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Title: A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
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| Cast overview, first billed only: | |||
| Haley Joel Osment | ... | David | |
| Frances O'Connor | ... | Monica Swinton | |
| Sam Robards | ... | Henry Swinton | |
| Jake Thomas | ... | Martin Swinton | |
| Jude Law | ... | Gigolo Joe | |
| William Hurt | ... | Prof. Hobby | |
| Ken Leung | ... | Syatyoo-Sama | |
| Clark Gregg | ... | Supernerd | |
| Kevin Sussman | ... | Supernerd | |
| Tom Gallop | ... | Supernerd | |
| Eugene Osment | ... | Supernerd | |
| April Grace | ... | Female Colleague | |
| Matt Winston | ... | Executive | |
| Sabrina Grdevich | ... | Sheila | |
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Theo Greenly | ... | Todd |
In the not-so-far future the polar ice caps have melted and the resulting rise of the ocean waters has drowned all the coastal cities of the world. Withdrawn to the interior of the continents, the human race keeps advancing, reaching the point of creating realistic robots (called mechas) to serve them. One of the mecha-producing companies builds David, an artificial kid which is the first to have real feelings, especially a never-ending love for his "mother", Monica. Monica is the woman who adopted him as a substitute for her real son, who remains in cryo-stasis, stricken by an incurable disease. David is living happily with Monica and her husband, but when their real son returns home after a cure is discovered, his life changes dramatically. Written by Chris Makrozahopoulos <makzax@hotmail.com>
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Artificial intelligence can be clearly divided in tow parts, quite different in mood and theme. The first hour imitates Staley Kubrick, who had worked on the project before his death. It is as if Spielberg is playing with Kubrick's fans: he films that part of the film exactly like the dead master would do it, reproducing very well that very disturbing mood from "full metal Jacket"'s first half, "A Clockwork Orange" and "Paths of Glory".
It feels like a game. Spielberg knows that people could not this film and not ask: "I wonder how would Kubrick have done it", or start comparing the two to Spielberg's disadvantage. So he answers the question showing which film Kubrick would do in the 1st hour (the exact moment when the mom leaves the boy-robot), which proves his control over the medium (something no one ever questioned) and then moving on to HIS film, with the human content and theme he thinks he can provide (something you can easily question his ability).
Now he has to prove he can do a better job. So he extends and overfilms to the point of exhaustion his "vision", putting as much visual and emotion you could expect. Overall, it felt kind of boring and empty.
So it's like "I gave you Kubrick and more! By the way, wasn't my vision more interesting?". No, it wasn't, Steve. You proved you are a talented director enough to bring to life a dead cinema master in a way we can almost believe he directed from the dead. But you proved, once more, that as an artist you can only be obvious and dull.