sarah masen
a.i.: a chilling example of a sterile world w/o love
by poetica*diva on Sat Jul 07 01:33:41 +0000 2001 in The Arsenal
i agree with bananie… a.i. made me sad as well. also confused, and disturbed at spirit. i dont like the entire concept, the manufacturing of human beings who are in essense manufacturing love. love cannot be manufactured.
having never seen another kubrick film, im not sure what to compare it to. however,i think technically it ran on way too long. it could have ended nicely when david was underwater with the blue fairy, teddy by his side, and the carousel crashing down upon them. (and i agree that teddy stood out the most of any character in the entire film. ok, except maybe jude law drool) it seemed to make more sense to end there, somehow, if spielburg wanted to create his ‘sentimental’ effect (as others have posted).
i especially disliked the fact that davids mother was called back from the dead for a day. if the alien/mecha type thing cared at all for the boy, or wanted to show him true love….selflessness, not selfishness would have come into play.
grrr. but manufacturing a robot to love humans??? the whole point is incongrous (yes probably the point of the whole film). i detested the implication that we humans could become so needy, or destitute, or impoverished with love in our society that we would resort to creating mechanical things to love us. i pray we never come to that.
there is, in my humble, idealistic, opinion, enough love in this world, more than enough if we open ourselves up to it. yes its very devastating, it cuts you to the bones, but its beautiful as well. Gods love really does pour out in humanity. any examples, anyone?? id love to hear.
a.i. was maybe supposed to capture the sterile chillingness of a world without true love. in that sense, it achieved its purpose.
blessings (and excuse the rambling nature of this post)
poetica*diva
