Change Your Image
claire-simpson
Reviews
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Three films in one - the good, the bad and the patronising
I have just watched this film for the second time, and unfortunately I haven't changed my view that its a real mess of a film. I have read those that say people don't like it because, its not the average Spielberg and its deep and thought provoking, I beg to differ.
It starts off promisingly dark and atmospheric and ends as a cheesy Disney sci-fi flick. I think Kubrick was turning in his grave when this came out, I felt a mixture of nausea and hilarity at the ridiculous last 30 mins, what the hell happened, did they suddenly think... "Oh dear the audience will be so confused and depressed if we leave it like that, we better do a third act and give it a voice over and explain everything in a patronising manner" it was absolutely vomit inducing and totally insulted my intelligence.
"Thought provoking"? errr perhaps for the younger audience who are still learning about love and hate, morality, prejudice, human rights, bigotry etc but for adults surely this was a walk in the park? If your wanting thought provoking I suggest you look a little deeper into more independent cinema that spends more time on the script and story line than flashy effects.
Saying that, I thought Teddy was great, it was Oscar material he managed to portray a 50 year old man in the body of a 2ft cuddly toy - genius. ;o)
In the Shadows, Someone's Watching (1993)
only 20mins to go!
We have given this film one star for awful, however, it really depends on how you look at it. We are currently watching this on Channel 5 at 3.30am, and we haven't stopped laughing, so perhaps we could give it a 10, just for the entertainment value. Right from the outset, with the 'manic' thoughts of the stalker being relayed in comic fashion, we were laughing. Is it me or does that chick from Knott's Landing look like one of the characters from the Dark Crystal.
I'm not going to spoil it for you, however, you would have to be pretty stupid not to see it coming, i don't think its clever enough for double bluffs.
This has to be the worst/best film we have ever seen, if we'd been playing the 'spot the cliché' drinking game, then we be wasted by now.