It has a very heavy on themes story yet only movie-worth of duration to show them. This obviously takes away a lot from what it could have been if ... more time was invested in each of its numerous aspects.
2) a lot more character-centric instead of story-centric. You are not made to believe that any one of its characters has the tiniest control over their actions. They are more like being pulled through events set in stone they can’t do anything about. There is also very little time invested one each one of them to feel like they are at least trying to do something significant in general. This tends to make the cast unsympathetic and even useless.
3) closer to the expectations of the era it came out. Its art-style is way too retro to appeal to the modern audience. Its themes have also been analyzed much better in older shows and movies to appeal to an older audience.
4) not feeling like a loose remake of the famous homonymous movie from 1927. Those who have seen it will most likely hate how they turned a live action to an animated feature with blobby characters.

So, why they made this movie then? I suspect just for the nostalgia factor. It is based on a manga by the late Osamu Tezuka (inspired by but not based on the homonymous movie classic), so it would feel nice to the people who grew up with his works. It is also a retro-styled movie which will appeal to all those who grew up with cartoons and anime from the 50’s. So as you can tell, it aims at a very narrowed audience, since most of them would by now be either dead or not interested in cartoons for decades. As for the rest who would really sit down to watch it for old times sake, I am not sure they would appreciate how it combined the old style with modern computer generated images.

Thus not even nostalgia will work. You get this obsolete-looking (in style) movie, showing a hundred events, each one not lasting more than a few minutes, and everything feeling like a dried up patchwork of sci-fi ideas you have already seen and analyzed much better elsewhere. How could it possibly work compared to Ghost in the Shell, or Blade Runner? How can these blobs of characters possibly make you feel anything?

And skip all that; let’s just suppose we are to criticize the events of the movie based on context and not proper duration or presentation, and without comparing them to any earlier works of fiction. They still suck in reasoning. Here, let me tell you why.
1) Workers take up arms to drive away the robots who steal their jobs. It’s as if the robots are to blame for everything when in reality it was man himself who created them to be so damn loyal and efficient. So instead of attacking the root of the problem (the people creating them or making money from them) they just randomly attack the symptoms (poor robots just doing what they were told). And even if that is supposed to be showing the folly of man, as he directs his frustration towards the wrong issues, it still makes no sense as these workers end up being eliminated by said robots. This renders all this aspect of the movie as completely useless, since not only they attacked the wrong people (or in this case, robots), they also didn’t manage to accomplish anything.
2) A detective and his nephew come to the city to investigate a case. Trust me when I say they didn’t do much of an investigation, as the robot girl was found by complete accident and the man responsible simply revealed himself. Another useless part of the film.
3) The big boss of the city wants to create a robot that will apathetically control all other machines of the world, and for that he asks to resemble a dead girl with feelings? This makes no sense.
4) What would the bib boss’ son would gain by sabotaging the whole project? He would definitely not make his father to like him more. Thus not even he makes any sense.
5) What is the detective boy’s role in the film? To look all cute and innocent next to the robot girl? He didn’t offer anything other than being dragged from one scene to another.
6) Why would we consider the robot girl to be a tragic character? It is a robot that hardly does anything in the whole film.
7) Why did everything go to hell in the end anyway? It is never explained.

So no, it is not a good film. Not by miles.

And now for some excused scorings.
ART SECTION: 7/10
General Artwork 2/2 (nicely done)
Character Figures 1/2 (blobs)
Backgrounds 2/2 (nicely done)
Animation 1/2 (basic)
Visual Effects 1/2 (basic)

SOUND SECTION: 7/10
Voice Acting 2/3 (corny but fitting with the feeling of the series)
Music Themes 3/4 (not great but fitting with the feeling of the series)
Sound Effects 2/3 (ok I guess)

STORY SECTION: 6/10
Premise 2/2 (interesting)
Pacing 1/2 (slow)
Complexity 2/2 (rich in context)
Plausibility 0/2 (none)
Conclusion 1/2 (messy)

CHARACTER SECTION: 4/10
Presence 0/2 (very weak)
Personality 1/2 (generic)
Backdrop 1/2 (generic and simplistic but it’s there)
Development 1/2 (overblown but it’s there)
Catharsis 1/2 (overblown but it’s there)

VALUE SECTION: 1/10
Historical Value 0/3 (none)
Rewatchability 0/3 (too boring to rewatch)
Memorability 1/4 (aside from nostalgia, no reason to remember it)

ENJOYMENT SECTION: 2/10
Nice visuals but that is all.

VERDICT: 4.5/10

I've never seen a film like Metropolis before, and I mean that in the best and worst ways. It is seriously difficult to describe, and having just finished it ten minutes ago, I have no idea how to explain what even happens in this film. The TL;DR is don't watch this if you're expecting a typical cyberpunk shounen like I was. But if you're into experimental, odd, or just plain weird shit you may actually really love this film.

THE BAD
There's zero character development. No-one, from the villains to the heroes to the side-characters have narrative depth. We know nothing of any character's backstory or motivation, ... and we don't know why they take most of the actions they do. The characters are simply representations of actions, emotions, thoughts, etc. Their existence is purely symbolic. I really like this concept on paper, but in execution it is extremely disorienting.

Nothing in the movie connects. Plot points come and go by the scene. Characters arrive only to die minutes later. I seriously had no idea why most of the events even happened. Narratively, metaphorically, they rarely connected. Maybe if I was more familiar with the source material (I had no idea this was an adaptation going into it) I would have understood it a lot more. But even compared to other art films I've enjoyed, this was extremely disjointed.

Violence and death are used incredibly weirdly in this film. I won't say too much since this is spoiler-free, but a lot of characters die or are violently injured throughout this film, and it always feels incredibly tonally odd. I suspect this is a quirk of adaptation, but violence really loses a lot of its bite when it's with these Astro Boy lookin characters.

Speaking of which, tonally, this film is all over the place. I'm not big on this kind of character design to begin with, but the film never really finds a good balance between "kiddy mystery/action/sci-fi" and "grim cyberpunk dystopia." There's topless porno mags and mass murder, but cutesy characters and ditzy dialogue. There's themes of death, mortality, and the ethical usage of violence, and then there's a cute robot friend. There's gritty sci-fi squalor, but a jazz centric soundtrack. It feels extremely weird at times, again like the art style really didn't benefit the film at all.

THE GOOD
The animation and art are incredibly beautiful sometimes. Characters move extremely fluidly, and you can tell a lot of time and effort was put into every scene in terms of body language and movement. And a lot of the environments are beautiful. Even the tacky, old 3D VFX holds up well, if just as a nostalgic treat. You see so many locations and so many places and so really feel like the city is alive. Even if it rarely makes much sense.

The climax of the film may be one of the best sequences of cinema I have ever seen. The visuals, the metaphors, everything the film stands for comes together flawlessly in the climax. The film went from zero to one hundred in seconds, and suddenly I could see why people would love this movie. It undid the previous one-and-a-half hours of confusion, and for a split second was truly a beautiful film. I seriously cannot do it enough justice even if I wrote three more paragraphs about it.

THE VERDICT
I didn't understand this film until the very end, and even though it was an incredible finale, I don't think the rest of the film is very good. It's dry, dull, and repetitive. While it keeps you intrigued, it doesn't stop you from getting bored. And certain segments especially around the middle of the film are barely cohesive. That being said, there's a lot you might love here as well. And as much as I dismiss certain elements of the film, you (the reader) may actually love those pieces. The obtuse characters, the odd pace, the completely unique and overdeveloped atmosphere; these are personal dislikes, not objective ones.

So do I recommend this? No, not unless you really know what you're getting into and everything I listed above gets you excited to watch this film. But do I think it's a bad film? Not at all. It just wasn't a great film for me. I'm glad I watched it, but I never want to re-watch it.