By akademiotoelektronik, 14/11/2022

A.I. (Artificial Intelligence) - Critics + DVD test

One of Spielberg's tapes, according to a subject abandoned by Kubrick.

The argument: in a 21st century, where the melting of ice submerged the majority of habitable land and caused famines and exodes, robots have become an essential component of daily life and now ensure most domestic tasks.However, Professor Hobby wants to go even further by creating the first sensitive android: a child capable of developing a vast repertoire of emotions and memories.Shortly after this announcement, David, an eleven -year -old robot, entered Henry and Monica Swinton, a couple whose young son was cryogenized while waiting for the discovery of a remedy to cure his serious illness.Soon abandoned by his adoptive mother, David begins a perilous journey in search of his identity and his secret part of humanity.

Our opinion: Steven Spielberg had to succeed Stanley Kubrick to realize.I.(Artificial Intelligence)?We are entitled to ask this question as their respective universes differ: the first has always shown compassion, even sentimentalism, in his films (e.T., Always, Amistad), while the second has always expanded, with a lot of cynicism, to denounce the flaws of man (his violence in orange mechanical, his disembodity in Full Metal Jacket, etc.).From then on, once we saw a.I., only one question remains: how the late Stanley Kubrick would have dealt with this ambitious subject that is a.I.?Recall of facts.In 1969, Brian W.Aldiss writes a new Title Super-Toys Last All Summer Long.He describes the difficulties of a robot child to be loved by his human mother.Fascinated by artificial intelligence, Kubrick bought the rights, ten years later, in order to adapt it for cinema.The Warner Bros., its faithful production company, gives its green light to start the project.Kubrick and, faithful to his legendary perfectionism, built a robot child, in order to master the growth problem of a real actor.The prototype is ultimately disappointing, it lacks fluidity therefore of credibility.Kubrick aims for perfection, a.I.is therefore put in parentheses.It was not until 1993 and the advent of infographic with Jurassic Park that Kubrick decides to relaunch his artificial intelligence.In the meantime, he was invested in another longtime project: Eyes Wide Shut.It will be his last film.Kept informed since the origin of the project has.I., Steven Spielberg agrees to resume the torch, at the request of Christiane Kubrick, the widow of the director.Kubrick may have been a luxury replacement but not necessarily a spiritual son.The story of A.I.Resumes the main lines of super-toys, unfortunately embellished with this proper marshmallow in Spielberg.David, the first meca-child (diminutive of "mechanical"), is programmed to love.On the other hand, the man is not yet ready to return this love to him.Rejected by a couple, David will go in search of an entity capable of transforming it into a real little boy...The film is thus made up of three parts, construction dear to Kubrick: the first follows David's evolution in this home, the second his initiatory journey and the last, in the form of a lacrymal epilogue, the culmination of his perseverance.Where Kubrick tended to disturb his audience, Steven Spielberg is content to reassure him, accumulating pieces of exacerbated sentimentalism (the scene of the forest between David and his mother);We contemplate a version of Pinocchio, certainly luxurious but vain.It took several readings to decipher Kubrick's words, it will only take you to understand Spielberg's reflection on the future of humanity - the uniqueness of each man thanks to feelings is one of themajor themes.There remain a few scenes of breathtaking beauty: the overview of the city of New York trapped in ice cream for example.Also remember the performance of the young Haley Joel Osment, another positive point of this aborted event.Already remarkable in sixth sense, it is amazed once again in a robot child and adds an additional stone to its building.These meager elements are not enough to save.I.of his dripping naivety.One of the major qualities of Kubrick's films was based on the multiple interpretations they offered, as well as their ability to mature with their audience.This will certainly not be the case with.I.seen by Spielberg.