The robot. v . the prince of bel-air

Rating: Null/10 (3 December 2004)

all right, i'm an old fogey and i read the books decades ago, so that makes me a miserable old sod...this movie cost gillions to make and 20 years from now no-one will want to see it...it has built in redundancy,
just like a robot...this is an exercise in ''where we are now..special effects wise'' with Will Smith thrown in for appeal, of course special effects in 20 years will be soooo much better, so why would anyone want to watch this then ?..it has no depth..all other characters apart from Smith are cyphers..no more meaningful than the robots and the plot is a standard 'tack-on' as is the pointless gun play...of course all movies sag with time, but a good story and performance will keep them afloat...not so, this movie. In the race for glitzy imagery all ambition was lost, and an opportunity lost...perhaps it's not the directors fault, he was determined to make clear this was only 'suggested' by Asimov'...sort of an apology really...perhaps the Industry took control away as they often do...where was the music ?...just noise !