So did Asimov in his original book. The film has only the vaguest resemblance to the book. Why even bother using Asimov's title?
Both Star Trek and Asimov explored the issues of a robot wanting to be human, to have emotions, to love even. They did it without:
Bad and very predictable unfunny jokes.
Maudlin sleep inducing schlock music.
And pandering pandering pandering to little kids.
Asimov shouldn't be Disney-fied. Ever.
Neither should any intelligent sci fi of any kind.
The only thing even close to intelligent sci fi in this film are the courtroom scenes, less than two minutes. Both Asimov and Star Trek spent a lot of time on courtroom scenes.
Had the film done that and avoided "cute" jokes and that godawful boring soundtrack, this might have been a good film.
But like this, it's no wonder it's regarded as one of the worst films. It deserved to be panned by critics as it was, and its Razzie nomination.
God, I need to see a documentary to get this schlock out of my head, and hear speed metal after that soundtrack kept putting me to sleep.
Awful, awful, awful.
ETA: I'm glad of the strong reactions to my review, both the downvotes and the higher than I expected number of up votes. Good to know some others feel the same.
Both Star Trek and Asimov explored the issues of a robot wanting to be human, to have emotions, to love even. They did it without:
Bad and very predictable unfunny jokes.
Maudlin sleep inducing schlock music.
And pandering pandering pandering to little kids.
Asimov shouldn't be Disney-fied. Ever.
Neither should any intelligent sci fi of any kind.
The only thing even close to intelligent sci fi in this film are the courtroom scenes, less than two minutes. Both Asimov and Star Trek spent a lot of time on courtroom scenes.
Had the film done that and avoided "cute" jokes and that godawful boring soundtrack, this might have been a good film.
But like this, it's no wonder it's regarded as one of the worst films. It deserved to be panned by critics as it was, and its Razzie nomination.
God, I need to see a documentary to get this schlock out of my head, and hear speed metal after that soundtrack kept putting me to sleep.
Awful, awful, awful.
ETA: I'm glad of the strong reactions to my review, both the downvotes and the higher than I expected number of up votes. Good to know some others feel the same.