CoolStoryBro

Metropolis is a movie with no real substance, message, or general appeal. I'm not sure why this anime is regarded as a classic by some members of the anime community, but I can honestly say that it was one of the worst anime movies I have ever seen.

Story- The story was jumbled around and all together lacked any kind of compelling intent or message. It's not that the story was hard to follow-- it was actually really simple, but they somehow managed to fail an conveying it properly in the end. It wasn't very interesting or unique, rather generic and forced. The dialouge is awkward too, and some of it seems really out of place, especially particular psuedo-philisophical quotes that were seemingly just thrown in there "And so the wrath of god decendend upon the tower of Babylon." I mean jesus that was cringy. Theres no real excuse for the lack of compelling story ellements as you'll read, the other aspects of the movie were just as lacking.

Animation- The animation was really solid, but at times the over-exagerated gestures of the characters did not reflect the lack of intensity in the tone and dialouge. The animation was good, but it wasn't really used properly. There are times when the 3D aniamtion is simply abysmal (the throne at the end of the movie).

Sound- The English Dub is really terrible-- really the worst possible choices for the characters, I mean Steve Blum voices a bald mustached guy (what were they thinking?). The Japanese cast is whatever. The movie uses a lot of stock sound-effects which got annoying after a while.

Characters- The characters are the absolute worst part of this movie and I meant THE WORST!! If you don't get what I mean by the end of this review then go back and watch the movie again. Kenichi-- the protagonist doesnt really have a character. This is a running trend that a lot of the characters are absolutely devoid of personality. Shunsaka the detective is extremely annoying and can often be heard saying completely illogical things that the writers thought were clever, but jsut come off as incredibly stupid. Tima is... well "kenichi, kenichi, kenichi, kenichi, kenichi, kenichi, kenichi, kenichi." Shut up! It's like Chi from Chobits but much much worse. I'm sure there is a charismatic way of doing the oblivious robot girl, but this is not it. And Rock is just a psychotic murdering asshole. The character designs are okay, but nothing great.

This movie is all together very boring and annoying, I do not recommend anyone watches it.