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Summary: This film was awful!
Review: I disliked this movie so much I wanted to write a negative review about it. I thought that the story was terrible and the acting wasn't much better. In the last 30 minutes I kept hoping that it would end, but it continued to drag on painfully. If you liked in in the theaters go ahead and buy it, but if you haven't seen it I would recommend renting and get some drinks because you'll have to be loaded to watch it.
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Summary: THE BEST MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN
Review: I AM STARTING BY PROUDLY STATING THAT AI IS THE MOST AMAZING MOVIE I HAVE EVER SEEN. THE MOVIE WAS AMAZING AND IT LEFT ME ALONG WITH THE ENTIRE THEATER IN TEARS. TEARS IN A GOOD WAY BECAUSE THE MOVIE TOUCHED MY HEART. NEVER BEFORE HAVE I BEEN SO AFFECTED BY A MOVIE. THE ENDING OF THE MOVIE WAS MY FAVORITE PART AND THE PART THAT TOUCHED ME THE MOST. I SAT NEXT TO MY SON AND THE TEARS FLOWED DOWN OUR FACES FOR THE LAST 1O MINUTES OF THE MOVIE. BEING A MOTHER OF AN 8 YEAR OLD, THE ENDING STRUCK A CORD IN MY HEART.ANY MOTHER WHO TRULY LOVED HER CHILD WILL BE ESPECIALLY MOVED BY THE ENDING. MY 8 YEAR OLD WHO ALSO LOVED THE MOVIE TOLD ME IT BROUGHT HIM CLOSER TO ME AND I FEEL THE SAME WAY. THE MOVIE SHOWS HOW QUICKLY LIFE PASSES YOU BY AND HOW IMPORTANT IT IS TO SHOW LOVE TO THE ONES YOU LOVE. I LEFT THE THEATRE WITH A FEELING OF PEACE AND CLOSENESS TO MY SON. I WAS AMAZED AT THE EFFECT AI HAD ON ME. AI IS FOR THE EMOTIONAL MOVIEGOER AND THE ONE WHO IS NOT AFRAID TO OPEN THEIR HEART. THIS IS MY FAVORITE MOVIE OF ALL TIME AND I AM COUNTING THE DAYS UNTIL I CAN BUY THE DVD. I WILL CHERISH IT AS I TRULY CHERISH THE THEATRE EXPERIENCE.
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Summary: Wow! Thoughtful, Wonderful
Review: When I first saw the A.I. trailer on television, I didn't think it would be my type of movie. Science Fiction?? Robots?? I've never liked either. However, I do like Steven Spielberg and Haley Joel Osment, so when my friend asked me if I'd like to go to see a movie, I recommended we see this one. It is about a robot boy named David who is programmed to love. David is taken in by Henry and Monica Swinton, whose real son is in a coma and not expected to live. Miraculously, their son awakens from the coma and rejoins the family. After the occurrence of a few events that really are harmless but seem to the parents as if David was dangerous, David is abandoned to fend for himself. The robot is desperate for the love of his "mother," and thinking that Monica would love him if he was a real boy, he sets out on a mission to find the Blue Fairy (from the Pinocchio story). He joins up with Gigolo Joe, a -ahem- different type of lover robot and sets out on his journey that will expose him to the darker side of future human society. I loved it this movie. It was not only entertaining, but also made you think. Watching the movie made me ask myself some questions that I had never thought of before. What makes us human? Is a world like this possible? This movie presents both in a thoughtful way. I cried during the more sensitive scenes in the movie and was embarrassed because the friend I saw the movie with was very emotionally stalwart. When I looked over at her, I was surprised to see her crying too. This movie presents raw emotion in a noncomplex way that really gets at you. The acting is fabulous and heartrending and particular scenes will stay with you for a very long time. In the end, I found it ironic that Monica could be re-created out of one strand of hair--in the beginning of the movie, she said something like: "In the inside, he's just like all the others. But on the outside..." and Henry responded with: "Yes...100 yards of material, like all the others." when all it took to make Monica was one microscopic strand of DNA. Speaking of that, is the re-created Monica real? Aren't humans more than just DNA--are our personalities made of something more? As I watched, it occurred to me that maybe her appearance could be re-created, but she could have acted the way she did because David wanted her to.
--Just something to chew on for all you people who've already seen it... This movie touched me in a way that only a few other movies and books ever have. It made me think, it made me cry, and, most importantly, it made me FEEL. I recommend this movie wholeheartedly.
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Summary: When All is Said and Done, We've Learned Nothing
Review: In my book, A.I. was a huge disappointment. Not to say that I don't recommend it, because it is a very interesting film. But when the only message you take away from the film is that "People Are Bad, Mean, and Selfish," how uplifting are you going to feel after you watch it. Many claim that the film teachs us about the dangers of technology, and if we make it too realistic, if we program machines to love us, can we love them back? The anwser the film gives is no, but you're asking the wrong question. Haley Joel Osment's David was programed to love Monica, so when Monica decided she didn't want to love him anymore, David HAD to keep loving her. He didn't have a choice in the matter, because that was his programing. He never felt what it was like to be a human, because he could do nothing but try to find Monica. It's not about the robot's love, because he never really loved her. He was TOLD to love her. Everything else in A.I. revolves around this, but if we're suppose to care about David the robot, why couldn't David had actually cared about Monica. Finding her was only to complete a task in his programming, and would not actually give him any emotional pleasure. David was emotionally disconnected from Monica, and I was emotionally disconnected from this film.
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Summary: Hearbreaking and Loveable
Review: this movie has made it to the top of my list. Haley Joel Osment is an extremely talented actor. He beautifully portrays the love that a child can posses. Jude Law is a nice comedic touch. The effects that were used to make him look like a robot were magnificant. Truly a masterpiece!
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Summary: Just My Thoughts
Review: I won't go into detail about this Pinocchioesque storyline, as other people here have already done that. It was truly amazing. The visuals are spectacular. The only place the movie fails is in the last half hour. After an incredibly interesting and heartfelt ride, I found the ending not only somewhat boring, but confusing unless you pay very careful attention. Even with that criticism, I still recommend it. Just don't expect a big payoff at the end.
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Summary: Additions to Robert Sercombe's Review
Review: I've read the review and what I wanted to write about this movie he already did. I have just small additions. As a movie score fan, I want to talk about John Williams's score.
I bought the score before seeing the movie so I knew the music for every scene. When I first went to the theater, it was quite amazing journey for me with knowing the music, but without knowing the scenes. The theme written for Monica is outstanding even for Williams. But that was not enough for Williams, in the dark future with ice covering all the world, he wrote such a music which actually make me freeze like the ice and the smooth tranisition from that cold music to Monica's theme at the final is perfect. If you liked this movie and can see cinema as a dance of motion and sound, listen to the music somehow and watch the movie afterwards again.
I want to talk about the script also. The only "weak" part of the script was when David threw himself in the ocean and by "luck" saw the blue fairy deep down. It was too fast, maybe some additional scenes would smoothen the transition of the storyline. And it was needed since the story changed it's mood to a "tale" in that scene. I'm not complaining about it because it started like that in the beginning of the movie with a narration but the narrator didn't show up until that scene again, I would say that second act was too short, maybe a 3 hour movie would be better.
Anyway, except that part, there's nothing which was not enough for me, I always loved Spielberg's storytelling and everything about the movie was almost perfect. And like Robert Sercombe wrote, there's more than meets the eye in the movie. Did you check the website of the movie and talked with the A.I. in the website? You should since it's one of the most successful bots written so far and for the ones which can't understand what the movie says about "Artificial Intelligence - Human difference" or better explained as "Artificial Intelligence - Human resemblance", talk to the "bot" and notice that it isn't so much different than talking to a person, and it's only the year 2002 yet. The movie was I think trying to show the part we can't understand about the concept of "feelings". But afterall, aren't emotions also some kind of a program code written in the language of logic? They are just more complex than first order logic so we simply reject that a robot can "feel". The scene where David talks to the blue fairy is one of its kind I think since he was programmed to chase his feelings to love and he does it for 2000 years which certainly humans would do if they could live so long.
I really can't write everything I think about the movie here since it would be too long and too hard to put together in such a complex story which looks so simple.
So as Robert Sercombe I suggest you to watch the movie again and again and try to understand what you didn't so far without prejudices.
I personally will buy the DVD and watch it 15 times at least since these kind of movie can't be understood in the first few times.
Also a personal notice: Spielberg is the best :)
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Summary: People either loved or despised this movie. I loved it!
Review: The best movie i've ever seen. I saw it with my mom and at the end of the movie, I, all teary eyed, gave her a hug. Its all about wanting to be loved. That's all David wanted from Monica, and because he was not organic, that love was not true. This movie tells the story of the first robot programmed to love humans, but do the humans owe him love back? If you think about it, we are all robots. Robots have circuitry and power and all that stuff. Humans have vessels, our brain is like a computer, our heart is our power source. Just because we are not made of metal, doesn't that make us robots of some sort? Does that make sense? Think about it... People, see this movie. I would rent it though because I know some of you will cherish this movie and some of you will despise it. It all depends on what kind of person you are. Mature people will like it, immature people will not. Plainly said. (pack lots of tissue)
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Summary: An very emotional touching Sci-Fi Drama.
Review: A robot boy (Haley Joel Osment in a touching performance, which he should have be Nominated for his Performance) wants to be a real boy. He`s program to love but his love turns real, when he meets his adapted mother (Francis O`Connor), who really loves her as a mother. When the mother cannot takes it, she adandon the robot child and he has to face, a world, he has never seen before. Once he meets a robot like him named Gigolo Joe (Jude Law). Him and the Robot Child named David, along with his talking robotic doll bear named Teddy (Voiced by Jack Angel). His journey being for seaching the miracle of wanting to be a Real-Life boy. This film is Part Drama/Part Science-Fiction. Originally, it was supposed to be Produced or Directed by Stanley Kubrick (A Clockwork Orange, The Shining, Eyes Wide Shut) has died finishing his last film. Written and Directed by Steven Spielberg (Catch Me If You Can, Empire of the Sun, Jurassic Park) his best work since Schindler`s List. His most touching and emotional film to date. DVD has an Sharp anamorphic Widescreen (1.85:1) transfer (Also in Pan & Scan in another DVD Edition) and an wonderful Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround Sound (Also in DTS 5.1 Surround Sound). The DVD is Packed with Extras including-Documentary, Interviews, Traliers, Production Notes and More. This film has great Visual Effects by Industrial Light & Magic (ILM), They are Nominated for an Oscar. Great Puppeteer Work by Stan Winston and His Animatronic & Make-Up Effects Team and Great striking score by John Williams (Star Wars, Superman), also Oscar Nominated for his Score. There's an excellent cinematography by Janusz Kaminski (Lost Souls), who should've been Nominated for an Oscar also. This is an instant classic. Grade:A+.
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Summary: Postmodern Pinocchio
Review: At one moment--hopefully VERY far in the future--the human race will cease to exist. Whether we survive long enough to evolve into something even more adaptive than homo sapiens is something this present generation cannot answer. But only human beings (as far as we know) can create machines that extend our capacities to "compute" information, and if we create machines that can feel pain--further, a machine with the capacity/drive to yearn to be more than it has been "programmed" to be--we will have created artificial life. This movie ultimately asks: can we, should we, create machines to carry on the memory or "spirit" of the human race? The race of robots at the film's end, I conjecture, are machines which were created by human beings to evolve themselves, but no longer have a living memory their own origins. They find David, and through the granting of his simple wish at the film's end there is an interface between the most basic human emotion and the pinnacle of human creation. Thus the "spirit" of humanity can become immortal, through its own genius? I don't know if this is the intended message (it's ambiguous yet uplifting like 2001), but this movie is fantastic in just about every way. The acting, art direction, music and visual quotes from Kubrick's earlier films all make it an emotionally rich and intellectually stimulating film. Forget the "what-if-Kubrick-had made-it" comparisons and enjoy a postmodern fairy tale that simultaneously asks serious questions about human destiny.
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