I was just wondering if I am the only person that cries buckets throughout this film? When sir and little miss die, when andrew tells rupert about what "everyone" says about sex, when andrew dies just moments before hearing that he is officially human... gah this film just makes a wreck outta me! no matter how many times i watch it, it still gets me every time!
shareI'm male and the end gets me every time! This movie really knows how to tap into your emotions.
shareseriously people? this is the most cliche ridden piece of tripe I've ever seen. what doesn't make you cry? grab a hold of your fragile emotions people.
I saw this film years ago and just remembered that it was quite good. Saw it in a charity shop at the weekend, bought it, and just watched it. Now I know how brilliant it is. First time I've cried in years.
And who cares if it's cliched? Virtually nothing isn't cliched any more. It's a film. It's a wonderful film. So what's the problem?
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"What the heck are those two doing in a tree?"
you are not the only one. not at all.
shareI am a man, I watched this last night with my wife, and believe me - we both cried maybe not buckets, but at least shot glass of tears. And someone who wrote it is cliche - you're right and you're not, at the same time. It's not a cliche, because there's no other movie touching the question of robot being "alive" or "human" in so... human way. Blade Runner, my favorite movie, theoretically asks the same questions, but the execution of this topic is completely different. Here we have a chick flick, a family saga, robotic Steel Magnolias, androidal Legends of Fall, unhappy love, marrying a wrong guy, broken heart and so on. That WOULD be cliche, if it didn't concern A ROBOT! It would be a cliche if it didn't show... platonic love (at least in the beginning). The movie suggests that people (and other intelligent beings) may fall in love without sexual attraction, they can love each other just for their intellect.
Amazing, this movie is truly amazing. It gets to my all time favorites list, second place ex aequo with Gattacca.
WORD.
Now I understand why this movie has so low score on IMDB. It seems it was watched by too many idiots, very unfortunate.
So you claim your or my emotions are somehow REAL? More real than "programmaticaly simulated emotions"? Can you touch them, measure them, give away to other person, examine with microscope? Nope, they are just chemical and electrical states of organic computers - our brains. They are just that - some code preprogrammed into your CPU by milions of years of evolution.
The difference between an idiot and a thinker watching this movie is that an idiot will say "Toasters, bottle openers, computers and robots are NOT human, and never will be.". Philosopher will ask himself what's the difference between machine programmed to feel pain and living brain evolved to feel pain (note that very primitive LIVING organisms don't have pain receptors!). Even if you never thought about that, this movie makes you wonder, but you have to be smart, not stupid.
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"Only a Sith thinks in absolutes." Nuff said.
Most things get better when I kick them.
Coluk, you need to study some about the nature of consciousness. I recommend Philosophy of Mind by John Searle. Essentially, consciousness (and emotions) are an emergent property of neural activity. In Asimov's robot stories, consciousness is an emerging property resulting from activity in positronic brains. How exactly that happens is left as an exercise for the reader's imagination, but is not inconceivable. At the point it happens, though, it's hard to distinguish from the outside whether emotions are generate by a wetware or hardware mind substrate.
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i voted this movie 10/10 every since i saw it years ago, i'm a huge fan of everything Robin Williams and this movie is one of those that make your heart cry.
he's a robot that realized what life is all about and couldn't stand living without the girl he loved, a very human trait.
i didn't exactly cry but i had a few tears fall, only movie that really make me cry is BRIDGES OF MADISON COUNTY.
Bicentennial Man is one of the greatest movies ever.
The above reply to the idiot who called the move full of cliche was right on, but I have a little to add.
There really are no cliches in the movie. The fact that people age and die is not a cliche, but part of the human experience. That guy needs to learn what a cliche is, he doesn't really know the definition.
Although the movie is a celebration of Andrew's ongoing quest for enlightenment and humanity, it does make us cry. Why? Because the lengthy scope of the movie reminds us all too sharply that this fate is eventually in store for all of us. We will lose loved ones, and leave loved ones behind. Although it is unavoidable, we regard it as very sad. The fact that this movie does tap into that deep fear and sadness in all of us is a testament to just how on target it is.
And give credit to Asimov. Sentiment is not normally a big part of his writing, but in this story he brought it fully to bear, and the film captures it maybe even more fully than the prose did.
It is sort of a shame to me that this movie is so good, yet it chokes me up so often for its last two thirds that I can't really bear to put myself thru that emotional wringer very often.
This truly is one of my favorite films.
The film is filled with fun and sad, it bounces around like a pinball machine with your emotions, something that's very difficult to do in most films.
In most films that hit you with the big one near the end and you ball your eyes out, but this film has moments throughout that certainly should give anyone watery eyes.
I guess a lot of people out there are no sensitive enough to enjoy such a film, not in touch with themselves and are looking for something else from film.
It's not only the emotions this film can produce, but the whole feel of the film is just so crisp and Williams never lets the pace slow down.
it actually really boggles my mind that more people cannot appreciate this film.
Unlike A.I., we know Andrew Martin heart's is always beating quite proudly.
What's most interesting is that as we all feel sorrow for those who pass I believe any true fan has to feel the most sorrow as Andrew passes himself.
"One is always happy to be of service"
Family saw and rented this on video in 2000 (damn that was long ago) I was eight. We all thought it was super boring, but reading what you guys are saying I'm thinking of giving it a second chance. Should I?
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Citystop,
Yes, you should give it another chance. There isn't much in this story for an 8 year old to grab on to. Once you have lived long enough to see families changed and to lose loved ones, you get this movie.
Well said!
sharethe story envelopes you in the question "what is humanity".it's a sad story that still makes me teary eyed.he,never got to live to be decaired human in time.it was indeed a deep and sad movie.
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what kept me in tears was the passage of time...& how fast everything goes by. & no this movie is not a cliche. It makes you think, but mostly feel.
I cried even before anyone died, and cried pretty frequently thereafter.
~I can sing better than Taylor Hicks!
Just finished it and wept through the whole blasted thing.
shareI cried too, more than once.
The saddest part for me was how Andrew's loyalty, compassion, and friendship were met with anger, loathing, and rejection.
Andrew was was a better person than any of the human characters and thank goodness Portia was there to redeem our race.
The personal interactions with early and older "sir" and Rupert Burns were touching.
I love how film can express the depths to which man can sink. I've been on a streak: "Moon," "The Road," now "Bicentennial Man." Not on purpose. Maybe there's a message.
And why on earth does this film grade out at 6.4/10 on imdb? My faith in the parallel between imdb scores and my tastes is shaken.
@the people who claim cliche: don't buy another movie ticket. Every movie explores the human condition, so save yourself the time and money.