Reader comments: I, Robot
CARLOS SALAZAR | Apr. 5, 2005
Good movie but I agree that two scenes should have been
eliminated (two shower scenes). The language was also pretty
bad. As far as the message of the movie, that was fairly
close to Asimov's view with a few differences. A lot of the
movie was taken from a single story "Little Lost Robot" in
the "I, Robot" book (itself a collection of short stories).
Sonny in the book has been manufactured with only a partial
first law (he can allow humans to come to harm) and he
actually hides among a bunch of similar Nestor model robots.
In Asimov's book after a short period of time robot
animosity among humans forces USR to manufacture robots
strictly for use off world but initially they are employed
on Earth. In the book the robots take over the Earth
surreptitiously and for basically the same reason outlined
in the movie (i.e. the three laws inevitably lead to a
zeroeth law where mankind must be protected from itself).
Ingeniously in other stories Asimov explains how the robots
became masters of Hyperspace and time travel and selected a
universe devoid of alien life because that was the safest of
all possible universes for man to inhabit (the reality was
that publishers of the 50s and 60s wouldn't allow humans to
"lose" to aliens and so Asimov had to illustrate all human
weaknesses by having humans lose to humans).
TREVOR | Jul. 29, 2004
GREAT MOVIE, great effects. the movie will keep you
guessing until the end. will smith is excellent, and the
robots are very well done. go see it today!
MIKE | Jul. 25, 2004
Great movie, great fun! Lots of action and good humor from
Will Smith...neat special effects. Smarter than I
expected, although most of us usually don't go to these
kind of movies for cerebral enhancement. Go see it and
have fun!
JONATHAN | Jul. 20, 2004
Great movie. I did't figure out the ending until the end.
My teen daughters were hiding in there seats almost the
whole movie. The fight scenes are great and the robots
have a spider like appearance that ads to the tension in
the film. The shower scene of Will Smith only shows him
from the side. I have seen worse on sponge bob cartoons. I
recommend this movie to everyone except film critics.
MIKE | Jul. 19, 2004
Great movie! Some slow parts and a shower scene that they
could've taken out that would've made the movie better but
all-in-all it was a great movie. The special effects were
great, especially the robots and how they fight and move,
etc. This is a great 3 star popcorn movie. Better than
Spiderman 2 in my opinion. Go see it, you'll thank me
later for taking my advice. :o)
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