I had really high hopes when I walked into the theater; midway through the show I was struggling to keep myself awake. The only surprising part of the show, (SPOILER) seeing that it's a Hollywood movie, was that the bad guys were the American military and the good guys were the (unspecified, but strongly hinted to be China) East Asian robots and people (although a bunch of them had Indian faces and spoke Hindi) and that one American person.
So, what's good about the movie? Ummm... some CGI images. Maybe.
What's bad? Let's start with the storyline. Entirely predictable. Even the twist, about who the creator is, can be seen coming from a mile away. I could not feel - and I tried, really - any emotional attachment with any of the characters. I just couldn't care less if they lived or died. And the robots! The only way I could tell they were robots was because they had a hole in their head! Everything else was entirely human. Same bad aim when shooting, same human emotions, same habits of eating and drinking as human soldier buddies.
And don't even talk about the AI. First of all, it should be AGI, not an AI. Second, the whole deal with AGI is that they have all the world's knowledge at their fingertips and can analyze and synthesize info at lightening speed, giving them the ability to come up with better solutions to problems. This AI, however, is even worse than ChatGPT. There's actually no AI at all anywhere to be seen in the movie. The only thing that the supposedly super-AI child can do is fold his hands in a namaste like form and turn power on and off. Remotely. Without accessing any power grid or electronic system. It's like magic!
The dialogues, what of it there is, is very rudimentary. "What would you like, AI child?" "FREEDOM FOR ALL!" "Oh, we don't have that in the fridge. Would icecream do for you?" Enthusiastic nodding by the child, "yes!" Me, slapping my hands on my forehead, "Gack!"
And, finally, how is it that that humongous low altitude American space ship is allowed to hang over the East Asian country (China? Singapore? Indonesia?) for years with no one having tried to shoot it down?
Tl;dr worst 20 bucks spent on a movie ticket in recent memory.
So, what's good about the movie? Ummm... some CGI images. Maybe.
What's bad? Let's start with the storyline. Entirely predictable. Even the twist, about who the creator is, can be seen coming from a mile away. I could not feel - and I tried, really - any emotional attachment with any of the characters. I just couldn't care less if they lived or died. And the robots! The only way I could tell they were robots was because they had a hole in their head! Everything else was entirely human. Same bad aim when shooting, same human emotions, same habits of eating and drinking as human soldier buddies.
And don't even talk about the AI. First of all, it should be AGI, not an AI. Second, the whole deal with AGI is that they have all the world's knowledge at their fingertips and can analyze and synthesize info at lightening speed, giving them the ability to come up with better solutions to problems. This AI, however, is even worse than ChatGPT. There's actually no AI at all anywhere to be seen in the movie. The only thing that the supposedly super-AI child can do is fold his hands in a namaste like form and turn power on and off. Remotely. Without accessing any power grid or electronic system. It's like magic!
The dialogues, what of it there is, is very rudimentary. "What would you like, AI child?" "FREEDOM FOR ALL!" "Oh, we don't have that in the fridge. Would icecream do for you?" Enthusiastic nodding by the child, "yes!" Me, slapping my hands on my forehead, "Gack!"
And, finally, how is it that that humongous low altitude American space ship is allowed to hang over the East Asian country (China? Singapore? Indonesia?) for years with no one having tried to shoot it down?
Tl;dr worst 20 bucks spent on a movie ticket in recent memory.
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