In 2005, at the beginning of this century, Richard's family welcomed a robotic butler, which changed the life of the family of four. Father Richard treats the robot housekeeper Andrew as a member of his family, but mother thinks Andrew is just a robot serving us and is slightly uncomfortable. The eldest daughter hates it very much and makes it jump from the upstairs, trying to get rid of it Drop it, the youngest daughter's favorite pony model is accidentally shattered by Andrew, who also hates Andrew. But there may be something wrong with Andrew's neural circuit. It gradually acquired human emotions, and learned a lot of knowledge. He made an exquisite Trojan horse for his little daughter, and repaired his family relationship with the Richards.
Richard and Andrew communicated frequently, and found him hundreds of books for him to study, and taught him human love and how to tell jokes. In the process, Andrew's creative inspiration was inspired, and he created many wood carvings, which Richard admired. I learned through the robot company that this is unique among all the robots sold. Fortunately, Richard kept Andrew and did not send him to repair like many ordinary people and become his own mechanical servant. From this point of view, Andrew is lucky.
Time flies, and Andrew's second daughter, whom Andrew loves so much, grows up. She accepts a marriage proposal from a handsome and reliable man, and her family is separated from Richard. Andrew put on a suit as a reception at the wedding, and approached human beings for the first time. After the wedding, Andrew also experienced the helplessness of parting for the first time.
Time flies, and the second daughter has a son. He also looks down on Andrew and is very unfriendly to him. Under the constant instillation of Richard's knowledge, Andrew's desire for freedom gradually emerged, and finally, he was free, but he still voluntarily obeyed the demands of the Richard family. But Richard was not happy about it. He hoped that Andrew would move away and not have to contact them again. In this way, Andrew came to the seaside, built a wooden house by himself, and decided to find his own kind. He searched for ten years, during which time Richard died and apologised to him. Finally, Andrew discovered Gabutia in the son of the former director of the robotics company, and underwent transformation surgery to have a human appearance.
He found his second daughter, who had long since divorced her husband and is now a grandmother. Due to genetic inheritance, her granddaughter, Bo Xia, is almost identical to her younger counterpart. Andrew finally resonated with Bo Xia after the first unpleasantness with him. The death of his second daughter's stroke may have made them both the people who can rely on each other the most. They finally fell in love, and Andrew implanted a nerve center for himself in the son of the former director, and at the same time married Bo Xia's lover who already had a fiancé. But their love is not blessed, Andrew is immortal, he will not die, he can only watch the person he loves die a little bit.
Eventually, Andrew replaced all of his machine parts and became human, recognized at the end of his life, but not able to see it with his own eyes. He died as naturally as human beings as he wished, just like the growth and death of all things, Bo Xia followed him, ending his life that was greatly extended by the machine, and the people who carried out all this were no different from human beings in appearance. of Gabutia.
The film was made in 1999, but it can be said to be a sci-fi masterpiece now. There are no hard-core fights with special effects in the film, and it is more inclined to explore the soft science fiction of human emotions. The boundaries between humans and robots, the meaning of life and the dignity of death, and the essence of love are all discussed in this film. The interactions between the robot and Richard, such as saying goodnight to each other, discussing how to tell jokes and intimacy, are light-hearted and humorous, as are Andrew's sometimes blunt words and fear of tall buildings. The film is translated as a machine housekeeper, but it does not tell the whole story of being a housekeeper. The overall story is very solid, the core is very touching and thought-provoking, and Robin Williams' interpretation of Andrew is also vivid.
The director of the film is Chris Columbus, best known for directing the first two films in the "Home Alone" series and "Harry Potter" series, and the screenwriter also includes Isaac Asimov, who is immediately referenced at the beginning of the film The famous "Three Laws of Robotics". The make-up in the film is still very good. The dress up of the old Richard and his second daughter is very real, just like his old age. It was nominated for the Oscar for best make-up that year.
The enjoyment of the future in the film may have been similar at the time, but is the present 22 years later expected by the people at that time? The time span in the film is very large. It spans four generations from Richard to nearly 200 years. The description of time is somewhat vague and the primary and secondary are not so clear, but the flaws do not hide the flaws. No matter how you look at it, "The Machine Butler" is a rare soft sci-fi film with a solid script and story, online actors' performances, and proper makeup and special effects.
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