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I just caught up with A.I. to see how it compared with one of my favorite films. Based on what I've read and heard, A.I. felt like it would be my cup of tea...and a lot of it was. I'm fascinated by so much of it.
However, besides the fact that it goes way too much Crystal Skull at the end, it just does't compare with the gritty thrill-ride of Minority Report...which also has one of the best moments in movie history when Cruise recites the Miranda Rights.
I love both of these Spielberg films. Over the years, I've come to accept that Minority Report is just easier to bring other people into and enjoy. By the end of Minority Report, everybody feels pretty good because the mystery has been solved and things have mostly worked out the way we want. That's not how anybody speaks about A.I.
However, I'm still voting for A.I. because I just love it. Haley Joel Osment amazes me in how he continues his run as best child actor ever, and the film has such a sadness to it that is beautiful in it's simplicity: undying, unrequited love. But while Minority Report is easy to introduce to people, A.I. doesn't deliver on popcorn-eating good times (something about sex robots and the brutal dismemberment of machines may not sit as well with people). Despite the final scenes that most people complain about (and trust me, I wanted the movie to fade to black with David trapped at the bottom of the ocean, too), I think it still works. Osment's character, after spending the whole movie wanting to find and feel love, gets the best day of his life. It's certainly saccharine, but without it, the film would be sadistic.
MINORITY REPORT is probably the 3rd best Philip K Dick adaptation out there, keeping very good company with BLADERUNNER and A SCANNER DARKLY. I caught up with it again recently and it holds up terrifically well. It's vision of the future is tantalizingly close to reality and its production design is moody and effective. It's also a tautly paced film, I had forgotten how riveting it is. A.I. on the other hand is a bit of an odd beast, unequal parts of ruthless cinema and cloying sentimentality. I'm happy Spielberg got it across the line after Kubrick's passing and there are a lot of amazing ideas and performances in it, but it just doesn't quite add up the way MINORITY REPORT does
Minority Report has a "don't think for it too long or it falls apart a bit" plot, but it's my favorite Spielberg this side of the year 2000.
Monticello, AR
It's been year's since I've seen A.I. and I have it on good authority that it holds up even better now than it did upon release. That said, I'm giving it to Minority Report. It's one of Spielberg's most underrated action films that's as thrilling and paranoid as it is socially relevant and intriguing.
Maybe it has something to do the material previously being in Kubrick's hands, or maybe the screenplay could have used a rewrite. Whatever the reason, A.I. has always felt like a collection of scenes and concepts that never quite comes together into a compelling whole, as if Spielberg never quite got a handle on the material. Minority Report, on the other hand, represents Spielberg in total control and at the top of his game. It's not quite as flawless as Jaws or Raiders, but I think it's awfully close.
AI has a slow first act and final act that is unnecessary. The middle arc with David trying to find his family and becoming a real boy is fantastic. Minority Report works much better and has relevance even now.