A.I: Artificial Intelligence (2001) Retrospective/Review - Spielberg Sci-Fi, Part 3

[@RowanJColeman]

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[@debestcanadian]

Haley Joel Osmont turned in the greatest child actor performance I've ever seen for this film. He was incredible.

[@korrasera2417]

Monica isn't transported through time at the end of the film. If you go back to the scene where the Specialist is talking to David, he explains that they were able to resurrect people by finding the unique imprint a person leaves on space-time, allowing them to reactivate the imprint in a newly recreated body. The twist being that the resurrected person would only live for a single day. The Specialist explains to David that they believe that space-time pathway can only be used once and cannot be reused, so the imprint cannot persist. The resurrection is just a cheat that buys a brief window in which the person is conscious again. Once they fall asleep they are gone forever.

[@ifandbut]

If the pattern can be seen, it can be copied and stored. There is no reason they cant put the pattern into a robotic body and resurrect every person who ever died. If there is an after life then I want one where I have a robot body and can see the heat death of the universe.

[@korrasera2417]

While that makes sense in general, it doesn't actually work in the film. The 24 hours is presented as a hard limit on how long a copied/reactivated pattern can persist. Think of it like this: They can copy the pattern, but the media they're copying from (the space-time pathway) is destroyed in the process (reading the pattern to copy/reactivate it) and the media they're copying the pattern onto (the recreated entity) can only store the pattern for 24 hours before the pattern completely degrades. And you can't copy it again. Once you take the record off the shelf and play it once, it breaks.

[@MostlyPennyCat]

And why is it 24 hours? The time it takes an unimportant dead planet to rotate once? What if you resurrect an alien on the other side of the galaxy? I'm going with, "because I needed it to be"

[@korrasera2417]

@@MostlyPennyCat It's 24 hours because AI is also a fairy tale.

[@subraxas]

@@ifandbut You would grow utterly insane if you were to live that extremely long. Even if your surrogate 'robotic' brain was a perfect copy of your original Human brain but instead made out of some super-advanced imperishable materials to last until the end of time, our brains, our minds have simply not been "refined" by all those millions of years of evolution to flawlessly function for aeons. Beware of what you wish for!!!

[@nickporter4279]

There is no film that messes me up as much as AI. It ruins not just my day, but my week. It's a kind of horror that hits so much deeper than any actual horror movie I've seen. Incredible piece of work, but not something I can watch regularly!

[@judyariel]

Nickporter4279, I feel exactly the same!

[@kamdan2011]

@@nickporter4279 The biggest problem with this movie is that it wants to be Kubrick but the people behind it didn’t understand that Kubrick barely stuck to what he initially conceived of. If they had followed his initial treatment for The Shining, it was terrible with the twist being that Dick Hallorann was on his way back to the Overlook Hotel to kill the Torrances. Spielberg doesn’t have that sensibility and it leaves you with a reaction like yours. Another thing that pisses me off about this movie is the random narrator that spells out everything that the wide audience doesn’t understand. If Spielberg was doing 2001 instead, that same dumb narration would have kicked in and spoiled it all.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

@@kamdan2011You completely missed that the majority of this movie IS following EXACTLY what Stanly had envisioned. Stephen added the darker elements. This is exactly why Stanly wanted Stephen to direct. It was always supposed to be a fairy tale set in a dystopian world. Personally I feel this movie is an incredibly underrated masterpiece. I loved it when it first released and still love it now. Unfortunately it’s very much misunderstood.

[@kamdan2011]

@@ObsessiveGeek You completely missed that whatever was “envisioned” isn’t what typically stuck with Kubrick’s films. If they had followed his original treatment of The Shining to the letter like they did for A.I., it would have been an inferior product. Kubrick had the sense to cut off his original ending to The Shining after it was released. Spielberg trying to add “darker” elements just showed that he couldn’t think like him at all. Someone like Terry Gilliam would have been better suited to emulate Kubrick than Spielberg.

[@ObsessiveGeek]

@@kamdan2011 That was the point. He wanted to do something different. It’s okay you don’t like this movie though don’t pretend like you understand the man more than one of his good friends. Maybe watch the movie again without any set expectations of what you want it to be and let it tell you what it is.

[@Vg0131]

Rowan jumping from Star Trek to Stargate to one of my underrated favorites to Minority Report is just perfection.

[@darrinlettinga2852]

I have only watched the movie once and the ending killed me. I was in tears. I have not watched it since, even though, despite the sadness, I loved the movie. After watching this though, I may finally try again.

[@stevepellerin8629]

I saw this in theaters with a good friend when it came out and same thing, ugly crying at the end. Love the film but could never bring myself to watch it again.

[@Ryotsu2112]

Teddy showing up there also adds insult to injury. It’s making my eyes start to well up thinking about it.

[@Scarlett90]

I had this on vhs when I was young, it was one of those films I'd end up watching every night, I love films like this that have so many seperate parts that it feels like a true journey from start to finish

[@satyasyasatyasya5746]

*Humans, incapable of loving eachother and their world destroyed both, leaving machines, their creations, who were themselves capable of a love that outlived the end of the world.*

[@frankchavez519]

I only recently saw AI when it showed up on one of the streaming services we subscribe to; I have mixed feelings about it but one thing I can't deny is Haley Joel Osment's performance. David is one of the best android characters ever portrayed on screen and so much better than could have been achieved with animatronics or CGI.

[@Juniar101]

Agree, forgot how good it was

[@meiketorkelson4437]

I remember coming out of this movie at the cinema and someone asking us if we'd been in a car crash. Very emotional journey...

[@kaitlyn__L]

Funnily enough, my (neglectful) mother thought the ending was lovely. “Oh, well, at least he got a happy ending!” I remember her saying. You have no idea how validating it was to hear you call the ending heartbreaking rather than heartwarming. I’ve long thought that her reactions to this film perfectly encapsulated her own deficiencies, but your discussion here definitely solidified that for me. On that note, I am also reminded that her biggest issue with the abandonment scene was not the abandonment itself; rather she was angry at the mother for not “properly explaining” it to David. Even though the situation between her two sons is totally solvable! It’s a completely bog-standard tension between siblings where one felt replaced by the other, albeit heightened by the setting and premise of the film. (And out of all of the solutions, this one arguably is the worst for her biological son’s self-esteem. Not that we’re shown the outcome for the family.)

[@PaulTheadra]

Saw it as a young adult, it's one of my favorite movies, people didn't understand my love for a slow burning film that made us uncomfortable, but with a pay off well worth the time spent.

[@NextToToddliness]

I saw this movie with my mom while she was on a business trip, and I remember being so haunted by it for a long time. I think it came at a time when I needed context for my prepubescent feelings of mortality and childhood. Pinocchio is a tale centered around parenthood, childhood, maturity and the dangers of the world. Next to Guillermo del Toro's version, AI is one of my favorite adaptations of that story. I love this film and it always means something different to me each time I grow older and watch it again. I think in alot of ways AI was Kubrick trying to explain himself as a parent. As a photojournalist, his life was well documented. Though he was a genius artist, he lacked in a lot ways as a father. Parenthood is hard. Childhood is hard. Love is hard. P.S. "Stored Memories and Monica's Theme" are my favorite tracks from the soundtrack. I had to stop the review and listen to it again. Thanks for covering this film.

[@japzone]

This movie affects me so much that just watching this retrospective has got my emotions in a twist again.

[@gbrading]

A.I. isn't a perfect film but it is a fascinating one; Spielberg trying to channel Kubrick. It's always had a weird, uncanny atmosphere, and perhaps that was the point. I remember watching it as a young teenager too and finding it very creepy. Definitely worth a reappraisal.

[@Rippypoo]

I love AI: Artificial Intelligence. Great film.

[@TrekBeatTK]

My theory on why this is tough for audiences is it’s not a 3-act structure but rather a 5-act structure.

[@fmartell71]

No other film has made me cry as much as this one did (and still does).

[@linphillips8331]

Me too, this movie leaves me a wreck. After my last reviewing, I vowed never to watch it again.

[@PunksterNL]

Saw this in the cinema when I was 15, and it left me incredibly sad. Even watching it today brings back that sadness. Which makes it hard to look at it objectively.

[@adams303]

Yeah it really is quite a profoundly sad film, and the ultimate ending is deeply pessimistic.

[@mtank30]

Thank you for this. Spot on review. I saw A.I. in the theater in 2001 and I can tell you that the audience I saw it with was just not gelling with the film. My friends who saw it with me did that thing that you mentioned where they blamed Spielberg for the "sentimental" finale. But like you, I was deeply disturbed but fascinated by the moral questions the film presents. It truly is one of the most misunderstood films ever made. Thank you again. I really love your retro reviews.

[@DyenamicFilms]

I remember first reading about Kubrick's AI in a "genre" magazine in the early 90's. Little did I know then that I would actually be IN the film as an extra (Flesh Fair scene). I can be seen for just a split second in the stands just before the beanbags start flying (of which I was hit in the head with one). Took 3 viewings to see myself in the film. Spielberg had the crowd sing the song "There's No Business Like Show Business" at one point, but it was cut from the film.

[@jdnelms62]

The Mecha hunter moon balloon scenes were filmed at the peak of Runyon Canyon park in the Hollywood Hills. I came home one night to see a full moon bobbing up and down in the hills above my Hillside Avenue apartment building.

[@colkbassad]

I have only seen this movie once right after it came out but I think about it often. I have never watched it again because it's so existentially sad.

[@Matt42MSG]

The Ultrabots don't transport the mother. As they say, they found that they could read a record of past events. They created a synthetic mother to sooth the loss of the synthetic son.

[@JustGrowingUp84]

Definitely a movie that I appreciated more as I got older and I gained more experience with SF. For me, it's the best SF film by Spielberg - although it's perhaps unfair to consider it that, since so much of Kubrick is in it.

[@Hoplophile1]

A.I. is one of my favorite films of all time, not the least because it IS Kubrick's last film and he was my favorite director. I lost my own mother, with whom I had a troubled relationship, nearly 20 years before the film was released, but in many ways it took me back to the times (both good and bad) that we had together. A.I. remains one of the most poignant and emotive films I have ever seen.

[@Baldmaxx]

Agree with you 1000 percent. This is the only movie that makes me cry every time at the end.

[@FlyingProbe]

This movie made me weep like a btch back then and still accomplishes it today. One of the best movies ever made.

[@ashleyhumphries6938]

I saw AI at the cinema with my parents, I was ten at the time. I vividly remember the scene where David is abandoned and my parents and me crying. It's one of my favourite films and I wish it was more well known.

[@loraweems8712]

IMO this is one of Haley Joel Osmont's best performances

[@Streetsvillainy]

Wait... so they're hyper-advanced robots that originated on Earth, so that's a call back to what Joe was talking about how the mecha will be the only ones left.

[@samyvilar]

Yep, with David possibly being their progenitor, sort of like their Adam, they did interfaced with him relatively easy, and hold him with great reverence. David went to great lengths, far outside his initial programming to make his mother love him, I wouldn’t be surprised if down the line they built models imprinted to their kind, continuously exploring new ways to make ever better versions …

[@GeneElder.R027]

Yes, i saw this in my 30s and it was obvious that the mecha robots had at some point began designing their "progeny" and like computers, could double in efficiency every 18 months until they because what you see in the film, a race of humanoid mecha that no longer needed to emulate humanity, which is why they look alien or angelic imo.

[@geographicaloddity2]

You've added to my perspective on the film. I always thought of Kurbick's movies being his views on things: Dr. Strangelove was his view of war and the military. Full Metal Jacket: soldiers The Shining: marriage and relationships 2001: God AI: Religion, specifically Roman Catholicism. The Blue Fairy was a representation of the Virgin Mary, in fact, the first time I saw the movie and the Blue Fairy statue appeared in the murky water, I thought it was a Mary statue at first. Maybe David staring at the statue for 2000 years was symbolic of how people seek the blessings of saints and being loved in the end was the fulfillment of his wish/ prayer to the Blue Fairy?

[@HeresWhyItsCool]

JACK ANGEL... Absolute Legend. He'll always be Ultra Magnus and Astrotrain on the old "Transformers" cartoon, to me. Anyway, I love this movie... good retrospective, Rowan!

[@foxesofautumn]

I saw this on release and I did love what it was saying. I can’t say I loved the ending at the time but I appreciate it more after some distance. Also I loved Joe and what he represented. He was the part of the film that stayed with me the most.

[@TheBurntBiscuit]

Like you Rowan, I also had mixed feelings about this film when I first saw it, but when I gave it a rewatch last year I was surprised by how much I enjoyed it. Second your suggestion that people give this one another ago if they weren't enamoured the first time round.

[@andrewcoulthard-clark]

I feel that this could be an extension of his 'Jurassic Park' franchise; as Gigolo Joe points out that humans were in such a rush to see if they could, they didn't stop to take any responsibility for the welfare of their creation.

[@lukassrensen4788]

Absolutely love this film. Genuinely one of the best sci fi movies/movies about the nature of existence ever imo. Kubrick is my favorite filmmaker, and Spielberg did his vision justice.

[@PrinceGastronome]

I wish there was a video out there about The Beast, the AR game that accompanied this movie. It's one of the craziest promotional tie-ins ever, and it has almost been entirely erased from history.

[@scaper8]

I love more info on that. I was too young at the time to have participated, and, as you said, most info on it was lost to the sands of-digital- time.

[@mikecaetano]

Erased from history? en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Beast_(game)

[@PrinceGastronome]

@@mikecaetano Yes. I DID find one video discussing it and he said he should have made it 2 years ago because the vast majority of the evidence of the Beast is gone. Most of the sites cannot be accessed. Videos have been lost, but more importantly, the original Cloudmakers Yahoo group is gone.

[@PrinceGastronome]

​@@scaper8 I DID end of finding this: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gV61i5hsq7udrtk But you are right, most of the info has been lost and the fact there are only two videos I could find on it.

[@PrinceGastronome]

@@mikecaetano Yes, while there is a WIKI entry, most everything else has been lost. The original Cloudmakers YAHOO group is gone, you can only access a handful of the original pages via wayback but much of content is gone.

[@TrekBeatTK]

This is quite possibly my favorite movie (definitely top 5). For that reason, I rarely watch it. I want to preserve the emotion of viewing it.

[@Sci-Fi-Mike]

This film was released when i was about 22 years old. I saw it a year or two later. It tugged at the heart then and it still does.

[@fusionspace175]

I'm pretty sure the non resurrection clause was Steven/Stanley's clever way of scientifically explaining that people's souls are gone beyond the physical universe after death, interpretable as whatever afterlife people would like. It also syncs up with them not being able to dream, not having a true subconscious mind or self, as David's growth is shown as his ability to dream, representing his true sentience. It's a role reversal and mirroring of the story, he now gets the false love from her simulation that he needs to be complete, and afterward is when he dreams for the first time.

[@Blazing_Hyperion]

Thanks for the video! I hadn’t even heard of AI before this video, which seems ridiculous.

[@seaoftranquility7228]

An incredible philosophical movie. And Spielberg’s most subversive. It tackles the timeworn trope of ‘man vs machines’ and takes the side of the machines. Humans are portrayed as fallible, faithless and downright psychopathic. The ending, which most people thought overly sentimental was perhaps the most subversive part. Humanity is gone, wiped out by its own, well, humanity I guess but it’s legacy is the AI society that humanity created but was unable to compete with on an intellectual or more importantly moral level. David’s love for his ‘mother’ lasted for millennia but hers was never real in the first place. It’s a difficult trick to pull off a happy ending where human life has been extinguished from the universe.

[@NinaFelwitch]

One of my all time favorites! Loved it as a teenager, love it even more as an adult.

[@aidanlynn]

Underrated masterpiece.

[@kristofersandlund2169]

Wonderful review!

[@JohnWayne119]

I definitely felt disturbed, still do in a weirdo philosophical way, and I never realised they were advanced robots, how interesting!

[@GasparGa]

These are great videos, thanks for reminding me of some gems I've forgotten trough the years. I might actually start watching Star Trek again because of you.

[@oberstul1941]

I loved the movie since I first saw it back then - it truly is a masterpiece. Thank you and cheers!

[@dickeysbar]

I revisit this film every few years, and it remains an emotional experience, shedding tears along the way. David's tragic journey and his bittersweet final wish leaves an open wound in my heart for a time after the viewing 💔

[@2ToyBoys]

No matter what anyone thinks or feels about A.I....one thing is for sure...you will think and feel something... For a movie about robots it gets me every time!

[@dentoncrimescene]

I remember this film having a big impact on me, but I'm not sure i could watch it again.

[@bernadmanny]

I saw this at the cinema, as a child it went right over my head, still not sure how I feel about it.

[@glennledrew8347]

An engaging analysis that made me want yet more detail on the film's development. I've watched this film twice, with the second viewing really helping me to better understand the themes presented. But both times, and even here in just a snipoet of the scene, David's plaintive cries upon abandinment made me cry. That's the power of both the effective storytelling and Haley Joel's stellar performance. Harsh judgement based principally upon subcvrted expectations is a bit unfair. I wonder if a different director's name attached might have lessened this negativity...

[@corporealexistence9467]

The three ends put me off when I watched this in the theater. Perhaps I should go back and watch this with my offspring. Thank you.

[@repatch43]

I'm usually pretty open to re-evaluating my opinions but with this movie I just can't. It was simply 'too sad' for me, you're spending the whole film HOPING something positive is going to happen, only to be beaten down over and over again. I can't expose myself to it again.

[@starclone4]

I loved this movie so much... But, it was also sad. I know David was only a machine, and his love was only a program... All I can say is, The performances are outstanding !!!! 👍🏻

[@actionvestadventure]

Definitely one of those kinds of movies i need to be in a particular mood for.

[@SteveBrant55]

I haven't seen this film in a while, but I remember thinking "Teddy is more humane... more loving... than David". I remember there's a scene in which Teddy risks being broken beyond repair in order to help David survive some sort of threat. I'd be curious to know Rowan's take on Teddy, since he didn't talk about that character much here beyond showing us the effects techniques used to create the character.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

tbh Gigolo Joe deserved more attention too. I thought Jude Law was a mid actor til I saw that. & yes, Teddy was such an interesting character, more on him.

[@suicidesamuraiz]

I thought it was a pretty amazing film when it came out--especially Jude Law--but there wasn't a single role that didn't work for me in the film. I like that you point out that the 'bots never try to harm the humans. They simply want to live, love, and chase their dreams.

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

Jude Law was amazing in that. I hadn't liked his acting before I saw that.

[@Streetsvillainy]

i figured that was a robot or hologram Monica given to David to make him comfortable

[@picahudsoniaunflocked5426]

Yeah I thought it was sad bc it wasn't real, that was a nice way to put David to sleep.

[@d.b.4671]

For me, what made the ending so jarring was the sudden introduction of an off-screen narrator. Up to that point there had been no narration, so hearing an unexpected voice-over felt like a hard cut into a completely different film. Had they left that out, I think audiences might have been more receptive. Sidenote: super weird seeing the Twin Towers in some of these shots, knowing what would happen to them mere months later.

[@spindoctor-ff3yd]

There was narration at the beginning. ‘Those were the years…’

[@BollocksThreeofThem]

An oft-forgotten masterpiece.

[@DCMarvelMultiverse]

I felt bad for David. He was a real son while his mother was not a real mom where it counted.

[@SECONDQUEST]

​@@theanonymouscritic1710yeah try not to buy a robot son and forget to treat it like a son.

[@TheRadioAteMyTV]

The funny thing is, alien means not from around here, not space creatures, though certainly space creatures are not from around here. Anyone not of the group is an alien. So saying that are not aliens isn't exactly true. They are not from anywhere around here.

[@notmyproblem88]

we also see the protagonist in another Spielberg film, Close Encounters, abandoning his family wholesale (though we are presented with the counterpoint in Jillian whose only motivation is her child.

[@quintessenceSL]

This is true whether robots or not.

[@kaitlyn__L]

This is the best way I’ve seen it put. Thank you. The humans in this film are more robotic than the robots, and it screws up her adoptive robotic son.

[@thcdreams654]

You make some great content. Thank you.

[@joliecide]

It's absolutely crazy how this movie isn't more highly rated than it is.

[@ChaosUnit178]

I've long considered A.I., Bicentennial Man, and Chappie as the holy Trinity of existential robot movies. Though, movies like Ex Machina and The Creator have been encroaching on that space.

[@jiggygrand]

What I love about this film is how layered it is. It's a human story featuring robots, a fairytale w/o the typical "happy ending," a love story among supposedly unfeeling electronica, it is endearing and repulsive in equal measures as well as a mesmerizing Horror movie that guts the audience in the end because they effectively deactivate (kill) David as the screen fades allowing him to die knowing the love he always sought after😢 WOW, what a film!

[@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o]

23:27 oooh I was thinking of War of the World next but completely forgot that he also did Minority Report! So excited for your review on that one!

[@Lia-zw1ls7tz7o]

Ah damn, me correcting the post made your heart disappear 😞

[@TheInternetHelpdeskPlays]

AI was a very divisive film. I remember when it came out. Even now it still seems bonkers. Its only recently the full story came out and its so interesting.

[@mhoppy6639]

It was. I remember the reception well and it put me off which was a great shame as it’s really very good indeed. Most of my cinema going friends avoided it like the plague but I think they got it wrong big time. Critics have a lot to answer for. I rarely read reviews now and will give most things a go - I only avoid universally derided stinkers but even then there’s usually something good to find in amongst todays same old same old. It _is_ a shame though, that movies like the “usual suspects “ don’t seem to appear very often at present.

[@daRiddler32]

A.I. is one of my favorite Spielberg films, and I think it deserves to be put into the prestigious Criterion Collection and given 4K remastering and release on home media

[@TrekBeatTK]

I HATE people who think the movie should end in the ocean. They completely misunderstand it and the setup. And the real ending, though bittersweet, is much better than the stupid empty nihilistic ending people think they want.

[@happydan20]

This was so good!

[@MovieTrailerDatabase]

Enjoyed that video thank you. I really like AI. I struggled with the last third of the movie originally and felt this is where Spielberg’s sentimentality overrode the big ideas but over time it’s totally grown on me and I massively rate it as a movie. One of Spielberg’s best and underrrated along with Munich.

[@WhoIsCalli]

Watched this many years ago when I was really young. A terrific film one which I had somewhat forgotten about. Heartbreaking but beautiful

[@shmee123ful]

i can never think of this movie with out also thinking about the TTS vox log going over 'draco'. let us all be thankful that spealberg never went trough and made that...thing into a movie

[@anthonyleal8144]

I cry every time i rewatch AI and this retrospective made me cry too

[@ladydrace]

Lovely video! :D

[@Christoph52]

Such an incredible performance from Haley Joel Osment

[@yellow_sedai]

One of my favorite films.

[@colinritchie1757]

I saw A.I. not long after my mother died .. went through a lot of hankies that day , I still have problems at the end of the film , but it is something very very special

[@pollorican787]

I recently watched this like 2-3 months ago because I didn’t enjoyed it my first time when it came out now that I’m older and a father I really do love this movie it’s a masterpiece

[@winstonsmith3685]

I need to watch this film again. I don’t think I was mature enough to appreciate it when I first watched it.

[@Ma55ey]

I loved this film.. saw it at the cinema with a few mates.. who came out afterwards saying why were there aliens at the end?? I was like those were robots you idiots.. little did I know I'd be saying that to most people.. had the same conversation with somone at work last week 😂

[@Papillon234]

Always the best reviews and analysis 🤌

[@TheLucasdms]

I loved A.I. when I watched as a kid and never understood when I grew up, got into movies and saw people talking badly about it.

[@kazinadbiralamadit6905]

This movie is Speilberg trying to be Kubrick trying to be Speilberg trying to be Kubrick. When it works its heartwarming but yeah this is a movie where if 2 friends simply sat down & talked everything out this would probably be the best movie of all time.

[@tronam]

And yet, many of the sequences you'd think are Spielberg actually came from Kubrick and vice versa. Spielberg was never just the "sentimental" filmmaker.

[@mastweiler22]

Oddly I've never seen it. I think I'll be looking out for it now.

[@therwfer]

I remember absolutely hating this movie about 20 years ago. Should be enough time to give it another go.

[@adrielburned6924]

You deserve a million plus subs man.

[@kamdan2011]

I don’t know what the hell made Steven Spielberg think he could write like Stanley Kubrick. I always wished that Terry Gilliam did this movie, but it wasn’t meant to be. Apparently, Kubrick liked to randomly call up directors of films he liked and congratulate them. Most of them, including Gilliam, thought it was a joke and hung up on him.

[@tedgruver7618]

From what I heard, the divisive reception of this movie and the critical and financial failure of the Disney movie, The Country Bears, based on the theme park attraction, The Country Bear Jamboree, supposedly soured Haley Joel Osment’s career as a live action actor, mostly relegating him to voice acting, mainly for Disney with the direct-to-video sequels The Hunchback of Notre Dame 2, and The Jungle Book 2, as well as the video game series, Kingdom Hearts.

[@metatron3942]

Have to go back to see AII again. The movie still disturbs me even today still don’t understand why.

[@lukearoo]

now thats a heck of a coincidence, just watched this again at the same time your publishing this,

[@darkroninmarvel]

That movie gave me nightmares as a kid...and still does as an adult

[@jamesdietz29]

At the time of it's original release, I think people didn't care much for this movie because it made them feel uncomfortable. I also think that was the intent of the film... at least in part. Opinions are softening now as actual artificial intelligence is on the rise and people are having to deal with it's potential pros and cons. This movie (among others) helps them explore their thoughts and they're beginning to look further than simply feeling uncomfortable.

[@mattgilbert7347]

When it works, it really works. It's less a film about "artificial intelligence" and more about what happens behind closed doors, in the family, Freudian stuff. Dark Spielberg. It is about artifice, ethical ambiguity. That Blue Fairy tho. Dr. Noooo

[@danielpalama3700]

You're 100% right, this movie disturbed me a lot as a kid. And I did the same mistake of thinking the robots were aliens at the end. I just rewatched this a couple of weeks ago and i have to say that it does grow on you now that we're better at understanding narrative tropes as adults vs kids. Is it bad that I always wonder that happened to the girl robot that the flesh fair. Because that was one of the professors others creations. I am curious about her story lol

[@mrd5024]

His mom at the end is a robot made by the future robots for David. I thought everyone knew this.

[@listerofsmeg884]

What stands out for me is how the lighting choices and general appearances of some of the scenes in this movie actually look like contemporary AI generated images. The dining table scene at 11:40 for instance looks uncannily like some made up rubbish on social media

[@notmyproblem88]

Have loved AI since first seeing it on dvd in the early 00s. I always interpreted the ending as the sad eternal looped dream of a little machine boy whose frozen in his mental and emotional age, frozen in water, frozen in time forever as long as his power supply lasts. The dream was planted in his brain when Gigolo Joe told him that humans' negative attitudes toward machines comes from the fact that they alone will outlive the end of the world.