Okay I know that the internet is on a JLo hate train, and they should be, she’s awful. But you know I can’t judge a movie properly before I see it. So I have forced myself to sit through Atlas. This seems to be a passion project for her but there are other people involved. I am going into this pretty blind, I am not even sure what the film is about so me and my opinion are a complete clean slate. Can the rest of the cast save this movie from JLo…that is the question.
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I think the biggest issue with this movie is that it isn’t saying anything. Films about AI generally have some commentary to make about it, there is a warning somewhere. But Atlas fails to do that in even the most basic way. The bonds between the AI in the mech suits and their users is portrayed as positive, as something connected, real and alive. But at the same time they fear this one form of AI. Yet they don’t really seem to learn from it. It feels like the writers wanted to seem literate by name dropping Asimov and Atlas but they seem to fundamentally misunderstand both. Now contrary to popular belief the name drop of Atlas has nothing to do with Ayn Rand, it is a half-assed cheesy reference to Atlas himself who carried the world on his shoulders. This is in direct reference to the main character emotionally carrying the responsibility of the deaths caused by Harlen. Yes it is in fact that stupid. The name of the AI terrorist, Harlen, is an obvious reference to Harlen Ellison, yet another science fiction writer who was known for being argumentative and contentious. And last but not least we have the obvious fact that Asmiov would hate this movie, for just about every reason possible. It’s poorly written, it doesn’t have a firm grasp on science or technology and there is no reason or message behind it. It genuinely feels like an AI generated script of a movie about AI. 0/10, no redeeming qualities.
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