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Summary: A.I. One of Spielberg's Greatest
Review: When I first saw the trailer for A.I., I was very excited about the film. Watching it for the first time was an incredible moment. This is a very visual stunning film with every emotion. It has love, hate, anger, sadness, happiness, etc...
Haley Joel Osment gives an Oscar performance, as well as Jude Law as Gigilo Joe. Teddy also gives off a great performance as a "supertoy."
I waited and waited for the A.I. dvd to be released, and I still have to wait a few more months for this great film to be playing in my dvd player.
I recommend this movie to anybody who wants to go on a visual ride with a incredible sad, but happy story.
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Summary: A Movie with a Message
Review: A. I.--Artificial Intelligence is the best movie I have ever seen. In it Osment--as a robot boy--is symbolic of children who are "different". Whether they have physical, mental, or educational problems, they do not meet parental expectations. David (played by Osment) is an unconditionally loving, innocent child, but is unable to be what his parents want (in this case, human). The moral of the story is, though people dream of loving, empathetic children, when some are blessed with them, not only do they not appreciate it, they do not recognize it.
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Summary: A.I.
Review: Who needs a critic. All they've ever done is bad mouth movies I've ever liked. I enjoyed A.I. immensly and can't wait for the dvd to come out. I enjoyed the story, the special effects and just wanted to add my two cents. See it and bring the hankies.
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Summary: The fuss over Kubrik's posthumous film
Review: I cannot rightfully say this was a bad movie, but I'm almost tempted to. This was another greatly anticipated Hollywood film, due to the collaboration between the late great Kubrick and Steven Spielberg. I, personally, had no interest in the movie until I heard everyone debating whether or not the movie was a masterpiece or Hollywood garbage. To be a loyal movie buff, I had to see what it was all about, and discovered that it was paradoxically both of those descriptions. I did not have respect for Haley Joel Osment's acting ability, until he impressively proved in this movie that he could do more than whisper or act cute (Sixth Sense and Pay It Forward). Jude Law, on the other hand, has always been a favorite of mine. From Ripley to Existenz, Jude Law is an amazing actor, and this movie is no exception. There were moments of sheer brilliance that captivated the mind and even surprisingly gained some emotion, but there were parts that cancelled all that goodness out by making the movie appear a farce. The last forty minutes of the movie, unnecessarily explicated by a mindless, yet painfully didactic narrator, with a totally uninteresting, I would go so far as to say, stupid plot, serves as the best example of the garbage in the movie. It is saddening that Stanley Kubrick died before he could correct the fatal errors this movie is left with, but I'm not convinced that it would have been a complete masterpiece, even with his genius. At the transition, right before those remaining forty minutes, many argue the movie should have ended. I disagree, though it would have certainly been better than the tacked on Hollywood ending, it was still an interminable idea, that lost its intrigue even before that point. It's worth seeing this, but only if you care what everyone's been talking about.
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Summary: A vision of things to come
Review: A.I. is a twisted vision of the classic tale of Pinocchio in which, Haley Joel Osment plays an android (David) meant to fill the void of his owners who've given up hope on their son's comatose condition. Along the way, David learns the disturbing truth of who, or what rather, he really is. This film is one of the most important films you will see, not only because it is a visual masterpiece with stand-out performances, but because it deals with powerful societal and moral issues that leave you thinking for days. A.I. is powerful moviemaking thanks to Steven Spielberg, with great insight thanks to Stanley Kubrick, that results in an eerily majestic story. If you are a fan of either of the above directors it is a must. I would highly suggest this to fans of Tim Burton's works as the mergence of Spielberg and Kubrick's effort seem almost similar to films like Edward Scissor Hands.
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Summary: A.I.'s Sweet Symmetry
Review: The combined creative forces of Kubrick and Spielberg work in A.I. to tug the viewer in opposite directions, with an end result that is not unlike the buzz from a strong Irish Coffee. And like said Irish Coffee, after seeing A.I., I walked out of the theater like a wide-awake drunk, my mind racing from the stimulation of Kubrick's dark, heady ideas, yet I was simultaniously reeling from the impact of Spielberg's deft manipulation of my emotions.It is this constant tension, this tearing of cinematic conventions and deliberate stretch beyond any one genre that lies at the core of the viewer's love-it-or-hate-it response to this movie. Another key factor is the way that A.I. forces the viewer to participate in the film. I had to actively pay attention for a change! For example, there was a scientific aside toward the end of the film that discussed quantum physics as applied to the nature of consciousness. I simply could not BELIEVE that this had made it into a mainstream film without having to be watered down or over-explained for the masses. Also, beyond the obvious fairy-tale metaphors in A.I., there were many more subtle metaphors and uses of allegory that, again, required me to think for myself. What a concept. About the acting: If there were any justice in Hollywood, Osment would already have a couple of Oscars on his shelf, but they'll never give a kid the nod, because those egotistical narcissists absolutely can't stand it that on his worst day, little Haley Joel can act circles around most of these scenery chewing el-ronners, and this movie is no exception. Hey, you with the throbbing cheek muscles. And you with the blank-stare-as-acting method. Yeah, you know who I'm talkin' about. But I digress. Anyway, the moment Osment's "David" character is given the last code word to activate his love for his adoptive mother, I nearly gasped out loud at Osment's facial transformation. Wow. I also want to say that Jude Law was fantastic as Gigolo Joe. He managed to portray sleazy and endearing at the same time, which is no mean feat. As for the negative there was very little, but can we call for a moratorium on the Robin Williams shticky cameos? I like ol' short-n-fuzzy as much as the next guy, but his fast-talking pseudo-impersonations are getting stale, and are far too recognizable to be dropped into a serious piece like A.I. It was jarring to suddenly hear the Genie from "Aladdin" in full manic force, and in the SoCal vernacular, he "harshed my buzz, big time." Overall, I gave this film 5 out of 5 because, although there are some less than perfect moments, it is a fantastic film in every sense of the word, and it will leave the intelligent viewer with something to think about for years to come.
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Summary: Sci-Fi Morality
Review: What I liked specifically about this movie was the fact that it brought into question what rights we as humans should have over Artificial Intelligence once we've created it. Once it has been activated, it is now a thinking, decision-making thing not really so different from ourselves. Our own brains, after all, are just organic computers of a sort - organic intelligence. Add in actual emotions (fear, love, etc.) and now how are these Mecha so different from ourselves? Once created, are these A.I. Mecha still toys that we can enslave, torture, humiliate, and use them to realize our own fantasies? Do we have the right to abandon or scrap them when we find them no longer useful or amusing? A.I. does a good job of making you ask yourself these questions. In the end if you don't ask yourself "if it looks human, thinks like a human, and has emotions like a human does it really matter if it has been manufactured?" I would be surprised. Overall the film's special effects were amazing, the plotline acceptable and the ending somewhat disconcerting. I think it's the questions that you walk away asking yourself that matter in regards to this flick.
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Summary: Seek and ye shall find
Review: Spielburg and Kubrick are kindred in "AI". Conceptually Kubrick presents questions like "What is it that makes a human conciousnous?" and "What difference is their between love and adoration." These conceptual questions could never be presented by Kubrick for this film (as many times as he tried). The Project was missing one ingredient.
Spielburg and his time tested genius for showmanship new the angle. He presents the film from the view of a child. He shoots a film in which he actually seeks to define, Love, Life and humanity. The audience has to come without pretense in order to hear the voice of the future and the cry of the past.
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Summary: THE ENDING ISN'T HAPPY (spoilers)
Review: I get tired of everyone complaining "Well, it was good until they had to slap the happy ending on." It isn't happy. If it had ended with him on the bottom of the ocean, yes. That would have been poignant and a great ending, but it continued so we have the actual ending, David living one perfect day with his mom. Sounds happy, right? It does, until you think of this- with him on the bottom of the ocean, there was hope for him to get his wish. Time didn't mean anything and he didn't know any better. With the actual ending, everything's over. He has no hope for the future. He had one day with her, and that's all he'll ever have, so he'll live forever knowing what he had but could never have again.
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Summary: The Bestest best movie ever!
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