We saw 'I, Robot' this weekend with friends. First of all, one thing to note is that when you book tickets in the middle of a heat wave, check that the theatre has air-conditioning (it was sooo hot). We should have known when we saw all the staff fanning themselves. The theatre had signs up stating that 'since the theatre was a listed property it didn't have air-conditioning, and that 'if you feel unwell contact a member of staff'. I wonder how many people had collapsed before they put those notices up?
The movie itself was fine, quite good even. There were some relatively minor gripes:
1. The blatant product placement did become a bit annoying after a while. You could play a game of spot the products (I'm sure I found more than a dozen).
2. Azimov fans could be a little disappointed with some of the details, although some updating was necessary.
3. I still can't totally buy into the CGA/Human mix. The interaction is not quite there yet.
The graphics are good, but again there are nagging doubts where the brain keeps telling you 'it's fake!'
4. The lead character is just way too heroic. Check out the jumping motor bike scene and the leaping over vertigo inducing drops. Totally unnecessary.
Is Will Smith planning on a career in politics? By his choice of movies and characters it seems to me that he wants to be the new, improved, Arnie.
The promotional web sites for the movie and for the robot are very pretty. Find the Movie page at http://www.irobotmovie.com/ and the NS-5 Robot page at http://www.ns-5.com/
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