I, Robot (DVD)

...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 ...
...new metallic helpers… . 'Embrace them my ass!' . Well, before long Spooner finds himself doing just that, well, it's more like a wrestle than an embrace as he struggles to free himself from a small army of AWOL NS5's who woke up one morning and thought '"Three rules my robotic-ass"' and try to take him out. Oh and their eyes turn red.. see, I told you so. . Well, Spooner survives but no one believes his story and his fellow cops simply suspect that ...

Spiderkid 08.11.2005 (19.10.2006) · Read full review
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...quality of the film. I, Robot is also strangely moving. I really felt that there was a point to the whole thing. The film examines several themes, looking at prejudice, the human condition and evolution but the subject matter is handled in a genuinely sensitive way and I have to say that I felt quite touched by certain scenes in the film. The obvious portrayal of the way that mankind abuses the planet is evident but it is the treatment of the robots ...
...that is pretty fantastic. I, Robot will certainly mark the return of Will Smith to the top of the popularity charts. Despite never having been a huge fan of Big Willie, I have to say that he works really well in this. The cocky arrogance of the Fresh Prince has gone and I quickly warmed to the more sensitive, compassionate side that he showed in this film. The humour is still there - he is still very much the maverick – but it is all very ...

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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 ...
...robots to one for every five humans. Director Alex Proyas has never been one to shy away from a challenge. After dealing with a star dying on set in “The Crow” and a film that existed in eternal night in the aptly named “Dark City”, he decided to take a crack at the heretofore unfilmable work of physicist turned futurist Isaac Asimov. Thankfully technology has now caught up with the ideas Asimov had fifty years ago and Proyas has created that rarest ...

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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, ...
...story. Homicide Detective Del Spooner (Will Smith) is a man with a (micro) chip on his shoulder, Spooner hates robots. In 2035 this is more of a problem than you might envisage, as robots are now a fully integrated part of everyday life mainly thanks to their willingness to do humanity’s dirty work (in half the time). On the eve before a mass distribution by the largest robotics company in the world (US Robotics) which will see the ratio of robots ...

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...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 robots in certain ...
...‘species’ adds another dimension to I, Robot. He seems to know a lot about, and concentrate on, an age when there was still a lot of prejudice against his own race. Is this a clever way of highlighting prejudice today by making Spooner the man practising it? Even though Spooner has a reason for his dislike of robots, and this dislike is an integral element to the story, the discovery of what is the genesis of this animosity is either downright stupid ...

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...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 set ...
...But that’s not to say I, Robot doesn’t have plenty going for it. Proyas’ films to date have been visually striking and, whilst perhaps losing some of the dark bleakness found in his previous work, he still uses artistic licence to keep things interesting. Whether it’s a sweeping shot of a futuristic Chicago or a robot simply taking a dog for a walk, there’s always something to look at it in amongst the exposition. The design of the robots is also ...

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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, ...
...one man: Detective Del Spooner (I spent the movie labouring under the impression that his name was the rather wussier 'Dale'). His colleagues at U.S. Robotics are adamant that he must have killed himself - but why? What has happened to the CCTV footage of Lanning's room at the time of the incident? Could his death have anything to do with the upcoming launch of the new NS-5 model and accompanying promise of 'a robot in every home'? Why involve Spooner, ...

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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 ...
...see what happened. After all, the hype surrounding this film is bound to lead to disappointment in the end. It always does. ** Storyline ** The year is 2035 and robotics has advanced to a stage where robots are an integral part of the community. They are part of everyday life and people have come to trust them, with their pets, with their children, with their lives. The robots have been developed on three basic laws: * First Law: A robot may not ...

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...my sister for christmas..... I, ROBOT ***ACTORS AND ACTRESSES*** Will Smith - The Legend of Bagger Vance, Shark Tale, Bad Boys II Bridget Moynahan - Serendipity, Coyote Ugly, The Sum of All Fears Alan Tudyk - Ice Age, Hearts in Atlantis, Dodgeball: A True Underdog Story James Cromwell - Space Cowboys, Deep Impact, Species II **CHARACTERS*** Del Spooner Played by actor Will Smith. Del Spooner is a all-go no-quit detective in the force. Apart ...
...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 from Amazon Trailers: ...

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"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 ...
...inaction, allow a human being to come to harm. LAW 2: A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the first law. LAW 3: A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the first or second law. Man’s scientific pinnacle is to create an imitation of life i.e. a robot, a constant source for a lot of science fiction films over the decades and this latest mechanical ...

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...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 ...
...surprise that the story is based on a book by one of Science Fictions literary gods, Isaac Asimov. I must confess that the idea of Will Smith as a wise cracking, world weary cop with a retro-style and a Luddite suspicion for the robots around him was a daunting prospect, having never been the biggest fan of Smith. But I am slowly learning that the Will Smith of the early days has been replaced by a mature actor that given the right script and direction ...

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...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 ...
...A massive undertaking that was I, Robot couldn't be done solely by him. Then comes the obvious Isaac Asimov references who is credited as being a writer for the movie when he died way before the movie was made. Asimov is a famous author who wrote novels on robots and dreams. There is controversy of how Asimov's ideas and visions where used and changed for I,ROBOT, I can't really comment on this yet, since I've never read of his work. That hasn't ...

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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 good, ...
...special effects and fight scenes. He film is set in the future and Smith plays the part of Detective Del Spooner a homicide detective who has an unhealthy dislike for the prevalence of robots that now exist as servants to humans. The development of robots has become so advanced that the upcoming roll out of the latest model the NS5 will see there being five robots for every human. Spooner has a deep seated prejudice against the robots born out when ...

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...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 ...
...Det Spooner deals with the cause of his death and it soon becomes apparent that it wasn’t suicide, well to Spooner at least. He suspects that a Robot was to blame for the death of his good friend Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell) but no one else believes him. The Robots have a set of 3 rules that prevent them from harming humans but Spooner has always doubted whether these rules can be broken. It’s now down to Spooner to solve the case and work ...

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...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 city) ...
...I,Robot is set in the year 2035, a time were robots are used in all areas of everyday life and almost everyone owns a robot who act like personal assistants to there human owners , the design of the robots is based on humans with legs,arms and a head, they are used to perform everyday tasks such as cleaning and walking the dog. Will Smith plays detective del spooner who has a phobia of robots and has kept his house free of modern high tech equipment, ...

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