@ebv1....compared to what? Today's overused, over rated CGI effects? Give me a break! Todays movies look so fake compared to something like this, which was so far ahead of it's time that it really doesn't look all that dated. Considering this was 1927 it's actually pretty mind blowing......especially the epicness of the city itself!
Fritz Lang en avance sur son temps,James Cameron aussi vous le verrez dans la nouvelle version de Blade Runner et il n'y aura pas de Decker! Ce sera plus fort comme message tout comme Fritz Lang la fait!
In my opinion, we can't compare a movie like metropolis, wich is very old, and a blockbuster like AVATAR. Moreover, this movie was really impressive in 1927 when he was created, and even if now it looks boring for some people, I think that those two movies are impossibles to compare.
watched it today. Metropolis took its fame from visual aspects and i had no real expactations facing the rest- just that 'i-don't-want-expect-too-much-from-legendary-movie' atitude. but it got me from the very beginning. yeah, story & acting can be cheesy sometimes. however, the climate of Metro is so gripping, intense, you will not care about the rest of the world for film's length...that marks great movies.
and this little gem is even better than being great. Distinguished legend.
I know they used miniatures and stop motion for the city scenes, but I still wonder how they made the airplanes fly. It doesn't look like there are any wires at all.
I think that Avatar is making billions of dollars just because James Cameron hit the right spot by making a movie about the true human nature, to destroy everything thing that lives, to plunder and exploiting resources (oil,coal,gas...). That's why the whole world talks about it, it's the movie about us, how we keep destroying our planet that gave us life (in the movie the Pandora is another Earth). Without this, it's just another movie with lots of FX effects.
The fact that Avatar comes up so often, to me, seems to vindicate it. As long as people talk about it, it'll be relevant. I'm not saying it's the best movie of all time, but it was clearly a massive achievement. Say what you want about it's message - though I think it has a worthwhile one - Avatar is comparable to Metropolis in its technical innovation and scale.
The most beautiful scene and memory is the reincarnation of the Mythical Tower of Babel. How little we learn from the lessons of the past, this movies rings true to the path that humanity has embarked. Must we forget that we are only human.
If you get the chance, go see the restoration. It has all but two scenes, making it the most complete version of Metropolis ever seen since the film's premier. All the subplots are put back in. Except for the newly found footage, the images are just as clear as they were in 1927.
I actually find these effects really good even by todays standards. Nothing seems corny or even dated. It's stylistically beautiful and executed really well.
Avatar isn't made to be an in depth view of the human race. It's a swashbuckling adventure movie for crying out loud and it's one of the greatest of it's type. And this film...It is THE best of it's type.
Avatar isn't made to be an in depth view of the human race. It has it's comments and it's messages about our world but not to extremely great lengths and that's obviously what they wanted. It's a swashbuckling adventure movie for crying out loud and it's one of the greatest of it's type. And this film...It is THE best of it's type.
@fcac20 For your information don't worry,i'm a fan of both FL & JC, so! James Cameron work on Blade Runner the newest version and the message will be deeper than Avatar!
now i understand why Michael Jackson had wearing one glow , and why Beyonce is wearing mechanical hand in one of her videoclip. Because this mad cientist had one too.
now i understand why Michael Jackson had wearing one glow , and why Beyonce is wearing mechanical hand in one of her videoclip. Because this mad cientist had one too.
now i understand why Michael Jackson had wearing one glow , and why Beyonce is wearing mechanical hand in one of her videoclip. Because this mad cientist had one too.
@oldinfant23 You can buy from amazon. com if it is possible for you. Or you can download a torrent but that is not totally legal. However it is a 83 years old film and the American copyright had lapsed in 1953 but "restored" in 1998. The F. W. Murnau Foundation owns the copyrights so it may not be a huge crime to download it, they may authorize if you ask them.
I just saw M and must say that this man was so ahead of his time! By today's standards the special effects are not impressive. But if you step back and consider he did this in the 30s and onward, you have to take your hat off to the man. Just amazing.
I just finished watching the 2010 recontruction version (2h30 length) on TV. The music was the same, so it is THE ORIGINAL SCORE of '27 by Gottfried Huppertz.
Want Bioshock movie now... plox
Rudejack007 6 days ago
@ebv1....compared to what? Today's overused, over rated CGI effects? Give me a break! Todays movies look so fake compared to something like this, which was so far ahead of it's time that it really doesn't look all that dated. Considering this was 1927 it's actually pretty mind blowing......especially the epicness of the city itself!
1SirMachinery 3 months ago
when CGI didn't exist, they were able to pull off such wonders
wdsa8d 3 months ago
Fritz Lang en avance sur son temps,James Cameron aussi vous le verrez dans la nouvelle version de Blade Runner et il n'y aura pas de Decker! Ce sera plus fort comme message tout comme Fritz Lang la fait!
spectreduloft 3 months ago
Se serait pas mal qu'un grand réalisateur face nouveau film Métropolis avec les technologie d'aujourd'hui, par exemple pour les 100 ans du film !
TheLudo68 3 months ago
@facac20
@The6thSimpson
In my opinion, we can't compare a movie like metropolis, wich is very old, and a blockbuster like AVATAR. Moreover, this movie was really impressive in 1927 when he was created, and even if now it looks boring for some people, I think that those two movies are impossibles to compare.
(Sorry for my english, I'm French! ;D)
Thanks!
Musa27930 3 months ago
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i still dont understand why our organisational behaviour lecturer wanted us to watch this.........lool
MrSeif816 4 months ago
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MrSeif816 4 months ago
this reminds me of a commercial for apple
skins017 4 months ago
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Epic win, this movie is
waddlerobloxxxx 5 months ago
Au cas ou des français
N'aurait pas compris la vidéo
C le moment ou le méchant
( dans le film Métropolis ) sacrifie
Une femme pour donner vie a son robot
Et sa marche :( la povre fille -.-
CandicexSaxLife 8 months ago 2
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this movie is pure poetry....
jeanfoutre 8 months ago
watched it today. Metropolis took its fame from visual aspects and i had no real expactations facing the rest- just that 'i-don't-want-expect-too-much-from-legendary-movie' atitude. but it got me from the very beginning. yeah, story & acting can be cheesy sometimes. however, the climate of Metro is so gripping, intense, you will not care about the rest of the world for film's length...that marks great movies.
and this little gem is even better than being great. Distinguished legend.
Ryvander 11 months ago
Metropolis : were we are going...
Chambrette 1 year ago
I know they used miniatures and stop motion for the city scenes, but I still wonder how they made the airplanes fly. It doesn't look like there are any wires at all.
JPnintendofan 1 year ago
@ALITITANIC of course it was a joke :) but that copycat "inspired" herself based on this.
HCmon 1 year ago
Woot to the 2010 Restored Version!
stanleyopar91 1 year ago
"Robot: check... Chemicals: check... Electricity: check... Inverted pentagram: check... Naked lady: check... GENTLEMEN, BEHOLD! BWA-HA-HA-HA-HA!"
Just mucking around. This film is brilliant.
racookster 1 year ago
this crap copied lady gaga's alejandro
HCmon 1 year ago
@HCmon This is not crap, and this came first. Obviously. I know you were joking, but, it wasn't very funny.
JPnintendofan 1 year ago
I think that Avatar is making billions of dollars just because James Cameron hit the right spot by making a movie about the true human nature, to destroy everything thing that lives, to plunder and exploiting resources (oil,coal,gas...). That's why the whole world talks about it, it's the movie about us, how we keep destroying our planet that gave us life (in the movie the Pandora is another Earth). Without this, it's just another movie with lots of FX effects.
DaisOfDestruction 1 year ago
@DaisOfDestruction In fact, Avatar is just another movie with lots of FX effects, AND politically correct clichés to make it seem "a movie about...".
hembetan 1 year ago
@hembetan Yeah, that's another thing about it.
DaisOfDestruction 1 year ago
The fact that Avatar comes up so often, to me, seems to vindicate it. As long as people talk about it, it'll be relevant. I'm not saying it's the best movie of all time, but it was clearly a massive achievement. Say what you want about it's message - though I think it has a worthwhile one - Avatar is comparable to Metropolis in its technical innovation and scale.
Ashiman12 1 year ago
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You guys should check my video, Metropolis-Blade Runner-Media-Babel
2012Apophis 1 year ago
The most beautiful scene and memory is the reincarnation of the Mythical Tower of Babel. How little we learn from the lessons of the past, this movies rings true to the path that humanity has embarked. Must we forget that we are only human.
WarriorFootball 1 year ago
@WarriorFootball
Totally agree. This movie is pure magic. Amazing even today.
adlerfg 1 year ago
ma la musica è originale o è a posteriori?
navedeisogni 1 year ago
This was done in the twenties? What the? Unreal.
Freenetnow 1 year ago
@Freenetnow 1926
punkychick123 1 year ago
Very good movie. It's on my top 10. It describes the fucking present.
consci3ntia 1 year ago
If you get the chance, go see the restoration. It has all but two scenes, making it the most complete version of Metropolis ever seen since the film's premier. All the subplots are put back in. Except for the newly found footage, the images are just as clear as they were in 1927.
MFPhoto1 1 year ago
I actually find these effects really good even by todays standards. Nothing seems corny or even dated. It's stylistically beautiful and executed really well.
driftwood1408 1 year ago 44
@driftwood1408 wow are you kidding me lol. i mean saying the effects arent dated seems like a stretch
eb1v 4 months ago
@eb1v Not in my opinion, but I can't really argue my opinion...
driftwood1408 4 months ago
i m feeling soo superior
WarpxD 1 year ago
This was the Avatar of it's day.
The6thSimpson 1 year ago
@The6thSimpson
funny, my Film study teacher says the exact same thing.
happydeath20 1 year ago
@The6thSimpson Don't compare. Metropolis has a deep message. Avatar is a stupid empty and commercial shit.
fcac20 1 year ago 92
@fcac20 Personally I loved Avatar.
The6thSimpson 1 year ago
@The6thSimpson
very nice that you liked it, but still, please don't compare.lets see if people marvel at avatar after 85 years...hmm i dont think so
sayanroy36 1 year ago 3
@fcac20 plenty of themes to be considered as well in Avatar.
wateifel 1 year ago
@fcac20 i prefer movies like this over movies with computer animated blue people fucking in the woods
GiantEnemyCrab63 1 year ago 3
@fcac20
You havn't seen Avatar then.
adlerfg 1 year ago
@adlerfg Yes, I saw.
fcac20 1 year ago
@fcac20 what do you think the deep message is?
sprayart94 1 year ago
@fcac20
Avatar isn't made to be an in depth view of the human race. It's a swashbuckling adventure movie for crying out loud and it's one of the greatest of it's type. And this film...It is THE best of it's type.
Tuber228756 11 months ago
fcac20
Avatar isn't made to be an in depth view of the human race. It has it's comments and it's messages about our world but not to extremely great lengths and that's obviously what they wanted. It's a swashbuckling adventure movie for crying out loud and it's one of the greatest of it's type. And this film...It is THE best of it's type.
Tuber228756 11 months ago
@fcac20 Avatar ist einfach nur schlecht und hat keinen Sinn. Ich rate zu den guten alten Filmen. Die waren noch echte Filme, nicht so ein scheiß.
macprofire 6 months ago
@fcac20 For your information don't worry,i'm a fan of both FL & JC, so! James Cameron work on Blade Runner the newest version and the message will be deeper than Avatar!
spectreduloft 3 months ago
This is very technologically impressive for the time.
fearofmars 1 year ago 3
Excuse me"Did these stories really happen?"--the book is at amazon!
Bestmanme08 1 year ago
Great new book (Diod these stories really happen?) has Fritz Lang section!
Bestmanme08 1 year ago
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now i understand why Michael Jackson had wearing one glow , and why Beyonce is wearing mechanical hand in one of her videoclip. Because this mad cientist had one too.
SzokesBabilonbol 1 year ago
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now i understand why Michael Jackson had wearing one glow , and why Beyonce is wearing mechanical hand in one of her videoclip. Because this mad cientist had one too.
SzokesBabilonbol 1 year ago
now i understand why Michael Jackson had wearing one glow , and why Beyonce is wearing mechanical hand in one of her videoclip. Because this mad cientist had one too.
SzokesBabilonbol 1 year ago
Is the movie still available int he market??
Please reply!!!!
oldinfant23 1 year ago
@oldinfant23 of course it is.
zagyex 1 year ago
@zagyex really were we can buy it because here in Asia this film is not available!!
oldinfant23 1 year ago
@oldinfant23 You can buy from amazon. com if it is possible for you. Or you can download a torrent but that is not totally legal. However it is a 83 years old film and the American copyright had lapsed in 1953 but "restored" in 1998. The F. W. Murnau Foundation owns the copyrights so it may not be a huge crime to download it, they may authorize if you ask them.
zagyex 1 year ago
@zagyex Thanks!!!!!!
Hope this film is not expensive!!!!!
oldinfant23 1 year ago
Radio ga ga
arturohernandez20 1 year ago
queen???
oldinfant23 1 year ago
@oldinfant23
yep
arturohernandez20 1 year ago
actually it doesn't look that bad.
it's amazing
Henrirch 1 year ago
wow check out her eyes
TBoneProductionsVB 2 years ago
I just saw M and must say that this man was so ahead of his time! By today's standards the special effects are not impressive. But if you step back and consider he did this in the 30s and onward, you have to take your hat off to the man. Just amazing.
aminevich 2 years ago 2
SO RETRO its crazy
oldmanwithers1 2 years ago
@xenomorph1ACIDBLOOD
I just finished watching the 2010 recontruction version (2h30 length) on TV. The music was the same, so it is THE ORIGINAL SCORE of '27 by Gottfried Huppertz.
Yours AdL
alandelane 2 years ago
Very interesting. I could't stop watching it. Thanks.
bertly71 2 years ago 3
its the films original score?
very good score isnt it?
its on the 2001 kino dvd ok
TheGojira84 2 years ago