Metropolis
Directed by:
RintarōCinematography:
Hitoshi YamaguchiComposer:
本多俊之Cast:
Yuka Imoto, Kohki Okada, Daisuke Ryu, Tomokazu Sugita, 本多俊之, 愛河里花子, Norio Wakamoto, Masashi Ebara, Takaya Hashi, Junpei Takiguchi, Kōsei Tomita, Toshio Furukawa (more)Plots(1)
Metropolis is a story of how important emotions are and how they separate humans from everything else. The movie follows a young boy and his uncle (a private investigator). The story is set in the far future where humans and robots live together, unfortunately not in harmony. Many robots are forced underground and are terminated for entering unauthorized areas. They are more or less servants to humankind. The plot starts to unfold when the boy meets a robot named Tima and they get in all kinds of trouble. Never a dull moment when you've got a robot by your side. (Eureka Entertainment)
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Lang's Metropolis is rightly considered a legend and a milestone in film history, despite its age and lack of spoken dialogue. However, I have a significant problem with this Japanese piece, which is based on its story. The manga-style animation is a problem for me. When watching the beautiful children's faces adorned with huge eyes, I feel an unpleasant sense of infantility. Furthermore, there are trivial dialogues and an overall childish perspective on problems that should appeal to a mature audience. The characters are completely underdeveloped and lack any charisma. The only thing that can be praised about the film is the music and the background drawings, which effectively capture the motifs of futuristic industrialization. However, even that didn't save me from feeling intense boredom, as I had to exert enormous energy to overcome having micro naps. Anime is truly not for me, with a few exceptions by Miyazaki. Overall impression: 25%.
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