Steven and Stanley Part 1

[improvisedcinema1]

Fantastic how two great directors can become such partners. A clockwork orange and Saving private Ryan...fuck yeah!

[AKIDPRODUCTION09]

AI is and always will be one favorite movies of all time !

[ElTuco84]

A.I. slowly has been gaining recognition, five years ago had a 6.0 rating on IMDB, now has above 7. It's not a perfect film, the extended prologue kills the build up. But all Kubrick films were anticlimatic as well, and the idea of jumping ten thousand years into the future was all Kubrick's.

[stuntbaby63]

The biggest difference between Kubrick and Spielberg is that Kubrick respects the intelligence of his audience and Spielberg doesn't. For example, in "2001...", Kubrick challenges us to think about questions that never get answered. But in "Schindler's List", Spielberg spells everything out for us, like we're a bunch of idiots. The scene with the girl in the colorized coat was so manipulative! And the ending where Schindler cries about not selling his ring has no subtlety of meaning.

[TheAltair4]

@stuntbaby63 Those are two completely different cinematic sensabilities. Most of Spielberg's films are every bit as great as Kubrick's even though they are as different from each other as night and day. Kubrick's films are stark, bleak, ambiguous and multi-layered meditations on the human condition and the darker, more cynical side of our nature whereas Spielberg's are jaunty,colorful, touching and emotionallly uplifting fables that explore our lighter, more innocent, naive and imaginative side.

[stuntbaby63]

@TheAltair4 Of course, you are right. And your point is well expressed. Any problems I have with Spielberg can all be chalked up to the limits of my own personal taste. I don't know why his movies rub me the wrong way, but they just do. If you like them, then your time and money will never be wasted. I wish it was like that for me.

Thanks for the reply.

[zeroinfinit]

Spielberg makes it look like it's easy, that's why some people despise him. Let me tell you one thing: Raiders and Jurassic are pop cinema but definitely NOT easy, and require a genuine visceral knowledge of the medium.

[Ticalmc2k2]

I think it's really admirable of Tom Cruise to have told Spielberg to take as much time as he needs. For someone with the reputation of being "the hardest working actor in the business" it says a lot about his character.

[Subatomic1000]

Kubrick admired Spielberg.

[prlwctd]

"With success comes courage."

I can't disagree with that, & it certainly must have applied to George Lucas when he created Jar Jar & believed he would be universally embraced

[TV108]

Yes, A.I. is an extremely underrated artwork.

Those feelings in the movie are todamn close and to scaring for grown-ups - cause they feel they have surpassed that stage ... Most of us feel ashamed by that motherly love theme and kid's lonliness - it makes us feel week and we flee that ...

[Viz731]

Okay, so a Jew Director and an Atheist Director walk into a bar..

[samyooljackson]

@Viz731 I wouldn't call Kubrick an Atheist, he explicitly states in a Playboy interview that God is the center point of "2001: A Space Odyssey".

[Viz731]

@samyooljackson really? hu... wow that is interesting...but wait, Playboy? lol..

[samyooljackson]

@Viz731 Lol yeah actually Playboy over the years has had some of the best interviews with famous people. And the Kubrick Playboy interview is one of the best and really insightful.

[LukeLovesRose]

@Viz731

I think some of the best directors have to be somewhat agnostic, rather than believe in one God, no matter what. Narrow-minded approaches to a certain film can isolate the target audience and keep messages from reaching everyone possible. Kubrick was atheist or agnostic, I'm not sure. So is James Cameron. But, of course, James Cameron is hack that just so happened to make two movies that the entire world enjoyed.

[thesteve97]

Spielberg is one of the most talented, if not the most talented, American directors. He has the ability to use the blockbuster template and draw upon any emotion he wants from an audience. Brilliant!

[elitestar]

had AI ended without the "2000 years later ending" I would've felt an empty feeling. It was just emotionless before that point.

[IfIfsandands]

Anyone that says Spielberg ruined the film should come out of the fog. Stanley did serious amounts of research and imbedded layers in his movies. Do you seriously think Stanley would of handed over a pet project like this willy nilly? No way. I bet Stanley let Spielberg in on everything, including what ever subliminal narratives Kubrick intended to place in the film.

[tiggersuzy]

It would have been so much better if kubrick would have done it, i like speilbergs version but its obvious to me (a big kubrick fan) that most of the story is kubrick brainchild

[06traskm]

A.I. only benifited from having two of the greatest directors involved and will always be a classic in my eyes!

KUBRICK & SPIELBURG & CAMERON ARE LEGENDS!! FACT!!

[LukeLovesRose]

@06traskm

Cameron? I think it's interesting that you'd bring Cameron into this, because I think James Cameron might have been better to do this movie. Spielberg did tack on some unnecessary scenes. Cameron likes to wrap everything up in a neat little package. But, most of all, I don't think Spielberg ever really had the same skills as Kubrick or even Cameron at capturing images. Cameron would've studied Kubrick's photography and I think he would've done a better job of honoring Stan.

[LukeLovesRose]

@06traskm

And to be honest, I think Eyes Wide Shut would've been even better in Spielberg's hands. Looking at Munich, I think that kind of filmmaking would've been right up his alley.

[Antillektuell]

spielberg did a good job on A.I. i think this movie is very underrated! only the end was to sentimental "spielberg" like. if the movie would have endet earlier it would have been even better.

[islammohmedsaad]

i Love You Steven My Dream To Meet You .... A.I is The Best Masterpiece That Ever Made

[etguitar18]

AI is one of the best movies of all time imo so Steven Speilberg didnt reck it...

[buildgod93]

@etguitar18 Statments like that are highly opinionated.

[Colt2571]

"Boy did Spielberg royally rape Kubrick's AI."

There was no Stanley Kubrick's A.I., there was a script that never really worked and storyboards, some research and that's about it. Spielberg took what he could and made a film, so it's Spielberg's A.I...there is no such thing as Stanley Kubrick's A.I., that's fanboy wankery and totally ignorant of the filmmaking process.

[Skeberter]

Ugh, no. Look, I love Kubrick as much as the next guy, and I can't deny that he would have done a great job. But A.I. is very underrated. Watch it with a blank slate and it will hit you.

[EarlyFilmmaker]

@Skeberter I completely agree. I just finished watching it for the first time. Extremely beautiful and incredibly underrated. Spielberg and Kubrick are two of America's Greatest Filmmakers!

[QuietGiantProduction]

@Skeberter i watched it with a blank slate. watched it before I found out that kubrick was meant to direct the film

[JesusCristo2002]

@Skeberter - Everytime I think of that last scene, I can't help but get teary eyed.

[genchiro1]

@Skeberter A.I. was without question the WORST movie I have ever seen. I have never been as angry about spending $10 on a movie as I was walking out of that. The writing was terrible and the direction was pretty bad. To this day I feel like Spielberg owes me $10.