Metropolis. Honestly, I thought I was going to absolutely hate this movie, but there was just something about it that kept me on edge and I constantly found myself biting my nails and forgetting to breathe. Okay maybe not forget how to breathe, but it was really really interesting. One thing that I found captivating was how the characters would move. For example, they had very exaggerated movements like when Maria would be running from someone and she'd run from one side of the staircase to the other, look back at her pursuer, and do the same thing. Also, she would always grab her chest just like Freder does. Such exaggerated movements compensate for the inability to talk; however, I am unsure of why they have such jerky motions. Maybe it's that the movie was fast forwarded somehow or something of the sort but their movements are almost robotic when they do things like turn their head from one direction to the other. Another interesting thing that I found about the film was the music used in the background. One of the essays I read for peer review went deep into the subject by analyzing the type of music played for each character and how when Freder, who was the mediator, appeared, both types of music played. I am not much of a music person so I would have never been able to catch this, but all I know is that I found myself humming the music long after class was over. I think the whole silent movie aspect adds a different perspective because then we have to rely on vision and effects to understand what is going on which in turn makes us pay even more attention. One thing that I wish would have been different though is that I wanted to see the parents reunited with their kids. It may just be something about me and complete, happy endings, but I thought that was the only point where the movie was lacking. It doesn't really matter however because the whole point was for head and hand to be connected and they were. Guess who's gonna go find some more silent films? This girl!