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Summary: Worst movie I've ever seen.
Review: Not one part of this movie is at all believable. It it poorly written, and should never have been made in it's state. The acting is great and the SFX are great, but the story is so dumb, insulting, idiotic and contrived that I would've walked out of this movie, had I not needed a ride home. TERRIBLE.
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Summary: An illustration of deep difficulties - at least somewhere...
Review: This made us very sad when I saw it with my eldest son. I'm not sure that Spielberg knew precisely what he was doing when he took this on. It has been one of a number of dark films that perhps refute the "happy" films that were made a lot earlier. I have problems with the other films, such as E.T. connected with their imagery, but as they coincided with a strange and surreal era (the 80's), it seems sort of appropriate.Perhaps this is a film for it's time in the same way. People here seems less substatial than the robots, and the aliens more "human" than either. All of this must have been intended. I want to know how you can avoid the conclusion that Spielberg is commenting on society NOW, something that seems to have caused some offence. But still, the bleakness and destitution needs some answer. If you don't like the conclusion that there has been a crisis of faith, then go and find an alternative explanation - I would like to hear it.
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Summary: Robot Boy? Not!
Review: Lots of people expected David to be played using special effects. They were right. Haley Joel Osment must've had special effects! In the whole first half of the movie he didn't blink once!!!! How did our boy do this? Pure talent! That's what! I loved the movie and I hope you enjoy it too!
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Summary: Give me a break!
Review: I thought that this was actually a pretty good movie but everything seemed so fake. I mean, I am a virtual futuristic film expert and this film did no justice to the creativity and expertise of the graphic arts and technical directors. Come on guys, what has happened to you all? Final Fantasy was an animated film but it was more realistic than this.
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Summary: magical
Review: A stunning, ethereal, poetic masterpiece. On the surface, it's a story about a robot child and his quest to be human, his longing for acceptance, and above all his unrelenting search for his mother - and her love. Beyond that, it is a heartbreaking parable, with at least two major themes. One theme is the hatred and exclusion of those who are "different". It is the age old story of racism, and it is also the story of any individual who cannot blend into the crowd, and who is ostracized, ridiculed, attacked, crushed. The other theme is the yearning for that perfect union, for someone who will love us unconditionally, forever. Alas, the human heart is fickle, love is hard to come by, relationships are oh so conditional - and can dissolve in a heartbeat. I have never seen anything which has captured the futility of this quest with such poignancy as this film has. Visually, cinematically - it is sheer brilliance. The end of the film in particular is not only visually stunning, it is haunting, it works at some deep level, beyond thought, beyond consciousness, like a dream brought to life. Breathtakingly beautiful. And truly heartbreaking.
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Summary: Perfect
Review: Yes, I loved this movie so much... couldn't have been done any better.
I wouldn't change a thing.
-Itay Shahar
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Summary: ARtificial Intelligence,True Weirdness
Review: This is a dark,sad story set in the future and is about a little boy robot who wants to be a real boy(like Pinnochio).It is starnge and gets stranger and stranger toward the end,science fiction turning into confusing fantasy.The scriptwriters were getting drunker and drunker the longer they wrote..I'm sure that is the explanation.I have to note the incredibly cuuuuuuuuute walking,talking,thinking teddybear that had me gooing and gaaing all the way through!
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Summary: A.I is one of the most amazing movies ever made
Review: Steven Spielberg's misunderstood Sci Fi masterpiece is one of the director's most ambitious projects and one of his most amazing films. Taken from the Brian Aldiss short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long", A.I ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE was originally a project for legendary director Stanley Kubrick to direct. Most Sci Fi fans and Kubrick devotees wanted to see Kubrick direct the film, as it is perfectly aligned to his other films, notably 2001: A Space Odyssey.
But with Kubrick's passing, the only director on the planet capable of taking on the colossal project was Mr. Spielberg.
The elaborated story taken from Aldiss tale is about a robot (Or "Mecha") child named David (Haley Joel Osment), who is programmed to love. But when his adoptive parents find themselves at a loss of what to do when their real son recovers from a coma, David is abandoned into the world with the supertoy "Teddy". David's journey takes him to the violent, nihilistic Flesh Fair where he meets the smooth-talking Gigolo Joe, played brilliantly by Jude Law (Gattaca, Existenz). From there they travel to the futuristic Rouge City, accompanied by the waltz from Rosenkavalier by Richard Strauss and begin their epic journey to find the Blue Fairy. John Williams' etheral score for the film is perhaps not as meorable as his most famous work, but it still moves the film forward emotionally.
The jarring switches from futuristic suburbia to the mecha-hating world may not sit well with some viewers, and the ending, admittedly is overly-sentimental. But it is a compelling story, and one that's a must-see on the big screen.
Despite the combined brilliance of the main actors, Spielberg's masterful direction and touching homages to Kubrick, the film was a commercial failure and critics were apparently put off with the film's sentimentality (Hence the shameful Academy snubs). Whether American audiences found the film too cerebral in comparison to brainless Hollywood rubbish, or the cryptic marketing campaign of posters and trailers backfired or whether people were expecting an E.T-like tale of a heart-warming adventure (And were disappointed), is debatable. But the fact remains it is a brilliant film and a must-have for Spielberg fans. One of the more impressive Spielberg DVDs, this 2 Disc Collector's Edition is lacking a Director's Commentary (Spielberg apparently likes the audience to have their own opinion) and hours of reported deleted scenes, but it makes up for it with the doco on the first disc "Making A.I", directed by prolific documentarian Laurent Bouzerau. Included on disc 2 are a series of featurettes with Spielberg talking about developing the vision of A.I. Industrial Light and Magic group on the film's special effects and Stan Winston explains how the robots were created. There's also a featurette on the sound effects and orchestral score for the film, several theatrical trailers and production design photos. Essential.
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Summary: Stanley Kubrick's vision comes to life
Review: It was supposed to be Stanley Kubrick's lifetime achievement, his masterwork. Steven Spielberg took over after the legendary director died in 1999. "A.I.-Artificial Intelligence" is a visually stunning but somehow tasteless film.
The story is basically a futuristic Pinnochio. The film follows David (Haley Joel Osment) a robot programmed to give and receive love. After his human family abandons him, David sets out to discover who he really is. He meets Gigolo Joe (Jude Law),a fellow robot, and they travel to the "end of the earth"--actually a flooded Manhattan--where David will hopefully find out his meaning in life.
The film is heaven to the eyes, as I stated earlier, but it lacks something. Director Spielberg does a marlvelous job, but the ending it too warm-hearted to be considered good. The score by John Williams and the special effects are excellent.
In all, "A.I.-Artificial Intelligence" is worth buying. It's an interesting look into the possible future, and certainly its story will dazzle children and adults alike.
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Summary: ugh,
Review: This was a train wreck of a movie. It started ok, was visualy stunning, and then it just went South. And having gone south I know now why so little lives in Antarctica. It is 3 hours of my life I want back. Aside from some really neat visuals, decent acting, and good directing the story left everything to be desired. And as bad as the middle part of the movie was, the ending made me want to take back my DVD player. Not only did I feel cheated, slack-jawed, and wonder what kind of substance the great S.S. was taking when he thought that end was a good idea, I felt down right dirty. In short, extreamly slow meandering plot with a confusing, "pull this out from where the sun don't shine because I have no idea how to wrap this up" ending.
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