Friday, March 7, 2014

Robot Friday: Bicentennial Man

Delayed last month's Robot Friday to this first Friday of March due to work.  Here it is.  Robin Williams as a robot who learns to have feelings and become more human. Literally, more human.  I would of wanted him to stay robot all the way but this is supposed to be romantic. So basically, this rich family buys a robot to do house stuff. The robot they got was unique from the other robots. This robot seems to understand slight feelings. Instead of returning it back, the father decides to teach it more human things and gives them thousands of books to read.  This movie jumps a generation every 20 minutes. The robot becomes more advanced that it searches for the right scientist to help him become literally human. Oh, there's incest in this. Our robot has a crush on the main daughter.  She gets old and dies. The robot then falls in love with the granddaughter who looks exactly like grandma. They literally get married towards the end. So yeah, this was a weird movie. It has its charms and a few comedic moments but mostly a drama about a robot.

Overall, this was okay. Good for a one time deal. Next Robot Friday will be in three weeks (if work permits).