Such a frustrating disappointment

Simple and well acted, it has tension enough to knot the stomach.

Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.

One of the worst ways to make a cult movie is to set out to make a cult movie.

Im watching and every sceene is facinating. What kind of imagination is this! very very ahead from their time. I can see many sci-fci movies ideas in this movie. When they took the idea from this movie, they couldnt even make better one. With all that technology and camera tricks. Some sceens reminds me ( naked people walking in the machine in big groups) Jews concantration camps. Maybe Hitler broken brain took this movie as an idea. Who could know, he ll try to bring sci-fi movie to reality. Its just a perfect movie, Germans movie history lesson for everyone. I hope Germans can bring this creativity and uniqe mind to movies again.

I was excited about the movie after reading the reviews but I have to say the this movie just not makes sense in 2018. It must have been a master piece in 20's but after almost 90 years it has lost all its relevance.

Tonight I saw the near-complete restored version of this film, roughly two hours and twenty five minutes. If you are seeing this movie for entertainment, I will warn you that while this is very very well done in acting and everything, there is more to it than the story it tells. There are biblical references, and a moral--a moral which must have time taken to think of it properly.As about ten minutes of "Metropolis" are presumed lost, portions of the story are missing--including one scene where the inventor Rotwang and Fredersen fight in Rotwang's attic. However, much of the story is here, and how is ten minutes of a movie of this length gonna affect the narrative? It doesn't. True, bits and pieces of the footage are a bit less restored--sometimes being grainy and blurry. I'm assuming these parts are more recently discovered and their restoration has not been as dedicated. As it is, however, it is powerful, complex, lavish and a true masterpiece.If you don't want it spoiled, skip the following paragraph. The story--a magnificent telling of an evil inventor, an angry mob, a prophetess, and a rebellion. Freder, the son of the creator of the whole metropolis, is destined to inherit the whole works after his father. Soon, however, he is mixed up with Maria--a prophetess who ministers the orphans of the city. Through a spy, the father, Joh Fredersen, learns of Maria and his son's fascination with her, and commands Rotwang, the inventor, to turn his robot into an exact image of Maria. Little does he know what he is doing to the city. For the robotic Maria proves to be a wicked leader who leads the workers who keep the city alive in a revolt. They destroy the machines and flood the city before realizing what they are doing. The real Maria however is helping the orphans of the city escape the flood. Freder, in the show-down of the film, then gets into a fight with Rotwang and succeeds in killing him.But there is more to it than that.Every good movie, silent era or otherwise, has a moral. While "Metropolis" has amazing imagery, such as beautiful sets and all that jazz, it has a moral too, which states "The head and hands cannot be connected without the heart". What does this mean? That to think and act you must put love into your actions? To enjoy the movie and discard the moral is a mistake. It is something that must be pondered.

I watched this film for the first time last night (courtesy of the stunning Eureka! Blu- Ray) and was totally blown away. This film was light-years ahead of its time in terms of its filmmaking techniques. I can definitely see how films such as "Blade Runner" and "Star Wars" were influenced by this masterpiece. Stop whatever you are doing, order the Blu Ray (make sure it has the original score) and dedicate just under 3 hours of your time to this amazing film. You will not be disappointed!