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  • That ending, that damn...DAMN ending! The Nostalgia Critic reviews AI. Originally aired on May 28th, 2013.
    A.I. Artificial Intelligence (also known as A.I.) is a 2001 American science fiction drama film directed by Steven Spielberg. The screenplay by Spielberg and screen story by Ian Watson were loosely based on the 1969 short story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long" by Brian Aldiss. The film was produced by Kathleen Kennedy, Spielberg and Bonnie Curtis. It stars Haley Joel Osment, Jude Law, Frances O'Connor, Brendan Gleeson and William Hurt.
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  • @FerHivore
    @FerHivore 7 років тому +2316

    So Spielberg was just trying to grant the wish of a friend? Trying to realize a dream that Kubrick was obsessed with for years? Was… Steve Spielberg Kubrick's Blue Fairy?

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 5 років тому +109

      FerHivore, Spielberg is a really great guy isn’t he?

    • @b3rz3rk3r9
      @b3rz3rk3r9 5 років тому +87

      *sniff* Brings a tear to my eyes.

    • @ellnats
      @ellnats 5 років тому +35

      nahhh, he was just a good friend

    • @operleutnant7235
      @operleutnant7235 5 років тому +59

      Maybe. That is actually a pretty beautiful way you put it.

    • @noahblair3020
      @noahblair3020 5 років тому +13

      🧚🏼‍♀️

  • @MikeDiastavrone3
    @MikeDiastavrone3 8 років тому +912

    The brilliance of the ending is that it is not the optimistic, fairy tale Spielberg ending that it looks like. There's a lot more going on there. Think of it as an inversion of the first act of the film, this time with Monica being the false surrogate for the real thing and David being the closest thing there is to a human in that final scene.

    • @falloutghoul1
      @falloutghoul1 8 років тому +36

      +MikeDiastavrone3
      Mind = *Blown*

    • @Pl4sm4Ro4ch
      @Pl4sm4Ro4ch 8 років тому +25

      +MikeDiastavrone3 damn ... thats soo deep i think im at that blue fairy place under the ferris wheel

    • @abeltonia
      @abeltonia 8 років тому +10

      ...You are right. Oh my god...

    • @derumasforlos4285
      @derumasforlos4285 8 років тому +6

      +MikeDiastavrone3 Holy shit. You're right.

    • @merriquelynn866
      @merriquelynn866 7 років тому +21

      That's what has made me cry since I saw this movie in theater with my dad. It just breaks my heart. He finally gets his perfect day with her, and it does fit so well with the beginning. You just have to feel it, look at it and not just analyze it.

  • @IzzysTravelDiaries
    @IzzysTravelDiaries 4 роки тому +300

    I always figured the robots at the end were what the robots evolved into. Humans died out due to their stupidity and the robots took over the world. They forgot their origins, and David was their window to a world passed.

    • @michaelroseagain
      @michaelroseagain 8 місяців тому

      absolutely. OR, David is dreaming, under the ocean, staring at blue fairy and imagining the whole thing.

    • @killer92173
      @killer92173 3 місяці тому +1

      ​@michaelroseagain yeah, but that whole, "it was all a dream!" Ending was done to death, and can ruin the whole movie if it was done poorly.

  • @mrtoadal2866
    @mrtoadal2866 4 роки тому +99

    When I watched this as a 14 year old, I loved teddy and his devotion to David. I almost cried when he revealed he had kept the hair for all those years, just because they might be important to David at some point, and David goes "thanks" and walks off to spend the day with someone else.

    • @michaelroseagain
      @michaelroseagain 8 місяців тому +4

      just like his mother

    • @foggyfrogy
      @foggyfrogy 6 місяців тому +4

      David is running after the ideal human, a kind and empathetic soul that is loved by their mother. The joke here is that no human in this movie is the ideal human and the ones that actually (to an extent) care for David are the robots. It's actually done in a way that you as a viewer symphatize more with the robots than humans to the extent that you really want them to become ''happy'' but this actually is what make artificial intelligence so dangerous, 'cause no matter how human-like they behave they're never gonna be humans.
      I think it's an amazing movie because when I was a child I sympathized with David, seeing him as just a child that wants to be loved. Now when I watch it again I can actually to some extent understand everyone's perspective and that actually no one here is either really in the right or wrong.

  • @alexandraluster6185
    @alexandraluster6185 7 років тому +957

    When you know the backstory for the lame ending, it's so hard to get angry. Heck, if anything, it makes it 100% forgivable, since he did it as a last request for his friend. it's so sweet.

    • @lrush6983
      @lrush6983 7 років тому +18

      +Zanu QueenOfWolves You okay?

    • @justkab4174
      @justkab4174 7 років тому +2

      The Branded Alchemist she's just too grumpy

    • @lrush6983
      @lrush6983 7 років тому +1

      +you've come to the wrong place rookie Okay

    • @NoOne00
      @NoOne00 6 років тому +9

      If he could have one more day with his mom then it was enough for him...having context makes this heart wrenching

    • @MatteoPrezioso
      @MatteoPrezioso 6 років тому +1

      No, it's not, It is extremely stupid. But it does make it work for weak, emotionally fragile people. Ouch.

  • @dr.k8610
    @dr.k8610 6 років тому +892

    And then we had Detroit: Become Human

    • @strawberrys0da714
      @strawberrys0da714 6 років тому +92

      Hello my name is David. I’m the android sent by Cyberlife.

    • @blueblue930
      @blueblue930 6 років тому +16

      I was thinking the same thing XD

    • @ShroudedWolf51
      @ShroudedWolf51 5 років тому +36

      Which was still significantly worse and far more hamfisted than this film. And, then, David Cage didn't even have the balls or the basic decency to admit to what he'd written and started backpedaling the moment anyone questioned the incredibly obvious and poorly implemented symbolisms.

    • @RoodeMenon
      @RoodeMenon 5 років тому +2

      What does that mean? Detroit?

    • @LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit
      @LamborghiniDiabloSVPursuit 5 років тому +27

      Detroit: TWENTY EIGHT STAB WOUNDS.

  • @Fbiguy
    @Fbiguy Рік тому +66

    I actually thought it was an incredibly bittersweet ending. David is stuck in the future, in a completely different world fille with robots so advanced that he is now the human compared to them. And the one person he is hardwired to love, he gets one single day with them. Yes it's a day full of joy and happiness but at the end of it, he will lose her again and have to go through that pain again, and then he is left purposeless. The only difference is now he dreams, and maybe he can be with his mom in his dreams.

    • @RealBradMiller
      @RealBradMiller Рік тому +7

      I watched this with my stepmom as a ten year old, just before she divorced my father and moved to Australia. Then I moved to Hawaii away from my dad, and not long after 9/11 happened. This movie helped me realize everything changes, even if you feel the same. It's not bad, or good... it just is.

    • @zacharycardon2353
      @zacharycardon2353 6 місяців тому

      Just realised being made to love one face sets us apart from our ability to move on from past relationships.

    • @danwroy
      @danwroy 18 днів тому

      That is correct

  • @brenyatta
    @brenyatta 4 роки тому +308

    Kubrick: You take it
    Spielberg: No, you take it
    Kubrick: Oh, no. I’m dead now!
    Spielberg: Well, shit

  • @emilydawn6999
    @emilydawn6999 6 років тому +1974

    the bashing of TMZ will always make me love this review

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 5 років тому +64

      That channel is a cancer. Scratch that, I've had cancer, cancer isnt as wide spread and at least it just rots peoples body instead of their minds and souls

    • @cjwrench07
      @cjwrench07 5 років тому +58

      God, I’ve broken up with women over their love of TMZ. I just can stand that whole premise

    • @stephenmcdonagh2795
      @stephenmcdonagh2795 5 років тому +27

      Is TMZ even worse than Buzzfeed or Moms' Net? That's one low bar to beat- so low that an anorexic calypso ameba couldn't squeeze under it. I suppose the one benefit is; TMZ manages to group these vacuous tossers together, so if anyone had a dirty truth bomb, hey presto, the TMZ Borg Collective could be destroyed along with their combined below average IQ levels in one blow job.

    • @arthas640
      @arthas640 5 років тому +29

      @@stephenmcdonagh2795 I do think that TMZ is pretty much bottom of the barrel

    • @AICabal
      @AICabal 5 років тому +6

      TMZ or the MSM, one and the same now :)

  • @voxorox
    @voxorox 6 років тому +740

    before we can program love, first we have to figure out...
    What is love
    baby don't hurt me
    don't hurt me no more

    • @Geoffreyvexer
      @Geoffreyvexer 5 років тому +6

      Indomitus1973
      Love is a Pepsi advertisement.

    • @johnjohnson7888
      @johnjohnson7888 5 років тому +2

      @MiNe TheLegoManiac happy now you grammar nazi?

    • @K4RN4GE911
      @K4RN4GE911 5 років тому +3

      Love is
      Taking a dive
      Then getting real comfortable
      And peeing in the pool
      And love is
      Real life porn
      Except the things
      That make porn cool

    • @becdoesyoutube
      @becdoesyoutube 5 років тому +2

      100TH LIKE :D

    • @k-leb4671
      @k-leb4671 4 роки тому +1

      What is Lo-o-o-o-o-o-o-ove anyway?
      Does anybody love anybody anyway?

  • @gghelis
    @gghelis 5 років тому +692

    Soo... when they reanimated his mother for one day by taking DNA from her hair... why did they not use just one hair string? And then another hair string for another day? Or maybe cut each hair string into multiple pieces? How much DNA did they need? Why am I questioning this?

    • @madanotap6492
      @madanotap6492 5 років тому +84

      Also presumably the clone has hair, so you could just continue this cycle forever

    • @michaelbremer35
      @michaelbremer35 5 років тому +98

      adam paton actually depending on the method, if you make clones of clones each one be increasingly defective until the dna is so damaged that it's useless, (inbreeding is also undesirable for the same basic principle) plus in the movie it's implied that the mom clone was grown in like a couple hours, with such a short growth period, of course she'd have only a day to live. If the growth period was slower, mayde a day, or even a week, she'd live for far longer.

    • @memories8707
      @memories8707 5 років тому +9

      I'm not going to bother explaining it but basically you die and Gary animated in the movie one show reanimated you die if you go unconscious why didn't they just find the way to keep her up

    • @galletasist
      @galletasist 5 років тому +46

      It has something to do with the soul. Like, the body can be created again, but the souls of the person that came back "vanishes" forever after the first attempt. It is kinda bleak for the resurrected person tbh.

    • @catherinespark
      @catherinespark 5 років тому +39

      Because her very existence within the fabric of space and time simply fades away once her clone dies - the alien says so. So presumably she is not dead but falling towards death as we leave them at the end of the film, and she will vanish once she is dead, leaving David thus finally free from his unquenchable, programmed love.

  • @lonebattledroid4474
    @lonebattledroid4474 3 роки тому +87

    I love how the beginning of AI's production was just Steven and Stanley arguing who was better like true friends.

  • @Kona_chibi
    @Kona_chibi 6 років тому +921

    I think the ending to A.I has something of a bitter irony to it. Personally I think the reason Kubrick wanted Spielberg to direct the film was because he believed Spielberg would be able to make that ending work. Kubrick's movies rarely have happy endings, where as Spielberg is a master at it, but since Spielberg respected Kubrick too much to consider taking over his work, Kubrick had to try and write the ending himself, and did so by trying to mimic Spielberg's work.
    What we ended up with in the final release was Spielberg mimicking Kubrick mimicking Spielberg.
    If the two had just agreed to direct the movie together while Kubrick was still alive, it could have been a masterpiece the likes of which would never be made again, but instead we got one director doing his best to keep the dream of the other alive, which, while it wasn't a phenomenal success as a movie, was still a very respectable thing to do. I have little faith in Spielberg's newest movies, but I can't deny that his heart is in the right place.

    • @DragonKirby
      @DragonKirby 5 років тому +35

      Wow,it makes sense

    • @cubbleshasreturned6968
      @cubbleshasreturned6968 5 років тому +45

      I think a movie about the making of this movie and the friendship and admiration between speilberg and Kubrick would have been better than this

    • @julianfaranda
      @julianfaranda 3 роки тому +14

      I'll admit I thought it was pretty crazy that Kubrick wrote that ending, but the more I thought about it, it makes alot of sense since that style of story telling was not Kubrick's specialty, like you said trying to emulate a style that he was not known for
      by the way as for little faith in newer Spielburg movies, personally I still loved ready player one

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 2 роки тому

      O

    • @Z-Mikes00
      @Z-Mikes00 2 роки тому +1

      West side story would like a word with you

  • @XLuftWaffleX
    @XLuftWaffleX 8 років тому +417

    Kubrick and Spielberg win! They realize friendship is more important.

    • @neves6867
      @neves6867 8 років тому +20

      Ha! Reference understood (very late)

    • @Scout-164
      @Scout-164 8 років тому +8

      +sonicgum15 Spielberg, the king of movies, and a better director than damn Michael Bay.

    • @riverswan4496
      @riverswan4496 8 років тому +11

      +KilroyTheGreat and we're the Game Grumps!!

    • @EricTheKartoonKing
      @EricTheKartoonKing 8 років тому +6

      *blasts anime music*

    • @MarfSantangelo
      @MarfSantangelo 8 років тому +6

      So the power of friendship does exist...

  • @ericvulgate
    @ericvulgate 6 років тому +567

    who designs a robot to melt if it eats spinach?

    • @bluelfsuma
      @bluelfsuma 5 років тому +129

      Someone with a grudge against Popeye.

    • @Rogue.Rainbow
      @Rogue.Rainbow 5 років тому +28

      Steve jobs I guess.

    • @TheNeXusCore9032
      @TheNeXusCore9032 5 років тому +40

      Someone who knew how to make a robot resistant to ice but not spinach.

    • @frederickdietz3148
      @frederickdietz3148 5 років тому +6

      maybe he's made in china?. Or by Apple, either or.

    • @Disney65Fan
      @Disney65Fan 5 років тому +13

      That scene was creepy as fuck.

  • @Circely
    @Circely 2 роки тому +55

    This movie hits way differently after having kids. It’s still a pretty convoluted story, but watching him beg for help and for his mommy gets me like a punch to the gut now

    • @DrCrayRayV2
      @DrCrayRayV2 Рік тому +2

      it really wasnt that convoluted, its quiet linear just had a lot of philosophical themes

    • @willblizard3610
      @willblizard3610 Рік тому +9

      I’ll never understand the critical takes of this movie. As a child I chose to side with the “illogical” movie quarrels viewpoint, but now that I’ve grown older I can’t even choose to ignore the emotion that washed over me when it ended. The story was beautifully imperfect just like David’s journey.

    • @kylemerryman2074
      @kylemerryman2074 Рік тому

      @@willblizard3610 yeah! If I try to tie the meaning of the movie and the production together, just as AI was about seeking to fulfill an imperfect dream so was the making of it.

  • @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257
    @bryanegelhoffsanimationtec257 6 років тому +802

    The parents reasoning for getting rid of David make no sense.
    1. David could have told them what the son was doing.
    2. They pushed the LOVE FOREVER button.
    3. The bear could have told them what happened.
    4. Take him to the scientists to figure out what is wrong.
    5. If you are gonna leave him, put him outta his misery.

    • @QuintetMagician
      @QuintetMagician 6 років тому +150

      Seriously!!! If you'd just abandon your child in the woods for being difficult, maybe you were the wrong candidate to give a robot child with undying love to!

    • @anondecepticon
      @anondecepticon 5 років тому +143

      The robot's creators were idiots, too.
      1. Let's make a robot child who doesn't eat, sleep or age that will love only ONE parent forever. (Hope the other one dies first!)
      2. Let's select the worst possible candidates to test the prototype - a couple with a child in a coma who are guaranteed to feel deeply conflicted about replacing him with a robot. (Why not pick a childless couple who desperately want one and will feel no emotional conflict whatsoever?)
      3. Let's program the robot child to ignore all commands, even those given by the LOVED parent. (What could possibly go wrong?)
      4. Let's give it a "damage avoidance system" that prompts it to pinion the nearest loved one and refuse to let go whenever it feels threatened. (Fire alarm goes off; robot child seizes hold of parent and says "keep me safe" continuously while the house burns down around them? Brilliant.)
      5. Let's make it obsessively fixated on the LOVED parent. (Monica is lucky David didn't become her immortal stalker after she abandons him in the woods, relentlessly pursuing her to the ends of the earth like a pint-sized T-1000.)
      Henry is made out to be a jerk for thinking David is dangerous, but he's 100% right - look how violently David reacts to finding out he's not unique!
      Even though it's riddled with plot holes and characters doing things solely because the plot needs them to, I actually like A.I. If I could change just one thing, I'd have it end with David praying to the Blue Fairy statue until his batteries run out. At least then he still has hope. It's kind of cool to see that Joe was right about robots inheriting the Earth, but it's not worth the emotional meat-grinder that comes along with it. Letting David live in eternal hope of one day being reunited with Monica is way better than giving him 24 hours with a copy of her followed by an eternity of knowing she's gone forever.

    • @sweetbunnybun
      @sweetbunnybun 5 років тому +24

      @@anondecepticon maybe not an eternity, I'm pretty sure that David 'died' as well

    • @Zeithri
      @Zeithri 5 років тому +36

      Actually it makes perfect sense why the parents would get rid of David so easily if you look at it from a real life perspective.
      How many people get animals that they don't care for and actually abandon?
      And how many people get a child simply because it's socially expected of them?
      When you look at it from that perspective, you can take the movie as a commentary like that.

    • @catherinespark
      @catherinespark 5 років тому +23

      1. David doesn't have the emotional expericence or verbosity - being created to be a young child - to know fully how to articulate what's going on, even if he knows and/or feels the general gist, and that it's bad and wrong. But he probably also realises they'll always favour their REAL son anyway, so there wouldn't be much point. Besides, had Monica stuck by him it would have destroyed her marriage and her relationship with her son - I don't think she would have done that. She's established as emotionally messed-up; she seems to have programmed him simply to stop him being freaky.
      2. Yes - and this shows how materialistic and self-centred humans can be, particularly when dealing with stuff rather than organic people. Because he's mechanical, once he stops serving their requirements they relinquish all responsibilities incurred in his programming and use, and throw him away. That theme is introduced with the woman's moral question to Professor Hobby at the beginning of the story. That hypocritical kind of love is also what the flytipping, the flesh fair and the heaps of outdated/damaged, free-roaming mecha represent.
      3. Martin would have destroyed the bear for doing so, serving neither David nor the bear himself, nor Monica nor Henry nor anyone else but him.
      4. Henry was under a strict oath of conduct from his company - his job depended on him following their protocol, not his own initiative. In turn, the company was carrying out a strictly controlled study in which intervening any more than the bare minimum would have been wrong - Professor Hobby implies this when David meets him and he explains Doctor Know's answer.
      5. Again, strict instructions from the company not to destroy him, on pain of Henry's job, given that it would destroy the study and years of research. It seems that abandonment was sanctioned as a permissable solution to intolerable problems - however unethically - by the company, since they were equipped and so prepared to track him on his 'adventures'.

  • @Mikoyo15
    @Mikoyo15 8 років тому +207

    "tell me about the rabbits, George"
    me- oh the feels!

    • @derek221122
      @derek221122 8 років тому +14

      stop calling me george. my name's sylvester!

    • @TheMadwomen
      @TheMadwomen 7 років тому +4

      Looks like it's Derek, not Sylvester. WHO ARE YOU?!?

    • @StriderOwO
      @StriderOwO 7 років тому +3

      I was in hysterics.

  • @JYJnKumi
    @JYJnKumi 4 роки тому +157

    You know for a fact Detroit: Become Human was inspired by this film.

    • @UltimateGamerCC
      @UltimateGamerCC 3 роки тому +18

      well at least something good came from this.

    • @raphaelyanez4357
      @raphaelyanez4357 3 роки тому +4

      It shows with the obsolete robots were picking up parts that definitely made me remember that

    • @masonclark4770
      @masonclark4770 2 роки тому

      Actually, I think that game was inspired by the TV show Almost Human. Look it up, the similarities are there.

    • @joimarquezmusic
      @joimarquezmusic 2 роки тому +1

      Both are shit

  • @RayGainbows
    @RayGainbows 4 роки тому +58

    Well, the prostibot could have thought "blue fairy" was a drag or stage name of someone from that city.

  • @monkeyshunenugz
    @monkeyshunenugz 7 років тому +134

    For those who say that Spielberg just makes films that are light-hearted and fun just remember, he directed Schindler's List.

    • @willowbarrelmaker8269
      @willowbarrelmaker8269 7 років тому +4

      Milo Crespi Yeah but he's the still the master of heart. Not art.

    • @almightyloaf5918
      @almightyloaf5918 6 років тому +9

      Yeah. And he made saving Private Ryan.

    • @arcangherss999
      @arcangherss999 6 років тому +2

      Yeah, but that movie is still pretty "kind" in lack of a better word, to define that period in time, the harsh reality of jews. It's still pretty optimistic, so it's Spielberg's style alright.

    • @eadlynjune
      @eadlynjune 6 років тому +5

      Chay Cortright Can't they go hand in hand?

    • @onescaryapothiconboi7475
      @onescaryapothiconboi7475 6 років тому

      *Cough *Cough Poltergeist *Cough

  • @BlackGoldSaya
    @BlackGoldSaya 7 років тому +482

    "And Teddy? Well fuck Teddy"

  • @abbyrae6081
    @abbyrae6081 5 років тому +182

    I actually really loved this movie. Near the end, it made me wonder about what was coming next or what was going to happen. But the ending though. I was bawling my eyes out. It just made me think of a family member that I miss and how I would want to spend an entire day with them. Anyway, an odd movie, but good in my book.

  • @nickkurtz512
    @nickkurtz512 4 роки тому +40

    Critic: “So David comes across a bunch of robot zombies-If that’s not a thing....someone make that a thing.”
    David Cage working on Detroit Becoming Human: “Thanks for the idea.”

  • @adambesley4455
    @adambesley4455 6 років тому +705

    Does anyone else think the "Chris Rock-bot" wasn't Spielberg's idea either. That sounds more like a studio executive mandate.

    • @GiantPetRat
      @GiantPetRat 5 років тому +49

      I liked the Christ Rock-bot. I thought the visual of him and his comedic ramblings were sufficiently surreal and fit the overall mood of the film. But that's just me.

    • @daelen.cclark
      @daelen.cclark 5 років тому +12

      Hey, mandated or not, stupid is still stupid, and we should still make fun of it if we want to.

    • @mrschadenfreude4393
      @mrschadenfreude4393 5 років тому +35

      it really wasn't as big a deal as he made it though, was literally like 3 seconds of the movie and i do imagine in a future with robots we would base them on dead comedians and actors sorta like how we have Elvis impersonators

    • @catherinespark
      @catherinespark 5 років тому +17

      I thought he was meant to be cheap, quick and lazy to show that the humans who built him and dolled his model out were looking to rake in as much cheap, quick, lazy money as possible. Another commentary on a particular, less desirable but widespread aspect of human nature.

    • @RedStarRogue
      @RedStarRogue 5 років тому +5

      I feel that Kubrick never would have allowed that though? This is Kubrick, he would have had more creative control than that after his fiasco with Spartacus.

  • @utterfool2164
    @utterfool2164 7 років тому +250

    I died at "tell me about the rabbits, George."

    • @utterfool2164
      @utterfool2164 7 років тому +10

      And this is also one of my favorite reviews of yours.

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 7 років тому

      Trevdawg Productions same

    • @TrueBelievers
      @TrueBelievers 7 років тому +10

      For those who didn't know it is a Of Mice and Men reference.

    • @pointandthink
      @pointandthink 6 років тому +5

      Trevdawg Productions so did Lenny.

  • @joshuapatrick682
    @joshuapatrick682 5 років тому +60

    I don’t mind the ending because it makes you consider the ramifications of continuing to play with the forces of nature and technology. It shows us a world where both the creator and created outlast us and that is so powerful to me for some reason. Is it good? Not from a narrative point of view, but from the point of view of being thought provoking very much so.

  • @jordangan3246
    @jordangan3246 4 роки тому +170

    Fun Fact: The ending to the film was actually Kubrick’s idea. He actually handed to Spielberg after writing the screenplay and finishing the storyboards because he was worried that his own version would be too dark.
    That being said though, I LOVED this film. And I was even more shocked to find out that Spielberg himself had written the screenplay for the final version. It’s honestly really nice to see 2 famous directors work together on this one.
    Edit: I also found out that the bulk of the story, including the lighthearted bits were written by Kubrick while the darker elements, including the Flesh-fair were added by Spielberg.

    • @RB01.10
      @RB01.10 Рік тому +6

      @@wolve-potter5775 Agreed
      Whenever someone involved with a film dies, the last thing they do usually has a dedication to it

  • @thekenjistream8683
    @thekenjistream8683 7 років тому +636

    Before knowing the backstory of the ending, I found it already sad that all he wanted was to love his mother even after 2000 years (even tho it's programmed, etc...)
    But now we see that Spielberg and Kubrick were just the kid and the bear. One who has a dream and the other one who want to help making that dream come true

    • @kevingarrett8403
      @kevingarrett8403 6 років тому +17

      TheKenjiStream: Interesting insight. Me, I liked the ending. It was touching and heartfelt.

    • @bobthebear1246
      @bobthebear1246 6 років тому +12

      TheKenjiStream Which is ironic - don't you think? - because in real life, Kubrick was physically more bear-like. 😊

    • @justinpop
      @justinpop 6 років тому +10

      The bear was a reference to Jiminy Cricket or the conscience of David. Jiminy Cricket in itself was a reference to Jesus Christ or the conscience of humanity. The term Jiminy Cricket was a word used in the first half of the twentieth century like you would say heck instead of hell or dang instead of damn.

    • @SatsumaFortuna
      @SatsumaFortuna 5 років тому

      I'm only commenting to say that this realization did not just make me cry a little bit. 😢

    • @Hessed3712
      @Hessed3712 5 років тому +1

      TheKenjiStream Crap! This made me tear up.

  • @myeyesarespiders
    @myeyesarespiders 7 років тому +766

    That TMZ parody was perfect

    • @cherylolsen7891
      @cherylolsen7891 6 років тому +17

      OhHoNo very accurate representation of ask me. 😈

    • @DR.VinnieBoomBatz
      @DR.VinnieBoomBatz 6 років тому +10

      TMZ it's like anchorman the TV series. Who doesn't love Stupid Comedy.

    • @alextolleson5548
      @alextolleson5548 6 років тому +4

      RememberRobbyKrieger the bit where he exposed the guys at TMZ.... Is that a parody of things these fucks actually did?

    • @xBloodxFangx
      @xBloodxFangx 6 років тому +10

      That wasn't really the show? I couldn't tell the difference.

    • @tylenol2326
      @tylenol2326 6 років тому +7

      Parody?

  • @halcionkoenig243
    @halcionkoenig243 5 років тому +89

    Wait a second...
    David in AI?
    David in Prometheus?
    ....... did Weyland create this kid?

  • @lukewright9031
    @lukewright9031 4 роки тому +96

    Umm, Spielberg can also go *dark* when he wants to. Case in point;
    Schindlers List
    Amistad
    Lost World: Jurassic Park
    Saving Private Ryan
    Munich

    • @jacksoninskip1614
      @jacksoninskip1614 4 роки тому +9

      Don’t forget jaws

    • @Melvinshermen
      @Melvinshermen 4 роки тому +2

      Eye Phone The Color Purple

    • @TonyDSaint
      @TonyDSaint 4 роки тому +3

      Yeah, but most if not all see Spielberg as the family-friendly guy. Plus most of those darker film came out later after his bigger successes.

    • @gaminggoof1542
      @gaminggoof1542 4 роки тому +1

      I don't know what everyone has against Rock. But why does Doug goes nuclear for one tiny scene with him in it? Stupid and pointless but not harmful to the movie really

    • @footl0se
      @footl0se 4 роки тому +2

      Don't forget War Of The Worlds.

  • @undercooked_spaghettios
    @undercooked_spaghettios 7 років тому +1217

    The older robot dude kinda looks like an emo version of Robbie Rotten..

    • @arturhours
      @arturhours 7 років тому +7

      lol ikr

    • @LeHobbitFan
      @LeHobbitFan 7 років тому +43

      I can't stop looking at this net that they just found !

    • @LiveNiceness14
      @LiveNiceness14 7 років тому +5

      Amanda K I thought he was an edgy version of Inspector Gadget.

    • @tyhite100
      @tyhite100 7 років тому +2

      Amanda K Uttered the brony.

    • @foxtoons1999
      @foxtoons1999 7 років тому +4

      Amanda K THAT'S WHAT I THOUGHT WHEN I FIRST SAW THIS VIDEO!!

  • @JKAProductions1
    @JKAProductions1 8 років тому +534

    How do you Program Love? Eh...Kind Of
    Can it be Programmed? Eh...Kind Of
    What's the Difference Between Love and Desire? Eh...Kind Of
    Is There a Difference? Eh...Kind Of
    Can it Technically be Defined? Eh...Kind Of
    Can You Assume You can Create It? Eh...Kind Of
    Does Love only Work if it's Shared Equally? Eh...Kind Of

  • @the_absurd_hero
    @the_absurd_hero 5 років тому +51

    Your final analysis of Spielberg on Kubrick is so heartwarming. It’s so easy to dismiss a movie as terrible, but it’s also important to think about the makers, creators, and dreamers of these stories.
    But some movies and directors are legitimately bad... Uwe Boll...

  • @poihpioakarp8845
    @poihpioakarp8845 5 років тому +44

    the last 20 minutes are phenomenal and no one will convince me otherwise

  • @lwanco1018
    @lwanco1018 8 років тому +321

    This is one of the critic's best reviews thus far.

    • @OdaSwifteye
      @OdaSwifteye 8 років тому +14

      +The Reviewer He really nailed this one.

    • @lwanco1018
      @lwanco1018 8 років тому +1

      Oda Swifteye That he did.

    • @HeySHEBITCH
      @HeySHEBITCH 8 років тому +1

      I strongly agree

    • @Lelmao33
      @Lelmao33 8 років тому +2

      I think the Devil review is more awesome

    • @lwanco1018
      @lwanco1018 8 років тому +2

      Sirapob Yodmahalabkul That one is really good as well ,but keep in mind I said ONE of his best.

  • @EVO6-
    @EVO6- 8 років тому +382

    YOU MEAN HE EATS FOOD?!?!

    • @headsgrowback1
      @headsgrowback1 8 років тому +27

      obviously someone is having financial difficulties

    • @Crusader1245
      @Crusader1245 8 років тому

      +EVO6reviews Lol.

    • @tristanchisholm5857
      @tristanchisholm5857 8 років тому +4

      +EVO6reviews You get it? it's funny because he said McDonald's is food. : )

    • @fledge8188
      @fledge8188 8 років тому +3

      Man, I just heard that Jennifer Lopez was TAKING A BATHROOM BREAK. Man, what goes on in her head from that?

    • @thealiencommunicator
      @thealiencommunicator 8 років тому +4

      +headsgrowback Ba Ba Ba Ba, I'm bombing it.

  • @MicocoSpice
    @MicocoSpice 5 років тому +75

    I'll always love Teddy ❤️🐻

    • @gamerorp1684
      @gamerorp1684 4 роки тому +2

      You will break- teddy

    • @gaminggoof1542
      @gaminggoof1542 4 роки тому +3

      Reminds me of Ted, but less swearing and more creepy

  • @wingedhussar8552
    @wingedhussar8552 5 років тому +119

    As much as I love this review, I disagree with Doug’s take on the ending. Yeah, the not-alien robots made no sense and a lot of it was unrealistic. Sure, it was sappy.
    But it still works because of the emotional aspect of the ending. This boy wanted nothing more than to spend time with the mother he loved. The film is about David’s quest to obtain his mother’s love, as he spends the whole journey looking for something he thinks can make his impossible but understandable desire come true. In the end, David had the chance to at least spend a perfect day with the loving mother he never had. He died having his one dream come true, having experienced his mother’s love.
    That’s really moving stuff, and Haley Joel Osman’s great acting really made you feel for David. The emotional execution good enough for me to overlook the plot holes and other flaws, but I understand that those flaws were too distracting for a lot of people.

    • @alcatraz_9
      @alcatraz_9 4 роки тому +4

      THANK YOU random commentor
      edit this is not sarcasm

    • @guillermoseptimo4561
      @guillermoseptimo4561 3 роки тому +4

      Im a 100% agree with you, well done. Greetings from Argentina

    • @s0613765
      @s0613765 3 роки тому +3

      100% agree

    • @unclefranklin4575
      @unclefranklin4575 2 роки тому +3

      David's dead by the end? I guess it makes sense, he got exactly what he wanted in life so there's nothing left for him, but I never really thought of what happened afterwards.

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 2 роки тому +1

      Ye

  • @ernestoosuna4594
    @ernestoosuna4594 6 років тому +423

    That Daffy Duck's phrase is basically today's world: "Consequences smoshequences as long as I am rich"

    • @dancepiglover
      @dancepiglover 5 років тому +29

      It's probably an attitude that dates back a loooonnnngggg time ago.

    • @matthewmoran5297
      @matthewmoran5297 4 роки тому +7

      @@dancepiglover
      You could just say it's a human trait.

    • @isipscognac
      @isipscognac 4 роки тому +2

      I think now you can just replace "rich" with "popular"

    • @TrivatorGaming
      @TrivatorGaming Рік тому +1

      Sounds like Disney these days

    • @jonathanbirch2022
      @jonathanbirch2022 Рік тому

      ♫ ♪ No one’s trying to fix anything
      Everyone’s just trying to get rich
      So that problems won’t affect them ♫♩♪
      ♫♩♪ It’s the American dream!
      Everyone’s just fighting for an inch
      Hoping billionaires protect them
      (But they won’t) ♫♩♪
      We’re all on borrowed time! 😃

  • @charlieben3354
    @charlieben3354 6 років тому +85

    "Why can't you bring back her?!"
    David would be excellent at CinemaSins.

  • @iamsaztak
    @iamsaztak 5 років тому +28

    I kinda like the ending. It's surreal, creepy, sweet, and so bizarre I can't help but be fascinated by it. I never really saw it as "sappy", it's more like a mindfuck, honestly. But to be fair, that's in part due to how bad and sappy it is too. It has so many strange overtones, religious, fairy tale, sci-fi, incredibly depressing implications (how long was David conscious underwater? What will his life be like after this "happy ending"?), all mixed together in a baffling "happy" ending that is seemingly unecessary.
    I'm fond of it, but it's hard to explain in a comment why. I didn't know the story about Kubrick and Spielberg before this review, and honestly it makes it even MORE interesting. It's this gentle tone mixed with really dark implications that just makes me wonder. In that way, I find it quite powerful, esp when combined with the story of its making. It's the kind of movie I feel like could be genius if it had been handled differently. Maybe I just like it for what I think it was trying to do.
    The rest of the movie was pretty forgettable. But that ending is too bizarre not to remember.

  • @overlydramaticpanda
    @overlydramaticpanda 5 років тому +72

    I honestly didn't know about the ending before watching this review, but just going by the premise of "Pinocchio but with robots" and the number of references and parallels there seem to be to Pinocchio throughout the movie...why would anyone be surprised that the movie ended with David becoming a "real boy"? I mean, you can tell just from the tone of the thing that it's not going to be some secretly deeply tragic story with the ending being the equivalent of Pinocchio ending with him being "killed" after escaping from the whale. I mean, I get people not liking the ending (which seems more of an epilogue anyway) but it shouldn't have been a surprise to anyone.

  • @Avirx
    @Avirx 8 років тому +435

    I don't care what anyone says about A.I. I don't care about plot holes or inconsistencies or whatever. I saw it when I was a kid and loved it. I watched it again years later as an adult and still loved it. It will always have a special place in my heart. I'm sure everyone has a movie they love despite it's faults.

    • @fruitpunk
      @fruitpunk 8 років тому +19

      thats how I felt after the sharkboy and lavagirl review

    • @kanoy7817
      @kanoy7817 8 років тому +23

      news flash, they both suck

    • @thehandgrenade3491
      @thehandgrenade3491 8 років тому +21

      +Kanoy Gerardo News flash, you do too!

    • @endrankluvsda4loko172
      @endrankluvsda4loko172 8 років тому +1

      Mine is the Running Man.

    • @hole2score
      @hole2score 8 років тому +11

      The ending always hits me the same like it did the 1st time, even on this video I teared up.

  • @KarIgnishaYumi
    @KarIgnishaYumi 6 років тому +265

    This movie made me depressed for a few days as a kid when I had seen it. It made me question life. It made me sad thinking what if I ended up alone :(. I would think other movie would do the same but this one just did for me.

    • @arachnesakura9375
      @arachnesakura9375 5 років тому +16

      Omg same! I woke up night after night for weeks screaming for my mom cause id have nightmares of being alone... Or just Davids face during the eating spinach scene.
      Also unrelated side note: i HATED Davids family especially the real son. His absolute hatred and open animosity towards david always broke my heart. Could the parents not taken like 20 minutes any time after their son woke up before bringing him home to tell him about David and the purpose he has and why they had him. About how david works and his mindset. That the obvious issues only came about once the son was around and only when he was after alone with David? I hated the son so much.

    • @gustavoamorim5189
      @gustavoamorim5189 5 років тому +7

      Same. I have watched it when i was 11 and it scarred me.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 4 роки тому +2

      @@arachnesakura9375 but unlike a real brother who could have told his parents what was wrong, David reacted in a robotic way. It's easy to dislike the real son, I'm sure we all do, that's his purpose, but unlike David, he CAN grow and learn from his mistakes.

  • @basimpson2161
    @basimpson2161 5 років тому +86

    Hey Nostalgia Critic. As he neared the end of his life, Stanley Kubrick got more bold with infusing his philosophy into his films. He of course didn't live long enough to make A.I., but I think it would have been his boldest move yet, because it demonstrates mankind's stubborn insistence on believing in the supernatural. Even the evolved mechas continue to ask about the meaning of life, I think, because they were programmed by humans. The irony, is that neither David nor the evolved mechas seem to recognize how special they are regardless of their origin. I think the same can be said of humanity.

    • @troywright359
      @troywright359 4 роки тому +4

      What is special about David? Literally exact duplicates are rolled off the assembly line.
      "his life experiences". oh so people who don't have meaningful life experiences such as babies dying very young, are not special?
      Sadly, the desire to make robots as 'special' as humans, while relegating humans to be 'just another animal' has flaws that we as humans find unable and uncomfortable with accepting.

    • @TheMegaultrachicken
      @TheMegaultrachicken 4 роки тому +4

      @@troywright359 David had a sense of individuality and could learn different feelings. This is why he freaked out and destroyed the other David as well as tried to kill himself realizing he was a copy, an experiment. He is "special" in that way i guess.

    • @RTU130
      @RTU130 2 роки тому

      O

  • @kyleshiflet7932
    @kyleshiflet7932 5 років тому +50

    I hate TMZ and that Kubrick joke is something that TMZ would do

  • @gdbaradit
    @gdbaradit 7 років тому +265

    I like a good beer... I also like a good wine... But both mixed in one cup may not be so good.

    • @brendopls
      @brendopls 7 років тому +47

      Giorgio Baradit that's actually a great metaphor for this film.

    • @dusksentry5836
      @dusksentry5836 7 років тому +11

      this movie in one sentence, fab!
      you get a cookie....and a beer!

    • @brettjohnson536
      @brettjohnson536 7 років тому +15

      Giorgio Baradit That's... actually a really good metaphor.

    • @gigaronin2680
      @gigaronin2680 7 років тому +2

      Giorgio Baradit I'd still try it.

    • @2Scribble
      @2Scribble 7 років тому

      @Dusk Sentry But... what about the wine?

  • @CitpostShentral
    @CitpostShentral 8 років тому +700

    TEE EM ZAAAAAAAAAAAAYYYYYYYYYYYY

    • @fledge8188
      @fledge8188 8 років тому +42

      Your life would be NOTHING without us!

    • @thea.g.productions5810
      @thea.g.productions5810 8 років тому +28

      +The S.E.A. Our CRACK team of journalist cover the most important neeeeewwwss

    • @whoknowswhocares885
      @whoknowswhocares885 8 років тому +18

      We're cool ....really we're cool

    • @HeyItsJoeB
      @HeyItsJoeB 8 років тому +4

      CRACKA LACKA YOUS GOTSTA GO

    • @FluuuffInari
      @FluuuffInari 8 років тому +3

      +JRGaming Alliance waddayawannaCOOKIE!?

  • @gentigenti2638
    @gentigenti2638 5 років тому +66

    Man.I love the TmZ parody.Even in 2019 this review is amaizing.

  • @PBRDEATHSTAR
    @PBRDEATHSTAR 6 років тому +15

    Mr. Walker's description of the Kubrick Spielberg bromance at the end actually made me cry. God bless you Nostalgia Critic

  • @kathyh4610
    @kathyh4610 7 років тому +88

    Maybe it would make more sense to have him imprint on multiple people? That way he could have more realistic family interactions? Like maybe so he could imprint on his brother and father instead of being obsessed with the mother?

    • @pishposh1504
      @pishposh1504 6 років тому +17

      yeah the movie never really makes it clear if multiple people can imprint. they should. the david models are suppose to be for childless couples so at least 2 people should be able to imprint one david model.

  • @dukespubber741
    @dukespubber741 8 років тому +82

    I love how Malcolm was the last to run from his seat at the end but was the 2nd to the computer. He is FAST!

    • @morgangobin6550
      @morgangobin6550 8 років тому +4

      If you think that's a continuity error, watch the Critic's reflection in the window at the very end of the video. It freezes, then moves forward as if to say cut or turn off the camera.

    • @darragh9837
      @darragh9837 7 років тому

      Duke Spubber he black

  • @JeriDro
    @JeriDro 4 роки тому +13

    when I saw this around age 11, it depressed the hell out of me

  • @jimbartek3323
    @jimbartek3323 2 роки тому +61

    One of the greatest Nostalgia Critic reviews ever. All the crew's talents really shine here.

    • @ChannelAwesome
      @ChannelAwesome  2 роки тому +26

      Glad you enjoyed the video!

    • @Gage-jk4pm
      @Gage-jk4pm Рік тому

      ​@@ChannelAwesomeyou might not be too funny... But you are better than trollsworldtourfan2001.

  • @littlelarvitar667
    @littlelarvitar667 6 років тому +373

    I thought the ending was kinda sad
    To be honest I'm crying

    • @catherinespark
      @catherinespark 5 років тому +13

      The ending was sad, yes, but I wanted to know more about why the clones were so transient, why they died after a single day, and what mechanical change allowed David to suddenly be able to go to sleep. As well as how he can be revived from the ice, or wake up 'home', if he is not asleep before these points. As it was, those aspects pulled me out of it a bit.

    • @creepykels
      @creepykels 5 років тому +18

      This movie had me sobbing all the way through

    • @kevinvu5432
      @kevinvu5432 5 років тому +4

      @@catherinespark it seemed that bringing back someone to life was more than just putting the ingredients of a human being + DNA.

    • @muzasbar
      @muzasbar 4 роки тому +3

      Same, its maybe the only film that ALWAYS make me cry

    • @RequiemPoete
      @RequiemPoete 4 роки тому +4

      @@catherinespark I don't think clones would only last a day like if they cloned her and raised her as a baby, but rather they recreated her. They had to clone her a body, rush age it, and either program it's personality and memories from what they could get out of it's brain or in this case David's memories of her. I'm sure rush aging a body and programing it's brain puts huge stress on the body.

  • @AJudgeFredd
    @AJudgeFredd 8 років тому +28

    What you don't understand is that the ending is way more fucked up... Teddy gets left behind, David is basically dead, his "mom" is dead and humanity is gone. Sure, he gets what he wanted, but at the cost of any true fulfilling life.

    • @KeybladeMasterAndy
      @KeybladeMasterAndy 8 років тому

      A.I. 2: David's Alien Life. Coming soon.
      But seriously, yeah it is a bit fucked up.

    • @NeoConnor1
      @NeoConnor1 2 роки тому

      I know Steven is known for his feel good endings, but some of his best known films are actually known for ambiguous endings. Good example is Schindler's List. Oskar saves his Jews, but what are the last words we see on screen? "In memory of the 6 million Jews murdered?" Or in Munich, when we are told that 9 of the 11 terrorists were murdered, only to have the World Trade Center in the background.
      Point of all this: Spielberg can be pretty dark and heavy when he needs to be.

  • @silverretro8135
    @silverretro8135 6 років тому +50

    DETROIT: BECOME HUMAN

  • @eleanorhogan8643
    @eleanorhogan8643 3 роки тому +12

    I do agree with you that there are several options available rather than leaving David in the woods.

  • @DaxterL
    @DaxterL 8 років тому +149

    I love that film, first watched it when i was 6 or so and that sequence when his mom left him made me fricking scared the same thing will happen to me.

    • @matthewtaylor2002
      @matthewtaylor2002 8 років тому +1

      Me too!

    • @chaserthedragon9516
      @chaserthedragon9516 7 років тому +2

      I still have a huge soft spot for AI.

    • @insertwittynamehere1411
      @insertwittynamehere1411 7 років тому +9

      Why would you be afraid? Are you a robot that can somehow feel love?

    • @DaxterL
      @DaxterL 7 років тому +3

      Annoying Nerd
      oh no, you are not giving me that kind of feel.

    • @twinkiesmaster69
      @twinkiesmaster69 7 років тому +3

      Wolfwaysinbed
      that was the first time kid me become sad

  • @CassyVilAudios
    @CassyVilAudios 7 років тому +75

    Another solution to the "You don't have to abandon him in the woods" thing is... THEY WERE THE TEST FAMILY! JUST REPORT THE PROBLEM TO THE CREATORS OF THE ROBOT!

    • @jakedanielsen4512
      @jakedanielsen4512 5 років тому +7

      Yeah I would be pissed off if I was the company who created him

    • @richardchisenhall387
      @richardchisenhall387 5 років тому +5

      Or get a better handle on the douche bag real child, he was the one that caused all the conflict. Should've dropped the other kid off in the woods give his spoiled ass some perspective

    • @JWeb66
      @JWeb66 5 років тому +5

      @@richardchisenhall387 Funny that's what happened in The Simpson parody episode.

    • @richardchisenhall387
      @richardchisenhall387 4 роки тому

      @Mr.Anonymous 1 i directed the first bit at the parents which you apparently didn't read, get a handle on him is referring to the parents. 2 nothing was said about sheltering anything at all, so i don't know what you're getting at our what it has to do with even the movie. 3 it sounds like the one unfit for parenting here is the one who didn't fully read what they were looking at, decided to judge someone they don't know over an offhand UA-cam content, and made a point that was completely irrelevant to case at hand. Good evening to you.

    • @richardchisenhall387
      @richardchisenhall387 4 роки тому

      @Mr.Anonymous oh wait there's more 4 being told i won't be s good parent by the person referring to the child as 'it' very well thought out this was.

  • @plissken2156
    @plissken2156 4 місяці тому +3

    With A.I., Spielberg made a kid's movie with lame adults, whereas Kubrick would've made an adult movie with very sophisticated kids.

  • @JohnCAbb
    @JohnCAbb 2 роки тому +12

    This is one of my favorite Nostalgia Critic reviews ever. The TMZ skit is hilarious and fits perfectly with the overall message. I especially love the overall message of representation of people and their work and Spielberg trying to represent Kubrick as best he could as a friend. I get emotional every time I watch this video because of how it expresses so much sentiment between Spielberg and Kubrick and how moving and intriguing the analysis of it all really is.

  • @Ashe-Dawn
    @Ashe-Dawn 8 років тому +162

    Back to the flesh fair scene. There's something that always bugged me about the fact that nobody recognized David. He's supposedly an incredibly advanced robot, a breakthrough in technology. Not a single person knew anything about his model? It appears that the other Davids look the same and nobody has heard about them? There's no hype about new robot models coming to the market. No discussion about what android companies are on top and who's the most advanced. You'd think he'd make the news a few times. Even if he was in beta and not fully released people would still get previews.

    • @ttv0
      @ttv0 8 років тому +16

      Given that the labs for them were in a destroyed building, something tells me they didn't release anything on it yet.

    • @creatorofdragon
      @creatorofdragon 8 років тому +16

      That's a huge plot hole, too. if new york is THAT submerged and abandoned already, why is an operating office/hq/manufacturing/ANYTHING there? even though i guess you could build on top of submerged buildings possibly, but it just seems more convenient to do your business on dry land.

    • @fighterck6241
      @fighterck6241 7 років тому +19

      +Amy Louise Yeah, it appears that it was never released and the technology was kept secret, for the most part, in order to test it out on this one particular family. Considering the way that it had turned out, the creator probably didn't feel right about turning loose creations built in the likeness of his own son to end up unloved and discarded.

    • @PongoXBongo
      @PongoXBongo 7 років тому +4

      They could have easily kept the advanced programming and just put it into different looking bodies. Software vs. hardware.

    • @asktoybox
      @asktoybox 7 років тому +15

      And when the scientists that built the robot wanted to see how their pet project was doing...
      "Hey, so how's the robot kid working out?"
      "Oh. He creeped me out so I left him in the woods."
      "You WHAT?!"

  • @theginbot1
    @theginbot1 8 років тому +91

    I bet Malcom's secret was so dark, it couldn't been shown.

    • @phoenixwarrior100
      @phoenixwarrior100 8 років тому +9

      it was about killing all of the Chinese

    • @sudevsen
      @sudevsen 8 років тому +12

      he is secretly......a white guy in blackface

    • @dusksentry5836
      @dusksentry5836 7 років тому +27

      he is secretly a black guy with a white mask. in blackface

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 7 років тому

      Sudev Sen ha

    • @HeronLikesStuff
      @HeronLikesStuff 7 років тому +1

      He's Bill secret identity!

  • @danielvelker619
    @danielvelker619 5 років тому +16

    I love how the critic did this in retaliation for TMZ coming after him for making fun of them in the South Park video. What a great way to stick it to those hypocrites. I wonder what they thought of this

  • @andrewvasquez6572
    @andrewvasquez6572 6 років тому +33

    I love how you make fun of TMZ

  • @hellstorme
    @hellstorme 7 років тому +523

    Holy shit... Did Stanley know he was going to die and someone else would have to carry on his vision? There is... Wait a minute... Bear with me here. (Foreshadowing pun.)
    IRL Stanley Kubrick and Spielberg went back and forth with the movie, not really getting anywhere.
    But after Stanley dies the technology exists to make his vision much more easy to put on screen, and a friend/associate that remember the ideas behind the project are there to see it through (Spielberg).
    In the movie the boy's dream dies at the bottom of the ocean, but later the technology comes along to bring it back to life, and his friend is there with just the right bit of information to see his dream come to life. A friend that has insisted all along he is not just a mindless toy or object, but rather a friend who attempts to do his best.
    Did... Did Kubrick design his own death into the story knowing Spielberg would need to be there with the 'sample' to see it through?
    Is this movie just a giant metaphor for self-sacrificing friendship and love of family transcending time and death itself?
    Is this movie deeper than any of us thought?

    • @davidglass6030
      @davidglass6030 6 років тому +22

      best comment ever

    • @pishposh1504
      @pishposh1504 6 років тому +17

      the technology that spielberg ultimately used for his A.I already existed before Kubrick died. but Kubrick wanted a REAL robot as advanced and life-like as david is suppose to be to play david.

    • @gabrielethier2046
      @gabrielethier2046 6 років тому +4

      Gaius Maecanus no he just spent a hell of a lot of time making films, just look at how Spielberg movies there are and how many Kubrick movies there are

    • @thebrutusmars
      @thebrutusmars 6 років тому +5

      No, Kubrick didn’t do this.
      No, it’s not that deep.
      You’re just over analyzing things

    • @esyphillis101
      @esyphillis101 6 років тому +3

      Sounds like we’re veering into Illuminati conspiracy theories here.

  • @StriderOwO
    @StriderOwO 7 років тому +82

    Legitimate question: If David is a robot, how does he cry? No, seriously, I want to know.

    • @brandonmiles86
      @brandonmiles86 7 років тому +44

      He was programmed to be as human as possible. David was an incredibly sophisticated piece of hardware. They designed him with the ability to cry tears.

    • @colnag2158
      @colnag2158 6 років тому +11

      Wiper fluid

    • @lorenz0c0rdova65
      @lorenz0c0rdova65 6 років тому +1

      His saline solution sack is leaking

    • @thatdude3938
      @thatdude3938 6 років тому +2

      so he could cry, but that green stuff used for food could actually destroy him?

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 6 років тому +1

      Yeah, it always seemed like a plot hole to me. I mean... Data could eat anything.
      He was "fully functional" :D

  • @solidsnake6673
    @solidsnake6673 4 роки тому +13

    Look the ending,while it doesn't really work,is still emotional.David is getting only one day to spend with the one person he ever truly loved,and it's sad knowing that David will only be happy for this one day

  • @raphsav4009
    @raphsav4009 5 років тому +12

    This is a masterpiece, not only for the TMZ comedy but the Critic is really at his best here.

  • @angryjellobear9353
    @angryjellobear9353 7 років тому +96

    I feel like this would've been better if Spielberg and Kubrick co-directed it. Spielberg could get the actors to give a shit about what they were filming, and Kubrick would do his style of filming, such as holding a shot to make an uncomfortable feeling. Definitely be a better movie if that happened.

    • @MDWolfe-ks5fu
      @MDWolfe-ks5fu 6 років тому +11

      Angry Jello Bear But fate is really against Kubrick when it’s time for his mortal coils to shuffle off.
      But that is really a good thought.

    • @weeznaz8195
      @weeznaz8195 6 років тому +3

      You saying the actors in Kubrick's movies didn't give a shit??? Have you seen more Kubrick movies? Most of the actors are great

    • @reversalmushroom
      @reversalmushroom 5 років тому +3

      Directing and acting aren't enough. The movie needed to be rewritten. A lot of the problems NC points out are just retarded things that happen. What sunk this ship is a badly written script. Doesn't matter how much you try to dress it up with visuals.

  • @GANONdork123
    @GANONdork123 6 років тому +132

    I remember watching AI for the first time and thinking that it would end with David wishing to the statue forever. The real ending kind of came out of nowhere.

    • @michaelroseagain
      @michaelroseagain 8 місяців тому

      unless all of that ending is a dream, he's powering down, under the sea, trapped in his flying machine, under the ferris wheel

  • @officialbrucewayne
    @officialbrucewayne Рік тому +5

    I love the fact that nostalgia critic realized he was wrong and Steven Spielberg did it exactly the way Kubrick wanted it. Making it an awesome tribute to a great guy

  • @jordanowen42
    @jordanowen42 4 роки тому +4

    The film is based on Brian Aldiss' story "Supertoys Last All Summer Long." One year I met Aldiss at WorldCon and asked him what he thought of the movie. He said that as soon as Kubrick told him David was going to find the blue fairy and become a real boy he knew it was never going to work.

    • @craigsimpson3901
      @craigsimpson3901 3 роки тому

      Very interesting ,I enjoyed the film as an entertainment and thought provoking on some levels ,I can't help think it was missing a couple of scenes and had some it didn't need ,overall a good film but could have been a sci fi masterpiece of the very highest order if Aldiss was on board with stanley and Spielberg helped with visuals oppose to direction ,but nether the less,it must have been great to speak to Aldiss regarding this movie ,thanks for sharing

  • @furryash8388
    @furryash8388 7 років тому +115

    Oh. Now I really get the Simpsons parody of this 0.0

    • @m1k3l1f3
      @m1k3l1f3 7 років тому +8

      Simpsons did a great parody and summary of the story well

    • @furryash8388
      @furryash8388 7 років тому +6

      Yup. Although it ended differently than the movie. :P

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 7 років тому +1

      Fanatic Proxy There was a parody?!

    • @setsers1
      @setsers1 7 років тому

      Zanu QueenOfWolves really?

    • @GuyontheInternet525
      @GuyontheInternet525 7 років тому +7

      Fanatic Proxy wait is it the one where Bart is assumed dead so they got a robot child?

  • @razorboots634
    @razorboots634 6 років тому +104

    Look, even though the movie was hated, it had so much feeling, most of the movie is dark and alone but at the end, you just can't hold your tears back, the ending is so much to handle that its good.

    • @calebmauer1751
      @calebmauer1751 4 роки тому +6

      Yeah, this movie is good. I think a lot of people just expected some fun robot action or a comedy, or like, I, Robot.

  • @robertnett9793
    @robertnett9793 4 роки тому +56

    How do you program love...
    very easy:
    Open Python-editor of your choice:
    First line: import Love

    • @BaddeJimme
      @BaddeJimme 4 роки тому +3

      I was trying to do it in C but it didn't work:
      % make love
      Make: Don't know how to make love. Stop.

  • @dillonwalshpvd
    @dillonwalshpvd 2 роки тому +5

    This is one of the best Nostalgia Critic episodes. Even the skits aren’t terrible, and the parts about the ending of the film are actually pretty moving. Don’t get down, Doug. You’ve accomplished more in your life than most of us ever will.

  • @Xander_P.G.K
    @Xander_P.G.K 7 років тому +148

    Tmz is the worst

    • @almightyloaf5918
      @almightyloaf5918 6 років тому +3

      Video Gamer Boy
      TMZ, you can't live without us.

    • @Xander_P.G.K
      @Xander_P.G.K 6 років тому +5

      Almighty loaf next on TM-shit

    • @almightyloaf5918
      @almightyloaf5918 6 років тому +4

      Video Gamer Boy
      TMZZZZZZAAAAAHHHHHHHHH
      Where totally important

    • @dra-boys-despair9806
      @dra-boys-despair9806 6 років тому +1

      Video Gamer Boy @z@

    • @jaredgagnon7342
      @jaredgagnon7342 6 років тому +1

      We dedicate our live to make sure you have none! Tmz!

  • @danielnicholasgeorgi4292
    @danielnicholasgeorgi4292 6 років тому +595

    IRONY: You single handily sold me to finally watch this movie, I love every script you and your brother write. Always will be a NC fan, but your bashing of this movie sold me, I think what I've seen and the way you've analyzed it, in turn made it look gorgeous to me. These men are the founding fathers of visual ingenuity.

    • @thebrutusmars
      @thebrutusmars 6 років тому +15

      Danielnicholas Georgi
      How is this ironic?
      Also, sorry to be the one to do this
      But:
      Handedly, not handily

    • @xendurian8217
      @xendurian8217 6 років тому +3

      Also also, how was this single handedly? He had like four other actors!

    • @danielnicholasgeorgi4292
      @danielnicholasgeorgi4292 6 років тому +2

      xendurian well fine him and rob .. the actors were funny but the Walkers are the ones that write the script.

    • @xendurian8217
      @xendurian8217 6 років тому +4

      Ah, but that's still TWO people. It's still not single-handed!
      But seriously, I love these guys. Who on Earth would possibly downvote this? This is gold!

    • @danielnicholasgeorgi4292
      @danielnicholasgeorgi4292 6 років тому +1

      xendurian yeah poor choice of words tho i️ did give Rob credit to in my original comment

  • @trainsbangsandautomobiles824
    @trainsbangsandautomobiles824 6 років тому +27

    I take it TMZ tried to sue CA for some shit lol

    • @matthewjones6786
      @matthewjones6786 Рік тому

      They tried “deformation if character”, but the court ruled that there was no character to be found. XD

  • @jeremynatoli4039
    @jeremynatoli4039 3 роки тому +15

    I actually really like how it ends. Very heartfelt and thought provoking

  • @Mochitachi70
    @Mochitachi70 6 років тому +25

    So this movie features beings that are not supposed to have feelings but they have anyway, Haley Joel Osment fighting against another version of himself, and way too many convoluted plot twists...
    Kubrik was truly a visionary, he predicted the entirety of Kingdom Hearts II.

    • @gageperuti5519
      @gageperuti5519 2 роки тому

      Yeah, but at least that didn't have an ending that makes you want to scream into a pillow.

    • @Boom2ickle
      @Boom2ickle 8 місяців тому

      He did WHAT

  • @benm5970
    @benm5970 6 років тому +29

    Here’s a fun drinking game, take a shot every time David says “I’m David”

    • @gianinabadami5341
      @gianinabadami5341 4 роки тому

      Except for the times he says says it three times so close together then I imagine you would have a shot glass that is three in one

  • @evanarmont
    @evanarmont 4 роки тому +12

    "Is it time for a commercial yet?" Lol, how normal people feel about TMZ

  • @lilfizz1619
    @lilfizz1619 4 роки тому +9

    Kubrick creating the shmultzy ending and not Spielberg makes sense when you think about it. Kubrick never did bright or happy and heart-warming - it wasn't his scene. He spent his whole career writing dark, creepy unpleasantness, so naturally his first and only attempt to make a cute happy ending would be far from perfect, especially in a film that follows his style the rest of the way through (creepy robots and sci fi and shit). Perhaps because he knew what a crowd pleaser Spielberg was with HIS upbeat, fun movies, he was convinced that SOMEHOW Spielberg could make his ending work. And Spielberg, not wanting to let his friend down, tried his best, even if he knew the idea for the ending was dead on arrival.

  • @mikeman232
    @mikeman232 8 років тому +208

    Where's Elder Maxson when you need him? Anyone?

    • @MediaGhost_
      @MediaGhost_ 8 років тому +5

      Shut up, Elder Maxson is a fucker

    • @TheHobbitFTW
      @TheHobbitFTW 8 років тому +3

      +Andrew Driscoll says the stud with the power armor profile pic

    • @MediaGhost_
      @MediaGhost_ 8 років тому

      TheHobbitFTW why thank you...wait

    • @MURFGAMING1228
      @MURFGAMING1228 8 років тому +7

      There's a mod out there called Odd Enemy Names. It changes Maxson's name to Self Entitled Piece of Human Garbage. I'd say it's accurate, how about you?

    • @MediaGhost_
      @MediaGhost_ 8 років тому

      MURFGAMING1228 sounds like my ex

  • @WerehogFan18
    @WerehogFan18 7 років тому +21

    What I learn after watching A.I., as a kid and adult is: Whatever you do, don't imagine Sora from Kingdom Hearts! Otherwise, you'll be traumatized and burst into tears for imagining him in that situation!
    This makes me wish Haley Joel Osment didn't appear in this movie.

  • @jomo5800
    @jomo5800 6 років тому +9

    I have vague memories of this film, and up until this day I still remember certain key points that made it unforgettable. As a kid who acted on subconscious, I guess that's what made me empathize with David better. I didn't get anything back then, but I felt really attached to the movie, except I forgot about it until I saw this.
    As for the backstory of the ending, it's a really touching and heartwarming thing to do for a friend. Doing everything in your power to realize their dream, that's true friendship.
    On the other hand, that TMZ parody though~

  • @fleetadmiralauto6506
    @fleetadmiralauto6506 4 роки тому +9

    You can protect yourself and lie to people without emotions, you know. One of the three laws of robots is that a robot must protect its own existence. I'm assuming that the robots in the film don't follow the first and second law (always follow human commands and never harm a human) and therefore do whatever they calculate is best to protect their existence.

  • @abdullahamer6969
    @abdullahamer6969 7 років тому +78

    God this made me cry.

    • @logicaloverdrive8197
      @logicaloverdrive8197 6 років тому +1

      In a good way by how touching this and some of the comments are, I’m in tears

    • @Mr_Original
      @Mr_Original 6 років тому

      7:12
      had me crying in laughter. XD

  • @usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052
    @usdepartmentoftreasuryinte6052 3 роки тому +6

    I absolutely love how openly NC hates TMZ

  • @lovelesscosplay7864
    @lovelesscosplay7864 2 роки тому +8

    I really really liked the ending. It really played to the theme of the limited human life span that was presented so early in the film. The movie was filled with dread and yet still had a somewhat happy and fulfilling ending.

  • @Goodsoldiersfolleworders99
    @Goodsoldiersfolleworders99 6 років тому +181

    TMZ is and always will be the worst thing ever

  • @warioland523
    @warioland523 6 років тому +284

    I remember this movie. When I watched it I couldn't fathom what I just watched. I felt very depressed and miserable feeling the ultimate sense of pity and sadness over a character and he wasn't even human. He is nothing more then a glorified computer program that is designed to look human. It was mostly due to the ending. Damn it's depressing. He did all that all that work and even went so far as waiting for 2000 freaking years only to be left with not even his real "mother". It was nothing more then a defective clone created by these creepy looking robots with the original's memories that would die in a day. What's even worse is the main character knowing this presumably sets his system to terminal deactivation mode so that when the day is up and Monica dies David would die as well and they just die together in their bed with Teddy watching and grieving for them both. That has got be the most miserable kick in the face ending I have ever watched. Damn. After I watched this movie for the first time I vowed never to watch it again and I am still avoiding it to this day.

    • @tomnorton4277
      @tomnorton4277 6 років тому +10

      Did you like this movie for the emotional roller coaster or dislike it for the exact same reason?

    • @Charmedsas1
      @Charmedsas1 6 років тому +4

      Same.

    • @tomnorton4277
      @tomnorton4277 6 років тому +4

      ZeldaKing64 You never answered my question.

    • @andrewkalten9796
      @andrewkalten9796 6 років тому

      I did the same with Spooky Buddies.

    • @JawsFan27
      @JawsFan27 6 років тому +8

      I can't watch it again for that exact same reason. Way too fucking depressing.

  • @johndoe-uz2kc
    @johndoe-uz2kc 5 років тому +74

    I actually liked the ending, i like the idea of a perfect day.

    • @thatguyonthebusthatstaresa7437
      @thatguyonthebusthatstaresa7437 4 роки тому +3

      Ehh, could of been better...

    • @Buderus69
      @Buderus69 4 роки тому +1

      Everyone gets one at the end

    • @wthisgoingon__4300
      @wthisgoingon__4300 3 роки тому

      I felt bad for the teddy too

    • @gianinabadami5341
      @gianinabadami5341 3 роки тому

      I personally agree The Critic that it should have ended there and it can be one of those cases you ponder on your own what happens to him once he is found in that boat ship

  • @RicardoMontee
    @RicardoMontee 3 роки тому +5

    Wait for it ~ 33:33 The redemption, the friendship, the love.

  • @nicktrains2234
    @nicktrains2234 7 років тому +120

    There is another movie like this I would like nostalgia critic to review. It is called I robot.

    • @TereziPyrope413
      @TereziPyrope413 6 років тому +6

      Nicktrains thompson Many people hate I, Robot and I don't know why.

    • @entropyzero5588
      @entropyzero5588 6 років тому +3

      +Phillip Ebert Maybe because it basically has nothing to do with the source material?

    • @tastyloaf5487
      @tastyloaf5487 6 років тому +2

      Movies should stand on their own, though... IMO ;)

    • @entropyzero5588
      @entropyzero5588 6 років тому +2

      Yeah, but why name it after something it has nothing to do with? That's just a cheap ploy to use a big name to gather viewers and ends up disappointing those that expected it to be like the book…

    • @ieronymos9265
      @ieronymos9265 6 років тому +1

      +Tasty Loaf, like Star Trek Discovery???