'Metropolis' Film Review - The Big Love of 'Metropolis'

Kevon 2022-03-23 09:03:33

This cartoon has been on my computer for 2 years without moving it. Every time I want to watch it, I will be delayed by this or that kind of thing.

But there is no doubt that this film is worth 2 years of treasure.

Like many have said, "Metropolis" may be an exploration of the relationship between humans and robots; it may be an exploration of who and what I am; it may be a light and dark representation of human nature.

But I always felt that Metropolis was actually about big love. No one is right or wrong, there is no right and wrong sin, what I see is great love.

The metropolis has all the present and future social elements: violence, conflict, class struggle between man and man, class struggle between man and robot, revolution.

Throughout the film I've been looking for a clear villain, the kind of villain who is so wicked that it makes one's teeth bite.

Maybe Locke? But he was also a dedicated child, a child who loved his adoptive father so much that he could even sacrifice himself for that love.

Maybe Dr. Reed? But I think he's a good father first and foremost. Because he desperately wanted to resurrect his dead daughter, he asked Dr. Roton to make Tina.

Is it that Dr. Lawton who is said to be wanted by the world? But all I see in the film is a workaholic and his love for Tina.

Is it Atlas? But there is no doubt that he is also a hero who sees death to fight his own destiny.

Is that Tina? Because the robot, which was abused at the beginning of the film, under the control of Tina, launched a fatal blow to the human at the end of the film. Victims are eventually turned into machines that harvest life.

Why is the metropolis known as the top of human civilization full of hatred and violence?

Why are people in this so-called top society of human civilization caught in a cycle of hurt and hurt, revenge and revenge?

What about such a society, even if it stands at the top of billions of years of human evolutionary history?

It's better to let her be ruined like this.

The brisk music is accompanied by the collapse of "Metropolis", which is a relief.

After the collapse of "Metropolis", the sun was shining brightly, which made people feel great warmth, and the new force emerged from the cocoon after being touched.

The collapse of the top of civilization does not mean the end. Who knows, it may be a new hope and a new beginning.



In the film, Kenichi knows that Tina is a robot because he rescued Tina from the burning factory.

Kenichi likes Tina because Kenichi blushes when he says "I like you like this".

Tina likes Kenichi because she circles Kenichi's letters in the newspaper and learns to write Kenichi's name over and over again.

When Tina couldn't find Kenichi, she would write Kenichi's name all over the room.



Is this love? Maybe it is, or more, it is a kind of love mixed with deep attachment.


Locke, who had been trying to kill Tina, caught her with a trick.

Tina: "Where's Kenichi? Please let me see him"

Locke: "Unbelievable, talking to you like this, it's hard to believe you're a robot"

Tina: "What are you talking about?"

Locke: "I'm saying you're a robot. "

Tina: "You're wrong, I'm not a robot"

Locke: "Then what are you, human?" "Who is your father and where is he?"

Tina: "My father is... Kenichi"

Locke: "Hahahaha, do they think a doll like you can sit on the throne? Hahahaha"


Maybe, great love is tolerance. Tolerate the love between Tina and Kenichi, even if Tina is a robot who is still learning and is blank, even if there is a gap between human and machine between Tina and Kenichi.

If everyone can understand tolerance, if everyone can understand tolerance between people, if everyone can understand tolerance between humans and robots... Of course, there is no if.


Tima eventually died, scattered among the crumbling rubble of Metropolis in parts. The surviving Kenichi finds the robots using Dima's parts and an old acquaintance Feifei at the bottom of the ruins of the Metropolis.

The reunion at that moment was probably due to the instinct in Dima's chip, and everyone began to call out the names of Dima and Kenichi, just like when Dima and Kenichi first met.

Kenichi finally chose to stay because of Tima's deep attachment to Kenichi, because of Ken's deep love for Tima, and because Tima has been integrated into all robots.

The new beginning has completely made people forget about hurting and being hurt in Metropolis. In the song I can't stop love you, under the sudden setting sun, Kenichi and the robots walked forward like a family, regardless of you and me.

Actually, it really doesn't matter who I am.

The important thing is that I am us and we are not separate from each other.

Perhaps there should be no distinction between humans and robots.

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  • Cassandra 2022-03-18 08:01:01

    From Yang Guifei to the Three-Body Problem to Metropolis, the pattern of male thinking basically cannot escape this tradition: to make a girl who is as innocent as a blank sheet of paper and no one can bear to blame it, and destroy the country and the world. All the sins pushed her head, and then shed a few tears of sadness or secret love or ambiguous for her, well, everyone can lie down in comfort, and the male pig's feet who have no fault can be spared. Continue to pick up girls without guilt

  • Clemens 2022-03-26 09:01:14

    #siff23#Rewatch. Otomo Katsuhiro's style far surpasses Tezuka Osamu and Rintaro, looking at the future tribute and nostalgia from the perspective of 100 years ago. But the story was not well written, and now it seems that the look and feel has decreased. Only the romance of the climax is partially destroyed. It is completely dependent on the atmosphere to support the love for this film from childhood to adulthood. This probably makes no sense. It can only be said that if you choose a movie theater in China to watch this film, Shanghai Daguang is definitely the first choice. As soon as the opening jazz sounded, the whole classical decoration of Daguang seems to bring you back 100 years ago.

Metropolis quotes

  • Tima: I am who?

  • Rock: Really? So, what are you then? A human?