A while ago, I saw a news article about people dressed as robots walking around a football stadium. They were acting stiffly and pretending to be robots for a publicity promo for The Creator. The whole thing was so cringe that it made me not want to see the film. Well, I eventually had to give in and today is the day. Actually, I'm watching it as I write this while it's fresh in my mind.

The movie has a similar feeling to CHAPPIE, which I enjoyed. Having Ninja and Yo-landi in Chappie made the story more digestible because they're such dramatic, outgoing individuals that it balanced the part about having a robot move like a cartoon and defy physics.

Anyway, this movie, The Creator, has the same physics-defying movements of robots. Somehow, with only basic joints, they move fluidly like humans, and that's not convincing - albeit a bit creepy. The fact is that some robots are programmed to have super convincing speech and personality, while others sound like a 1980s speak and spell. A few chuckles and some jokes have made the robots humorousso far. But overall, I'm glad that I'm watching it. There aren't a lot of good sci-fi movies that tackle the politics of AI and robotics.... well, not since the Terminator, Westworld and the Matrix series.

I haven't finished it yet because I'm partway through - so I can't guess where it's going. But I do wanna recommend you give it a watch because it's fun so far. There are many good sci-fi weapon sound effects and post-apocalyptic scenery with dirty cyberpunk-type tech.