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Summary: A.I.- see this film!!
Review: I have already written a review of this film but had to write something else in response to Kevin Der's review from July 7. Kudos to you Mr. Der for your excellent review of this film. I advise everyone to scroll to find it and read it. I totally agree with everything he said. I was so disappointed in the public and their reaction to this film. This film is a very different film compared to what is always and usually out there.I do not understand how a true and faithful movie goer and someone faithful to the respect of the art of film cannot appreciate this film. It is excellent and thought-provoking work. Open up your minds and hearts when you see it. Thank you Mr. Der for your review. I hope many will read it and then go see the film.
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Summary: 1 spoiler...but it will help
Review: I heard so many bad things about this movie, that I was really quite pleasantly surprised that I was not disappointed. Was is fantastic? No. Was is bad? No. Is it slow and long? Yes. Should it have ended 15 minutes earlier? Yes. Should you see (or at least rent) this movie? Yes.I did not love this movie, but it was not a bad film. Anyone I have met who has seen A.I., I have gotten into an hour long discussion about the film. Whether discussing how the film could have been improved, or discussing several ideas expressed in the film, A.I. is a great conversation piece. SPOILER, actually a semi-spoiler, to help you understand the end of the film: The creatures that appear at the end of the film are not aliens, but the advanced a.i. machines that evolved from the machines that man created. This really helps the end of the movie make a lot more sense when you think about it. That being said, I still would have preferred the film to end underwater.
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Summary: Read this BEFORE you click buy!
Review: To put it plainly youve never seen a bad movie till youve seen this. Its depressing for one, two it almost makes you hate technology. This movie is best described once youve seen it as "that bad taste you have in your mouth after you vomit which you just cant get rid of." If you already own this movie you must destroy it NOW!
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Summary: Wake me up when it is over...
Review: I gave it two stars for the acting and the special effects. The rest of it gets zippo. Many have praised this movie for its ideas and thought-provoking story...big deal...just because the ideas are interesting doesn't mean the movie is any good...the science behind how grass grows is interesting, but do I want to watch it happen? No. The movie was two and a half hours long...by the time it ended I could have sworn I had been there 3 and a half hours. Every time I thought the movie was going to end I would get another useless scene thrown at me. How could some people be touched by this character's plight? He wasn't even real and the movie was so boing that I didn't care. I wish the fairy would have made him real so that I could have killed him.
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Summary: Deep movie shallowly interpreted
Review: AI contains many level of meanings and unfortunately much of the audience --myself included--focuses only on the shallow level, and misses the really worthy part. This review was written after a revelation which happened to me after a few days of thoughts and sink in and also triggered by some other reviews. On the surface, this is a sci-fi movie with quite a bit of emotional contents. The futuristic settings, the quest of a child robot to become a human and to receive his mother's love, the violent action of humans against future robots. Certainly the story is interesting, though contains a few flaws especially at the end where the story sometimes feels contrived and not-so-scientific. However, the real meat of this movie is on a deeper level. It talks about human nature and the meaning of life. It presents a wide range of human beliefs, emotions, and thoughts. Part I--Attachment: love, companionship (mother to child, child to mother, robots to robots); Part II--Anger: jealousy, hate, violence, fear; and Part III--Ignorance: belief in self, pride, desire, faith, attachment, anger. Many other reviews have talked about Attachment and Anger, but not so much was discussed about Ignorance presented in the film.
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Summary: Artificial Intelligence or Insult To Intelligence?
Review: Artificial may well describe the filmmakers themselves who created this lengthy collection of sometimes stunning visual images lacking intellectual, emotional or spiritual depth. The principle human characters lead sad, empty lives filled with material abundance. Science fiction fans should understand that there is almost nothing creative or interesting in the story line as it relates to the behavior of the mechanical boy. It touches a series of politically correct strings including global warming, riducle of religious nuts, and only attributing nobility to non-human intelligence. It is a fairy tale from beginning to end but without the warmth and death for the happy ever after.
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Summary: A Truly Emotional Movie
Review: This movie is definitly touching, Spielberg does it again. Do not listen to those ignorant critics, This movie will keep your eyes watching, and maybe tearing. I promise I won't give any spoilers but just a few thoughts. 1. The actors do a great job, I wouldn't be suprised if any of them were nomitated when the time comes. Haley Joel Osment and Jude Law shine on screen. Plus a cameo by Chris Rock and Meryl Streep 2. This movie is definitly not for children, I can say that, it is not being rude, it is just that the movie can later get dark, and sometimes send a chill. 3. This movie raises some good questions, can something other than humans and animals love us, if so would it be true love or would it be natural love that you would forget it is something other than a child. To me this movie defined one thing, that we are all robots, why i say this, well we grow up from begging to end asking questions, searching awnsers, in our own little way we are all robots searching for something, it is practically as in robotic term an objective all of us have it. 4. This movie will touch you from begging to end and no use hiding the tears as i tryed, I reccomend this movie to all people who not just want to see the special effects but to also see a great movie for which I hope will be a trademark later on, I can't say anymore if you really want an emotional movie with some comedy or a teary eyed movie i reccomend this one it is truly great.
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Summary: Well worth the money, though lacking complete perfection
Review: (Spoiler) I've read through many of these reviews and have noticed how poised everyone seems to be on the facts behind the making of A.I. Though the behind-the-scenes stuff is interesting (directors, homages, scripts, etc.), I would prefer to focus on the movie as an experience unto itself - and how it survived on its own. The first two parts of the three were very engrossing and thought-provoking. I felt at times revulsion for humanity, fear for the inevitable, and awe at the beauty of the images. Yet when I reached the third part to the movie (the most contested part it seems), I found that being jerked into the far future (and what's in that future) was too much of a leap for me to process. Each part rips you away from the previous and throws you into a new situation - not unlike the David robot's (Osment's) journey. While I agree that if the movie ended at the close of the second part, it would have been lacking in resolution, I felt that the third part (2000 years in the future) was just too much. It was like I had changed the channel on the TV from a drama to a cartoon. It was an intriguing future, mind you, but one which seemed out of pacing with the rest of the movie. When A.I. jerked into the far future, I started looking around the theater because people were actually laughing. And, no, I don't think that given an engrossing movie during the summer months, and audience will necessarily require a dumbing down. So finally, while A.I. has given me much to think about since, and even though the acting and visuals are amazing, I left with mixed feelings because I just couldn't believe it. Go see it for an adventure unlike any you've seen - but don't expect clapping at the end.
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Summary: Kubrickian darkness clashes with Spielbergian family values
Review: As far as models of the future on celluloid go, I can safely say nobody has topped 1971's "A Clockwork Orange," directed with finesse and brilliance by the late Stanley Kubrick. That film depicted a run-down world losing any glimmer of hope through a minimum of means--a few brightly-colored murals and wigs here and there, several futuristic-looking props, nothing overly drastic. As a result, that subtletly gave the film's plot a chance to take hold, creating apocalyptic ideas and situations that were more terrifying than any CGI-created world that's come since. Which brings me to "A.I.," Steven Spielberg's attempt to capture what would have been Kubrick's last project, had he lived. The film takes place in the future, where realistic robots are constructed to assist mankind. We're introduced to David (played by "The Sixth Sense"'s Haley Joel Osment, here in another good role), a cheerful tyke who's adopted by a mother and father whose son is in the hospital. He is a perfect yet somewhat creepy model of a child who yearns to love his mother like a real boy would. After an incident where the real son nearly drowns, though, David is dropped in the woods and embarks on an adventure through robot hell. His comrade is a bear named Teddy, and eventually he enlists the services of a streetwise android gigolo (Jude Law) in an attempt to find "The Blue Fairy" (who, according to the Pinnochio tale, can transform a fake boy into a real one). For a film done with such competence and conviction, "A.I." comes across as a lopsided experience. In the first half hour(David interacting w/his adopted family), not enough time is spent on relationships, especially with the mother, who plays too key a role in the film. She goes through the default motions of being frightened by the child, then warming up to him (a rather abrupt and inexplicable transition, as presented here). I didn't find much of it convincing, which doesn't help in the last segment, the other weak link of "A.I." I agree with the previous reviewer who said the movie should have ended with David (SPOILER) trapped underwater--no matter how inconclusive it felt, that would have been the best place to roll the credits. Instead, Spielberg indulges in another half hour of special effects (including groan-inducing CGI aliens) and family-values shtick, defused by the fact that the character he re-introduces is so underdeveloped. Other than that, everything that's sandwiched in between is fantasic and dazzling. I usually abhor films that resort to lazy computer graphics & blue-screens to convey futuristic worlds (i.e.--"The Matrix"), but in "A.I." Spielberg carefully balances astounding images, characters, and an ambitious script very well. Osment and Law are an unlikely duo with chemistry to spare, and their talents shine here. A gripping story and good performances are "A.I."'s main attraction. Spielberg does well, even though he tends to overindulge in his excesses of family values and overblown effects, but ultimately this film will not have you questioning our future in the way "A Clockwork Orange" did.
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Summary: Crazy
Review: Alright, I'm not going to go anywhere near as in-depth human psychoanalysation stuff as these other reviewers. First off, this was an aweomse movie, especially in cinematography. That was just awesome beyond everything. The acting of Jude Law and Haley Joel Osment was superb. Haley did a wonderful job in portraying robotic manerisms, and Jude Law just put humor and fun into the movie. The first part of A.I. was intersting, with the adoptive parents learing to cope with their new robotic child,David. Not only is he robotic, but he can love. The first ever robot to have the emotion of love. Then part 2 of the movie turns insanely dark, with the real son of the parents coming out of the hospital, Haley getting abandoned, and all ensuing activities. Part three was rather absurd, but strangely proper. The movie just wouldn't have been the same with out it. Davids quest to be a real boy and be loved by his mom was very cool. It showed his devotion to his "mom", and it made David really evolve into what he wanted to be. He had love, jealousy, hate, depression, happiness, everything. This movie was remarkably well done, but i would definately not recommed taking children to see the movie, because certaing parts were very dark and disturbing(the Flesh Fest, for example, would probably freak out many kids). O, for those of you who have seen the movie, is it just me, or was the part when David went into the parents room with the scisors very reminiscent of "The Shining". When i saw that part i actully started whispering to myself "RedRum, RedRum". But all in all, i was highly impressed with AI. This movie will probably be one of the best of 2001. I recommed it to everyone who wants something to ponder over something, to think about the meaning of humanity, life, and all that other good stuff.
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