AI: Artificial Intelligence

[HejiraHenry]

Watched most of it tonight on TNT.

One of those movies I went to see at the theater when it came out and it's stuck with me.

I know it would have been a very different kind of story if Kubrick had gotten to do it instead of Spielberg, but I think even he felt the need to throw in some Kubrick touches here and there.

I know there's a thread of Pinocchio in there, the movie makes that ham-handedly clear near the end, but it occurs to me that it's also seems to be a sort of Oedipal shaggy dog story ... the little boy who finally gets to sleep with his mother.

Thoughts from others not preoccuped with reading Harry Potter tonight?

 

[Norrin Radd]

Also re-watching it right now for the first time in years.

Interminably long, had some very interesting elements, and some very good ideas. After the flooded NY climax with William Hurt, it should have ended (mercifully) with him praying to the Blue Fairy, his quest thus having both failed and succeeded. But instead Spielberg had to tack on a pretty , tie-it-up-with-a-nice-bow ending, in which the mother is a lot nicer to him than ever, and never asks about her family. Like they just created a perfect, happy mommy for him. I understand Kubrick had a similar ending in mind, but its flaws are clear in the fact a narrator shows up out of nowhere and explains to us everything that is happening.

And if I'm not mistaken, Mr. Osment has done very little since. At times his performance was every bit as bad as Jake Lloyd in The Phantom Menace. Except Osment was over the top.

Sorry. Just had high expectations for this movie, and feel that it missed the mark.

 

[king cranium maximus IV]

that's how i felt the first couple of times i watched AI. but then i started to think- is that happy ending really happy?

 

[Mizzougrad96]

I had forgotten about that movie probably because it was so dreadful to watch in the theaters...

 

[Ace]

I had forgotten about that movie probably because it was so dreadful to watch in the theaters...

Dreadful and uncomfortable.

 

[slappy4428]

I had forgotten about that movie probably because it was so dreadful to watch in the theaters...

Dreadful and uncomfortable.

Vot your back on that one.. only saw it once and its been forever, but I seem to remember once scene about water or ice that took f-o-r-e-v-e-r..

 

[Mizzougrad96]

That movie just flat-out sucked...

 

[cougargirl]

The movie had ethical and moral levels to it, and was an interesting commentary on cloning, discrimination and family values. As far as the ending goes, I explained it to the future Mr. Cougs as "a very sad movie."

The story, however, would make a very good book.

 

[KYSportsWriter]

Watched it for the first time in a couple years when it was on last weekend. Never saw it in the theaters, but I thought it was a good movie.

 

[tyler durden 71351]

I liked the movie a lot. The bit at the end with David spending the perfect day with his Mommy turned me into a blubbering mess.

 

[HejiraHenry]

Though the question that lingers (among several) is -- was that a happy ending?

 

[Clever username]

I've seen it once and found it, I don't know, offputting. I had more sympathy for the robots than I did for any of the human characters.

 

[HejiraHenry]

I've seen it once and found it, I don't know, offputting. I had more sympathy for the robots than I did for any of the human characters.

that's how you know it was a kubrick project.

 

[CentralIllinoisan]

Interminably long, had some very interesting elements, and some very good ideas. After the flooded NY climax with William Hurt, it should have ended (mercifully) with him praying to the Blue Fairy, his quest thus having both failed and succeeded. But instead Spielberg had to tack on a pretty , tie-it-up-with-a-nice-bow ending, in which the mother is a lot nicer to him than ever, and never asks about her family. Like they just created a perfect, happy mommy for him. I understand Kubrick had a similar ending in mind, but its flaws are clear in the fact a narrator shows up out of nowhere and explains to us everything that is happening.

You took my post. I agree 100 percent. Ending the movie on the Blue Fairy would have been perfect.

 

[Write-brained]

It was too long and a bit hoky in parts but that movie has stuck with me ever since I saw it. The ending was sloppy but thought-provoking at the same time just because it's such a bizarre look at the future. I certainly didn't consider it happy.

 

[BYH]

I think the kid was whacked by the guy in the Members Only jacket.

 

[crusoes]

Though the question that lingers (among several) is -- was that a happy ending?

Absolutely not. It was a long movie, but it was, I thought, quite good.

 

[Diabeetus]

I still haven't really decided on what I thought about it, but after the movie, my friends and I were discussing/debating all sorts of ethical issues. If nothing else, it was very thought provoking.

 

[mediaguy]

if you make it around to the end, you can see the world trade centers in the future manhattan -- movie came out just a few months before 9/11, as i recall. the first spider-man movie was same way ...