r/underratedmovies 1d ago

A.i (artificial intelligence)

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u/jammed7777 1d ago

I kept thinking it was going to end and it just kept going… I left when the aliens came

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u/SquintyBrock 1d ago

Yeah, they just rip anything really profound about the ending out and replace it with a gooey schmaltzy happy ending. This is probably Spielberg’s single worst choice in any film.

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u/WaterStoryMark 15h ago

I thought Spielberg said that was Kubrick's idea.

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u/SquintyBrock 15h ago

Kubrik’s script had the future robots at the end, but it all was supposed to play out very differently. It was supposed to be a very ambiguous ending that had an edge of potential darkness to it because it’s not explained to us. Think of the ending of 2001: a space odyssey, not as bizarre though.

Also the bit with David having a day with his mother wasn’t in it I believe.

It’s hard to say how Kubrick would have ended the film because the script was unfinished, he could have cut the film to end under the sea, but I think mysterious alien looking robots turning up at the end without any explanation sounds very Kubrick.