I Robot, Revisited
POSTED BY: Quicksand
UPDATED: Monday, August 22, 2005 05:12
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Sonny was a great character, and its a testament to the seeds planted by Alan Tudyk that the scenes with Will Smith held together, not something any actor could do.
Glad you liked the story, Needy; if you were intrigued by that, I would highly recommend the book "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov. It goes into much, much more detail on what makes a robot, a robot, though there is no character named Sonny.
I like a lot of the filmmakers involved here (and I LOVE Dark City; I own it), but the film was ultimately written by Akiva Goldsman, who has graced the world with such clever, insightful screenplays as "Batman and Robin," "Lost in Space" and "Practical Magic."
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Originally posted by Quicksand:
Glad you liked the story, Needy; if you were intrigued by that, I would highly recommend the book "I, Robot" by Isaac Asimov. It goes into much, much more detail on what makes a robot, a robot, though there is no character named Sonny.
I like a lot of the filmmakers involved here (and I LOVE Dark City; I own it), but the film was ultimately written by Akiva Goldsman, who has graced the world with such clever, insightful screenplays as "Batman and Robin," "Lost in Space" and "Practical Magic."
Yes, I've been planning on getting the original book for quite a while now, not that I'd read it anytime soon (my reading list just grows larger and larger - I'm quick at buying, not so quick at reading)
As for Akiva Goldsman... I had no idea he was responsible for such atrocities. He's like Hitler of the film world. Based on those other movies, I'd have to state that I Robot is his BEST SCRIPT EVER!
Needy. Male Companion a.k.a. First Boy Whore of Destiny
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I Robot was ok. I have seen worse and wanted to sue the company that made the film for stealing time from me. I did really enjoy Alan's work in the film and I like how it was not Wash as a Robot.
As was said else were Alan has some real talent. I hope we get to see a lot more of it.
TANSTAAFL
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The movie itself was... okay.
The basic plot threads were there, but while Will Smith brought 'spark' to it, the *story* should have had 'spark', rather than the actor, really.
Will's a good actor, I give him that, but you know what ?
Surprisingly, so is Alan - they really gave him very little to work with, a few facial expressions and a voice, and he managed to make sonny-the-robot into sonny-the-person on us.
I'd hit the movie with a C+ .. but Alan's work within it is at least an A- .. if not better.
I did pay to go see it at the theatre tho, which is a pretty big statement for a critic as downright harsh as I am.
-Frem
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I, like a few others, genuinely enjoyed I, Robot. Admittedly it wasn't the hardest of the hardcore sci-fi, but then again, it had to at least try to be a mainstream, box-office hit.
Ironically, I saw Firefly long after I saw I, Robot. I was enthralled by Sonny and the emotion expressed in the intonation and CGI. When I found out that Sonny was in a TV show and soon-to-be movie, I flipped.
One caution about reading I, Robot: I know this is sacrilege because Asimov is a sci-fi god, I enjoyed the film ... gasp ... more than the book! Asimov was quite clever in exploring what 3-laws robots would be like, and how the conflicts their use would entail.
I, Robot, IMHO, did an admirable job of capturing the gist of the book and trying to sculpt it into a coherent plot. Some of the plot points and ideas are lifted from Asimov (a robot hiding in a warehouse of other robots, the 4th law [due to humans idiocy, robots may act against orders to insure future benefits to humankind], etc.)
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My gal and I saw I, Robot and Dodgeball purely to support Alan. His performance made it worth seeing, as it always does.
Will Smith was in I, Robot? Really? Oh... guess I tuned him out.
;)
"I do the job... and then I get paid. Go run your little world."
-Malcolm Reynolds
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