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Absolute rubbish!

posted 8 years ago by venu_aleck
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And this is coming from a guy who enjoyed spectacular Sci-fi movies like Star Wars, Star Trek, Aliens, Starship Troopers, I Robot, Terminator I and II, etc. This movie was absolute and total rubbish and an insult to the sci-fi genre. Why?

1) The whole robots evolving to be greater than machines and becoming almost human was already explored in depth in other BETTER movies like I Robot, Bicentennial Man, Terminator, etc. Philosophy in Sci Fi movies is always interesting and sometimes philosophy itself drives the movies, but not in this case. They tried incorporating philosophy (maybe existentialism?) but fell flat.

2) Dystopian landscapes are prevalent in so many movies and only Equilibrium ACTUALLY got it right. I think Total Recall may be a close second. The real horror of the future society is not that human kind is threatened from external forces but from what they created within. Solar flares etc. are so last century. Knowing actually did that whole humanity ending with solar flares better. And that brings me to...

3) In reality, Solar Flares are COMPLETELY harmless to humans! They don't even affect electronic devices except those in space (satellites) and those devices which have an electric or magnetic field around them (cellphone towers and electricity grids). This is blindingly obvious to even the most CASUAL of Sci Fi fans. Plus Solar Flares do not go on for a long time.

4) Robots are unbelievable and move very unconvincingly in the movie. Cheap low budget robots.

5) Flat uninteresting characters and very loose plot. Action is there for the sake of action and not because it helps the story. Why were men sent to kill Jac? What was the point of the robots going to meet the "boss" in the desert? What was the point of replicating a cockroach as a giant robot? Other than the fact that the cockroach was their only companion in the desert and they got close to it. Been already done in Wall-E.

Forgettable movie.

[–] nightech 8 years ago

With due respect to the posters who enjoyed and praised this movie, I have to agree with venu_aleck on this one. Whether you call them plot holes, or just neglected information, there was much that didn't make any of sense in the story. It seems like the "boss" robot was waiting for help from other self-aware robots to complete two projects. One was assembling a giant mechanical cockroach, and the other was moving a crate up a cable line to an elevated platform. Why, for goodness's sake?
When the super bug was completed one expected some amazing feat of destruction from it, but in order to save itself it could only jump up to a bad guy like a friendly puppy. It must not have had a first protocol, because it let the fellow fall to his death, so why not save the other robots before they were shot?
Another thing I found peculiar was the hero teaching the sex robot Cleo to dance. Shouldn't that skill be already programmed into a sex android? Plus it seemed inappropriate for it to start making orgasmic sounds during a dance lesson.
It came as a surprise to me that the bad guys found it useful to drag Rachel and her new born to the desolate desert site. Weren't they well enough armed with shotguns and pistols to take Banderos on? I guess it would take another whole movie for him to go back to the city to rejoin her, but just planning to at the end would have made more sense. Then there is his attempt to run her over along with the bad guys with the repaired truck. What was his motive there, to keep her and the baby from suffering a slow death?
Sorry, but I can't remember seeing a sci-fi movie before that was this disappointing.

[–] Link6321 8 years ago

"Unbelievable robots that move unconvincingly." Uh huh. Because one of your precious favorites, Terminator, totally had "convincing robot movements," right?

[–] jamesrobot 7 years ago

The robots were animatronic. Their movements were actual; literal realism.

Anyway, this movie was fantastic.