This image is from Stanley Kubrick's and what should have been Steven Spielberg's last film, Artificial Intelligence:AI. I actually really like this movie, which is why I own it, but as anyone who's seen it will tell you, it has two endings. Kubricks's ending which is bleak but has closure, and then it goes on for another 20+ minutes with aliens, last wishes, and a boy spending the perfect day with his human mother. Gross... Guess who's ending that was. Aside from all of that, it's a very tragic story, but kind of has a very accurate (in my opinion) point of view of where the world will go if we let technology get ahead of us. It can be best explained in this quote from Jude Law, who by the way has the best fake movie hair ever in this film,
They made us too smart, too quick, and too many. We are suffering for the mistakes they made because when the end comes, all that will be left is us. That's why they hate us, and that is why you must stay here, with me.
There's a bonus DVD that is full of awesome extras, including making of docs that speak a lot about Stanley Kubrick and his vision of the movie. There is also detailed features about the set design, robot design and a look into the sketchbook of the art director for the film. If you like this movie, it's totally worth it.
Next up was...
Batman Begins from 2005. I saw this opening night in theatres, and haven't seen it since, so it was like watching for the first time, and wow! Easily my in my top list of movies of the past ten years (which is coming up soon). Honestly I can't say much about this, because the movie is awesome and because I cheaped out and got the $5 DVD of this at Target so there is no bonus features. Do yourself a favor and watch this movie, or better yet, buy the 2-Disc Deluxe Edition for me and we can watch it together!
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