★★★ Metropolis (1927; restored)

[Gino: 3.0, Twoshoes: 3.0] Gino says: 'Three stars may seem paltry for such a seminal work, which I had never seen. The staging of this [Oppressed Labor science fiction opus] is no less than amazingly ambitious, and the restoration really admirable. Three stars may be my limit of enjoyment I can get out of a movie of this era and of this simple plot.'