A.I. (long)

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Saw it last nite. Spielberg did an impressive job copying the minimal and austere style of Kubrick. This stark and minimal feeling was very effective with the storyline. Even the humans seemed to be stiff and cold like the robots. Some might just call that bad direction, but the tone played right to me. Everyone feels alienated and lacks communication skills because they interact with unfeeling machines all the time. Osmet was outstanding. I've never seen a child actor do such solid and natural work. I think he might be a shoe in for the best actor oscar . . . William Hurt always seems so pious and aloof as an actor so the fact that he played the pious and aloof inventor of the robot was an excellent casting choice. I'm surprised he took the role. Robin Williams as the voice of Dr. Know was too noticable. Jude Law was amusing and was important as a vehicle to move the story. Good choice of using mainly unrecognizable actors for the other major roles, a very Kubrickian thing to do. 4 stars for the acting.

Man, what a thought provoking story. It brings up a lot of very hard questions. I can't stop thinking about al the implications of the ethics of putting feelings in machines. This was the movie's strength. I give it 5 stars for that.

The production design and artistry was impeccable. The distant, yet still recognizable future smacked of Syd Mead's futurist paintings. The submerged Manhattan scenes and aliens (robots?) were completely riveting. I thought the clothes were too much like todays clothes, but that was my only fault. 5 stars for the look of the film.

The story was so fascinating in regards to the philosophical implications as I mentioned earlier that Spielbergs heavyhanded handling of the Pinoccio aspects of the story kinda ruined it for me. Unfortunately, Spielberg always opts for the sentimental and saccarine and the last 20 minutes of this movie is no exception. This movie didn't deserve to end as a tear jerker! 2 Stars for Spielberg not pushing himself emotionally nearly as much as he did technically.

4 Stars overall, I thoroughly enjoyed it, but it WILL not appeal to people that thought movies like Unbreakable, Castaway or Contact were boring. Lots of internal stuff going on here.

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Topic - A.I. (long) - Troy 14:46:18 07/04/01 (13)

Excuse me? Where's the mystery? - mhamilton 16:13:45 07/06/01 (2)

Re: John Hurt said it - Randy Bey 08:44:24 07/11/01 (0)

Re: Excuse me? Where's the mystery? - geoffkait 09:55:36 07/07/01 (0)

2 good hours- 1 very bad half hour - tunenut 13:38:07 07/06/01 (1)

Re: 2 good hours- 1 very bad half hour - ahmadahmadi 16:36:31 07/07/01 (0)

Re: Aliens/Robots - geoffkait 16:45:59 07/04/01 (7)

Re: Aliens/Robots - efhjr 15:42:13 07/05/01 (6)

Self replicating robots - Troy 20:40:32 07/05/01 (3)

Re: Self replicating robots - Pam 10:58:49 07/07/01 (2)

Re: Self replicating robots - geoffkait 06:33:35 07/08/01 (1)

Re: Self replicating robots - Pam 17:44:51 07/08/01 (0)

VGER. - TAFKA Steve 17:52:00 07/05/01 (1)

evolution - TPBrown 00:32:32 07/06/01 (0)

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