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Summary: Fantastic Movie
Review: Well, I want to thank all the people who work with this movie. Actullay it is from the best movies I ever saw. The Actors were really good and they put the Movie Good Shape especially that we miss like this story which have Action, Drama, and Passion in it. I want also to thanks the Director Mr. Steven. Well, I want to say to him Excellent Job and I wish you all the Best in your Job. My recommendation is to see the Movie and feel the Passion inside it. Thanks
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Summary: Wish Kubrick had lived to make this film
Review: Spielberg can't help himself from self-homage to ET, Jaws, etc.This could have been a great movie. The story should have followed the original author's line. "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" is worth reading, and Brian Wilson Aldiss worked on the adaptation from novella to screenplay, but his story push aside as "not Hollywood enough..." The music in the film is beautiful, however.
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Summary: Wow, what a shocking dissapointment-
Review: For those of you who remember the hype of this film ,and it's relatively short run in theatres may have wondered why that was. No doubt any reviewer who wanted to work again wasn't about to slam a movie by the Spielberg / Kubrick juggernaut. A.I. is a pretentious overblown incredible letdown, that two accomplished film makers unfortunately wasted years pondering the completion of. One would think if you combined the technical genius of Spielberg, and the eccentricities of Kubrick, you would come up with a film with twice the impact. Wrong. What starts out interestingly enough with scenes of a futuristic utopia, quickly turns into a long winded waste of three hours of your life. Osment as the young boy holds his own in most scenes, but by the time the movie hits the two hour mark you just don't care what happens to ANY of these people. By the time Robin Williams makes another cliche'd overacting apperanace, and they throw in Chris Rock "just because he was availible" you know there's trouble. This would have made a perfect hour long "Amazing Stories" (for those of you who can't rmember it was Spielberg's Sunday night family show). Unfortunately for Kubrick, having "Eyes Wide Shut" and "A.I" as his last two creations is a sad ending to a creative life.
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Summary: Breathtaking
Review: First and foremost, don't listen to any critic's opinion, or the opinion of any disgruntled friend that might have stumbled upon the film. This is a "love it or hate it" film, with little room for middleground, and you will not know where you stand until you see it for yourself. Do not judge it without viewing it. That said, A.I. is a visually spectacular, emotionally moving, and mentally arousing tale about the quest of a little, unloved robot boy programmed to love the programmer. When David is shunned by the world he was born into, he embarks in a journey of great physical, emotional, and temporal expanse to find the only thing he was ever programmed to want. While the story itself is entirley original, in essence it is a futuristic portrayal of the fairy tale Pinocchio, complete with the mysterious blue fairy. Plot aside, the movie is expertly crafted in the hands of Spielberg and his actors. Spielberg seamlessly meshes futuristic sci-fi style with fairy tale sentimentality to create a visually rich and captivating future that deserves nothing but the most earnest praise. The actors bring this world to life brilliantly, most especially Haley Joel Osment in the role of David. The weight that this role carries is astounding, something I wouldn't entrust to some of the most skilled adult actors. Yet Haley is without a doubt one of the most talented actors to grace the scene, age be damned, and he gives the role the infinite, nearly impossible justice it deserves. Rock on Hailey, rock on. Like many viewers, I watched the last half hour through a filter of tears despite my noble efforts to restrain an emotional outburst. The last 30 minutse are so angering, heartbreaking, and beautiful, and the characters so real, that it's difficult not to feel for them. The entire movie is one emotional rollercoaster, at times terrifying, beautiful, humorous, and haunting. Certain scenes will stick with you for life. Never before has a movie inspired so many questions about the nature of humanity, love, and reality in my mind - it had me pondering for weeks. What responsibility DO we hold to the things we create? This question, while intriguing, also serves as a subtle warning. A.I. is so epic in scope, so deep with meaning, and so rich in talent that it merits saying that anyone who dislikes this movie has failed, truly, to understand it.
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Summary: AI
Review: This movie had totally awesome special effects as well as a fairly good movie plot.... the movie may not fulfill some expectations for blood and guts... but it was very, very emotionally satisfying. I do think there are a great many scenes that are not at all appropriate for children... but still, it was a very good movie - the ending was superb!
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Summary: Amazing. Intelligent.
Review: A.I. is truly one of the most moving pieces of film I've had the extreme pleasure to experience. A complex drama with equal parts science fiction and fairy tale, this movie is not for everyone. Although the main character is an 11 year old boy, children under pre-teen age probably should not see it unless they are quite mature and can determine fantasy from reality, so, parents, please don't mistake this for a "kid's movie". Folks with short attention spans avidly interested in mass produced Hollywood rubbish with transparent plots also should avoid it at all costs. One of the darker movies I've seen, it is simultaneously heart-warming with scenes so memorable (a mixture of both fantastic and horrific) that, after seeing the movie only once in the theatre, I still have images of it etched into my mind to this day...images I doubt will fade with time. The score is fluid and breathtaking - perfect for the context of the film, and the acting is stupendous. Although Kubrick sadly could not complete his vision, Spielberg has done wonders with his screenplay and has made it his own without candy-coating it and overshadowing Kubrick's original ideas, as I initially feared. He wrote and directed this masterpiece with industry prowess and obvious respect for a late genius' wishes, having added his own superb touch of warmth and sentimentality that Kubrick would have struggled with, would he have been the sole screenwriter and director of this project. The result is an ingenious collaboration from two very different yet very appropriate sources. I highly recommend this movie to anyone who is interested in sublime story telling and intoxicating visuals. Be warned, however, that the movie is lengthy, although it doesn't seem that way, so be sure to have saved up enough energy and focus to make it through 145 saturated minutes. You won't want to miss a single line of dialogue or stunning visual effect.
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Summary: Starting over?
Review: Basically, the privileged and powerful group responsible for most studio films have shown no inclination to explore the great problems of our day, including, unsurprisingly, the vast social divide which forms the basis of its wealth and privileges. The individuals who make up this group are generally satisfied with the status quo. Steven Spielberg's film graphically illustrates this. We are meant to imagine a world upon which a general ecological crisis had a devastating impact, causing the deaths of millions. Since the film does not refer to them, presumably these events had no far-reaching political consequences. Masses of people died apparently sharing the viewpoint of the filmmakers that such a catastrophe was an "inevitable" phenomenon given a society addicted to over-consumption. While implicitly indicting humanity for living beyond its means, the film's introduction raises no questions about the organization of social relations. Indeed the first scene takes place at the headquarters of Cybertronics, a private firm that manufactures robots. A global holocaust has happened, but corporate America has escaped unscathed. It's the philistine's view: "The world without American corporations? - NO!" In this framework, A.I. becomes a very limited film. A scientist at Cybertronics reveals an ambitious project: to produce a robot capable of love. Can it be loved in return? The film pretends to work out of this question. The claim has been made that A.I. sheds light on what it is "to be human." But it should be said that the film sheds light on the conception held by Spielberg and Kubrick. Naturally, the humans we encounter in the film leave a bad impression: Misanthropy came easy to Stanley Kubrick. A.I. envisions a corrupt and fallen world whose salvation lies in simply "starting over". It's all muddled garbage and Spielberg goes right along with it. However, one has to point to the absurdity of Spielberg, one of the most wealthy individuals in an industry of wealthy individuals, chastising the world's population for living beyond its means. When the emotional tripe is set aside, A.I. is a story about an individual who manages, against a backdrop of devastation, to cultivate his "uniqueness" while most others are losing their reality. By the end, the film is monsterous: "let my individuality flower, though the world perish!" The fact that the "individual" in question is a collection of wires only underscores the contempt the film demonstrates for humanity.
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Summary: I gave a star since the effects looked good.
Review: This is a weird film. I think we were all expecting a Speilburg film, when this is really, in fact, a Kubrik film. So think 2001, or "Clockwork Orange" or "Dr. Strangelove." Another part of this film, is that the idea has been so, so, so overdone recently--the idea avbout a robot becoming human. Besides the obvious Pinnochio allusions, you have every episode with Lt. Cmdr. Data on Star Trek. What do you think the emotion chip was all about? This Data thing is only a reworking of the Mr. Spock thing. Then you have Bicentennial Man, which is just a 2 1/2 hour version of this same theme. So really, what was the point of this movie, unless you can come up with soemthing new? That was the problem--the idea was overdone.
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Summary: Amazing film
Review: It is discouraging and not understandable how anybody could not like this movie. People are saying that is was the worst movie they've ever seen, Spielberg at his worst, blah blah blah. Did we see the same movie???? I found this film to be emotionally wrenching, touching, and the story incredibly unique. Although it does have similarities to "Bicentennial Man", the whole gist of the movie was different and the moods were opposite. Although A.I. is slightly depressing and saddening, that is what I loved about it, the emotional reality of it. I was appalled to read reviews where people state that there was no emotion, it was slow-paced and boring. Get your head out of the sand, people! This was not meant to be an Indiana Jones flick! It requires much emotional and mental maturity to comprehend the deeper meaning and depth of this film and I guess some people just could not enjoy because they weren't ready for it. But I did enjoy it and I think Haley Joel Osment seems to get better with every film he's in. See this movie if you can really sit and think about a movie instead of just taking the pictures on the screen in with no thought.
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Summary: Brilliant
Review: I'm not a Spielberg fan. I find most of his technique stolen from better directors. A.I., however, is well worth seeing, if you can forget about your notions and expectations and simply let the movie unfold. This is Stanley Kubrick as filtered through Spielberg, and very diluted, but it still manages to work, often in spite of Spielberg (the fact that Kubrick would have made a far superior film is utterly moot). I was spellbound as David (Haley Joel Osment) faded away, pleading to the sadly lifeless blue fairy statue. I don't remember ever feeling such sympathy for an on-screen character, and what happened next was pure Kubrick, very reminiscent of 2001. Kubrick had planned to use an actual robot for David. He knew that the movie would probably take a long time to film (Kubrick's well known for that), and a child actor would age too much during production. Spielberg was able to crank out principal shooting much faster than Kubrick would have done. In the end, this isn't what many of us hoped for, but the film that emerges is a rich, entertaining and moving meditation on what makes us human. Thumbs very much up. Now, where's the DVD?
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