A.I. was good. It was truly Kubrick cum Spielberg, and unfortunately the good and bad qualities of both came along for the ride. For those calling it Pinocchio 2001, you sure are clever…. How did you find the Pinocchio subtext in the film? Was it the fact that they DIRECTLY reference Pinocchio throughout the whole movie and it is an important plot point? It was definately a Spielberg ending that will make the masses feel good, but also feel strange. This movie wouldn’t have been watchable if Kubrick had executed it, but Spielberg did a great job of making it safe for human consumption.

Unfortunately, Spielberg made it pretty readable as well, but that didn’t make it a bad movie.. I guess I liked it, and it was a good “Summer Event Film”, but it wasn’t going to change the world (just bring a tear or two to the eyes of the world’s residents).

The hyper-weird thing about yesterday, however, was that when we were waiting outside the theater, we ran into Dink & Sara Berg (and ultimately Manny). We got to talk to Dink quite a bit, but we were lining up by the time we ran into Sara, et. al. They all live in this area, however, so I am sure we will run into them soon…

My dad is coming up this weekend for some “hang-out” time, which should be fun. He should be here in a little bit…