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Summary: A.I. --The Movie
Review: Perhaps, perhaps the DVD version might save this movie!! Please don't waste your time buying it. My advice is to rent it first. You may only be able to get through it once. I am a HUGE Sci-fi fan and was excited to see this movie. I was soooooo disappointed in it. Some parts of did not make sence whatsoever... Sorry....
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Summary: There's a good reason it bombed at the box office
Review: A.I. starts out slow and never picks up speed. This would be ok if there was actually a good story to follow. We get to watch a robot boy get rejected and then wonder from place to place trying to find a way to be a real boy. I found there was only one thing I actually liked in this movie and that was the boy's companion "Super Toy" teddy bear. The "Super Toy" actually did a better job of "acting" and showing emotion than the star of the film. I wouldn't recomend this movie to anyone.
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Summary: A boring and arrogant attempt at emotional manipulation...
Review: After reading many positive reviews of AI from presumably legitimate sources including The Washington Post and Entertainment Weekly...I will say that the special effects and acting in this movie are excellent, but they are woefully unable to save the movie from its horrifically arrogant and boring plotline, and Spielberg's blatant attempt at emotional manipulation. Spielberg continually underestimates his audience's ability to understand the plot and to experience emotion based on a suggestion. For example, William Hurt's character is given exceptional lengthy, monotonous speeches in a demeaning attempt to "explain" to the audience what is happening. As for the movie's arrogance, it ends with the sentiment that humans are this wonderful, admirable, perfect species, even though most of the humans portrayed in the film are selfish, unforgiving creatures incapable of love or understanding...
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Summary: mankind is doomed
Review: This movie has many themes; a child's love, the future of mankind, and the power of dreams. What really bothers me is the number of bad reviews here...either we have become totally dumbed down as a society or we are so used to seeing bad films that we can't even recognize when a good one comes out. Also, the fact that many want a more 'satisfactory' ending is ridiculous! It was the journey, not the ending, that made this a great film. The combination of Kubrick's darkness and Spielberg's fantasies is also unique and intriguing.
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Summary: Intelligent extras
Review: Steven Spielberg's "A.I. Artificial Intelligence" continues its quest to become a real success with an ambitious two-DVD set. The discs lack a director's commentary -- Spielberg doesn't like them -- but is packed with details of the science fiction drama's three-decade history, from its genesis with Stanley Kubrick to its realization by Spielberg. Laurent Bouzereau's DVD team had liberal access to the filmmakers during production, with key craftsmen emerging as the supplemental disc's stars. Interviews and docu footage are segregated into unusually specific craft areas -- sound editing, lighting, costumes -- along with the usual categories: visual effects, production design, animation, etc. (The short and specific extras follow a trend in studio DVDs away from lengthy film docus that could trigger additional talent costs.) Picture quality is more than up to major studio standards, with detail apparent throughout, even in some of the dark soft-contrast scenes. The many scenes with CG and blue-screen composites appear vibrant and convincing, especially in the much-maligned third act. The DTS audio setting provides more punch, bottom and dramatic effect than the Dolby, as usual.
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Summary: WOW!
Review: Finally, a wonderful, thoughtful, simply brilliant science-fiction movie. I think of this movie as a future fairy-tale (in fact, that is one of the themes of this movie---the robot wants to be a real boy...sound familiar?). Steven Spielberg did an excellent job of directing, Haley Joel Osment pulled off his character well and Jude Law, once again, shows that good looks and talent CAN go hand-in-hand. To be truthful, I had avoided watching this movie because of the hype over the special effects. Usually when this type of hype happens, that means the movie is just a showcase of the special effects crew--not the case in this movie. Yes, the effects are beyond what I could have imagined, but they work hand-in-hand with the movie. The second disc is chocked full of special features---I enjoyed watching the interviews with Steven Spieldberg and the two main actors. Also, I truly enjoyed watching how they did all of those special effects, the second disc itself stands alone. Bottom line: the movie is excellent, beyond what I could have imagined. Money well spent!
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Summary: Perfectly Flawed
Review: This is a magnificiently flawed movie and who could expect anything else? It had been in development by Kubrick for a number of years and completed on his death by Spielberg. It would have been better for Spielberg to have just dedicated a movie to Kubrick than to actually try to capture what he may or may not have done. But in his doing this Spielberg's failure is without parallel. Where Kubrick would have given us edge such as in Rouge city Spielberg gives us a sanguine alternative. Where Gigalo Joe would have been... well a gigalo, Spielberg gives us a dancer. And where Kubrick would have given us primary colours to knock our eyes out, Spielberg manages only a portion of the palette. A Kubrick movie that would have been about love, sex and relationships was turned by Spielberg into what he always does - a movie about a boy and his mother or a movie about a boy and his non-mother (maybe this was both). The performance of Jude Law is excellent and an important counterpoint to Osment and I think the ending fails because his character disappears about a half an hour before the film finishes. We should celebrate this movie on a number of levels but foremost is that this failure by Spielberg proves that no one can make a Kubrick film but Kubrick. Hopefully Kubrick wantabees will take a page from Spielberg's experience and find a different way to pay homage to this great director other than by copying him.
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Summary: It's barely alright
Review: Reading the reviews, it seems obvious that those that like AI somehow think that those that do not are of lower intelligence, or lack "class".
The divide drawn by this movie reminds me more of how much America is big on sentiment. People who dislike AI aren't as misinformed or unintelligent as some may think - given that many of those that dislike it happen to like Kubrick films. But AI is what I like to term an "Oscar-whoring" movie - it attempts to sell on emotion. It's not so much about conveying vision, as it is about soliciting emotion.
AI does have a philosophical background - it surfaces at times. At other times, it's sunk deep below the numerous layers of emotion solicitational goo, to be visible...
Overall, AI is an okay movie. However, (as mentioned before) it tries to be too sentimental, and definitely drags on for too long. The last third of the film is disconnected enough to belong in another one. And it's not just the elapsed millenia. The flow of the last third of the film is very irregular - it accelerates quickly, then slows to a crawl, then accelerates again. That's hardly great filmmaking - just proof that there were two highly separated visions involved in making this film.
In general, I recommend anyone interested to see this film - it has its moments. It's not "the best thing since sliced bread" but it's also not irrepairably horrible. It's just filled to the brim with Spielberg's main ingredient - lots and lots of sentiment with little regard to the original director's vision.
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Summary: Good story turns into a preaching moral message
Review: I was riveted to this movie for the first half of it. The idea of the robot boy giving and recieving love was so intriguing. You had to feel so bad for David as he was continually abused and misunderstood. That was the charm of the movie and it tied into the "can robots give love and can we give it back?" theme. So, when David was left alone - he becomes the tragic figure that strives for love and redemption. However, the plot changes into a moral message and I was left twisting in the wind. Spielberg kind of goes off into a "we should take care not to abuse technology and A.I." diatribe. What is lost is the original story and the compassion for what happened in the first segment of the film. I was expecting a reunion with his mother in the present-day, I suppose. Was that too much to ask? I am a big fan of story-telling. This one had me and then lost me. I came away feeling lost and sad. Yes, the effects are brilliant - but that's beside the point in my opinion. The absence of the original storyline and characters hurt this movie.
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Summary: A.I. = Absent Intelligence
Review: This was the STUPIDEST movie I have ever seen other than "Crazy People"! What a disappointment! Jude Law was excellent as usual.
But the last 20 minutes were nothing less than PAINFUL. P.U.!!!!
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