When David was born, he lived for only one purpose - to love, because he was a robot child and his whole life was to love him" mother", and making his "mother" love him. This is the plot setting of "Artificial Intelligence", simple and free of distractions. However, in Kubrick and Spielberg's collision, this simple concept becomes a complex proposition, covering a wide variety of fields, but the most prominent theme of which is "seeking." The protagonist is looking for an answer, man, what is it? Although he is not a real person. And love, as a unique human emotion, becomes the key to the development of the plot.
The opening shot of the film, filled with surging waves, lasts for a long time, and with a voiceover, we learn that due to global warming, a lot of land has become ocean. This seems to be just the beginning of an ordinary sci-fi movie, or a disaster movie, however, in "Artificial Intelligence", this shot is extra special. Humans came out of the ocean, and all life comes from the ocean, which is the birthplace of life, and the ocean and water are the mothers of all life. Therefore, in the context of the entire film, this ocean shows the doubts of all mankind about themselves.
Then, the film suddenly cuts to this conference on "artificial intelligence". The protagonist David was actually born in the discussion of this conference. At the same time, his birth is also a contradiction. A detail is set later in the film: Monica's son Martin asks David, "When is your birthday?" David says, "I never have a birthday." Martin adds, "Well, when is your birthday? made." David said he didn't know. These words make people feel very lost, and I suddenly understand why human beings are so obsessed with their own history, because human beings do not want to be a rootless straw, human beings need a sense of belonging, and this kind of belonging is actually Find where you first stood. It is a blessing to know where we come from, because, no matter how frustrated we may be in life later and how lonely we feel, this primordial state of belonging gives us a sense of security, a feeling of being in a mother's womb. The feeling of protection is the most primitive attachment, a kind of love.
David, who was born in a laboratory, would not feel this way, but he was born to love and be loved. This contradiction makes this angelic robot appear more human than human beings. However, David's eventual tragedy was caused by the accident that Martin fell into the swimming pool with him as he sought Martin's protection. This is also the second time the film fills the shot with azure water, with David being dropped by a human at the bottom of the swimming pool, and the shot ascends further and further away from him. Water, to humans, is mother, but to David? What's more, it was David who stayed in the water quietly and alone, but the human race was gone. David is a robot, he longs for love, and he actually feels love, but humans don't.
Because of this accident, David was abandoned. The scene in the woods was particularly exciting. David's bitter plea and Monica's helplessness both touched the hearts of the audience. A person full of love will be abandoned by love. , what a cruel thing. If God is the creator of human beings, then human beings are the creator of David. From David's abandonment, we can also see the feeling of abandonment buried deep in the director's heart. How should the Creator treat his children? A lot of things can be solved perfectly in theory, but reality likes to create tragedy.
The first part of the film ends here, and the film also begins to expand from the individual to the entire society at that time. The theme of the film has also changed from single to multiple. We see the miserable situation of all "artificial intelligence", and also see the extreme behavior of human beings against "fakes". As human beings, we can understand this feeling of xenophobia. In fact, it is not only xenophobic, for me, artificial The emergence of intelligence has made me even more confused about my self-consciousness. What's more, artificial intelligence has actually created love. Love, which was originally confusing, can now be created, and can be born from machinery and chips. This is right. A major shock to the cornerstone of the human worldview. Since love can be made in this way, are humans still unique? In this case, it is not so unreasonable for human beings to give up love. Ask yourself, we sympathize with David because he is so realistic, we sympathize with him, not as a robot. We also strongly hope that David can be a real child like Pinocchio, but why should only "real" children be loved? Here, love seems so strange, where did our love come from, and what is our love?
We all know that Pinocchio is just a fairy tale, while "Artificial Intelligence" is a sci-fi film. With such a movie viewing experience, we know very well that what David is looking for is just a beautiful lie, so he is full of The eyes of hope brought tears to the eyes, but the result was inevitable, David found that he was not unique, and the lie still existed, just no longer beautiful.
David jumped into the ocean, the third shot filled with water. Here, David found a famous playground and saw the blue fairy, so he prayed in front of her over and over again, but the blue fairy, like him, was made by human beings, and it was not "real" .
The film can end here, but the latter part cannot be called superfluous. I personally think that this ending can be understood in two ways. One is David's dream. In this way, "Artificial Intelligence" is still a tragic story. , is still a typical Kuhn film, another understanding is truth, so it can be regarded as a relatively warm ending, although it is still not bright, so it is a typical Sidney ending. This ending contains an interesting discriminatory relationship: Once, humans created robots for love, and now robots create humans for love. However, if the film starts with the ocean, ends with the ocean, starts with science fiction, and ends with fairy tales or myths, it will highlight the theme of the film and become a kind of sublimation. Moreover, a completely torn beauty will bring more thinking to human beings than a beautiful lie.
Artificial Intelligence ultimately does not answer the questions it asks, at least not definitively, because the love that gives us a sense of belonging and security is itself so contradictory and so unreasonable.
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