Metropolis

Metropolis is a science fiction movie. It was made in the year 1927, 85 years ago. It´s about a conflict with the worker´s class in a city named "metropolis", where a robot is used to replace a woman that can easily persued and convince the workers to act. The true woman wants a peaceful solution, while the robot receives the orders to convince workers to act violently.

This movie shows it´s own view of the future, from that time. We can find a complete futuristic city and some technological advances, such as the robot. The whole city works with a especial energy source, that is destroyed by the workers at some time, giving the city a technological dependence. On the other hand we have the robot, a technological advance that has the advantage of replacing a human being, wich can be used in different things in order to fool other people. All this technological advances are not yet working now a days. I mean, the movie was made 85 years ago, they should see the year 2012 as a date where all this technological stuff can be found, but instead we have different technology, such as cell hones, but we lack of intelligents and advanced robots.

I think the movie is well done. Eventhough is a black and white movie that has no voices, it manages to tell the story in a clear way. It seems funny to look at a science ficction movie, with all those technological advances, but being the movie itself too old. Its content is advanced but the movie effects are not, seeing it today. It´s a different movie from the ones I use to see.


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