A.I. Artificial Intelligence

In April 2020, I watched A.I. Artificial Intelligence for the first time on DVD. It was released in 2001. Stanley Kubrick allegedly had been supposed to direct it but he passed away, then Steven Spielberg became the director. I am wondering how it would have been if Mr. Kubrick, the director of A Clockwork Orange and The Shining, had directed it. 

The story could occur in the future. It describes the sorrow and happiness of David that is a humanoid robot boy who can love a human and in fact loves his human mom, Monica. Haley Joel Osment acts David. 

In a word, a Haley Joel Osment show. 

The movie provoked a lot of thoughts but kind of depressed me. The length is 146 minutes, which made me feel it longer. Then, I did not exactly know what Mr. Spielberg intended to say through it. He might have wanted to describe David's pure love for Monica, give a warning against our modern society and produce an entertainment dealing with AI robots that was becoming a popular topic. Anyway, I did not like the gloomy film. If Mr. Kubrick had directed it, it would have become more daring and innovative. I also imagine that Mr. Spielberg reluctantly accepted the job when Mr. Kubrick's bereaved family eagerly asked him to direct it, however, the two-time Oscar-winning director actually had difficulty in doing it because it was not his original idea. 

I was most impressed with a bear robot named Teddy, which reminded me Winnie the Pooh in Christopher Robin and made me want to watch the Disney movie again. The lead, Haley Joel Osment, surely played well and was charming. I, however, did not like the child actor so much because he looked to be a goody-goody. Although parents with boys might be able to have a special fondness for him, yet, if anything, I like to watch brats like Marcus in About a Boy and the four kids in Stand by Me. They are all sassy and natural for kids.