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A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Worse than disappointing*SPOILERS*
When I first heard of a Kubrick-Spielberg film that was being kept hidden under wraps from the public eye, I thought for sure that it would be one of Spielberg's best movies and a movie sure to make you think. What I got instead was a piece of drivel that you can hardly call a movie, especially not a film by a world-renowned director. The film was the laugh-out loud comedy of the year instead. It was so pathetic, unoriginal, and impossible that you had to laugh at it. I kept thinking that the film was going to get better as it went along, but it never did. It was one of the only films this year that I've considered walking out on. The acting in this film was awful; Haley Joel Osmond gave a basic performance that didn't stretch his ability as "The Sixth Sense" did. The rest of the cast gave sub-par performances also, excluding the one ray of light in this film Jude Law as Gigolo Joe and the mechanical Teddy. The scene selection was also horrible. Take the flesh fair scene where the robots are destroyed in front of an audience. Did anyone notice the remarkable resemblance to the scenes of "The Running Man". The end was very pathetic indeed. When I saw the alien ship 2,000 years later, I nearly laughed at its plausibility and value in this movie. A.I. said nothing important, had poor acting, had no memorable scenes, and will be remembered as a flop in an otherwise magnificent career of Steven Spielberg. A great performance by Jude Law doesn't save this film. I give it one star, which I only give to films such as Battlefield Earth and Baby Geniuses.
Cousin (1999)
In the style of Wallace and Gromit, with a deeper meaning.
I recently viewed the up-and-comer Adam Elliot's three short animated films "Cousin, Brother, Uncle" at the Durango Film Festival and was in awe. Adam Elliot has combined the light-hearted animation that made "Wallace and Gromit" famous into a film that in only ten minutes moves the viewer deeply. Elliot takes on such issues as death, suicide, disease, alcoholism, and family problems by showing us his memories of his cousin with multiple sclerosis, his lonely uncle whose wife committed suicide, and his experiences with his brother who died at a young age. Each short is designed to move the audience, but present these serious issues in a sort of light-hearted pill for the audience to take in. I look forward to seeing more of Adam Elliot's work in the future.