Showing posts with label Frances O'Connor. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Frances O'Connor. Show all posts

Saturday, April 1, 2017

The Future Is Melancholy, Heartfelt And Incredibly Thoughtful In The Science-Fiction Masterpiece A.I.: Artificial Intelligence

"And I want a moment to be real
Want to touch things I don't feel
Wanna hold on
And feel I belong
And how can they say I never change
They're the ones that stay the same
I'm the one now
Cause I'm Still Here" 
- John Rzeznik, I'm Still Here

The filmography of Steven Spielberg is so stuffed to the brim with excellence that you're bound to get a wide variety of answers regarding which movie is his best. Some will choose one of his numerous high-quality blockbusters, another will choose one of his intimate dramas, there's oodles of strong cinema to choose from. One that had always struck me as garnering a more mixed reception as a kid was A.I.: Artificial Intelligence, a 2001 science-fiction drama that had terrible box office legs in its initial theatrical release and one that I always saw getting mocked for being overly cloying or its ending not working or any number of similar complaints. Over the years though, it seems to have become more and beloved, with the.....unique, let's say, critical personality Armond White being one of the film's most ardent supporters.