>It was Speilberg (sp?) who kept A.I. from being an exhibitionist movie (i.e. Giggilo Joe), it was Kubrick who kept A.I. from being E.T. (i.e., happy ending).
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>A.I. isn't in the league of any other of Spielberg's movies. It is, in my opinion, his poorest output yet. The ending was somewhat like 2001, while unexpected, wasn't as weird, and left one with a hopeless feeling.
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>My wife fell asleep three times while watching it. Only the last 45 minutes drew her attention, and not being a sci-fan she didn't understand it, nor did she like the movie.
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>I will probably see it one more time, when my son goes this 4th, but I doubt if I will ever rent it and will proabably only see it again when it shows up on TV. That might be sooner than we think.

Are you saying that the movie was created by A.I. :)