Metropia (2010)

Wow thank you netflix for this gem. The movie takes you to an alternate world of familiarity and future corporate controlled desolation. I need one movie like this a year. A fresh interesting idea with a clear vision of what it's trying to convey. Yeah I know that people won't like the ending to this. Grow up. This has great dialogue through inner monologue and minute facial inflections that let you into the main characters desolated world. Visually this is stunning and is meticulously done. Who ever worked on this project deserves serious credit. The color pallet keeps it cold and weary the whole time, and characters keep it compelling the whole time. I couldn't peel my eyes off this world for the duration of the film. There's so many levels of eye candy its rediclious. It's been a while since I was like wow in such a slow menial film that it self doesn't have to do a whole lot to pull you into this surreal world. Definitely worth watching.

It's a really great idea, the concept of the voices. And then taking it to another level. The animation might need a bit of time getting used to, but it does work excellent once you get into that mindset (no pun intended). You should be easily offended by nudity too, if you want to watch. There's not much of it, but there is some, so be careful if you don't like animated nudity then.The concept should win you over, if you like conspiracies and it will satisfy them too. A really good sci-fi movie with a great voice cast (if you have the disc, watch the voice recording feature) and some nice overall ideas then.

I do love dystopia movies, but they must be stylish, intelligent and powerful. This movie is only stylish and not in great manner. It is slow, visually and thematically very depressing. This could be acceptable - think "1984" style visuals.Unfortunately the plot is very stupid and bizarre. I mean - it has no sense, even remotely. There is a bit of pro-multi-culti propaganda, a bit of economical nonsense and a whole lot of total mind control nonsense. The movie never tries to explain anything, it actually only builds one layer of depression over another. It leads to nowhere, you will never know why the persons are doing what they are doing.In the end it is way too boring to watch and its message is too unclear. You know, if you want to make good dystopia movie, you should something important to say - like in Blade Runner or Soylent Green. It is not enough to make story about "how big corporations are bad" and "everyone has boring job" and "everyone wears gray clothes" to make even acceptable movie.

Before seeing this film I heard it was made with an innovative visual style, so challenging the technical aspects took a long time to create. But what struck me immediately when it began was how bad it looked. Those who called this visually impressive can't be serious, the film is simply ugly. At parts I feel like I'm watching a video game from the 90s. There is absolutely no depth in the picture, the movements are extremely slow and everything is overall so stiff. The characters are so lifeless it's like you are watching statues. But someone might say the technical is not all. I agree with that but the design is just as bad. The dystopian scenery has no originality, just the normal stuff in this kind of genre. If the houses and stuff are just the regular the design of the humans is kind of special but in a negative way. They look like statues made of clay. They've come somewhat close to the uncanny valley effect. The big heads and slow animation make them seem so lifeless it just gets worse. The voice acting is surprisingly weak, surprising because there are some usually good actors in the cast. But the voices are so wooden, it causes the characters to feel even more lifeless if possible. But maybe the dull acting is to blame on the directing and script, which brings me to the story. So the outside of the film is very poor but is there something on the inside then? The simple answer is no. I've already established that there can be zero development in the characters and the plot just maintains the low quality. The story is just stupid. Inspired by the 1984 kind of stuff but developed to something laughably dumb. Naturally it never gets the least interesting but it's also so ridiculous one feels embarrassed to be watching it. Who approved this story I cannot imagine. The story is not just dumb it's extremely thin, lacks in any substance and most twists are so poorly explained anyone pretty soon into the film realises most of it makes no sense. But it's so bad that one couldn't care less. Metropia must be one of the most boring films I've seen in years. If there is anything to be thankful about it's that the film is not that long but I still struggled to keep myself awake. To summarize Metropia is just plain rubbish. Visuals, technique, design, characters, story, everything fails completely. I did not like it to say the least 3/10.