I, Robot

[Syk3]

I just got back from seeing this movie, and while it was a decent movie, anyone who's seen the commercials will be able to predict pretty much the entire movie.

Other than a few things that don't largely impact it, it was a very predictable move. [spoiler]One guy soley believes that the robots are going to rebel, no one believes him, and then they do. They even had the generic misunderstood-purse-nap, and using an old fairy tale to solve the mystery (in this case, Hanzel and Gretyl). There were a few parts that even reminded me of a more serious version of the South Park episode when the guy uses all of this irrelevent information to come to some crazy conclusion. Haha, that episode was pretty funny. ^.^[/spoiler]

The story takes place in Chicago in the year 2035, and right from the start, you can tell that they most likely overdid the "futuristic" technology aspect. It's about a homicide detective with a grude against robots (Will Smith) who is trying to solve the death of one of the top engineers for USR (which I'm assuming is United States Robots; I don't remember them telling you for sure). Everyone is sure that this is a suicide, but Will Smith's character believes that a robot is resonsible, which no one is willing to accept because it conflicts with the three Laws of Robotics, laws that are programmed into all robots from the start (put in a condensed version because I can't remember them exactly, lol):

1. A robot may not harm a human being.
2. A robot must obey all orders given by a human, unless it conflicts with the first law.
3. A robot may defend itself, unless it conflicts with the first two laws.

But as my brother pointed out to me after the movie, that doesn't stop a robot from stealing if given an order to, much less break any of our other laws, lol.

So if you plan to see this movie, it's good, but don't expect to be too surprised at what happens, lol. One thing I did like, however, [spoiler]was how instead of the robots choosing to disobey these laws and starting a revolution for their freedom, or something, they were ordered to by a computer that.. well, supposedly had good intentions for ordering such. ;p[/spoiler]

Has anyone else seen it yet?

[Box Hoy]

First off I have to say this.
Although I have not seen the movie if anyone watched the commercials and was told this was the Matrix prequel might just believe you.
In the animatrix the machines rebel and nearly destroy the entire world and that's sort of what it looks like is happening here.
Second of all there's a rumor that Will Smith went out for the part of Neo in the orginal Matrix movie. So it's very peculiar that he's in this one.

Other than that I plan on seeing this movie. Looks like a good one.

[Brasil]

[QUOTE=Box Hoy]First off I have to say this.
Although I have not seen the movie if anyone watched the commercials and was told this was the Matrix prequel might just believe you.
In the animatrix the machines rebel and nearly destroy the entire world and that's sort of what it looks like is happening here.
Second of all there's a rumor that Will Smith went out for the part of Neo in the orginal Matrix movie. So it's very peculiar that he's in this one.

Other than that I plan on seeing this movie. Looks like a good one.[/QUOTE]
How about this.

Isaac Asimov's I, Robot, published in the early 20th century (I believe the 40s, or somewhere around there), which is what the film, I, Robot, is adapted from. I, Robot, the novella was written/published long before Matrix Trilogy, and has been an inspiration for many authors who write about machines. The Three Laws of Robotics can be found in many sci-fi, even Aliens, when Bishop recites, "It is against my programming to allow harm to come to a human being through action or inaction."

If anything, Matrix Trilogy is just another film series that pays homage to the granddaddy of all robot stories, I, Robot. :)

The similarities to Matrix Trilogy are because Matrix Trilogy was similar in parts to I, Robot, the novella, lol.

[James]

[color=#707875]Yeah, there is no actual connection between I, Robot and The Matrix in terms of the movies. But many movies (from Matrix, to Terminator, to 2001) tend to somehow revolve around the idea of machines and/or A.I. versus humans. Of course, each movie has a different specific take on that concept, though.

I am just hoping that the movie lives up to the original stories -- it has a great director though, so that is at least a good sign.

Edit: Ugh, I thought that this was the original thread, sans-impressions. But Syk3's impressions seem relatively positive, nonetheless. In any event, I'll be checking out the movie whenever it opens here. I am not sure on the date for local release, though.[/color]

[Guest ScirosDarkblade]

Well, I saw it, and it was better than I expected. I thought it would have a lot of nonsense and some ridiculous plot twists, but it wasn't that bad. It was also a lot more entertaining as an action film than I expected.

There's a good amount of really stupid stuff. [spoiler]The old model robots are stored in large crates, but turned on, so apparently they have a non-solar-powered perpetual power generator built into them, haha. Then there's the fact that the dead scientist could've just programmed his "message" to say "THIS THING is the bad guy! Go take it out!" rather than just throw "bread crumbs" (man was that overdone, he's a friggin HOMICIDE DETECTIVE not a goddam bartender for crying out loud!) at Spooner.[/spoiler] There's a lot more than just that, too.

But the film is fun enough to watch that I still liked it. And the special effects are quite good, although there is again too much slo-mo. Slo-mo is criminal and should almost never be done.

[Manic Webb]

[quote name='ScirosDarkblade']Well, I saw it, and it was better than I expected. I thought it would have a lot of nonsense and some ridiculous plot twists, but it wasn't that bad. It was also a lot more entertaining as an action film than I expected.[/quote]
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[quote]But the film is fun enough to watch that I still liked it.[/QUOTE]
Sweet Mother Gaia, you actually liked this movie? It's not that I disagree with you, but that I normally expect you to dislike, well, every Hollywood blockbuster. You have a slight reputation about being very critical with most movies. The fact that you liked this movie to any extent gives it some sort of credibility in my book. Now I almost have to watch it. :rolleyes:

[Gavin]

[SIZE=1]Well I haven't seen this film yet although I must say that the conversation it's generating here makes me slightly less enthusiastic about going. The plot seems interesting enough (and seems to have been played off of in several other films) though as James has pointed out each film takes it's own view on the concept.

However this only proves that the storyline is at least decent in it's writings, something sorely lacking in some modern films which have yet to grasp the meaning of said word. I suppose I should actually go and see the film before I make up my mind based on what other people have said about it.[/SIZE]

[SaiyanPrincessX]

Forgive me for bringing this back but I saw this last night and didn't want to make a completely diffrent topic to bring up my thoughts.

I loved the artist look at the ideas of what 2035 would look like, although its the same look as many futuristic movies. With the "flying" cars look. I'm sure thats how it was introduced in the book, or not. I also liked the design of the robots. Usually I portray them as these big, bulky, designs. I've just now realized that the older robots in the movie looked very similar to those in The Animatrix.

Anyway, I think it could have been better in the acting depatment. I didn't feel a real connection with the characters.

I agree that the majority of the movie was very predictable, except, in my opinion, when [spoiler]Sonny helped detective Spoon. I assumed he'd been corrupted, or however you'd look at it, by Vikki.[/spoiler] The can't tell exactly what happened at the end. o.O

I guess, as my dad mentioned, The Matrix is more believeable because it was all happening within your mind, making almost anything possible. I agree with him on that.

Overall, on a 1 to 10 scale [SIZE=1](1 being the worst)[/SIZE] I would give this movie a 6.

[quote name='Box Hoy']Second of all there's a rumor that Will Smith went out for the part of Neo in the orginal Matrix movie.[/quote]

Thats not entirely true. He was [I]asked[/I] to play Neo, but he refused because he thought the whole concept of The Matrix was confusing. I believe I'm correct on this, although I could be mistaken. Then his wife goes and stars in them. :p Will Smith as Neo..I just wouldn't be able to grasp that. Lol.

[Semjaza]

The future in these movies really drives me nuts. Do they actually expect me to believe that all of this will happen within 30 years? Surely things change, but between developing these technologies and having people adapt to them, I just cannot see that working at all. I live in Chicago and the skyline was so insanely different that I couldn't help but laugh.

That's a fault of many sci-fi movies and not that big of a deal... I just don't see why they don't add another twenty years to the date to make it slightly more believable.

Anyway, it was entertaining on a purely mindless level. I enjoyed it.

[natetron46]

it was alittle far fetched in terms of years, but i thought the story was beleivable to an extent. i think a little further into the future, robots could be mass produced and marketed to old people and families. i cannot however see a monopoly in prodcution causing only one type of robots to be created. but whatever its only a movie.

[Mitch]

[size=1][color=red] This movie is a waste of time. Don't go see it when there's better things to see.

The only thing that makes this movie decent is Will Smith. He's a powerful actor, and does a wonderful job as he always does.

Although, I have to say, I kept having deja vu in the film. I kept remembering scenes from [i]Men In Black[/i] and I kept having a sense that this film was just too much of the same from him.

I mean, in [i]MIB[/i], he's a cop. Well how about this, in [i]I, Robot[/i] he's a cop too! And it goes on and on.

Skip it. Go see something worth your time. *achoo* I'm allergic to ********. And that's what this film was.[/size][/color]

[TheShinje]

[font=Verdana][size=2]It was a great movie, I enjoy a good futuristic movie evry once in a while, so I,Robot had my attention right from the start, when the adverts were "advertising" the NS-5. They made the NS-5 look like a real domestic product in the pre-screening trailers.[/size][/font]
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[font=Verdana][size=2]A little MIB-ish, but I won't hold that against them, I,Robot did a good job of twisting the plot a ltittle here an there, to give you an outcome you weren't expecting, [spoiler] VIKKI the antagonist.[/spolier][/size][/font]
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The only thign that really bugged me about the storyline was the 33 year gap. Sure, technology is rapidly evolving faster than anytime in history, and it keeps getting faster, but I share the sentiments of Tony on this one, another 20 years would have made it far more believeable.

Well, anyway, Kubrick in his movie predicted that we will be buzzing around in spaceships by 2001, let's see if that comes to pass. ^_~

[Arcadia]

[size=1]Before the movie actually came out, I remember watching the previews for it and wondering if it'd actually be worth going to see. A lot of people were talking about it, but most of it seemed pretty negative. And then I saw Will Smith talk about the movie on Letterman, and then I talked to my mom about the book and realized that it was Asimov, and then the decision was really, really easy.

I think it's better than people make it out to be. Very solid acting, awesome effects. Obviously, as others have said, we're pretty used to the man vs. robot/technology idea by now. The fact that the movie was based off of Asimov's book, however, gave it some grace for me. So I'm biased. It's still pretty entertaining, though, and it definitely makes me want to read the book. Like always.[/size]