This movie left me with mixed feelings. I liked it but I didn't like the closing scenes. Call me a Luddite if you must, but I wish it would have ended at the Flesh Fair. I say that because I started to not like the David character, he wanted to become something he's not. Though he did begin to behave like a human boy he wasn't one.
However, this movie did put the question "what makes us human?" to the test a lot more than any other movie we had seen thus far. I thought of other things that make us/me human as I watched the movie. Two things that stood out in my mind were insanity and philosophy. I asked myself, can I envision David being being a philosopher? No. Philosophy is very complex, and requires meditation and deep thought. Despite David being a complex robot, he was built with a purpose. That purpose was to be a lovable boy that loved back. Because of that he can never think of philosophy. He was limited in that sense; he could not mature and really take in and learn from his experiences at a deeper level where wisdom is created in a person, a real person.
Insanity I decided was another state of being a robot could never accomplish. True: it is a less desirable human trait that some would never want, but that psychological imperfection is an extremely human trait, indescribable almost.
A character that I really like in the movie was Martin. Though most would say he was their least favorite. He's my most favorite because of how REAL he is. He shows a wide range of emotions in a short span of time. David eventually showed a lots of emotions, but over a longer time span. Martin really was a boy, flesh and bone, one that could die, one that had obvious physical disabilities, and because of all that--I loved him.
As I type this I 'm listening to music. Can a robot ever create original music that really touches the senses? No, I don't believe so. Music is another sole human self expression ability that we have made using technology, but by itself technology could not make on its own.
To conclude, I like the movie, I just didn't enjoy the last half because it became too unreal and ridiculous almost.
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This film also made me think a lot, which is why I like it so much, even though I agree that the ending seems a bit ridiculous. If we assume that pursuing your dreams (an expression of freewill) is what makes us human, then why do you say that David never achieved humanity? Because he never created great art? What about those of us who don't create art, does that mean we are not human?
ReplyDeleteI think eventually we'll be able to create robots as complex as humans. It will take a very long time, but we're just code ourselves. Nothing but a bunch of molecules.
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