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Summary: Cinematic Heaven
Review: Compared to most of the things we view on the wide screen this film appears as a visitation from another dimension. The lighting, viewpoints, cutaways and music were near perfection. Many have discounted the story for a number of reasons which include violence, copying of other artists, dullness, etc. What I have heard in day to day conversations, though, is always the same thing: The ending is the problem. No, it is not a smile-filled conclusion but it is a brilliant and poignant one, almost a wistful goodbye to the follies of mankind. In fact, given the scope of the plot and how it begins to move to an ethereal plane toward the last, it is a logical ending. Spielberg pays homeage to many who have come before him (he has always given credit where credit is due) but he has reached a new apex with this work. This is art in the truest sense of the word - stunning.
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Summary: "Steven Spielberg's A.I. Is Extraordinary"
Review: The morality of this movie is spelled out in the beginning of this movie; therefore, I don't think that's the main plot (or the question) of this extraordinarily "crafted" movie. The real question, I believe, here is what makes us human. Not only David (Haley Osment) was made to love his parents as any other "real" children but also to persue his own dreams which in this case is a fairytale. But aren't most our dreams like that -- especially our childhood dreams? In this sense, David got his wish, even if it was only for a day. Perhaps he continued to "dream" at the end with his mother on his side. The first question, "can a human love a robot," is then answered with Monica, David's mother, saying, "I have always loved you," at the end. This movie is remarkably inspirational and is a very good portrayal of humanity. If you are after SCI-FI action movies, however, this is not for you.
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Summary: A great story
Review: I'm not an expert about art movies or such things but I think that when a movie really gets you and it makes you feel what you're supposed to feel, the movie accomplishes its purpose, and this movie is one of those, some people can think it's depressing, some others can say it's awful, it doesn't matter, the movie will make you think about a future society and its consequences, a modern fairy tale, warm, bittersweet, the great kid's performance and of course Spielberg's unique style make of this movie one of his greatest films.Just a few movies have made me cried like I did with this one.
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Summary: Pointless, droll, depressing, unentertaining drivel.
Review: I remember when Spielberg's name was synonymous with quality filmaking (I gave him a Mulligan for Close Encounters) but I think we've just witnessed the demise of one of our generations great directors. Seek the spotlight and the world has a way of humbling you. Karma dude! This movie sucks.
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Summary: I would like to point something out
Review: Those were not aliens at the climax of the movie. They were the future of artificial intelligence, mecha created by mecha since all the humans had died. In other words, they were robots, just like David, get it?
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Summary: HORRIBLE
Review: The first half of this movie was really great, but after that it turns into a senseless Disney film. It's horribly obvious where Kubrick left off and
Schpielberg comes in. Then, there are those robot things that looked exactly like the aliens in Close Encounters of the Third Kind! This film was one of the most dissapointing I've ever seen in my life! It could have been great, the premise was there, but it was ruined beyond redemption. I'd give this no stars if I could.
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Summary: A Great sci fi film by Steven Spielberg!!
Review: Steven Spielberg's "Artificial Intelligence" is a very good movie! Stanley Kubrick had really started the project but after he died making it, Spielberg took over and he did a great job. The movie takes place in a future world made up of humans and robots called mechas. The mechas are originally designed to help the humans. But the humans end up making too many and they start to destroy them all. The movie starts out as a mecha is designed named David[Haley Joel Osment], who is designed specifically to show unconditional love, that was the dream of the scientist that made him. The robot is givin to Monica and Henry who originally lost their son, Martin. Everything starts out okay but when Martin is frozen than broughten back to life, Monica and Henry believe that David is dangerous and they leave him out in the woods. With the help of another mecha named Gigolo Joe[Jude Law], David must find away to return to his family. Haley Joel Osment's acting was amazing! This was the first movie I saw that had him in it but later I saw the movie "Pay it Forward" which was okay but not that great. I also remember seeing Jude Law before too. I liked the movie mostly but there were also some down parts. One thing I didn't like was that the movie had a sad ending. I usually don't like to watch sad movies and that's why I gave it 4 stars. But other than that it would have been a 5 star. If you love science fiction movies or you are a fan of Steven Spielberg's movies, then check this one out!
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Summary: Nah
Review: The two best things about A.I is Jude Law's performance as an android and the robot carnival scene - everything else appears to have jumped out from a Disney film and certainly that is reiterated more than ever in the underwater scene. The underwater scene is a major turning point in this film because the major theme has been Science Fiction through and through but then quickly becomes little more than a (dis)enchanting fable. One could almost imagine Minority Report suddenly turning into Cinderella or Jack and the Beanstalk. A.I does just that. A.I has one big problem. Speilberg has tried to make a film that works for all age groups but in the end this is a way too dark for kids in parts and a way too childish for adults to enjoy. Teenagers, in the middle, will be bored to death. So where does it stand? At times A.I is a pseudo-intellectual experience with big lashings of fantasy and reality that do not mix well. It has many metaphysical statements to make but these are marred by too many bleak moments that seem to nullify it all. The end sequence alone is almost testimony to A.I's meaningless. A.I goes nowhere ultimately. A.I has Kubrick all over the first half of it. You can even see that Speilberg has retained his cinematic approach and design style. Just prop A.I up against the likes of A Clockwork Orange or The Shining and you will see it. However A.I certainly feels like an incomplete project and it is as if Speilberg does not understand how Kubrick wanted to finish it. I doubt if Kubrick knew either by the looks of things. A.I is probably the broadest time-spanning film ever made. The concept of moving from modern day to distant future to an age of the Earth future is incredible. The protagonist in this story outlives everybody and everything, but finally the closing statement on that matter is simply void of anything nutritious except that he "got to see the future and some fancy looking aliens". The aliens even expound on their own meaning of life and it does not really seem that entirely scientific, but more imaginative if anything. It is actually a pretty unwelcoming finale to hear. It kind of feels like Speilberg has just taken a dump on you to top off his grim robot-boy yarn. All in all and when everything is said and done this is just a picture that has some moments but these moments do not make a picture. The film LOOKS amazing and the cinematography/special effects are on flying form with dashings of livid imagination but the vast majority of it remains dull, plotless, pointless and somewhat painful. I certainly felt like I was ripped-off here a bit and for me A.I was a thoroughly massive disappointment considering the talent that was supposed to behind this Juggernaut that fans had been eager to see based on the hype for what... 20 years? That is nearly as long as the Star Wars Prequel. Nah. This film does not even come remotely close to touching on that kind of hype. This is a bad film. A bad piece of science-fiction with nothing to say that is worth your time, patients or money. This is a big letdown - No, strike that! - This is a big upsetting experience. I was expecting A.I!! - (say that again all you have been following this build-up all these years....) And THIS is A.I????? THIS IS THE GREAT A.I?????????? AVOID. AVOID. AVOID. BAD. BAD. BAD.
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Summary: Time Will Vindicate this Movie
Review: I think the problem that most people have with Sci - Fi is that Hollywood has so bastardized it that the true genre is lost. We have been bombarded with action movies posing as Sci Fi, until most of us think that Sci Fi has to be ladened with humongous explosions and tons of special effects. Thus, when a motion picture comes along that is true to the genre in its purest sense, it is not fully appreciated by many. This is one of the few films to come along in years that is pure Science Fiction. If takes a premise and explores it. What if we could make robots that seemed to love, and that seemed to have souls? What would happen? What moral issues would arise from this? "What if" is pure sci fi. The what if goes further and creates a scenario, not of good guys and bad guys, but of situations. The situations guide the characters and their actions. While not quite up to the standards of Asimov's "I Robot", this movie is a classic. I do not expect it to be recognized as such until years from now. We are in an age when accountants control what is on the screen and thus Sci Fi is reduced to silly action movies. In this movie, a little boy is created to be a son. Of course he is adopted by a set of parents who's child is for all intent and puposes dead. He is being kept alive by being frozen in a deep sleep. The mother and robot child start to bond, but then the entire foundation of their relationship is shattered. The robot child is abandoned and left to fend for himself. He sets out on a quest to become a real boy - okay okay there are over tones of pinnoocio. What some reviewers called contrived, I found to be very moving. Alas all of this is merely my opinion. Are the AI robots merely machines? Or have we created something different? Is their pain real or is it just bits and bytes? Is destroying them moral or is it murder? These are the type of questions good sci fi presents to the readers or viewers. Not "will this explosion be bigger than the next?" If you like pure sci fi and not the Hollywood accountants assembly line non sense that is passing for it, you MAY like this film. All I can tell you is that I think it is a great sci fi story and I am grateful to finally see real sci fi return to the big screen.
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Summary: Brilliant Osment, Good Story
Review: HJ Osment got an Academy Award nomination for the 6th Sense but he should have gotten an Oscar for his role as the robotchild David in Artificial Intelligence. He is simply brilliant as a robot that always has to be nice and in the end starts looking for a way to become human. Frankenstein, Pinocchio, the Asimov robot novels and Data from Star Trek are all perfect predecessors. His acting becomes even better when he meets a newer version of himself. The story is not new, it is just a modern version of Pinocchio. It also has some sociological comments. In the scene during the robot-rodeo he (and gigolo Robot Jude Law) are almost destroyed but the audience doesn't want a child, even a robot, to die. Somehow no one is expected to kill their own childhood, the dreams have to stay alive, even the dreams of a robot. See it and be amazed
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