AI: Artificial Intelligence
AI: Artificial Intelligence
#0AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:52pm
Very few films have received the polarized reaction that Steven Spielberg's 2001 sci-fi fantasy "AI" has received. While some hate it with an inexplicably ferocious passion, others (like myself) find it to be one of Spielberg's greatest achievements.
I think it is one of the most overlooked and misunderstood movies I've seen in a long time. It is an awe-inspiring and moving masterpiece, and one of the few films that can make me cry my eyes out EVERY time I watch it. Not to mention the fact that the art direction and visual effects are much more tangible and defined as those in the "LotR" films (I do, however, love those movies too).
Some think that he's creepy, but the degree to which Haley Joel Osment understands such a difficult role is mindboggling. Jude Law and especially Frances O'Connor are excellent. I also loved the cameos by Brendan Gleeson, Ben Kingsley, Robin Williams, and Meryl Streep.
Regardless of what others might think of it, I just wish that every big-budgeted Hollywood movie could be as ambitious and fascinating as "AI".
This discussion ought to be interesting...
Updated On: 2/1/05 at 03:52 PM
#1re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:54pmI hated this film, esp. Haley Joel. I wanted to beat him, he was so freaking annoying.
#3re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:57pmI LOOOOOOOOOOOVED loved loved this movie. unfortunately the people i went with could care less and as soon as it ventured outside their comfort zone of things like legally blonde and clueless, they lost interest and left early! i sure stayed!
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Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.
#4re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 3:59pmI think I would have enjoyed this movie more if, I hadn't just read the short story on which it was based.
"All I ask of you is one thing: please don't be cynical. I hate cynicism -- it's my least favorite quality and it doesn't lead anywhere. Nobody in life gets exactly what they thought they were going to get. But if you work really hard and you're kind, amazing things will happen."
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Jon
Broadway Legend Joined: 2/20/04
#5re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:06pmI liked it. I would have loved it if it were at least 20 minutes shorter. The whole ending sequence with the Blue Fairy just went on forever...
Allie
Broadway Legend Joined: 11/2/04
#6re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:08pmI really liked it. I was definitely crying by the time it was over.
#7re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:10pm
"I was definitely crying by the time it was over."
As was I. When I first saw it, I was inconsolable for ten minutes.
robbiej
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/20/03
#8re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:17pm
YES! The 'Blue Fairy' sequence...genius!
I enjoyed it till then.
And Michael Berresse looked HOT in it.
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#9re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:43pmI keep on forgetting that he has a supporting role in that.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#10re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:47pm
I want a Gigolo Joe of my very own.
I was the laughingstock of my office for loving 'A.I.' I was even kinda haunted by the Blue Fairy sequence, although the futuristic epilogue perhaps takes the whole thing a little too far.
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
Updated On: 2/1/05 at 04:47 PM
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#11re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 4:48pmBrilliant film! Heartbreaking, intelligent, poetic, mature, thought provoking, and visually stunning! One of Spielberg's best! Vastly underrated. Not what most people were expecting, and that's probably why it wasn't very well received.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
Updated On: 2/1/05 at 04:48 PM
#12re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 5:12pmI loved it. I thought it was going to be horrible because of all the negative reviews that I heard over and over again, but I took a chance and rented it and was blown away. AMAZING!
"They're eating her and then they're going to eat me. OH MY GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!!" -Troll 2
CurtainUp2
Broadway Legend Joined: 8/8/04
#13re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 5:21pmAnd I think it's the type of film that you appreciate more and more each time you see it. No surprise, considering it's Kubrick roots. I can't think of one Kubrick film that I didn't enjoy more on the second, third or even fourth viewing. My advice to anyone who saw it once and didn't care for it the first time is to give it a second chance. Watch it on DVD. You might be surprised by your reaction.
There is nothing like returning to a place that remains unchanged to find the ways in which you yourself have altered.
- Nelson Mandela
timote316
Broadway Legend Joined: 7/20/04
#15re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 6:00pmI remember liking the movie a lot, but I haven't seen it in a while
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#16re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 6:12pm
i dont remember having strong feelings one or the other, it was touching, but i wouldnt call it a masterpiece. it had flaws too.
Blair
Broadway Star Joined: 11/4/03
#17re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 6:47pm
I thought it was a good movie, and I cried as hard as I ever have when I saw it, but don't thing I wouldn't consider it one of my favorites. I don't know, maybe I would now, because I haven't seen it in a long time.
That is a gorgeous, gorgeous picture of Jude Law, Magruder.
#18re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 8:53pmAny speilberg movie i'd see. I kinda get that and minority report mixed up.
#19re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 8:55pmevery picture of jude law is beautiful...
Peter: Oh my god, Brian! My Alphabits are sending me a secret message! They say "oooooooooo!"
Brian: Peter, those are Cheerios.
magruder
Broadway Legend Joined: 5/15/03
#20re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/1/05 at 9:13pmIf I can't have Gigolo Joe, can I at least have Teddy?
"Gif me the cobra jool!"
#21re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/2/05 at 8:23am
"it had flaws too."
What movie, no matter how good, doesn't?
#22re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/2/05 at 8:47am
Add my vote to the "must see" column - it is truly a beautiful film - right up there with The Village, which, in my opinion, is one of the finest pieces ever written about the power of love and the need for humanity to grow in a positive direction.
(OK, put that next to Man of La Mancha for these same reasons)
"I don't really get the ending,all i can go with is when after several months,Judith saw Pat sang,and later she kissed him on the toilet,after that the story back to where Pat went down from the stage after he'd sung,and he went to the italian lady.I just don't get it,what Judith exatcly meant when he kissed Pat that she had seen,and did Pat end up together with The Italian Lady?Please help me,thank u very much!"
Quote from someone on IMDB in reference to a movie he/she didn't understand. Such grammar!
Auggie27
Broadway Legend Joined: 10/13/03
#23re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/2/05 at 9:08amThis is an inspiring thread. When I saw AI, I remember being gripped by how its haunting, melancholy final third refuses to leave your consciousness--and thinking it was the Spielberg masterpiece people had waited for. In it, Spielberg uses his entire bag of sci fi tricks for darker, deeper purposes, to build a wrenching, poetic movie. I would always emphasize wrenching, because there are emotional scenes in this film that capture the heartbreak of many fairy tales, and take the heartbreak to the max. To name but two: The scene (SPOILER) where the child robot is left in the woods, and needless to say, the brief "reunion" of mother and child in the climax. Anyone who is a parent, or perhaps anyone who simply stops and remembers those unique moments of deepest connection with one's own parents, can see how Spielberg captures the mysterious, ineffable bond between parent and child. By giving a robot boy a familial quest for love, Spielberg (and Kubrick) chart a kind of universal journey that is beyond science fiction. It's ultimately a deeply spiritual film, I do believe.
"I'm a comedian, but in my spare time, things bother me." Garry Shandling
Updated On: 2/2/05 at 09:08 AM
Jamie Hat
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#24re: AI: Artificial Intelligence
Posted: 2/2/05 at 9:45am
I hated it the first time I saw it. It felt like it was six hours long, and it was freezing in that theatre...
However, I recently revisited it and I really enjoyed it.
Jude Law is fickin great in it.
And I don't mind HJO, but I think he tries too hard sometimes.
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