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...story of one boy robot (Haley Joel Osment) and his quest to becoming what movie teasers have described as "something more." Many people look forward to A.I.'s June 29th summer release either because it is Steven Spielberg's next movie or because it would have been Stanley Kubric's last. Spielberg's screenplay was based upon Stanley Kubric's 80-page treatment of a short story by Brian Aldiss, Super-Toys Last All Summer Long. In addition to starring America's favorite child actor Osment, this film will also star Jude Law as Gigolo Joe, Jake Thomas as Martin...
Though the plot and characterizations of Paths to Glory are generally cliched, Kubric does provide the viewer with some powerful images of the ugliness of war: a comatose prisoner who has to be propped up to be executed, soldiers who have descended to savagery yet cry at the sound of a beautiful song, men going into battle armed only with a revolver and a whistle. But this message is conveyed in the first few frames of the film...
...next hour and a half, Kubric turns his message into a mantra...
...never seen Apocalypse Now, Platoon or Bridge Over the River Kwai, then go see Paths to Glory and learn your lesson about the atrocities of warfare. For everyone else, you're better off renting Dr. Strangelove or A Clockwork Orange to get a taste of Kubric's true talent for innovation than wasting your time and money on this disappointing film...
...created a brilliant movie to save the human race from nuclear inanity. This brief, unnerving film rips windily through a whole forest of Cold war cliches, alternately rustling branches and toppling huge trunks. See-sawing giddiness and terror, "Dr. Strangelove" leaves its audiences smiling emptily. The mood suits Kubric's purpose superbly...
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