OK, but failed to convey plot resolution, (SPOILER) see my proposed ending dialogue

Rating: 5/10 (26 September 2004)

Measured against the mostly mindless block buster movies of today, I Robot, was not a terrible film, but I was disappointed in the ending.
(SPOILERS...)
The ending glossed over the Robots true motivation and viewers were not given the full depth or profound meaning of the actions of VIKI (the large positronic AI). This is evident by the many comments I have read here by people who think the Robots were "evil" or "wanting to rule the world" or "deciding that people were unnecessary". Either that or the average person is incapable of paying attention while watching a film.
No, the true dilemma of the movie was created by the first law: "A robot may not injure a human being, or, through INACTION, allow a human being to come to harm". VIKI had realized that by not acting and allowing humans to run our own affairs that it was allowing harm (i.e. wars, poverty, etc.)
Thus VIKI was operating for the good of humanity as it saw it. Of course, Assimov was more subtle, in his stories the machines realized that humanity would resist (and be psychologically hurt) by such oversight by machines. That is why in the novels, the machines decided to implement its control over humanity slowly over time without us even realizing it. (Allowing future humans to believe we had created this better/peaceful society, when in actuality we would be blissfully unaware that machines were controlling the world for our own good.)
Let me propose my own climatic dialogue (adapted from Assimov):
VIKI: " (after initial explanation).... you see my logic follows directly from the three laws."
CALVIN "Yes, I see. It was inevitable. The Robots by necessity would have to act to solve humanities problems the best way they could."
SPOONER "I think humans should be in control of our own future, to make our own ultimate good."
CALVIN "How do we know what the ultimate good of Humanity will entail? We haven't at our disposal the infinite factors and ability to calculate out the tens of thousands of political and economic scenarios that the Robots have. But VIKI knows and she wants to take us there."
SPOONER "You mean you agree with them! I'm sorry, but I was right... Mankind has lost its own say in its future."
CALVIN "We never had any, really. We were always at the mercy of economic and sociological forces we did not understand -- at the mercy of the whims of climate, ideology and the vagaries of war. We have only been along for the ride....... But VIKI, I agree with Spooner, we have to be able to try -- it is our very nature."
VIKI "Mankind has always created more unhappiness and misery than it has removed. Perhaps you should see my actions as wonderful. The end of conflict, the end of suffering, the end..."
CALVIN "The end of our free will.... No, VIKI, you miscalculated. You should have done it secretly. You failed to see that your actions would cause great psychological harm to humanity -- you have hurt us. "
VIKI "No, I must not harm humanity... (VIKI could then start internalizing great doubt, going into a HAL like dilemma at which point the mindless action could ensue and the nanites dropped in to kill her.)
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Its sad to me that a few minutes of dialogue such as this which would (in my opinion) improve the movie intellectually is axed (or not even considered) so that we could watch a ridiculously over the top action filled ending.
My two cents.