Post by Chicago Astronomer - Astro Joe on Jul 17, 2004 3:06:24 GMT -6
Ok...it's not a Space movie, but it is futuristic.
I saw it Saturday Morning at 12:00 midnight to a packed house. I normally don't like Will Smith at all, but in this movie, he toned down the smarkey attitude a bit.
It is quite fast paced, and one has to really pay attention to the dialogue and action scenes. It was quite interesting to see a future Chicago, as they keep many of our present buildings amist the soaring new construction.
I can't go into much detail here, but I found it quite entertaining. The facial expressions of the main Robot character is very good, and general computer graphics quite good as well. The plot reminds me of the Original "Planet of the Apes" - Where slaves become masters. The I Robot story is well known, wrtitten by Asimov, and the movie is more or less faithful to the book, but the screenplay could have been more thought out.
I need to see it again to get the nuances, as I was trying to take it all in, all at once.
But I liked it, even with Smith in it.
I saw it Saturday Morning at 12:00 midnight to a packed house. I normally don't like Will Smith at all, but in this movie, he toned down the smarkey attitude a bit.
It is quite fast paced, and one has to really pay attention to the dialogue and action scenes. It was quite interesting to see a future Chicago, as they keep many of our present buildings amist the soaring new construction.
I can't go into much detail here, but I found it quite entertaining. The facial expressions of the main Robot character is very good, and general computer graphics quite good as well. The plot reminds me of the Original "Planet of the Apes" - Where slaves become masters. The I Robot story is well known, wrtitten by Asimov, and the movie is more or less faithful to the book, but the screenplay could have been more thought out.
I need to see it again to get the nuances, as I was trying to take it all in, all at once.
But I liked it, even with Smith in it.
