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Summary: Don't buy this guys.
Review: I rented this movie hearing all of the great reviews expecting a pretty good movie. I watched it for a little while then turned it off after 45 minutes. I just couldn't get into it. I think Haley Joel Osment is a good actor but to put it short...
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Summary: Hey Jo, whadya know?
Review: I agree with everyone who says that AI is a deeply flawed movie. It has some good parts, but the bad things far outweigh the good. The two best things in the entire movie are Gigolo Jo and Teddy. They could have left out the whole robo kid plot and centered the entire movie around Gigolo Jo and Teddy and it would have been a MUCH better movie. THE ADVENTURES OF GIGOLO JO AND TEDDY IN MANHATTAN, they could have called it. They were the only two characters that I cared anything about. One big thing wrong with AI is that it doesn't seem to know whether it's suppose to be a dark and disturbing film or a cute and heartwarming one. It's like someone decided to stick E.T. and A Clockwork Orange together into one movie (and technically they did) So you get terribly disturbing scenes like the Flesh Fair clashing with all of the 'heartwarming' scenes. Nothing comes together, nothing works. Another thing that bugged me was that David never really came alive for me. I just didn't care what happened to him. His love just seemed programmed, and not real. It was too robotic and intense to be real.(He is programmed to love just as Alex in A clockwork Orange is programmed to be nonviolent.) I didn't care much for his supposed family and the mother either. It was crueler for her to leave him out alone in the forest than to have him destroyed! She should have known that the flesh fair would get him. Another annoying thing is the way that characters are introduced and just dropped. I guess the police caught Gigolo Jo and turned him into scrap metal. You'd think that they would have done more with such an interesting character. That made me so mad that they just dropped him like that! After Gigolo Jo goes the movie gets really odd and boring anyway. What were those alien like thingys at the end? I never did quite get the whole alien thing. The ending itself was very unsatisfactory, it left me with a feeling of a quest unfullfilled. The whole movie left a bad taste(especially those awful flesh fair scenes)And like I said before, the only good things in AI are Gigolo Jo and Teddy. Hopefully someone will get smart and decide to do a sequel about one of them(preferably Gigolo Jo) or both of them together. Maybe Jo could have got away from the cops? I give 2 stars for them.
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Summary: TERRIBLE nonsense
Review: This film is one of the biggest loads of nonsense that I have seen at the cinema in a long time. The film is: childish, sentimental, boring, ridiculous, simplistic. If you have not seen it, don't waste your time and money on it. It's much worse than you could ever suspect.
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Summary: If we resurected Stanley Kubrick, would he like it?
Review: If I were to rate the first Act of A.I., I would have given it 4 stars. This act was the only place in A.I. that Stanley Kubrick had obviously influenced. If Kubrick had any influence on the rest of the movie then it doesn't show. The Prologue (where William Hurts character is proposing the new form of A.I.) is similar to such prologues from Paths of Glory and The Shining. A scene where no action occurs, but the ideas presented are what draws the viewer into the story line. I thought the first Act was amazing. Kubrick's adult content shows through Speilberg's childish method of filming and scriptwriting. Unfortunately, there wasn't any credibility or coherency for the rest of the film. When Davie reaches "The End of the World", where does Gigolo Joe, and Teddy go? Then William Hurts character arrives (for no good narrative reason) only to disappear for no reason. Then Gigolo Joe returns. Where the hell has he been? Was he off exploring for himself? More importantly what was Gigolo Joe's purpose for this film? What's the purpose of having a "love" bot in this film? Couldn't it have been any other type of robot? Speilberg's script offers no answers for these questions. Obviously, Stanley Kubrick wanted a robot that was programmed to love gets attached to a robot that programmed to "love". This use of the word "love" would create questions like "what is love, co-dependency, lust, and selfishness". A.I. starts these ideas, but it never finishes them. The end of Act three would have been a good place to end the movie. Instead we had to endure the forth Act. Most movies don't have a forth act. Coincidentally, 2001: A Space Odyssey does. Was Spielberg trying to achieve the same type of ending as 2001? They are similar in that both movies go on a journey only to come back to a familiar place. (This is also what Carl Sagan's Contact did) I suppose there is a possibility that a forth act could have worked, but this one didn't. Without going into too much detail, but the ending had no credibility, it dragged on, it was superficial, and it served no narrative purpose other than to give a happy ending. And why do these beings have the capability to bring back the mom for 24 hours, but not more time? Why just 24 hours? Does that make any sense to anyone out there? These super-beings also reminded me of Mr. DNA from Jurassic Park. Teddy says: "I have a piece of Mommy's hair" and the super-being should have said: "BINGO! Instant Mommy DNA!" Perhaps then they could have opened HUMAN PARK and then the movie could have truly dragged on forever torturing us all. Finally, If someone could bring Stanley Kubrick back for 24 hours, would he watch A.I. and be happy?
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Summary: A.I. is a Powerful Film.
Review: From the opening scenes to the heart wreching end I was enthralled by A.I. To watch this film one is left with a sense that by creating Robots are we breaching a line. With the spiritual guide of Kubreck, Speilburg put all of his heart and soul in this flim. His previous work made it so more pwerful, from E.T. to Schindler's List. From The Sugerland Express to Saving Private Ryan. A.I. is a true cinematic acheivement. Now by one question is why wasn't it nominated for best picture?
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Summary: Hey, it's Spielberg's film!
Review: I see a lot of credit going to Stanley Kubrick for the good aspects, and all the raspberries going to Spielberg for the goofy parts. This can't be right or fair! It's very impressive anyway. I thought the sentimentality fairly well controlled. This movie has a live teddy bear in it, all the way through. A treat for bear fans, though his voice sounds a bit creepy.
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Summary: Its Aight...I guess
Review: I'm not going to totally trash this film because it does have replay value. I can watch it over and over again to try and figure it out. The acting is pretty good. The boy (forgot his name) will go far in life with those type of acting skills. I don't own the movie but I've watched it several times. The robot lover was entertaining as well. The special effects and graphics were top notch. Spielberg always does a good job in that area. But the problem I am having is that I'm trying pretty hard to figure out what the movie is about. David is trying to become real so he sets out on a 'pilgrimage' to find the 'blue fairy'. The reason he believes in this is because his mommy read Pinocchio to him. I know that much. I also understand that he is saying that the end of the world is near because we are trying to get rid of the macines because humans won't live forever and all that will be left is machines because humans will destroy themselves. Im guessing thats what it is but if someone can give me more insight into this then that will be greatly appreciated. I would recommend that every one see this movie at least once; maybe youll understand it better than I have.
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Summary: A.I.
Review: Jude & Haley are frightenly robotic and believable and Teddy is fantastic. The special effects are amazing, but the script borders on cheese just as you think you're on a roll. If you want to watch Pinocchio, then watch this, but if you want a good sci-fi film go watch BladeRunner.
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Summary: A Spectacular Film, But Not Without Flaws
Review: The best way to describe AI is probably as three movies packed into about two and a half hours. The first part focuses on David's relationship with his new family. The second part is about his journey to find the blue fairy. The third part is about what happens in the future. I know that's a little vague, but I can't give any more away than that. That's a very different way of doing things, to say the least, but it sort of works. The storyline about David's attempts to get his mother to love him is really quite fascinating, but it only manages to loosely tie the three story arcs together. However, even loosely tied together, the story stays constant and doesn't stray from the same general plotline. By themselves, though, the last two parts in particular are very well done. The journey from the woods to the home of the blue fairy is really brilliant. Everything from the Flesh Fair to Rouge City, while new and strange, never seems too out of place. There are nice little touches thrown in that add to the story as well. I particularly enjoyed the last half-hour or so because it is both brilliantly thought out and amazingly emotional. In terms of acting, AI is very good. Haley Joel Osment isn't quite as good here as he was in Sixth Sense, but he still is perfectly believable as a robot with feelings. Jude Law is excellent as Joe, a pleasurebot on the run who helps David and William Hurt, who is one of my favorite actors, is outstanding in a small role as the doctor who creates David. Visually, I'm not sure "stunning" even begins to describe AI. I have seen many big-budget movies in my time and this is the most incredibly detailed and spectacular film I have ever seen. Painstaking detail went into this whole movie, from the backgrounds to the robots to the sets. The whole thing is simply to incredible to be put into words. My only real problems with this movie are really found in the first part. The whole concept of a robot child moving in with a family who has a sick son is just a little strange. It could have been done better I think if more time had been spent in the movie explaining the relationships between David, his parents, and the son. Also, I think Teddy, the walking, talking bear could have been used more. It's only fair to warn people about a couple of things with AI as well. There are hardly any humorous moments in the movie. It is a dark, sometimes depressing look at the future. Also, this movie might be too intense for children. Overall, I think AI is one of those films that could have gone down in history as one of the greatest, but a few little flaws keep it from getting there.
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Summary: Great Movie, Great DVD, don't listen to the morons
Review: Folks--this is a beautiful movie and I agree with the poster that was disturbed by those who bashed the film on here. This movie was thought provoking and touching and nice Spielberg film. The DVD is great (widescreen of course) and there are tons of extras. If you like movies that actually have a plot and written well, give A.I. a try. You may not like it, but you will never forget it.
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