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Postby Blade Runner on Sat Jul 24, 2004 4:58 pm

I have just watched this and cannot find a fault with it. The Storyline is very strong, i.e. no plot holes but then again Issac Asimov is maticulous in his detail. I havnt read the book so could'nt anticipate the outcome of the story, whereas in most cases, it's obvious. The camerawork is spectacular and the CGI was fantastic. This film must be the best film of this year if not the past 5 years. Definately goes straight into my top 5 films of all time.
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Sat Jul 24, 2004 8:32 pm

woah there horsey! Top 5 you say?

... then I found your top five:
Final Fantasy: The spirits within
Dune
Fifth Element
Equilibrium
Forbidden Planet


Final Fantasy indeed, no wonder it made it in! :mrgreen:

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Postby Blade Runner on Sat Jul 24, 2004 9:19 pm

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I can watch Final fantasy over and over again and never get bored, it's such a fabulous and beautiful film. BTW Blade Runner is my number one.

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Postby dinky on Sun Jul 25, 2004 2:18 am

Blade Runner wrote:
I can watch Final fantasy over and over again and never get bored, it's such a fabulous and beautiful film. BTW Blade Runner is my number one.

I thought it was ok. "overcooked" would have been my description.

anyway...I, Robot is worlds away from the book (no I haven't read it either). just the credit tells you that: "suggested by". but I read in a review that the book is actually a collection of short stories ala animatrix. I am with you on the hard to fault it bit. I mean...I don't think it's landmark cinema or anything, but what it does, it does pretty well. plot was still easy to telegraph and the "heart" of the story isn't exactly groundbreaking (ala bladerunner). but like I said: what it does, it does well. formulaic and predictable but well executed.

~my 2 cents, obviously. :twisted:
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Postby dinky on Sun Jul 25, 2004 5:12 am

PS - I, Robot takes the same material as AI and makes...well...an engaging movie out of it.
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Postby Blade Runner on Sun Jul 25, 2004 1:28 pm

Camerawork: On the catwalk at the end. Det Spooner say's to himself, 'Don't look down'. Why do we do that for a start? We do it to restrict our field of vision so not to be dissorientated by the depth of the situation. Cameras also see allong a flat plane with a restricted peripheral vision, so how do make the situation appear as precarious as it was in the film? You try and create a 3 dimensional view and the way they did it was to rotate the camera in a vertical plain around the subject which in my opinion created the disorientation need to simulate the heights they found themselves at.

CGI: The Robots movement was so precise and clean, which is what you would expect from advanced technology that tries to mimic human behaviour although humans cant jump 40ft in the air. If you could, thats how you would move, if your skeleton did'nt collapse first.
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Sun Jul 25, 2004 3:48 pm

great but the technical is never better than the material imo (something that hollywood is struggling to comprehend), and as Dinky says, its been done so many times before. It's a good film I agree with his comments, they reflect what I thought.
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Postby Bassline on Mon Aug 02, 2004 5:30 pm

watched this at the weekend and enjoyed it,no in depth review from me or any other bollocks...i just enjoyed it :mrgreen:
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Postby El Mariachi on Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:53 pm

my reviews stink but I will watch the movie next sunday.

And it better has some robot b00bies


does it have that? :o
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Postby Bassline on Mon Aug 02, 2004 7:57 pm

erm...no b00bies...it's a 12A cert (i think) so not barely a single swear word either as far as i can remember :wacky:
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Postby GingerWarrior on Mon Aug 02, 2004 8:47 pm

have actually read the book (long time ago), and watched the movie last thursday. to be honest couldn't see anything to connect the two apart from the 3 laws, and (tenously) when the robots are all lined up and he shoots one to get the rogue to flinch.

To be honest I really enjoyed the movie, even though some gimp stood up twice in front of me. Don't personally have a problem with Mr Smith, except if Fresh Prince repeats continue for much longer and the beeb don't put something decent on instead. really miss my 6 o'clock sci-fi.
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Postby spudthedestroyer on Mon Aug 02, 2004 9:53 pm

really miss my 6 o'clock sci-fi.


Quantum Leap :)
/me hugs the sci-fi channel
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Postby mw2merc on Mon Aug 02, 2004 11:54 pm

Anyone recognize the drawing/shot at the end of Sonny & the other robots?
"I put the KILL, in SKILL!!!"
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Postby dinky on Tue Aug 03, 2004 4:39 am

sure. it was the largest erection in the world a few hundred years ago. wait...that was NY. ummm......
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Postby GingerWarrior on Tue Aug 03, 2004 8:21 pm

spudthedestroyer wrote:
really miss my 6 o'clock sci-fi.


Quantum Leap :)
/me hugs the sci-fi channel
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the wife won't let me get sky/cable :cry: something about I watch too much tv and play on t'internet already.
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Postby mw2merc on Tue Aug 03, 2004 9:17 pm

dinky: Wrong!
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Postby maxpayne2409 on Tue Aug 03, 2004 11:12 pm

Purple.Nightmare wrote:but will smith!! enjoyable in fresh prince but shit in jus about nething else. but would like to see this :)


you do realise you must be neutered now for liking the fresh prince of bel end :lol:

altho there is actually something so bad that it makes even will smith movies enjoyable.... MARTIN FUCKING LAWRENCE, god i cant stand him one little bit
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Postby dinky on Wed Aug 04, 2004 12:00 am

:o seriously dude. you're turning me on. stop it.
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Postby Purple.Nightmare on Wed Aug 04, 2004 1:12 am

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Postby TheIce_Man on Mon Aug 30, 2004 5:41 pm

i watched it with reservations as i read the book along with all asimovs other works years ago, it is nothing like the book but i enjoyed it anyhow, if you go to compare it to the book you will hate it but if you go to just see it as another hollywood shootemup action flick it is quite good (as far as american films go!)
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