A.I. Artificial Intelligence
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Philo et cie - Tigidou
Je trouve que ce film se démarque surtout par l'originalité de son scénario très philosophique. La phrase la plus importante du film serait "Si l'Homme devient capable de faire ressentir des sentiments à un robot, l'Homme devient-il redevable envers ce robot?". L'ensemble du film demeure assez accessible à quiconque sera prêt à fournir un peu plus qu'un minimum d'effort.Reasonably interesting - Metricmiler
Reasonably interesting futuristic version of Pinocchio has Steven Spielberg filling in for the late great Stanley Kubrick, whose project this was to be after his final film Eyes Wide Shut. Spielberg’s screenplay (based on the short story “Supertoys Last All Summer Long” by Brian Aldiss, this is the first script he has penned alone since his Academy Award-nominated Close Encounters of the Third Kind) follows the plight of a young robot boy (Haley Joel Osment) created in a not-too-distant future to be a replacement for the child a lonely couple (Frances O’Connor, Sam Robards) have lost to a seemingly never-ending coma. Unfortunately, their real son’s coma does end, and when he comes home there seems to be no room for this artificially created child. He sets off on a journey to find the blue fairy of the aforementioned Italian fairy tale who can turn him into a real boy and gain him the love of his mother; along the way he meets Gigolo Joe (Jude Law, Osment’s fellow Academy Award nominee for Best Supporting Actor in 1999), a pleasure-model android who helps him on his quest. Spielberg’s style of filmmaking is definitely not one to be mistaken for Kubrick’s, and the clash of two cinematic perspectives is quite evident here, but what really keeps the film from achieving its greatness is how much Spielberg tries to emulate his late mentor. A more personal film wouldn’t feel so detached from the story’s more emotional moments, but as it is the film, like its main character, is far too desperate for our admiration and praise. Spielberg tries very hard for a Kubrickian mellow and methodical pace, but the film’s plodding movement and low energy keep anything possibly interesting dampened. Spielberg does, however, create some very memorable moments visually, including an ocean-submerged Manhattan and a colourful android city of hedonistic pleasure called Rouge City. www.myoldaddiction.comflawed masterpiece - clauditorium
A.I. is the movie where Steven Spielberg attempts to channel Stanley Kubrick and succeeds to a stunning degree. Neither filmmaker could have made this spooky, moving film alone. If someone else (say, Robert Zemeckis) had made this movie, it would have been a big bowl of corn syrup, but Spielberg didn't wimp out - not for the most part, anyway.
The two main flaws: 1) That scene where the machines get tortured could have been more imaginatively conceived. It felt a little too much like something we've all seen before. 2) The ending. Spielberg had brought the story of his boy's quest to a beautiful fairytale peak, and the film should have ended there with that endless prayer. Then it would have been a real masterpiece. But instead he tacks on this contrived coda wherein he basically hands the hero his wish out of nowhere.
Still, it is heartening to see that someone so late and secure in his career is still taking chances. I have a lot of affection for this movie, because of everything it gets right. There are many moments of brilliance, none of which I want to ruin here. Haley Joel Osment proves his performance in The Sixth Sense was no fluke with his accomplished work here.
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Philo et cie - Tigidou
Je trouve que ce film se démarque surtout par l'originalité de son scénario très philosophique. La phrase la plus importante du film serait "Si l'Homme devient capable de faire ressentir des sentiments à un robot, l'Homme devient-il redevable envers ce robot?". ...Reasonably interesting - Metricmiler
Reasonably interesting futuristic version of Pinocchio has Steven Spielberg filling in for the late great Stanley Kubrick, whose project this was to be after his final film Eyes Wide Shut. Spielberg’s screenplay (based on the short story “Supertoys Last All ...flawed masterpiece - clauditorium
A.I. is the movie where Steven Spielberg attempts to channel Stanley Kubrick and succeeds to a stunning degree. Neither filmmaker could have made this spooky, moving film alone. If someone else (say, Robert Zemeckis) had made this movie, it would have been ...