A.I.: Artificial Intelligence vs. The Fifth Element

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Both are classic science fiction. A.I. is just so long that I tend to watch fifth element more.

After seeing an interview with Steven Spielberg and finding out he made this movie because his friend Stanley Kubrick asked him to do it before Kubrick died, Steve gets a pass. Fifth Element is much better.

I didn't care for The Fifth Element the first time I saw it. But upon repeat viewings, it has really grown on me. A.I. has it's moments, but The Fifth Element is more fun.

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE is a perfect film for the first hour or so. It really feels like the lost Kubrick masterpiece, and supposedly this is the segment closest to Kubrick's designs, so that makes sense. But the last 1/2 hour loses me, and the whole film is much too long. THE FIFTH ELEMENT is so much fun that I would be tempted to chose it instead, but it really has no substance. Spielberg may have copied off Kubrick's notes, but ELEMENT is based on a story Luc Besson wrote when he was only fifteen years old, and the lack of maturity shows.

I haven't seen "A.I." since its theatrical release, but I didn't care for it. "Fifth Element" isn't great, but it's got some re-watchability to it.

Fifth Element I feel is one of the most underrated movies in the last 20 years.

I like AI, but the ending is a mess. Fifth Element wins.

I hate both of these movies but one way more than the other. The Fifth Element is such a mess and almost everyone in it is doing a career worst performance but A.I. is truly awful. Pretentious and boring, A.I. is by far the worst experience I've ever had in a cinema. I just wanted it to end, and then it kept going and going and going.

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A.I. should of ended 30 minutes earlier but I still prefer it to the over the top and silly Fifth Element.

Didn't care for either of these movies, but I would rather watch The Fifth Element again.