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Just watched this on DVD.
And...well...I didn't dislike it but neither did I enjoy massively.
It just had the usual stamp of Spielberg saccharine to it that didnt sit well with the themes of the movie.
And some inconsistencies that bothered me.
The main one was the location of the computer company that made David.
At the start, the mum is taking him back there to be destroyed and has a change of heart.
Yet when David goes there himself, he goes to the flooded Manhattan?
I couldn't detect Kubrick too heavily in this.
Kubrick is noted for being impersonal and detached from people and emotions, very cold characters and emotions that can cause problems getting into a movie.
Yet this one, yet again from Spielberg, had the easy manipulation and the score by John Williams to tell you exactly when to be sad/happy/wonderous etc.
Just at odds with what I imagine Kubrick would have done with it.
And the other main problem I had with the film:
The ending.
It felt like it should have stopped with David at the statue, hoping and praying for ever to be made real.
That would have been closer in tone to Kubrick, and left it with more impact.
But then you get that cringing 3rd act with the aliens/super-mechas bringing mommy back to life for just one day to fulfill his dreams.
Hmmmm...way to pour sugar on the movie Steven. I bet Kubrick was just hoping that his movie would end with the audience sniffing back tears as the music swells and all is well again with the world.
There were some interesting moments that could have been explored further, but were just left there hanging with no real resolution to it:
When David comes across the other David in the office.
He goes mental and smashes it to bits.
We're supposed to indentify and care for this robot, yet he flips his sockets and destroys?
Ummm...I don't want to empathise with a maniac robot thanks.
Jude Law.
I just cannot watch this guy in a movie, he annoys the living christ out of me. So insincere and phony, it feels like every time he blunders into a movie I hear "Hello, I am Jude Law and I am action well aren't I?".
But that's my problem with Law, not a fault with the movie so there you go.
Like I said, I don't dislike AI, it just didnt really do anything for me either.
It came off as a mix of ET and D.A.R.R.Y.L.
And...well...I didn't dislike it but neither did I enjoy massively.
It just had the usual stamp of Spielberg saccharine to it that didnt sit well with the themes of the movie.
And some inconsistencies that bothered me.
The main one was the location of the computer company that made David.
At the start, the mum is taking him back there to be destroyed and has a change of heart.
Yet when David goes there himself, he goes to the flooded Manhattan?
I couldn't detect Kubrick too heavily in this.
Kubrick is noted for being impersonal and detached from people and emotions, very cold characters and emotions that can cause problems getting into a movie.
Yet this one, yet again from Spielberg, had the easy manipulation and the score by John Williams to tell you exactly when to be sad/happy/wonderous etc.
Just at odds with what I imagine Kubrick would have done with it.
And the other main problem I had with the film:
The ending.
It felt like it should have stopped with David at the statue, hoping and praying for ever to be made real.
That would have been closer in tone to Kubrick, and left it with more impact.
But then you get that cringing 3rd act with the aliens/super-mechas bringing mommy back to life for just one day to fulfill his dreams.
Hmmmm...way to pour sugar on the movie Steven. I bet Kubrick was just hoping that his movie would end with the audience sniffing back tears as the music swells and all is well again with the world.
There were some interesting moments that could have been explored further, but were just left there hanging with no real resolution to it:
When David comes across the other David in the office.
He goes mental and smashes it to bits.
We're supposed to indentify and care for this robot, yet he flips his sockets and destroys?
Ummm...I don't want to empathise with a maniac robot thanks.
Jude Law.
I just cannot watch this guy in a movie, he annoys the living christ out of me. So insincere and phony, it feels like every time he blunders into a movie I hear "Hello, I am Jude Law and I am action well aren't I?".
But that's my problem with Law, not a fault with the movie so there you go.
Like I said, I don't dislike AI, it just didnt really do anything for me either.
It came off as a mix of ET and D.A.R.R.Y.L.
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Love, Honour & Obey.
So just f####ng shiny and oozy in that.
And Operation Good Guys.
And Talented Mr Ripley.
He's just too smug for my liking, he's like Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins.
I can imagine him being a real helmet at school, smarmingly saying "I've done *my* homework 2 days early"
He just angers me
So just f####ng shiny and oozy in that.
And Operation Good Guys.
And Talented Mr Ripley.
He's just too smug for my liking, he's like Billy Corgan from the Smashing Pumpkins.
I can imagine him being a real helmet at school, smarmingly saying "I've done *my* homework 2 days early"
He just angers me
So where does your problem with Jude Law stem from?
I thought he was alright in eXistenZ and Gattaca, but don't remember seeing him in much else.
I thought he was alright in eXistenZ and Gattaca, but don't remember seeing him in much else.
I forgot about that!
What a terrible, terrible film that was.
Much like AI
What a terrible, terrible film that was.
Much like AI
Goatboy wrote:
> You geek.
:-)
DARYL was the first ever movie I saw on VCR. He could drive, because he had played Outrun, or something.
> You geek.
:-)
DARYL was the first ever movie I saw on VCR. He could drive, because he had played Outrun, or something.
You geek.
Actually, I read an interview with Michael Caine recently, and he reckons that's his secret when it comes to playing a bad guy - not blinking.
I thought it was only one 'R' in D.A.R.Y.L
Data
Analyse
Robot
Youth
Lifeform
Please correct me if I'm wrong!
I thought it was only one 'R' in D.A.R.Y.L
Data
Analyse
Robot
Youth
Lifeform
Please correct me if I'm wrong!
The kid was excellent granted.
And it was alright, but the ending just ruined it as you said and I just felt like Kubrick would have not put it in such saccharine terms so frequently.
The extras are quite cool, that kid saying that, if you watch, he never blinked once throughout the whole film.
And it's true.
But then Michael Caine does that as well
And it was alright, but the ending just ruined it as you said and I just felt like Kubrick would have not put it in such saccharine terms so frequently.
The extras are quite cool, that kid saying that, if you watch, he never blinked once throughout the whole film.
And it's true.
But then Michael Caine does that as well
Movie=good, Kid=great, Ending=poop
A.I = Bollix.
I hated this film completely. I walked out of it halfway through, so I can't comment on the ending, but what I did see was crap.
I don't really like Spielburg since Jaws, and I've never liked Kubrick at all. So I wasn't hoping for much.
And I was still disappointed.
I hated this film completely. I walked out of it halfway through, so I can't comment on the ending, but what I did see was crap.
I don't really like Spielburg since Jaws, and I've never liked Kubrick at all. So I wasn't hoping for much.
And I was still disappointed.
Just watched this on DVD.
And...well...I didn't dislike it but neither did I enjoy massively.
It just had the usual stamp of Spielberg saccharine to it that didnt sit well with the themes of the movie.
And some inconsistencies that bothered me.
The main one was the location of the computer company that made David.
At the start, the mum is taking him back there to be destroyed and has a change of heart.
Yet when David goes there himself, he goes to the flooded Manhattan?
I couldn't detect Kubrick too heavily in this.
Kubrick is noted for being impersonal and detached from people and emotions, very cold characters and emotions that can cause problems getting into a movie.
Yet this one, yet again from Spielberg, had the easy manipulation and the score by John Williams to tell you exactly when to be sad/happy/wonderous etc.
Just at odds with what I imagine Kubrick would have done with it.
And the other main problem I had with the film:
The ending.
It felt like it should have stopped with David at the statue, hoping and praying for ever to be made real.
That would have been closer in tone to Kubrick, and left it with more impact.
But then you get that cringing 3rd act with the aliens/super-mechas bringing mommy back to life for just one day to fulfill his dreams.
Hmmmm...way to pour sugar on the movie Steven. I bet Kubrick was just hoping that his movie would end with the audience sniffing back tears as the music swells and all is well again with the world.
There were some interesting moments that could have been explored further, but were just left there hanging with no real resolution to it:
When David comes across the other David in the office.
He goes mental and smashes it to bits.
We're supposed to indentify and care for this robot, yet he flips his sockets and destroys?
Ummm...I don't want to empathise with a maniac robot thanks.
Jude Law.
I just cannot watch this guy in a movie, he annoys the living christ out of me. So insincere and phony, it feels like every time he blunders into a movie I hear "Hello, I am Jude Law and I am action well aren't I?".
But that's my problem with Law, not a fault with the movie so there you go.
Like I said, I don't dislike AI, it just didnt really do anything for me either.
It came off as a mix of ET and D.A.R.R.Y.L.
And...well...I didn't dislike it but neither did I enjoy massively.
It just had the usual stamp of Spielberg saccharine to it that didnt sit well with the themes of the movie.
And some inconsistencies that bothered me.
The main one was the location of the computer company that made David.
At the start, the mum is taking him back there to be destroyed and has a change of heart.
Yet when David goes there himself, he goes to the flooded Manhattan?
I couldn't detect Kubrick too heavily in this.
Kubrick is noted for being impersonal and detached from people and emotions, very cold characters and emotions that can cause problems getting into a movie.
Yet this one, yet again from Spielberg, had the easy manipulation and the score by John Williams to tell you exactly when to be sad/happy/wonderous etc.
Just at odds with what I imagine Kubrick would have done with it.
And the other main problem I had with the film:
The ending.
It felt like it should have stopped with David at the statue, hoping and praying for ever to be made real.
That would have been closer in tone to Kubrick, and left it with more impact.
But then you get that cringing 3rd act with the aliens/super-mechas bringing mommy back to life for just one day to fulfill his dreams.
Hmmmm...way to pour sugar on the movie Steven. I bet Kubrick was just hoping that his movie would end with the audience sniffing back tears as the music swells and all is well again with the world.
There were some interesting moments that could have been explored further, but were just left there hanging with no real resolution to it:
When David comes across the other David in the office.
He goes mental and smashes it to bits.
We're supposed to indentify and care for this robot, yet he flips his sockets and destroys?
Ummm...I don't want to empathise with a maniac robot thanks.
Jude Law.
I just cannot watch this guy in a movie, he annoys the living christ out of me. So insincere and phony, it feels like every time he blunders into a movie I hear "Hello, I am Jude Law and I am action well aren't I?".
But that's my problem with Law, not a fault with the movie so there you go.
Like I said, I don't dislike AI, it just didnt really do anything for me either.
It came off as a mix of ET and D.A.R.R.Y.L.
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