Based on the previews, I didn't want to go see this movie. It seemed, in every way, a bastardization of everything Isaac Asimov wrote about his robots.
Still, I like Will Smith, and it did seem like a fun action flick, and Will Smith wrote a review in which he said that fans of Asimov would not be disappointed. And, hey, you gotta trust a completely unbiased source like Mr. Smith, right?
So I finally broke down and rented it.
Just finished watching it, and I'm happy to report that I was wrong in every way.
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Still, I like Will Smith, and it did seem like a fun action flick, and Will Smith wrote a review in which he said that fans of Asimov would not be disappointed. And, hey, you gotta trust a completely unbiased source like Mr. Smith, right?
So I finally broke down and rented it.
Just finished watching it, and I'm happy to report that I was wrong in every way.
( Read more... )