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Warner Bros gets burned again
Desperately needs to cut the final 20 minutes out
Tom Cruise needs a humility check
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Wrong. Stanley Kubrick would've cut that sappy crap out had he been alive to witness it. Every great director envisions something and then later fixes in the editing room if it doesn't feel right - and it sure as hell doesn't in this movie. Kubrick was also known for deleting a lot of material out of the final products, there are forums full of people talking about things he cut from The Shining and his other films to improve them, so no he wouldn't try to preserve anything.
Blaming it on late Kubrick, who was already dead before the production even started, is such a low blow by Spielberg and anyone who defends this movie. Spielberg is notorious for his bad overly-extended endings and this has his trademark signature written all over it.
Here's a great video from Terry Gilliam explaining the difference between Kubrick and Spielberg, highlighting what I just said: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CAKS3rdYTpI
It's a real shame that A.I. ended the way it did, and it's likely the main reason why it failed to leave a bigger footprint in the film history. People saw it, laughed at the goofy-looking aliens and teddy bear pulling mom's hair out of his ass, and forgot all about it.
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