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Summary: I walked out on it...
Review: Perhaps I was too much under the influence of Borges' comment that American culture veers between mawkishness and cruelty, but I could see nothing else on display in this film. Incredible mawkishness (extreme and deplorable sentimentality) -- O, the poor woman has just lost her child, he's in a coma forever, let's get her a new child (!), an adorable loving boy straight from the robot factory. Why he's so sweet and cute, all he does is stare lovingly at people.And what happens? Well, I didn't stay for the whole thing, but I left when it was clear what was coming up. Already noted: everyone treats the robot child with absolute selfishness. Then comes another mawkish miracle: the almost-dead child is revived to life (!) Wow! Can your trembling heart stand it? And now the sweet innocent robot child has a brother, and the brother immediately senses a rivalry and starts down the road of cruelty. Is this your idea of a fun afternoon, watching "innocent children" tormenting a hapless robot boy? It's not mine!
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Summary: Moderately Disappointing
Review: Throughout the months of hype preceding the wide release of A.I., I found myself becoming quite interested and more than a little bit excited. Unfortunately, the film did not live up to my inflated expectations or the marketing responsible for said inflation. I lost count of the number of reviews I read in anticipation of this movie. None of the critics wrote with unrestrained glee about the movie's excellence. That, I told myself, is not a critic's job. I continued hoping for a truly great movie. To qualify, I must say that the A.I. was a good movie, but far from the doorstep of greatness. I believe that one of its main problems is due to its birth from two wildly different directors. While Spielberg did a wonderful job with many aspects of the film, his inheriting it from Kubrick left me thinking of a fallen quiche. It started out very well, it still tasted good, but lost some of its structure and direction. Okay, so the quiche analogy doesn't work extremely well. The point is that I left the movie thinking that issues I found important were left alone. Deeper issues-the ones beyond and surrounding love-were only paid mild attention. Spielberg's strength in direction showed through marvelously. A.I. was a gorgeous, excellently acted film. Its problems came from a mixed background of great directors and a story that relied much too heavily on Pinocchio. Mr. Spielberg tugs at the heartstrings, no doubt. This time, though, I could tell when and how he was tugging. I have to call A.I. a very good but confused, jumbled, schizophrenic and fundamentally flawed movie. I thoroughly believe, though, that Spielberg accomplished what he intended. A.I. should inspire-already has, actually-some interesting debate about humanity, technology and love. Its questions are ones whose relevance many of us may live to see grow greatly. The film did not try to answer its questions, which I consider a good move. At its root, A.I. is about humanity. It's about how we treat other people and others who are not like us. Flawed as I found it, I did enjoy A.I. A side note to movie-goers: If you do not understand a movie, kindly shut your mouth and let those who do enjoy it. My experience with A.I. was made slightly less enjoyable by a group of imbeciles who decided to loudly joke about the movie after it surpassed their low levels of intelligence.
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Summary: A great Kubrick vision, almost ruined by Spielberg !
Review: This could've been a true masterpiece if Spielberg had stuck with the original Kubrick vision, stark and unsettling as it was. Instead, he turned this into another of his overlong, self-indulgent, emotionally manipulative productions (remember The Color Purple, or even the last 30 mns of Jurassic Park II?). Having said that, there are enough flashes of visual brilliance to make the movie a must-see. The performances are all first-rate, especially from Jude Law and young Osment.
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Summary: A.I. Artificial Intelligence
Review: This is a movie of sections. Section 1 (deciding to create A.I.) is ok. Section 2 (A.I. with family)I liked a lot. Section 3 (A.I. out in the world)I also liked, although I did think it a shame to put so many unnecessary sexual innuendos in a movie with such a childlike theme. Section 4 (the conclusion) I hated! You are taken on a eternal first-Star-Trek-movie-like tour of special effects - extremely boring, and treated to a very unsatisfying ending.
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Summary: Haley Joel Osment Alone Justifies Seeing "A.I."
Review: The is the first film that I have seen starring Haley Joel Osment. Where have I been? Osment's role as the pre-adolescent male robot capable of love alone justifies viewing "Artificial Intelligence" This child actor is by far the greatest in the history of cinema. Mickey Rooney, Judy Garland, Shirley Temple, and Jackie Cooper together do not equal this young boy's enormous talent. He is certain to be nominated for an Academy Award. The emotional and character range displayed by Osment easily competes with those male stars many years his senior. William Hurt has his hands full sharing the screen with Osment. The former plays an inventor with something akin to god-like powers proceeding boldly into uncharted scientific territory. Jude Law is limited to portraying a one dimensional sex machine. His character, though, provides more than a bit of humor to this often chilling movie. A robot teddy bear also adds warmth and affection as the constant side kick to the boy-robot. John William's music score is masterful and compliments "A.I." without overwhelming it. Ben Kingsley is splendid as the narrator. Stanley Kubrick's beautiful and challenging "2001-A Space Odyssey" earned many honors, but sold few tickets to the general public. I suspect that the present collaboration of the recently deceased director and Steven Spielberg is likely to receive the same fate. This is a magnificent movie not meant for the mainstream movie crowd. "A.I." compels the audience to dwell upon disturbing existential questions. There are scenes in "Artificial Intelligence" reminding one of the Nazi holocaust. "The Lord of the Flies" by novelist William Golding also readily comes to mind. Many like myself do not consider it possible to invent robots able to engage in give and take conversations. The development of computers is a positivistic scientific activity and language is intrinsically nebulous. Yet, what if I am wrong? A number of people also predicted that human beings would never travel to the moon. Far too many critics nitpick a film such as "A.I." to point of overkill. Please do yourself a favor and enter the theater with an open mind. I, for instance, strongly disagree with the not too subtle hint in "A.I." declaring global warming to be a legitimate planetary threat. Nonetheless, I am still able to sufficiently surrender my intellectual reservations to the story line and thoroughly enjoy this fascinating and rewarding experience. "Artificial Intelligence" is a five star movie deserving of much praise and success.
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Summary: Spielberg's Kubrickian TRIUMPH
Review: Well, take it from me(both a Kubrick and Spielberg fan) that this film is a spectacular experience! The performances were undeniably fantastic( especially that of Jude Law and of course Haley Joel Osment). Spielberg has delivered once again, with a film which takes the viewer on a dark journey to the nature of human existence itself. Go see it!!
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Summary: The first movie I never talked all the way through^_^
Review: This movie is exactly what I would call a crossover between D.E.R.Y.L. & Please Save My Earth with Pinnochio taking a big chunk of promotion. That little boy has eyes ecactly like Camui Gackt. I'm a big anime fan 7 this was alot like those complex OAVs with twist endings, so I understood the movie completely. This is a movie that takes you into a technological & mental renaissance, a movie for people who like to ask questions, make conclusions, & think both seriously & what if. This movie is far too complex for children to understand, however, may benefit small children with the hidden messages it embeds in your mind & you don't even have to pay attention to catch it. This is for people with scientific minds & may be confussing to the elderly. Truely, this is a revolutionary New World Movie.
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Summary: Uneven film, horrific ending
Review: While a cinematographic feat and a beautiful film to behold, Speilberg's sentimental spin on what would have been a dark Kubric rumination on love and its possible objects is a challenge to the skeptic and agony for the cynic. The film is unevenly divided into three parts. The first part concerns the introduction of the roboting boy and the family's trials learning to except (and eventually, reject) him. The part begins with a heavy-handed, poorly acted screed of mush by Hurt, but picks up and rides well until part two. The second half of the film is conflicted: The robotic boy meets a male prostitute android, they endure something akin to the Terrordome from Mad Max III, and end up on Japetto's stair in a flooded Manhatten. This part is simply WEIRD--both dark but sentimental, Speilburg manages to wrend what was undoubtedly a crotch-rubbing fantasy for Kubric (a cosmic Las Vegas where the entrances to everything are literally orafaces of one sort or another) into a Disney-esque, anti-sexual land of "Dr. Know." The third part of the film is the absolute worst--obviously an attempt to resolve a number of threads left hanging by Kubric. Basically, it's a LONG, LONG coda, an encomium to motherly love with more sap and sugar than this viewer could take. I left the film laughing so hysterically that I was chastized by a fellow viewer: "Next time you come to the theatre, leave your opinion at home." Parts one and two could have comprised a movie themselves, and perhaps done well. Strung together with part three, the movie makes its way into "bad" territory. Worth seeing for the dazzling effects, but cynics and skeptics beware!
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Summary: Give me a B, Give me an O, give me R - I - N - G...
Review: After sitting in the theatre for what seemed like 2000 years, I walked out wondering if I had just seen the latest Kevin Costner movie. Boring with a capital B. I get what Spielberg is trying to say but did he need to take 3 hours to say it. I think not. The only thing that kept me awake was the 2 cups of coffee I'd consumed before the movie. Do yourself a favor, put your 8 bucks back in your pocket and go watch paint dry. I rate this movie a DUGAR*, and a colossal waste of my time. *DUGAR - A horrible movie that is boring, long and lame (ie, waterworld, the postman, Ishtar, etc)
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Summary: A wondrous film with a very disappointing ending.
Review: Both Osment and Law are perfectly suited to their roles and perform them brilliantly. Osment manages to be the cute kid next door while exuding an otherworldly creepiness, and Law is hilariously smarmy. Their makeup furthers the illusion--their faces have a too-perfect golden glow, and their eyes are a glassy blue.
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