Film Review: I, Robot

Went to see I Robot on Friday night with my family. Took my student card along so I could get a discount - but for some reason the ticket girl gave us 3 adults and a child - but she said it wouldn't matter because child is the same price as student. Still, I was wondering if I would get stopped at the gates because I had a child ticket ..BUT they didn't! - which just goes to show that I look toooo young for my age!!! - well at least that means I can pay less and use ID when necessary ;)

Anyway... on to the review...

I, Robot is about the robot-hating Converse 2004 trainer-wearing Spooner's (Will Smith) investigation into a mysterious death of robot scientist Lanning. And it's about Spooner's scary discoveries about what's going on at Lanning's company and the new breed of Robots which are about to be released onto the unsuspecting public.Spooner's meets the seemingly rogue- but nice robot Sonny who at first he suspects as being the cause of Lanning's death.

As he digs, Spooner soon gets into trouble with his boss Lt. Bergin and his badge is taken away. Partly that's because Spooner is a seeming bigot, prejudiced against robots for reasons we learn of later on in the film.

Spooner's prejudice seems irrational, especially where robots are governed by Asimov's Laws, which state that (1) robots may never intentionally harm a human, and (2) robots must always obey human orders, unless they conflict with the first law, and (3) they must preserve themselves, unless their actions conflict with the first or second law.

Will Smith plays the lead so you know that there are going to be a lot of wise cracks made throughout the film. Although SOME of his jokes were funny, they were sometimes not really appropriate to the situation that he was in. Don't think I'm saying this because i'm not a Will Smith fan - I watch Fresh Prince and have seen his other films - but I don't think I Robot is one of his best.

The idea for the story was good - that Robots could evolve to have minds of their owns and start to control us - but the way they worked around the 3 laws was slightly sketchy.Overall, the film was good to watch if you had some spare time and Will Smith did try to keep it interesting - but since it was a 12A, there was no real sense of fear and less suspense - so i'll give it 6 out of 10.

Feel free to post your own views on the film.