On A.I.:

Watched that A.I. a while ago, but didn't have a chance to sit down and digest it yet. I guess the only thing i really want to say about it was that the ending was too "sweet". Just not "Kubrickesque" enough. I would have preferred it to stop where David was trapped for eternity under the sea, facing the Blue fairy. In a way, he would have found what he has been looking for without realizing his dream. That is the harsh but romantised reality. 2000 years on and a supreme alien race would stop to grant our wishes? Somehow i felt that the last 10 minutes of the film was almost added in as an after-thought. Trying to work it in so that David got what he wanted, so that the audience can go home feeling better. The poignancy was still there, but it is different, more of a contented sigh than a jarring shake. Too spielberg i feel. He probably couldn't carry on the dark edge that is Kubrick right to the end.

Reality is, people don't always get what they want. Neither do little human-like robots. The journey i felt was more important than the ending. He did find what he was looking for under the sea in Manhattan. That is the reality of all Blue fairies but hasn't his search of being a real boy, with all the human emotions attached, and love he felt been already fulfilled by him setting off on his journey already? That question could be pondered upon for eternity as he rest under the sea without an alien blue fairy to put a full stop, an end point, an answer to it.