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Thu, 04 Sep 2008

Movie Review: I, Robot
Title:I, Robot (2004)
Rating:7/10

Kristy and I watched Will's Smith's I, Robot tonight and both of us thoroughly enjoyed it. The movie is loosely based on Isaac Asimov's written work and is centered around Asimov's Three Laws of Robotics: 1) a robot may not injure a human, 2) a robot must obey orders from humans, except where such orders would violate Law #1, and 3) a robot must protect it's own existence insofar as it does not violate Laws #1 and #2. The theme of the movie explores the somewhat common science fiction meme of machines turning against their human inventors (a la 2001, The Matrix trilogy, etc).

The movie production is very good. The futuristic city of Chicago, circa 2035, looks great and the cars 30 years from now look pretty sweet (kudos to Audi for the eye-catching product placement). And I must say, the computer generated aspects of the movie integrated very well into the flow of the movie. I was never distracted by a "that looks so fake" moment. Looks fabulous on Blu-Ray.

Summary: First time I had seen it, but if it's been awhile. Grab it on the Blu-Ray and watch it again.

:: Posted by rus on Thu, 04 Sep 2008 11:53 pm
:: Filed under /reviews/movies



       

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