This schizoid production is a composite of two bad films. The first film is comprised of the first 1/2-hour and the last 1/2-hour. The second film is the middle segment, commencing with Dave's abandonment.
The first film is E.T. Redux. The second film is Mad Max Thunderdome.
Two of the most commonly committed errors in move-making are: 1) propelling the action by means of characters committing acts that cannot be justified based on previously established character-definitions; and 2) blurring, or losing, the storyline through political-motivated self-indulgence.
Unfortunately, this film is the poster boy of Both Errors. First Error. I don't care how artificial Dave is, this Mother WOULD NEVER wake up one day and take him out in the Woods and abandon him. What's up with that? I mean, that's just STUPID. It's indefensible. Second Error. Unfortunately, although Liberals make a great pretense of championing the Common Man, in fact Liberals really hate people and promote big government as the means of controlling them. The "Flesh Fair" makes intelligent movie-goers cringe with its stereotypical cartooning of human nature. In fact, is there a single likable human in either of the movies?
One of the things that distinguishes good storytellers from bad ones is the extent to which the characters are NOT cartoons. Spielberg is not a particularly good Storyteller because his characters are rarely allowed to be anything but one-dimensional, cartoonish stereotypes. A.I. is no exception. Contrast A.I. with, say, "The Green Mile." Notice how natural and human the characters in TGM are. If Spielberg had made TGM, ALL the guards would have acted like the Bad Seed, because Spielberg would try to force us to believe that all Criminals Are Good and All Guards are Evil, just as in AI, all the humans are evil, selfish, shallow stereotypes.
Opportunity wasted.
The first film is E.T. Redux. The second film is Mad Max Thunderdome.
Two of the most commonly committed errors in move-making are: 1) propelling the action by means of characters committing acts that cannot be justified based on previously established character-definitions; and 2) blurring, or losing, the storyline through political-motivated self-indulgence.
Unfortunately, this film is the poster boy of Both Errors. First Error. I don't care how artificial Dave is, this Mother WOULD NEVER wake up one day and take him out in the Woods and abandon him. What's up with that? I mean, that's just STUPID. It's indefensible. Second Error. Unfortunately, although Liberals make a great pretense of championing the Common Man, in fact Liberals really hate people and promote big government as the means of controlling them. The "Flesh Fair" makes intelligent movie-goers cringe with its stereotypical cartooning of human nature. In fact, is there a single likable human in either of the movies?
One of the things that distinguishes good storytellers from bad ones is the extent to which the characters are NOT cartoons. Spielberg is not a particularly good Storyteller because his characters are rarely allowed to be anything but one-dimensional, cartoonish stereotypes. A.I. is no exception. Contrast A.I. with, say, "The Green Mile." Notice how natural and human the characters in TGM are. If Spielberg had made TGM, ALL the guards would have acted like the Bad Seed, because Spielberg would try to force us to believe that all Criminals Are Good and All Guards are Evil, just as in AI, all the humans are evil, selfish, shallow stereotypes.
Opportunity wasted.
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