Captures a Story untold by Asimov Perfectly

Rating: 10/10 (24 December 2004)

I read every book I could find of Asimov's as a young adult and did not bother to see 'I Robot' in the theaters because of the misguided criticisms by the reviewers. I should have known better but what can I say....
The reviews were absolutely correct when they whined about the movie 'I Robot' not following the stories of the book by Asimov of the same title. What they neglected to tell was that it was a wonderful production that had the heart and spirit of Asimov's stories of robots. The movie takes place in a history that Asimov never wrote about but did refer to and used to explained those worlds he created where the humans were robot-phobic.
Will Smith was at his best (and my was he gorgeous to look at). For once I was so caught up in both the story and the character of Sonny that I neglected to spend my time trying to distinguish between graphics and actual film. Sonny was so much my minds eye image of Asimov's character that I did not have that terrible teeth grinding moment where I'm internally screaming "NO, no, no.... wrong, wrong, wrong.
My son who disdains science fiction and was only going to watch a few minutes stayed through the entire movie. I recommend this movie to both science fiction fans and non-science fiction fans. It has heart, action, philosophical interests and more.