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Summary: Dissapointed
Review: The ending destroy the movie!
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Summary: Geez.. what a depressing movie!
Review: I couldn't find anything entertaining about the movie. I was traumatized by the cruelty, for one thing, and overwhelmed by the notion of mankind creating a humanlike machine programmed to love unconditionally. Holy cow. And the ending - that one will rattle around in my head a while. Someone ought to warn families bringing kids into this movie that this is NOT going to be another E.T.
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Summary: Irony (Spoilers)
Review: It's funny how many people dislike the "second ending" to A.I. This ending is for all intents and purposes the most important part of the movie. The caregivers and the masters are advanced mechas... Humans are ancient history, and yet it is there legacy which knows so little about them.
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Summary: Ignore the Director(s) and Think About the Film!
Review: While A.I. is undoubtedly a collaborative effort between Stanley Kubrick and Steven Spielberg, the temptation to pick apart the film and analyze individual scenes or segments as being either Kubrick-influenced or Spielberg-influenced is, in my humble opinion, best avoided. Undoubtedly and indisputably, the concept for the cinematic version of A.I. is Kubrick's. However, the ability to appreciate the film as it is presented on the screen provides an enriching and rewarding exploration of the human condition that is both enlightening and disturbing.In Monica, we see a human being who is able to put aside her initial aversion to a robotic son that is capable of love in the hope of compensating for a biological son she believes she has lost. Nonetheless, when her biological son is miraculously cured, we see that she virtually ignores the robot that has been hard-wired to love her until the end and favors her natural son. Yet, when faced with the option of destroying her robotic son David, she chooses, instead, the more ?humane? option of letting him go to fend for himself. And what of David - the robotic son? Is his quest to become a 'real boy' in order to be accepted and loved by Monica not indicative of the quest that most of humanity faces - namely an endeavor to be more than we thought we could be in the hope of being accepted. David searches hopefully but fruitlessly... yet, isn't the quest itself worth the effort? I could go on and on, but my point is that there is a lot to consider in Artificial Intelligence. At the bare minimum, it will provide you with a far more thought-provoking experience than the rest of the Hollywood rift-raft being released. At the best, if you can forget the influence of the director(s), you will be able to see an excellent representation of the trials and tribulations facing humanity.
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Summary: weak plot, long. sexual undertones
Review: poorly knitted together, lots of weak plot lines, weird sexual chemistry between the boy and the "mom" -- I think this movie was supposed to teach us some big life lessons, but it falls flat
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Summary: Too Long, Too Depressing, Too Vague.
Review: 'A.I.' was a good movie except that it's violent, depressing, the ending doesn't satisfy. This poorly written, overdone, last half-hour of the movie leaves too many questions: What were those alien/cyborg creatures? Why didn't 'Mommy' wonder what happened Henry and Martin? What finally happened to David? And what about poor Teddy? If you want my advice hold on to your money and go hire 'Bicentennial Man' instead.
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Summary: A.I. The Masterpiece
Review: Artificial Intelligence. Is it a threat to humanity? A gift? A dream? Just another reminder of how ignorant, stubborn and closed minded man kind can be? Who knows? I felt A.I. was all of these things while watching the movie, Artificial Intelligence itself that is. Was this Spielberg or Kubrick's intentions? I don't know but that is how I felt and probably many more do/did too. The movie itself I thought to be amazing and a real masterpiece of hard to believe and grand ideas that really make you think long after the movie is over. The ending was even more brilliant, switching the whole perspective of A.I. around so the dreamers and inventors are the ones who are dreamt about and are trying to be invented again and cherished by the very machines that were invented by them (us) and forced them into extinction. I also felt, when watching the movie, that Haley Joel Osment is one of the most talented actors I've ever seen...ever. The Sixth Sense, Pay it Forward now A.I.! He's not just some 'Joeblow' actor looking for a little extra money. When he's acting you see and feel like he's putting everything he's got into it. Really what you see is the character he's playing, to the littlest detail. Even compared to classic actors/actresses or any adult actor or actress, Haley Joel beats most of them in his acting ability and art by far. I can see how some may think A.I. is the craziest and most absurd film they've ever seen but that's the very thing that makes it great. All of the artistic visuals have such beauty and magnificence to it, it just blows you away and the suspense is a killer too. You are mostly on the edge of your seat the whole time...I was. So all in all, I have to say, A.I. Artificial Intelligence is one we're are going to remember for a long time. David will be, forever. ...
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Summary: A Big Disappointment
Review: I saw this with a friend opening weekend and what we both came out of the movie saying was "Train Wreck"! I felt the entire movie really treated the audience as if we couldn't follow a point made a single time. I couldn't stand the constant and obvious references to Pinnochio throughout the film. The thing that really killed the movie for me was the ending. Not just the emotional manipulation of it, but the constant voice-overs. They really frustrated me, and made me start to hate the entire film. Obviously, this film generates strong opinion on either side of the fence, so I will see it again on DVD and I encourage others to see it for themselves, because you may just like it.
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Summary: Fragmented, Crude and Boring
Review: This "movie" consists of three parts. The first part is a well-done (but boring to me) story of a family's struggle to adopt a child robot. This part was OK. The second part, obviously concieved by Kubrick, consists of vulgar scenes (a building in the shape of a woman's rear, various violent ways of deystroying robots, etc) and crude humor. This part was awful in itself, but when combined with the first part, becomes even worse. The last part is an incoherent ending with various elements that make no sense: a power supply that lasts 2000 years, buidlings that stay upright after an ice age, aliens that 'use the space-time continuum to reincarnate people', etc Overall, a waste of time and energy.
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Summary: 3 and a half - not a Kubrick, not the best Spielberg movie!
Review: In reading more about the movie afetr having seen it last weekend, I realized this was actually a Stanley Kubrick project initially, which he could not complete because of his death in 1999. This explains why the movie has two entirely different moods. The first half of the movie is VERY Kubrick, with attention to detail, outstanding acting (indeed Haley Joel Osment's acting continues to be superb throughout the rest of the movie), but past the first half, and actually more towards the end, it seems like a Spielberg movie. I will not ruin the mystery surrounding the movie, but believe me: when you leave the theater what I'm saying will become more apparent. Additionally, at several points throughout the movie, it seemed as if Spielberg (for this I BLAME him) had created a pastiche out several previous movies: some Bladerunner, some Brazil, some Close Encounters, some Mad Max, some Contact -not necessarily in that order. And all of this would seem acceptable, given that all of them were superb movies. The problem is, however, that when the movie is over, you ask yourself: "What on earth did Spielber want to convey here?" In terms of cinematography, as a piece of art, I'd give it a five (it's impeccable), but the script is absolutely weird, and toward the end, becomes actually bad. And since a script is part of the movie as a piece of art, that's where I'm taking off 1.5 stars. Go see it however. Who knows? You might actually love it. But if you think you'll find a Kubrick-like movie, you'll be dissapointed.
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