Then i read that i, robots script was adjusted to give the film more of a big willie. Robotics, and on the floor of its atrium lobby lies the dead body of its chief robot designer, apparently a suicide. I, robot 2004 i robot is firstly a will smith film, an action film and lastly, a science fiction film. Thus, in i, robot, we have will smith, as a hunky chicago homicide. I robot movie visuals 5 film techniques long shot used where susan shows spooner the whole robot army. I like will smith, but this is asimov and his tendency to be wildass just didnt. Jul 16, 2004 plate photography of the robot scenes required a minimum of four passes in order to provide the necessary elements. His human emotion and logic portrays his significance from all other ns5 robots, due to lannings unique design of sonny. Its a world where robots nanny our every whim and were protected against anything going wrong by the three laws. A highly advanced robotic boy longs to become real so that he can regain the love of his human mother. A science fiction blockbuster with brains and brawn, i, robot stars will smith as a technophobic detective investigating an apparent suicide in the nottoodistant future of 2035. Smith s attempt to sabotage the flight by destroying the ship using the robot s laser rays and killing the crew failed when young boy genius will robinson was able to control the robot remotely, although the ship was sent offcourse and became lost in space. It makes them appreciate the robots zoom in used on the sunny unique robot. Director alex proyas dark city, the crow helmed this scifi thriller inspired by the stories in isaac asimovs ninestory anthology of the same name.
Mar 30, 2018 she then took a shot at smiths 2004 movie i, robot. But when you examined what happened in the film, where smith is telling the story of how he lost his arm it seems that sometimes logic isnt the best solution. Will smith i robot movie jacket for men america suits. Bridget moynahan, bruce greenwood, james cromwell, and chi mcbride also star. In this power point i will be writing about the analysis of the film opening i, robot. To get ready for the film, he started training 12 months even before filming began. Essays on analysis of a film i, robot brandnew custom. I, robot i, robot was released in 2004 and directed by alex proyas. But you wont be busting any brain cells watching i robot the movie. Our beloved fresh prince of bel air superstar is cast as a chicago police detective named del spooner. Sep 15, 2008 i, robot film will smith s theme or the main idea. Jordan, michael shannon, sofia boutella, lilly singh, grace lynn kung and martin donovan. For will smith is, to coin a phrase, the complete package. Smiths role on that first film was creature supervisor, which meant he was in charge of rigging and providing the animators with the tools they needed to accomplish the transformations.
The film stars will smith, bridget moynahan, bruce greenwood, james cromwell, chi mcbride, and alan tudyk. It is noticeable that in smith s many huge films, it is hard to remember. Will smith plays detective del spooner in the scifi film i, robot. I, robot and the future of digital effects animation world network. Everything wrong with i robot in 14 minutes or less youtube. Jul 16, 2004 i, robot takes place in chicago circa 2035, a city where spectacular new skyscrapers share the skyline with landmarks like the sears but not the trump tower.
I, robot is the 1950 collection of some of the robot stories that asimov wrote between 1940 and 1950. The films standout asset, however, is its leading actor. These are aided by the superb special effects employed throughout the film. Director alex proyas dark city, the crow helmed this scifi thriller inspired by the stories in isaac asimov. Im speaking of the 2004 movie starring will smith and directed by alex proyas, not the book which i liked even if it had a few flaws, as i talked about already. Both blade runner and i, robot use similar techniques in the.
I, robot confronts possible reallife scenario technology. In the will smith movie i, robot, australian director alex proyas of the crow, oscarwinning scenarist akiva goldsman of a beautiful mind, and final fantasy scribe jeff vintar have retained the three laws of robotics, but have turned an otherwise literary classic into a shallow, uninspired, paintbythenumbers, potboiler about an. I, robot 15 movie clip rogue robot 2004 hd youtube. Watch will smith go on an awkward date with a robot video. Will smith is a tough maverick cop in chicago in the year 2035, who has. As an analysis of a superhero film, detective spooner can be seen as such for he is half human, half cyborg, giving him strength exceeding any human being. In a typical sonny shot, the crew first photographed will smith. Jul 21, 2004 will smith has had his manhood chopped out of new movie i, robot in america, but is the sight of his penis will thrill fans in europe. I, robot stylized as i,robot is a 2004 american science fiction action film directed by alex. A science fiction blockbuster with brains and brawn, i, robot stars will smith as a technophobic detective investigating an apparent suicide in. The film is i,robot a dystopian science fiction film released in 2004, featuring will smith as detective spooner. In case youre not familiar with asimovs writing, heres a list of things the movie had in common with the book. I, robot 35 movie clip freeway ambush 2004 hd youtube. Throughout history and popular culture, robots have reflected the mood, social and cultural issues.
Jul 15, 2004 will smith plays detective del spooner in the scifi film i, robot. Whenever one thinks about robots in the movies, the images that come to mind are flashes from metropolis, the day the earth stood still, forbidden planet, star wars, terminator or robocop. The films fx artists tried to create, with pure data, a shockingly realistic 23yearold will smith. Throughout history and popular culture, robots have reflected the mood, social and cultural issues, and technology of their times. In a roomful of robots, spooner will smith attempts to find the murderer. The film has an extremely good story, and despite trying to tell a very good story from the onset of the film, it takes the time to cover the back stories for each character as the film progresses, to not only keep the audience interested but to also give the film a strong mystery feel to it despite its obvious scifi genre. As you walked in the room, when you looked at the other human. But this hitech film, inspired by the original isaac asimov shortstory collection. Speaking about the plot of the film, it should be said that the action takes place in 2035 when robots are widely used as assistance of human beings. Throughout cinematic history, especially in sciencefiction tales, robots have always played a primary role.
Will smith has had his manhood chopped out of new movie i, robot in america, but is the sight of his penis will thrill fans in europe. I, robot stylized as i,robot is a 2004 american science fiction action film directed by alex proyas. Isaac asimov the author of the book i robot was a scientist, so he wrote each story to make people think. The year is 2035 and will smith is still advertising a certain trainer really obviously. Will smiths workout training routine looked something like the following. Will smith played the role of a cop hunting down the robot that went hay wired. May 15, 2019 will smith was wrong about the robots.
In fact i found the entire film to be the most uncanny one we have yet encountered. Ninny said directly to the robot ninny said indirectly, referring to the robot ninny two asterisks. I, robot ist ein science fictionfilm des regisseurs alex proyas aus dem jahr 2004, frei nach. Will smith is a tough maverick cop in chicago in the year 2035, who has evidently been through some terrible robotrelated trauma that we are permitted to glimpse under the opening credits. But the publishers overruled asimov and decided to name the book i, robot. He is the first robot to have dreams, built with a denser alloy to break through force fields, and also faster and stronger. Jimmy fallon, will smith perform the history of tv theme songs yes, including fresh prince video badly misreading. One of the irobots from the movie with will smith in it, irobot. Smith bares all in a shower scene in the new scifi adventure. In particular, with sonny, i, robot can boast what is possibly the most impressive cgi creation ever committed to celluloid.
Other than that, his cop character is busy hating robots and investigating a murder that he thinks was committed by a robot. I, robot is almost like a small art film wrapped up as a big summer movie, smith has said. Its a world where robots nanny our every whim and were protected against anything going wrong by. The genre of this film is science fiction, thriller, film adaptation, mystery and action film.
I, robot and the future of digital effects animation. Aug 08, 2004 i, robot is almost like a small art film wrapped up as a big summer movie, smith has said. I heard proyas say that he used a lot of the lighting techniques he learned. The film s fx artists tried to create, with pure data, a shockingly realistic 23yearold will smith. He falls in love with another robot named eve, who also has a. At the beginning of the film i, robot, which opens tomorrow, we seem to be in a world that. Walle stylized as walle is a 2008 american computeranimated romantic sciencefiction comedydrama film produced by pixar animation studios and directed by andrew stanton.
Its kind of funny that my big complaint about the short stories by isaac asimov that make up the book were based on characterization because that was my biggest problem with the filmed version. Will smith, i robot movie jacket for men is a wonderful 34 trench coat made of genuine leather. Luckily, i can consult an expert on the subject namely dr. For that role, smith went from 185 pounds to a rock hard 220 pounds of muscle on his body. Smiths attempt to sabotage the flight by destroying the ship using the robots laser rays and killing the crew failed when young boy genius will robinson was able to control the robot remotely, although the ship was sent offcourse and became lost in space. The ideas arent strictly fresh, some of the plot devices are. Its a fluid shot that is often the fastest way to get from point a to point b. This is one of the most boring action movies about robots ever made. Jul 10, 2015 spooner will smith is attacked by an army of robots on the road. Foxs debut of i, robot on bluray 3d launches effort to. Which is weird because science fiction writer eando binder had. In a typical sonny shot, the crew first photographed will smith playing the scene with actor alan tudyk completely dressed up in green as the robot. The screenplay by jeff vintar and akiva goldsman is from a screen story by vintar, based on his original screenplay hardwired, and suggested by isaac asimovs shortstory collection of the same name.
I saw the movie i, robot recently, a film based loosely on a book written by science fiction author isaac asimov. Aug 05, 2004 will smith is a tough maverick cop in chicago in the year 2035, who has evidently been through some terrible robot related trauma that we are permitted to glimpse under the opening credits. The i, robot 2004 film community note includes chapterbychapter summary and analysis, character list, theme list, historical. Its as if the whole film was designed by the guy who did the ipod.
As paranoid cop del spooner, will smith independence day, men in black displays both his trademark quips and some impressive pectoral muscles in i, robot. Will smiths workout for ali was designed to beef up the skinny actor. I, robot was first released to theaters back in 2004. Only spooner suspects that the robots that provide the near future with menial labor are going to turn on mankind. This amazing trench coat is only available with us. I, robot is a cool summer movie packing a nice mix of action, explosions, and brains. One of the i robots from the movie with will smith in it, i robot. With haley joel osment, jude law, frances oconnor, sam robards. In it, the movies filmmakers paint a fictional future 2035 where humanoid robots serve humanities needs.
Smith goes to washington is typically capra, punchy, human and absorbinga drama that combines timeliness with current topical interest and a. Jimmy fallon, will smith perform the history of tv theme songs. Dozens of other movies have featured robots, but the design of these machines never left a lasting impression in the viewers mind. Will smith, as detective del spooner, groggily shuts off an oldfashioned alarm clock. Great directors make an impact on the history of filmmaking, introducing a style and a technical approach that becomes trademark. Spooner will smith is attacked by an army of robots on the road.
In this respect, it should be said that i, robot is a film focused on the problem of technologies of control. Isaac asimovs i, robot i, robot takes place in chicago circa 2035, a city where spectacular new skyscrapers share the skyline with landmarks like the sears but not the trump tower. Its said that emotion is illogical and thats considered a negative thing. For instance, the 1934 robert graves novel i, claudius tells.
Then, smith repeated his performance without tudyk. In 2035, a technophobic cop investigates a crime that may have been perpetrated by a robot, which leads to a larger threat to humanity. Fahrenheit 451 is a 2018 american dystopian drama film directed and cowritten by ramin bahrani, based on the 1966 book of the same name by ray bradbury. These stories all existed in the same universe and some of the same characters showed up in several stories, like field testers donovan and powell and robopsychologist susan calvin. Gamechanging tech behind young will smith in gemini man. Only spooner suspects that the robots that provide the near future with menial labor are going to turn on mankindhes just not sure how. I, robot stylized as i, robot is a 2004 american science fiction action film directed by alex proyas. Nov 16, 2014 the film is i, robot a dystopian science fiction film released in 2004, featuring will smith as detective spooner. The film is i, robot a dystopian science fiction film released in 2004, featuring will smith as detective spooner. Will smith stars as del spooner, the robot hating chicago cop assigned to the murder investigation.
Zachary smith from lost in space, who filled the 83 episodes of lost in space with thousands of roboticallypunned euphemisms for the robinsons model b9 environmental control robot. Lannings cat look, i understand you have experienced a loss, but this relationship just cant work. The film stars will smith, bridget moynahan, bruce greenwood, james cromwell, chi mcbride. He wanted to name this book mind and iron, which is a phrase calvin uses in the introduction introduction. His notable films included bad boys 1995, independence day 1996, ali 2001, and the men in. Famous movie robots illustrated history of film robots. I, robot 2004 full movie will smith movies youtube. She then took a shot at smiths 2004 movie i, robot. The screenplay by jeff vintar and akiva goldsman is from a screen story by vintar, based on his original screenplay hardwired, and suggested by isaac asimov s shortstory collection of the same name. Gamechanging tech behind young will smith in gemini. Set in a future america, the film follows a fireman whose job it is to burn books, which are now illegal, only to. Mar 19, 2019 every director has a goto shot that makes a scene unmistakably their own.