Metropolis

2002 "Welcome to Metropolis"
7.2| 1h48m| PG-13| en
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Kenichi and his detective uncle, Shunsaku Ban, leave Japan to visit Metropolis, in search of the criminal, Dr. Laughton. However, when they finally find Dr. Laughton, Kenichi and Shunsaku find themselves seperated and plunged into the middle of a larger conspiracy. While Shunsaku searches for his nephew and explanations, Kenichi tries to protect Tima (a mysterious young girl), from Duke Red and his adopted son Rock, both of whom have very different reasons for wanting to find her.

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Claysaba Excellent, Without a doubt!!
Chirphymium It's entirely possible that sending the audience out feeling lousy was intentional
Erica Derrick By the time the dramatic fireworks start popping off, each one feels earned.
Paynbob It’s fine. It's literally the definition of a fine movie. You’ve seen it before, you know every beat and outcome before the characters even do. Only question is how much escapism you’re looking for.
bwanabeast91 this movie is a robot-romance violence type of movie , it kinda reminds me of green lantern TAS with the relationship between a red lantern named razor and aya the robot . is this a prediction of the future ? where humans have a romantic relationship with bots and also will their be a group of people who will protest against robots ? possibly This movie had a decent plot and great scenery , its a hybrid of 2D animation with 3D animation which was quite enjoyable to watch the only thing i didn't like was the character design , they look like sonic the hedgehog design but it didn't bother me too much plus its just my perspective .. not really hating on the movie . i highly recommend you download this movie in 1080p via torrent with eng sub or dub (which ever you prefer) . i seen this online and its terrible quality it was barely watchable i had to download it from kickass torrent .
Tycho D The first and most concise thing I have to say about this movie is that it is beautiful. At first I was taken aback by the decision to have "old-style" character designs, but in the end it works perfectly.The themes we get to explore here range from love in many of its forms (by far the main theme) to political plotting to social-class struggle to robot rebellion to authoritarian power-concentration to narcissism... all that you expect from your good sci-fi. While I can concede that many aspects are not really developed (or even seem childish) the whole package is so nicely made that you won't notice, nor care.And the climax! It's just marvelous and overpowering, both visually and musically! Trust me, you just got to see it.
eferoth I watched the first third of this movie about two months ago and then stopped because it made me angry. I finished it now, because I was bored. I'm still angry, so I give it a 5/10.First of, the animation is top of the line. I found the 3D elements sort of lacking (given the fact that its a cinema release), but still eye-pleasing.Metropolis looks simply gorgeous in every single shot. (like Blade Runner in blaring colours or Midgar in FinalFantasyVII(the game, not the movie)).The storyline is OK. Nothing too grand, and more of the "been there more'n once, seen it"-sort, but its still solid and carries the movie. Still, it was sort of predictable the whole way through. They could have done with a little less pathos, too. (come now, the most advanced robot that's ever been has a human shaped heart and it stops beating when the robot loses its humanity??? ...please...)The soundtrack is eerily fitting and, as someone wrote before me, I will probably always remember the final scenes of the movie because they absolutely nailed the music there.Now to the angry factor. I know it's a classic, and all the hardcore fanbase would have screamed in agony, but the character design is just grossly misplaced (to put it mildly), for this kind of movie. It's like Sin City would be drawn by Albert Uderzo. Storyline and Art just don't match. While Kenichi and Tima are not too bad (as they are kids), everyone else just falls out of the background. That duke for example. Or the detective. Every time they were on screen I got ripped out of an otherwise consistent world. You just shouldn't mix a serious story with visual oddballs. Look at the "Ghost in the Shell"-movies. They pretty much kicked Shirows Manga Designs into the can and went for a more realistic approach. What did we get? A more believable world.Well, this single fact pretty much ruined a lot of the fun this movie could have been for me. If you don't care about that (watch the trailer first), you're in for an above average piece of anime.
Jessica Carvalho ''Metropolis'' story is set in the future, in a society where humans and robots live together, but has problems with each other. Shunsaku Ban is an investigator who came to Japan to find a criminal named Dr. Laughton. He came with his nephew named Kenichi. They don't know the Metrpolis well, so they hired a Detective robot to guide them. In Metropolis world, artificial intelligence has advanced a great deal and robots are seen everywhere performing many different tasks. But they do not have any of the rights that are granted to human beings,in order not to infringe upon human rights, they are not allowed to have human names nor to travel in the zones without permission.Ban and Kenichi discovers that Dr. Laughton was working for Duke Red, one of the main politics of Metropolis city, in a hidden place, creating a super Robot that resembles Duke Red's daughter once lost called Tima.The place suddenly stays on flames and Tima wakes up during the fire and is saved by Kenichi. Dr. Laughton dies shortly after being rescued by Shunsaku but manages to utter a few words regarding a precious notebook of his, which the detective saves from the flames. The movie is full of conspiracies, and one of the main characters in this plan is Rock, Duke Red's adopted son, who discovers his father's plans and decides to destroy the Robot and to kill Dr. Laughton. Rock is strongly against giving powers to Robots (to be honest he hates Robots in general) and he stays the entire anime trying to find Tima, the robot, and Kenichi. Rock is responsible for destroying the place where Dr Laughton worked and why it stayed on flames.Kenichi and Tima become good friends during the movie in a more romantic way.''Metoroporisu'' is a complex anime that actually shows more then people imagine. Definitely is not a movie for kids(( Even looking a little childish), since they probably will not understand the real message of the movie or the scene where Tima is shot in her heart, a metaphor for losing her humanity. o For instance, we see a theme of class struggle in a society full of riches and full of poor people and also the relationship of robots with humans.I am very glad that Rintaro and Katsuhiro Otomo united their forces to bring Metropolis to a film, contradicting Osamu's wish. Many of the scenes of this animation were very well done(like the one the ziggurat is connected to Tima) with great special effects, and the mix of a retro animation with futuristic city had a very nice combination in the product of the movie.I can say for myself that it was a long time since I watched an anime that made me feel touched, and this anime happened to be one of them. The end is very sad, and I don't think that Tima was rebuilt, as many people were speculating, since she was the most complex robot in the world and not easily rebuilt,specially without her creator.