I-robot ::excellent film::

Has anyone both read the books and seen the film? I haven't seen the film but watching the trailers they seem to have missed the point... (I can kind of see Will Smith as Elijah Bailey, actually. :p)
 
I thought it was a good film ..........except for the horrendous annoying audience of young kiRAB ,talking through it an one nasty lil chavscum messing about with his mobile , I am glad it wasnt a must see film I wanted to see.......I will be glad when these lil scumbags are back at school
 
Great film, but I am sure the professor guy could have figured a better way of stopping what he knew was going to happen than having himself killed, and leaving it down to chance... Thought that was a bit weak.
Enjoyable film to watch though, what exactly did the ending mean?
W.
 
Saw the film last night and was surprised at how "ok" it was. I say that because I'd expeced very little and any one I was talking to who saw it didn't think much of it but it was a pleasent enough way to pass a Tuesday night. There was a lot of marketing in it though, especially with Will Smiths Converse trainers.
 
The most noteable aspect of the film to me was the most appalling, in your face, product placement. They couldn't just have these products as ordinary props, oh no, they had to ram them down our throats, ie. the JVC CD player and those basketball boots (the make of which escapes me). I half expected Smith to show us how much luggage space and leg room there was in the Audi.
Apart from that it was quite entertaining, with some shocking plot holes, and the obligatory leading of the audience by the hand, with the presumption that they are all morons - which, of course, most of them are.
 
The best bit of the film has to be when they guy says to Will Smith and the woman that he didnt do it and then Will smith sneezes and says " *sniff*, o sorry im allergic to bullshit" :):):):):)
 
Just seen the film. I'm not really a Sci-Fi person but thought the film was entertaining enough, would recommend it, but I wouldnt say its the best film I've ever seen!
 
You're so right! I had the misfortune to be wearing a pair of Converse when I saw the movie - boy did I ever feel a twat when I left the cinema!

Some nice FX but all in all I found it rather disappointing - it's impossible to engage with any of the characters, you just don't care about them (and being a Will Smith vehicle you knew he wasn't going to die), so there was no real suspense.

I'd say wait for the DVD and watch it in the early afternoon after a couple of spliRAB...
 
The director Alex Proyas is regarded as an auteur! One only has to look at Dark City and The Crow. However, I, Robot visually could form part of a stylistic trilogy with Spielberg's A.I. and Minority Report. It's a competent commercial diversion...
 
Anyone know what the ending meant? The media lead me to believe that this movie has some major twist in the end, but I'm still waiting for it...... :confused: :confused:
 
The twist is that they have your money and do not give a toss about your expectations (unless you are aged between 10 and 14 - in which case they are expecting you to buy into the mechandise...)
 
I saw the movie last week and have to say I found it enjoyable, but no way did it live up to the hype. This type of film has been done before, there were no huge surprises, and some of the shots were blatant rip oRAB from the Matrix.

I could happily of waited until it came out on DVD, not worth spending the money to see it on the big screen.
 
I thought this film was great, one of the top films this summer i would say! But thats just my opinion.

Great summer so far, Harry POtter and Spider-man 2 and now this.........Great :)
 
I think that the Matrix cornered the market on FX shots so no matter what a sci-fi film does it's going to reflect one of the 3 films in some way. If you go into every sci-fi film with that in your head I can't see how you'd ever enjoy what you're watching. :(

Great film and reporting and having thrown out a group of chavscum got me a free pair of tickets too.

All round bonus!

:D
 
There are always going to be groundbreaking films which later films try to emulate in some way, thats not what I was miffed about. I was not referring to EVERY fx shot either, just a couple!! The main part that sticks in my mind was the motorbike scene - a couple of shots were nigh on replicas from Matrix Reloaded!

Incidently, it is still very possible to enjoy a film even if it reminRAB you heavily of something else!! :)
 
I thought it was a very good film, after watchin Final Fantasy and the matrix trilogy, special effects arent as shockingly good anymore, because those films effects are sooo good, but I live with it, and enjoyed this movie, its got some nice will smith comedy.
 
I know this is an old thread, but I have just watched this movie, and in my opinion, it will go down as a major classic alongside "Blade Runner". Minority Report didn't work for me - Spielberg and Cruise are SUCH a turn off for me, that I could not enjoy it.

Did not care about the product placements, although yeah, the Audi WAS cool!

One thing that did irritate me was the lack of litter in the streets. That was where Lucas got it right with Star Wars - he made things old and dirty. This world was so squeaky clean I could scream! Other than that, the storyline worked well.

And yes, I have read just about all of Asimov's Robot books, and have known the 3 Laws off by heart for something like 25 years! I think this movie does him justice. Ok, it's a little over the top, but That's Hollywood!

:)
 
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