Sorry, but it wasn't that bad, Shepherd's opinions notwithstanding; how about your's?

Posted by Audiophilander (A) on July 22, 2004 at 10:22:08

In Reply to: Duncan Shepherd on I, Robot -- Hilarious... posted by clarkjohnsen on July 22, 2004 at 07:41:39:

My wife and I saw this film last weekend with few expectations (i.e., having seen the ads and not having been impressed with two of Will Smith's "blockbuster" efforts in recent years, MIB II & Wild Wild West. However, we were pleasingly surprised by this film in spite of it's flaws and failure to faithfully translate one of Asimov's seminal works to the silver screen. In fairness to Proyas, the film did not start out being based on Asimov's I, Robot. He apparently took the project with the condition that he could acquire the rights to Asimov's work because and move the storyline in that direction. Note: The original greenlighted screenplay was titled Hardwired, if I'm not mistaken.

I, Robot as completed makes no bones about being "suggested" by an idea of Isaac Asimov, so there is little to mislead the viewer that it's only loosely based on Asimov's concepts; in fact, I'm surprised that there's as much of Asimov as there is in the film! On it's own, the movie works just fine as popcorn entertainment; I suspect that when I, Robot is released on DVD it will also be an enjoyable to demo for friends. Sure, this film isn't perfect and has a number of cliches associated with the genre, but at least it doesn't have the plot-holes, continuity gaffs and plausibility failings of a terrible film like Minority Report, which was based on a classic SF short story by Phillip K. Dick.

This is just my (informed) opinion, of course; YMMV, ...if you ever see the film for yourself! ;^)

AuPh

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Topic - Duncan Shepherd on I, Robot -- Hilarious... - clarkjohnsen 07:41:39 07/22/04 (12)

Sorry, but it wasn't that bad, Shepherd's opinions notwithstanding; how about your's? - Audiophilander 10:22:08 07/22/04 (9)

Minority Report - great, I, Robot - v. good, MIBII and WWW - horrible.(nt) - mkuller 21:55:18 07/22/04 (7)

Re: Right on! - rico 02:38:46 07/23/04 (0)

With the exception of Minority Report, we're pretty much in agreement. - Audiophilander 22:55:08 07/22/04 (5)

Another way to watch minority report - Bulkington 09:53:40 07/23/04 (4)

Hi Bulkington. Please tell me what you think... - orejones 11:28:16 07/23/04 (1)

Huh - Bulkington 06:59:21 07/26/04 (0)

The whole eyeball thing was over the top and so implausible as to be laughable. - Audiophilander 10:39:54 07/23/04 (1)

Good crits. - Bulkington 13:22:59 07/25/04 (0)

Re: I, too, enjoyed it - rico 12:04:29 07/22/04 (0)

I was tired and slept through the final 15 minutes . . . - albee33 08:22:53 07/22/04 (1)

Wish I could say that about Harry Potter II and LOTR II. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:23:22 07/22/04 (0)

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Sorry, but it wasn't that bad, Shepherd's opinions notwithstanding; how about your's? - Audiophilander 10:22:08 07/22/04 (9)

Minority Report - great, I, Robot - v. good, MIBII and WWW - horrible.(nt) - mkuller 21:55:18 07/22/04 (7)

Re: Right on! - rico 02:38:46 07/23/04 (0)

With the exception of Minority Report, we're pretty much in agreement. - Audiophilander 22:55:08 07/22/04 (5)

Another way to watch minority report - Bulkington 09:53:40 07/23/04 (4)

Hi Bulkington. Please tell me what you think... - orejones 11:28:16 07/23/04 (1)

Huh - Bulkington 06:59:21 07/26/04 (0)

The whole eyeball thing was over the top and so implausible as to be laughable. - Audiophilander 10:39:54 07/23/04 (1)

Good crits. - Bulkington 13:22:59 07/25/04 (0)

Re: I, too, enjoyed it - rico 12:04:29 07/22/04 (0)

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