Metropolis

I caught Metropolis on TCM this morning while getting ready for work. What an amazing film. The special effects are awesome, considering what the director had to work with at the time. The music is great, too. I'm not sure what I thought of all the stereotypes in it though: the ignorant workers eager to rally behind anyone, the idle rich who are obsessed with sex, the pious woman, the handsome hero, etc. Now that I think about it, pretty much all the characters are more archetypal than stereotypical. It's on my Netflix queue, so I have to wait to judge the entire film.