Anyone go see A.I. yet?

[Kris Verdeyen]

Well, I went and saw AI on the first weekend it opened, just like I did with Bicentennial Man and Solo (you don't remember Solo? look here: http://us.imdb.com/Title?0117688 ) when they opened not so long ago. (For the record, I liked Bicentennial Man and hated Solo, but they're all basically Short Circuit in sheep's clothing.) I too enjoy Kubrick films - Clockwork Orange, Full Metal Jacket and Dr. Strangelove are among my favorites, and who doesn't like Steven Spielberg?

But what can I say, the movie bored me. I was one of those people who, when discussing A.I. in the parking lot, said, "It sucked".

What I should have said was, "I'm not sure, but I think it sucked", because, the more that I think of the film, the less convinced I am of its full-fledged suckitude. Osment gives a great performance, and the Flesh Fair in the movie's second act has all of the best aspects of a Battlebots episode (as well as a great five-second Chris Rock cameo), but it seems to be in a completely different movie.

And the ending annoyed me. But the ending to 2001 annoys me, and everybody seems to just love that one.

If you dig on robots, Kubrick, Spielberg, and.... uh .... antiepiphenomalism, go see it.

If you think I should shut my big fat face, that's your opinion, and I respectfully disagree. :)