Product placements got in the way

Rating: 4/10 (1 September 2004)

This movie wasn't horrible, and Will Smith did a good job. However, the obvious product placements really irritated me. I know product placements aren't new in movies, and having a logo flash by on a car or something like that does not bother me. However, this was the first movie I had seen where I felt the writing in the movie had actually been altered to showcase the product. The shoes in particular did not warrant the amount of dialogue that was associated to them, and in fact, the shoe comments detracted from the film.
Otherwise, the movie was entertaining, but I forgot about it 10 seconds after leaving the theatre. I liked the robots and the effects, but the philosophical points they were trying to make didn't stick.