Oddly enough, I just watched the Japanese anime "Metropolis" yesterday, and while it admits it was only inspired by Fritz Lang's movie, I bet it's a lot more faithful to the original then this remake. It is a great version, actually.

Parallaxicallity- I'm afraid i have to disagree with the original being to long... The fact that 30 minutes is missing is one of the great tragedies of movie history. The hack job basically changed the whole story to 'Frankenstein' and the 30 minutes missing change the whole movie.

Tuckerfan- As for Peter Jackson NOT being able to direct cgi, i also have to disagree. He's one of the few that uses cgi as just part of the scenery or another actor and unlike Speilberg or Lucas doesn't go "oooo, lookie what I can do". If Fritz Lang could do it without cgi (although he is probably the best director in history) I can't see how Jackson would have problems with cgi.

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