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This could have been a really good movie. The filmmakers spent a lot of time making the viewer feel like the Robot was real. The relationship between the Robot and Frank grew to one where Frank's relationship to the robot was one of friendship. The Robot appeared to have grown to become a more sentient and caring entity. Yet, in the end, Frank ends the Robot's existence without regret, without hesitation, without feeling. And, the viewer is left with a real sense of unfinished business.
a better ending might have been to at least have Frank ponder and struggle with the decision to wipe robot's memory. It should have been more of a conversation where Frank argues against deleting Robot's memory, and Robot argues in favor of it. This ending should have built up, and allowed the viewer to feel the emotional quandary of the moment.
In the end sequence with Robot it should have been Frank's decision not to delete robot's memory for the fear of losing his friend. Then, Robot, for his love of Frank, chooses to take his own memory to save his friend. And, all of this occurs as the Police are threatening to break in to obtain the evidence of robot's memory.
In the end, the movie is about a friendship that evolves between a man who is losing his memory and a Robot whose memory is sacrificed to save his friend.
In the end they made this a very cold ending with no feeling, no connection, and no regret. Therefore, there was no conflict and all movies and stories move forward through conflict.
Also, the part near the end where Susan Sarandon's character reveals that she and Frank were once friends, made no sense rank's memory was not that far gone and her reason for hiding this info was not made clear.
This movie had real possibilities. But, in the final analysis the ending betrayed the entire film. My suggestion to the director is to re-cut and re-edit this film. Shoot a new ending, then this film could be a real good movie to watch.
This could have been a really good movie. The filmmakers spent a lot of time making the viewer feel like the Robot was real. The relationship between the Robot and Frank grew to one where Frank's relationship to the robot was one of friendship. The Robot appeared to have grown to become a more sentient and caring entity. Yet, in the end, Frank ends the Robot's existence without regret, without hesitation, without feeling. And, the viewer is left with a real sense of unfinished business.
a better ending might have been to at least have Frank ponder and struggle with the decision to wipe robot's memory. It should have been more of a conversation where Frank argues against deleting Robot's memory, and Robot argues in favor of it. This ending should have built up, and allowed the viewer to feel the emotional quandary of the moment.
In the end sequence with Robot it should have been Frank's decision not to delete robot's memory for the fear of losing his friend. Then, Robot, for his love of Frank, chooses to take his own memory to save his friend. And, all of this occurs as the Police are threatening to break in to obtain the evidence of robot's memory.
In the end, the movie is about a friendship that evolves between a man who is losing his memory and a Robot whose memory is sacrificed to save his friend.
In the end they made this a very cold ending with no feeling, no connection, and no regret. Therefore, there was no conflict and all movies and stories move forward through conflict.
Also, the part near the end where Susan Sarandon's character reveals that she and Frank were once friends, made no sense rank's memory was not that far gone and her reason for hiding this info was not made clear.
This movie had real possibilities. But, in the final analysis the ending betrayed the entire film. My suggestion to the director is to re-cut and re-edit this film. Shoot a new ending, then this film could be a real good movie to watch.