YouTube suggestions actually got something right for once and put this trailer in front of me a few days ago, despite me not having heard a darn thing about this movie prior. I definitely wouldnāt have thought it was sci-fi based on the title.
The front half of the trailer, I was a bit unimpressed. The visuals are nice, but the scenes/dialog shown didnāt suggest anything new or unusual or interesting, but by the end I was intrigued, after the kid showed up. Iām hoping the kid isnāt too much of a spoiler, though.
I have good memories of Spielbergās A.I. Artificial Intelligence, and while itās damn hard to find genuinely good child actors, I suppose I have a bit of cautious hope that this might riff on some of the feelings/thoughts I had in A.I.
I guess this movie is an original property, not based on an existing game, book, or series, which is nice.
The trailer seems to show an awful lot of the movie, and Iām unsure if thatās because thereās so much more to show, or someone felt they couldnāt make a trailer that didnāt show it. That said, I did think the trailer wasnāt interesting until the kid, so perhaps the choice was correct, since it was the thing that hooked me.
Thanks for the rec! Needed something for next weekend :)
Alas, I donāt think it releases for a few more months. Iām hoping the next trailers will give me a better idea about the movie.
Ah just saw that! You teaser! :D
I saw this trailer in a movie theater recently. I canāt even remember what I was seeing, but it definitely looks interesting. I hope there is more scifi than action. I donāt know if I will see this in theaters or not though. With the ridiculous cost of theater tickets these days.
Yeah, theyāre basically killing themselves with those prices.
Iām suspending judgement on if Iāll see it in the theater until I see another trailer or two. I liked how this one ended, but I think I want a bit more persuasion. Esp. as the second Dune comes out around roughly in the same time period.
CGI and Props looks top tier, looking forward to it.
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If I can respond to my own postā¦after a few more watches of the trailerā¦
From a āmythologyā or at least āreferenceā POV, I think itās interesting the kid is a little girl but gives heavy Dalai Lama (Dal-A.I.?) vibes. (It kicks a bit of patriarchy over too, as IRL the Dalai Lama isnāt ever a girl, and as I understand it thereās still quite a bit of sexism when you compare how Buddhist nuns are treated compared to Buddhist monks.)
Clearly the movie is going to explore some religious themes, and not just the abrahamic religions. Obviously, AI in this universe knows it had a creator, in contrast to humans that never truly āknowā. And in the opening the main guy talks about heaven and hell, and the kid later talks about it too.
The kid looks like some attempt to do some sci-fi twist on religion and reincarnation. Like, maybe the AIs went kind of Buddhist and the kid is an attempt to reincarnate and seek redemption? Like, they know theyāre not good, not going to heaven, so theyāre trying to find enlightenment via the other religions?
Are we going to see the main character lose his childāthen have her reincarnated as a robo-Buddhist nun?
Iām actually getting MUCH more excited about this movie as I put together the themes. I just think the initial trailer focused too much on semi-generic action, when Iād find comparative religion in a sci-fi setting much more interesting.
