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on 8/13/2009
Spielberg and his aliens...
on 8/15/2009
Kubrick's input puts ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE far in the lead, imho. The first half doesn't live up, but the first never steps wrong and for a moment it's almost like watching a new Kubrick film. That generates a nostalgia for me that eclipses Spielberg's very existence.
on 1/23/2010
I've only seen each once, and neither recently. In fact, I haven't seen "A.I." since its theatrical run, but I didn't care for it. Just why, I couldn't say. I'm giving the nod to "Close Encounters" for Teri Garr's legs.
on 3/20/2010
I am very conflicted here. Two completely different Spielbergs. There are individual scenes in Close Encounters that are absolutely amazing and some of the best ever, yet A.I. has a very consistent atmosphere and is a nice dreamy place to sit in for a few hours. In the end, I have to stick with the classic scenes.
on 7/25/2010
A.I. is criminally underrated, while I largely didn't get the appeal of CLOSE ENCOUNTERS, so. That's an easy choice for me.
on 7/9/2011
A.I Is freakin' incredible and it baffles me that people continue to ignore it. Just rewatched Close Encounters recently . . . time hasn't been kind to it.
on 11/24/2013
Encounters is a classic with great locations and score but A:I seems to be the more realistic and heartfelt plus more happens in the film that keeps you intrested-A:I wins
on 12/14/2013
Close Encounters is a great film that holds up nearly 40 years later and is one of the greatest achievements is film history....a truly stunning film. A.I. is decent, but it is a complete mess with a horrible ending.
on 4/10/2014
Both of them kind of seem to be mismanaged to a points: AI wants to be at least 3 radically different movies and Close Encounters can't really decide if it's a horror or a fantasy. With that said I'm going with A.I because it seems to have more to say about the human condition.
Close Encounters is the better Speilberg film...
on 6/13/2014
Without THIRD KIND there would not be a A.I and i like both almost equally but i guess Ill go with the film the film more relative to todays and the not too distant future of A.I great film.
on 7/3/2017
Close Encounters has an amazing ending, where the end for A.I. was just weird.
