Does anyone else think this is Spielberg's best film, except for perhaps Jaws? (Maybe you could make a film/flick distinction.)
Something about this film is so primal. The feelings of abandonment and desire for love is so raw and real in this film in a way I don't think I have seen in any other movie. It's sad and horrific at the same time. There is a lot to chew on in this film as well. I still think about it semi-regularly having watched it years ago. Thoughts?
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For me it's up there with Jaws and Duel. Probably his last truly good film.
>Probably his last truly good film.
Definitely agree there.
War of the Worlds and Minority Report are both good
Minority Report was always good and better than the source material.
A.I. is very strange, I don't like the flow of the movie.
too long
Maybe if they didn’t botch the ending.
He should have just stayed in the dark waiting for the fairy to come to him and pan out to black. Even that would be a more merciful ending than we got.
The ending really ties the whole film together thematically. Through parallels, the ending is there to really show that the robots are truly human in every sense of the word and, depending on how you interpret the religious themes of the film, possess souls.
Also, the cruelty of being revived 2000 years later just to get your wish for one day hits harder imo.
>we can only bring your mom back for one day
>why?
>uh... because that's just how it works
shit ending
>I didn't listen to the reasoning so I'm just going to cross my arms and call it bad
>Also, the cruelty of being revived 2000 years later just to get your wish for one day hits harder imo.
>shit ending
I kinda agree with the other anon about the dumb ending. The cruel irony of the ending only exists because of contrivances. It's a contrived ending. The writing is bending over backwards to make it appear clever but it's not. That's the problem. Whole lotta fluff that doesn't deliver anything all that poignant. Spielberg is a master of dumb entertainment.
>pan out to black
The ending is the best part. It had more vision than an entire decade of scifi.
One note stretched way too long and the ending was stupid.
It was great, but excessive
Hook
Come on it is not even close, after he leaves the family the movie is a complete mess. because Spielberg is a terrible screenwriter. the scenes with the family were a good short film.
Hello moron.
Spielberg didn't write this film. Kubrick did.
This movie filters a lot of people. The ending is supposed to be the way it is per Kubrick's intents.
Yep. The ending is basically exactly what Kubrick intended. The only major addition Spielberg brought was the flesh fair sequence.
>you can have a failed quest, but can't have an achieved quest with no rewards
somebody tell todd howard
the modders will fix it
So the worst part of the movie?
I agree. But the ending usually gets attributed to Spielberg as well.
>you cannot have an achieved quest with no reward
But thats why it was such a kino ending. It's called a bittersweet ending and it jerks your tears like a motherfricker. I love it.
can’t expect a woman to understand
Yeah, the best parts of the film is the first and third act, which are Kubrick's.
One of the kinoest posters.
David stealing the helicopter was kino
It's really a Kubrick project though.
Development of A.I. originally began after producer/director Stanley Kubrick acquired the rights to Aldiss' story in the early 1970s. Kubrick hired a series of writers, including Brian Aldiss, Bob Shaw, Ian Watson, and Sara Maitland, until the mid-1990s. The film languished in development hell for years, partly because Kubrick felt that computer-generated imagery was not advanced enough to create the David character, whom he believed no child actor would convincingly portray. In 1995, Kubrick handed A.I. to Spielberg, but the film did not gain momentum until Kubrick died in 1999. Spielberg remained close to Watson's treatment for the screenplay, and dedicated the film to Kubrick.
>Hey Steven, baby, dude, I think this band has to walk on this movie,” Jourgensen claims to have said. “We can’t do this part for you, because Kubrick told me that it was a porno film and ‘A.I.’ stood for ‘Anal Intruder’. We were here for a porno film.
Boooooo
I like the warm and fuzzy dreamlike cinematography of this movie. It gives me a warm feeling.
I should rewatch it.
pure kino
Yeah the ending to the film made me literally tear up and I never cry due to my autism. Shit hit me like a ton of bricks and I did not expect it at all. Probably one of the most emotional scenes I've ever seen.
autist has mommy issues woah
Agreed with both points
It's something about watching this childlike thing want something so bad and go through all of this hell, then at the very end he gets it, but only for a day. But that day was all he needed and he "shuts down" after he gets it.
It's sweet. Sad, but sweet. It fricks with your head which is what Kubrick intended. He made a bet with himself that he could make people cry over an inanimate object and he fricking does it.
Nah his best film is close encounters of the third kind
too much boomer vibes
feels like boomer fantasy now
it's only good because kubrick had his hands in it.
by 2000 spielberg was already a has been hack
It's overrated but I appreciated the ayy lmaos at the end fricking with the kid robot just because they could.
Terrific flick