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This Movie, one of the better ones that I have watched this semester, was the largest budgeted film of its time. This movie reminded me of America and its views on big business. I think about the larger companies and the way that many of them treat their employees. I think about the billions of dollars being made and all of the record profits being made by the fortune five hundred companies. The people on the lower levels of these companies usually never see the benefits of their labor. Walmart for example is a powerful company that makes enormous profits, just like the big business in Metropolis. The people from the movie make me think about the hundreds of workers who work in the store for minimum wages and for long hours. I also think of the conditions of many who work under the minimum wage standard and what they have to endure. The problems are the same as metropolis. Just like when the people were getting flooded in their small ghetto where they were stacked on top of each other, the big business people where having a party, blinded to the hurt, harm, and danger endured by the workers. I think that the people believed that if they couldn't see it then it was not happening. The most intriguing part of watching this movie is realizing that the directors are not trying to portray the owners as bad, but they are just giving an actual depiction of the time. The workers during these periods were treated as worker, people who are here to perform a duty and then leave. The owners are there to be in control and decided what happens, not there to make peoples lives better. I don't personally agree with it, but I do understand that the people with the money make the decisions and that still has not changed today, nor will it change in the future.

This was my first time ever watching a silent film and I enjoyed it thoroughly. I believe one of the most important things that I noticed while watching this film was that I can create my own words or theme for the film. The film doesn't push its thoughts into your head, but allows you to think and create your own scenes. Many movies today don't afford you this opportunity and I believe it is one that is greatly missed whether we recognize it or not. In the beginning the film had me lost and wondering what exactly was going on or what I should be looking for, but then it quickly changed and speed up once the pastor finished his sermon. I noticed the way the people where criticizing him and the way that people were disrespecting the sanctuary, because there was no sound it wasn't hard to notice those incidents. I also enjoyed the way the movie moved from the present into a type of dream. The way the dream ran parallel to reality was great because then it gave the viewer a better understanding of what the director was actually trying to convey. The way the preacher was saying that the people don't want to accept the truth or don't like to see the truth was shown in the dream. It was shown when he went in search of the truth and it was on "the road less traveled" and only a few people had the urge to even try to make it up the path. Some tried and found it too hard, but only one person actually made it all the way up with the priest. I think the director was saying that most people really don't care about that truth and if something is too demanding or requires too much of their time or effort then they aren't going to work for it. They believe that there has to be another way and if not then it obviously wasn't worth their time to begin with. The author also presented the view that the truth is ever fleeting and that many aren't prepared for it to be revealed to them.