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Summary: Do yourself a favor; skip A.I.
Review: In all honesty, A.I. was one of the worst films I've seen. I was very disappointed to see that any of Kubrick's bright ideas were overshadowed by lengthy and excessively corny Spielberg scenes. I felt myself not caring about any of the characters and wishing the film would end (which it takes a very long time to do.) Finally, towards the end of the movie you are in for a surprise when you think that it is over and instead it launches into the final scene. This is when I turned from simply disliking the movie to utterly hating it. Please save your money and your three hours. And if you absolutely must see it, don't say I didn't warn you...
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Summary: You have to be heartless if you didn't like this movie.
Review: What a wonderful new and fresh look at an age old tail of a wooden or robot boy wanting to be a real boy.As you know i'm not one for special effects but the effects in this movie do not take away from the wonderful acting of Haley Joel Osment. His acting was so convincing and believable that your heart will break wide open at the climax of this great movie.This is a kind of story that you will not forget soon. The haunting music score will tug at your heart and will give you a strange appreciation for being a human. This is one of the most powerful motion pictures i've seen in a long time. Be prepared to cry,,,,,it will totally catch you off guard.
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Summary: My humble opinion
Review: When you consider the fact that this movie has generated over 980 reviews; it can be deduced that Spielberg has crafted a film truly worthy of Kubrick's name. You may hate it, you may love it, you may compose a page worth of ALL CAPs commentary about it, but you won't be able to ignore it. It's quite refreshing to know that at least 980 people were able to pay attention for 145 minutes watching a movie that contains no nudity. For that I have to give Spielberg credit, since even Kubrick couldn't manage to maintain viewer interest without the occasion breast cameo.
Since the purpose of a review is summation and judgement, I'll be brief and try to give the reader a basis for either enjoying this movie on their own, or waiting till it's forced on them during a plane flight.In short, the main focus is love; or more correctly the concept of being able to love forever and ever.
The story follows the robot David (Haley Joel Osment) as he attempts to regain the love of his mother (Frances O'Connor), to whom he has been forever imprinted.
David is the experiment of his creator (William Hurt), who creates a robot capable of love to determine if humans can return that love. The film's environment is a world slowly freezing from an apparent lack of love. Humans have become so technological that they have forgotten how to love themselves, each other, and their own planet. Children are raised with robot companions to love, while sex robots provide an artificial cyber-love for adults. The next step is a robot child who can be electronically imprinted to "love" his mother. David's mother returns his love at first, but that love fades when her biological son returns home. It's roughly the same situation of the family pet after the children are born, and Rover is no longer tolerated in the house.
Since David's imprinting is not reversible, his love can only be terminated by total disassembly or a complete discharge of his batteries (which can take a thousand years, more or less, your mileage may vary). Rather than face the hard reality of David's destruction, Mom decides to set David free in the wilderness. This begins Act II, where David wanders through a Kubrick-colored world as Spielberg attempts to translate his dead friend's message to today's comatose audience. We meet cast off robots, who wander the planet hiding from humans while attempting to maintain their failing mechanical bodies. We also meet the Flesh Fair, a nomadic sideshow where discarded robots are tortured and destroyed. Like ancient primitives sacrificing their animals, the Flesh Fair leaders seek to "save" the human race with their barbaric actions. While visually entertaining, this episode loses a lot to Spielberg's translation, becoming no more than a fiery Klan meeting with PT Barnum as the ringleader. David is befriended by Joe (Jude Law), a sex robot, who attempts to help him in his quest. Joe leads David to Rouge City (Spielberg's neon homage to Kubrick), where clues ultimately lead David back to his creator. In the end David is frozen, as his loveless world grows too cold to support his artificial body.
With that, the Kubrick ends, and out pops Spielberg for the big sloppy finish. Future robots thaw David, recharge him, and give him one last day with mother. Not surprisingly, mom professes her enduring love for David. But, given that she only exists for one day, it's a Pyric victory for our hero. As his mom dies, David realizes that his quest for eternal love has ended, and he quietly shuts himself down. In my opinion, this film is a serene river that hides a brutal undercurrent. Spielberg's sugar sweet coating blends with Kubrick's knife sharp sarcasm in an occasionally unsettling manner. The transitions between scenes are turbulent, and often characters disappear with no explanation. The film's depiction of violence can be summed up using the Mafia analogy "Death often comes from men with smiling faces".
If you dislike Spielberg or Kubrick, then you will hate this movie. Or conversely, if you idolize either filmmaker, then you may also dislike this film. The concepts and emotions can be difficult to digest, and often leave more questions than answers. In short, I recommend you view it in order to formulate your own opinion. Don't be swayed by the negative or positive reviews. This film will effect some sort of emotional response from everyone who takes the time to properly explore it. It is through discussion of these emotions that we ultimately begin to understand and develop compassion for others and ourselves. As for love, well according to this story, it happens, but not forever.
Rating: 
Summary: dang stupid
Review: i highly awaited june 29th 2001. the day this came to theaters and i was first in line to see it at my local theater. it sucked. you didnt need that ice angel scene did ya mr. spielberg. i mean for 15 - 20 he sits there staring at an ice angel. this started off great but turned for the worst. do something funner like clip your toenails. just please do not see this movie.
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Summary: dang stupid
Review: i highly awaited june 29th 2001. the day this came to theaters and i was first in line to see it at my local theater. it [stunk]. you didnt need that ice angel scene did ya mr. spielberg. i mean for 15 - 20 he sits there staring at an ice angel. this started off great but turned for the worst. ... just please do not see this movie.
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Summary: Not a bad movie, but never let kids watch it.
Review: The thought behind A.I. :Artificial Intelligence was interesting, but the plot could have been better. I have basically two complaints about the movie. First, it's very idea was incredibly insulting to children. The movie made it out like children are just their parent's dolls, to be purchased and sent back. Second, the entire movie was ruined by the arena scene. In my opinion, no one should watch this movie, because that scene will stick in your mind and haunt you for days. After reading this, if you still want to see it, hey that's your business. But if you have kids, under no circumstances should you let them watch A.I. :Artificial Intelligence. If they have to watch it, at least do not let them watch the arena scene.
I give this movie two stars, because of Steven Spielberg's directing and Haley Joel Osment's acting. (Which were both phenomenal, as always.)
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Summary: A complete bore
Review: I love Haley Joel Osment. I love Jude Law. And I consider Stanley Kubrick to be one of the most creative and brilliant Directors of all time but I can't fathom why A.I. was passed onto Spielberg. Perhaps with Kubrick's talents the movie would have been more interesting but with Spielberg talent it just has good film technology.
The movie has some great illuminate visuals that keep you watching. The graphics in the film where very well done and do not appear fake.However that is where the compliments end. A.I. essentially is the story of Pinnochio set in the future. The beginning of the movie is good.It focuses on a family adjusting to having a live in mecca (mechanical person).However the idea of someone replacing their child with one that will not grow is where the faults in the screenplay begin. How could parents accept a robot child that doesn't even blink,eat or bleed (however he can apparently breathe) which are normal,necessary and defining funtions of most living things and all humans.Furthermore, the family's real son becomes evil and vindictive towards the mechanical child. The living childs anger seemed unnecessary and appeared to be no more than a catalyst for the mechanical childs journey. The rest of the film, which seemed to me to be an eternity, centered around the mechanical child trying to become a real boy and searching for the blue fairy, the character which made Pinnochio a real boy.
Everything in the story seems forced. Jude Law's character seems to be thrown into the film for no reason but as another catalyst. In this case, to lead Haley's character to the blue fairy after which Law's character disappears. It seemed that the screen writers couldn't find a way to make it believable that the child character could travel on his own so they threw in a chance meeting so the child could meet with an adult. I suppose this was to show how human like he was because he needed the care of an adult however the joining of the characters seemed awkward and too fantastic.
Because 95% of the movie focuses on the journey, the movie soon becomes a picture with drying paint as it's plot line. I can't tell you how many times I checked to see when it would end. I believe in always finishing a movie but this one was hard to swallow. It was just boring. You stopped caring whether or not he got home early in the film because everything was forced at you so violently, there was never room for you to develop your own feelings. The idea of him being like any real child was drilled into your head instead of allowing you to observe and draw your own conclusion.
The ending was absolutely horrendous and should have been cut out plain and simply!!! !! Perhaps the intentions where to make an Alice in Wonderland type film where the character meets many fantastic characters that effect the journey. However if this was intended to be a fairy tale, there should not have been human suffering and anger or the idea of big business men from New York taking over the world. That is all to real.
In my opinion this movie was nothing more than a bunch of good ideas thrown into a film that absolutely could not connect the ideas so they used the classic road trip idea.You don't get more orignal than that??!!
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Summary: Never Give Up On A Dream
Review: My heading works on 2 levels. Kubrick wanted to make this film for 15 years, but couldn't find the backing. He didn't give up, and Spielberg completed his dream. And the character david (an android played by Haley Joel Osmet) never gave up on his dream of being loved. This is the story of Pinocchio, in every sense, yet in modern terms. Of course, having read the other reviews, you know this. So many people panned this film because it wasn't ET. Well, IT'S NOT! There is no squatty alien with a glowing finger!!! This is a tale of sadness and longing. Sadness and longing from creations designed by man to love, yet abhorred and hunted because they can. The paradoxes abound in this film, which would have been an easy translation of Pinocchio, but set in the near future. The effects are superb, and create a seamlessly real future. They appear effortlessly real, which draws the viewer into the reality. There are two surprises here. One is Jude Law. Jude Law plays Gigilo Joe, a `mecka' programmed for female pleasure, who discovers his own humanity while helping David (Haley Joel Osmet) discover his. The other is the final five minutes of the ending, which I will not give away. If you have read my reviews, you know I weigh heavily on cinematogrophy and soundtrack to create a film. The filming actually allows you to watch this movie as if it were real, and the soundtrack surrounds you as softly as david's dream of becoming real. There are flaws; the length, and the fact you feel the movie ends twice. Get past them. The personal revelation in final five minutes is worth the indecision. Ignore the poor reviews, and watch the interaction between Law and Osmet. Watch the android David's face. You WANT him to be able to express his pain. This is what the movie is about.
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Summary: Good Popcorn Movie
Review: What I dislike about AI is not that I'm supposed to feel sympathetic for a robot, or that the last act is just ridiculously out of place; but the entire plot in this movie is so.... Artificial. Everything that happens is contrived to draw emotion from the audience or shows off special effects (for which it does very well). A sci-fi story calls for smart characters, not artificial dummies (no, I'm NOT talking about the robots) that are strictly one-dimensional and can't think logically.
Consider David, the robotic main character, who is programmed to love. But wait, once he is imprinted to love one person, it cannot be reversed. And in the event that he is no longer loved, he must be destroyed because he is no longer useful. What?? What company exec would approve a model that is not recyclable? No way would the environmentalists not complain about David. And when Daddy doesn't want David around, I found myself yelling inside, "just shut him off, godamit! It's a machine!" Or throws him to the basement, whatever. You don't drive your unwanted vacuum cleaner to the woods and leave it there do you? And oh, David can only love one person, hence he loves the Mommy but not the Daddy. No wonder the Dad is [mad], he's getting no love!! Why didn't the scientists design David to love two persons (mom and dad, make sense doesn't it?) is what I want to know.
As for the last act, it's wimpy way to end the story. Yes, I see the irony -- artificial love for the artificial intelligence. But there is surely better ways to bring this point across. I did enjoy this move for the visual and the fine acting. Take it as a popcorn movie, not a classic you'd generally associate with Spielberg/Kubrick.
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Summary: Big budgets gone horribly wrong.
Review: This is by far one of the worst American movies I have ever seen in my entire life. I will admit the story kept me interested half-way through. Wondering what would happen next to our robotic boy-wonder. Then it was all down hill from there. As soon as I realized they were ripping off Pinochio, I began to slouch in my chair in disgust. Then when boy wonder gets where he is supposed to go. There are a bunch of plot twist (if thats what you can call them) that make absolutely no sense. For example when he enters the studio and destroys another robot because he thought he was unique. I wonder how long it took them to think up the very ending-because it looked like they were struggling for a conclusion. Well lets just say I felt the ending was so completely pointless that I wanted to vomit then stomp the DVD.
But I recommend to see this movie, just so you know how millions of dollars got thrown away.
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