Advantages: There's no denying it, robots rock! Especially when they're evil robots with beady red eyes... Disadvantages: Blatant product placement, plenty of continuity errors and occasionally the robots out-act the humans.
...can I have one, can I, can I please?' 'Yes Johnny, in fact I've just replaced your father with one'… Like lambs to the slaughter they bleat their trusting delight as these supposedly benevolent automatons begin to fill every house, even Spooner's dear old mother has gotten herself one which she fortuitously 'won' on the lottery (one can't help but suspect a little rigging by the scriptwriter here). This is all a bit much for Spooner, but his mother ...
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Advantages: Exciting, interesting, moving Disadvantages: Not the intellectual outing that some might prefer
...in fact, I’d encourage it. I, Robot strikes that rare balance between excitement and purpose that is so lacking modern films. It also has a message and I would want young people to see and think about this.
I, Robot certainly stands as my favourite film of 2004 so far (Alien Vs Predator might just take the crown in the Autumn.) As a summer blockbuster, this is refreshingly meaningful, but doesn’t compromise on the CGI treats that we ...
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Advantages: Intelligent story-telling with high production values Disadvantages: Really obvious product placement
Technophobe Detective Del Spooner lives in a near future where robots are as common as kettles. But when Alfred Lanning, the father of robotics apparently commits suicide, Spooner believes he has been murdered and that the murderer may be a robot named Sonny, who has somehow managed to break his programming. Spooner’s biggest problem is how to get anyone else to believe him. Especially as mega-corporation US Robotics is about to release its latest ...
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Advantages: A superior sci-fi blockbuster Disadvantages: It won't be winning any oscars
Just as ‘Cruel Intentions’ was by Choderlos de Laclos’ ‘Les Liaisons dangereuses’ so ‘I, Robot’ is “suggested” by Isaac Asimov’s many ruminations on his three laws of robotics. It is a new inspirational credit which gives filmmakers free reign to alter and update a work of fiction in any way they see fit. Hence ‘I, Robot’ is not an adaptation of any one of Asimov’s texts but rather a completely new beast which takes his essential theories on robotics, ...
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Advantages: An intelligent action movie Disadvantages: Bypasses a lot of Asimov's intelligent writings
...the first or second law.
I, Robot is loosely based on a number of Asimov’s short stories, taking the basic premise of them, and some of the characters and certain situations from his writings and forging a new narrative. The stories are all set in the future, in a world where robots exist to be our servants and in many cases constitute our workforce.
The clever intricacies of the 3 laws in the short stories, and how they have an effect on the ...
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Advantages: Great effects, some decent ideas, Alan Tudyk Disadvantages: Falls victim to the Hollywood screenwriting process
...crown…
Plucking ideas from Isaac Asimovs’ I, Robot anthology, Proyas’ film aims for something a little different, a summer movie with a brain. Half hour in though and a conflict of interest becomes worryingly apparent. The film drums up many posers about artificial creation and the ability to think, feel and dream. Only problem is, when the script seems ready to explore these themes it chickens out, lurching toward the next revelation and subsequent ...
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I will lay my cards on the table: I am a big fan of Isaac Asimov, and 'I, Robot' was the first book of his I read. I knew that the film was based only loosely on the book - after all, it's a collection of short stories rather than a novel - and I went prepared to judge it on its own merits. I do believe I failed.
The story is set in a future where robots are as common and essential as cars. When top roboticist Dr Alfred Lanning dies at his workplace, ...
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Advantages: Good acting, good action Disadvantages: simple plot, product placement
Being a fairly regular visitor to the cinema I had seen the build up to this film for a couple of months. From the trailers I had seen it looked like it was going to be a good film so I marked it down as one to see. Once it was released I began to hear mixed reviews from various sources. I have been optimistic about films like this in the past when they have had mixed reviews and it is fair to say I am normally disappointed. Deciding to play it safe ...
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Advantages: Storyline, acting, effects. Disadvantages: None so far!
...Swietek, ONE GUY'S OPINION
"What makes I, Robot work is director Alex Proyas’ surprisingly effective balance of action, intrigue and emotion."
Brian Webster, APOLLO GUIDE
***TECHIE BITS***
The most boring part of the whole review.....the techie bits! Da-daaaaaaaaa!
Title: I,Robot
Running Time: 1 hour, 55 minutes
Certificate: 15
Director: Alex Proyas
DVD/VHS: Only seen it on DVD
Where to buy: HMV, Virgin, Amazon or EBay
Price: £14.99 ...
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Advantages: incredible effects, realistic robots, Alex Proyas back in the director's chair Disadvantages: the mass product placement, the injustice towards Isaac Asimov's source material
"Science fiction writers foresee the inevitable, and although problems and catastrophes may be inevitable, solutions are not."
This is one of the many famous quotes from writer Isaac Asimov (1920-1992). Nicknamed as ‘The Human Typewriter’, Asimov is probably most famous for writing the three laws of robotics. For those who don’t know, the three laws offer human beings the ‘perfect’ loop of protection against their (our) futuristic creations.
LAW ...
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Advantages: a slick and thoughtful action movie Disadvantages: none
...action and visual effects and I, Robot manages to do both. Like Blade Runner and particularly the first of the Matrix trilogy this film looks at the inevitable rise of human made artificial intelligence and the possible consequences of opening that particular Pandora's box. In the aforementioned films we are delivered directly to a place where A.I. is already a fact of life, here however we are treated to a cautionary tale of how things could take ...
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Advantages: Special effects, action Disadvantages: Derivative story and spoiled twists.
...movies with similar plots like I, Robot. That is in effect why I just liked I, ROBOT instead of loving it, nothing new here as far as originality.
One thing that did nag after seeing the movie was having people sing the praises of Alex Proyas as the one who really made this entertaining technical marvel when I ROBOT has 9 creative minds serving as the "Producers" of the film. Most of which did high profile technical movies for example John Kilkenny ...
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Advantages: fast paced action thriller Disadvantages: predictable
Enemy of the State is one of my favourite action movies and along with Men In Black are the only movies that I have ever seen the multi-talented Will Smith in. To be honest I did not plan to see this film but arriving at the cinema looking to kill a couple of hours the Bourne Supremacy was not showing for another two hours and this was the only film that did not offer a diet of cartoons or kiddie humour.
What I actually got to see was a pretty ...
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Advantages: Great CGI effects and a superb performance from Smith Disadvantages: SMith may be becoming Type Cast, No real chemisrty between Smith and Moynahan
...has succeeded. I missed seeing I, Robot at the cinema so I finally caught up and saw after borrowing the DVD.
It’s 2035 and just about everyone has a personal Robot in their homes. Doing odd jobs for them and generally helping them to run their lives. Everyone except Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith), who is incredibly wary of Robots. On the eve of the biggest Robotics release ever, which will see every single person have a personal Robot, the ...
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Advantages: great story Disadvantages: none in my point of view
...the ad on TV for I, Robot about a month ago it became a film on my list of films i must see this summer along with 'The Bourne Supremacy', 'The Village' and 'The Chronicles of Riddick' so about a week and a half ago i went to see I,Robot and i did not disappoint.
Cast:
Will Smith (Men in Black, Bad Boys)
Bridget Moynahan (The Recruit,)
Alan Tudyk ( Dodgeball, ice age)
James Cromwell ( The green mile)
Director: Alex Proyas ( The crow, Dark ...
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impressive pectoral muscles in I, Robot. Only Spooner suspects that the robots that provide the near future with menial labor are going to turn on mankind--he's just not...
impressive pectoral muscles in I, Robot. Only Spooner suspects that the robots that provide the near future with menial labor are going to turn on mankind--he's just not...
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