Machine Butler is a science fiction film directed by Chris Columbus and starring Robin Williams, Albers Davis, and Sam Neal, released in the United States on December 13, 1999.
The film tells the story of an android Andrew who lives with Martin's family as a butler and falls in love with humans, eventually transforming from a robot to a human.
In fact, I prefer to translate it into "Two Hundred Years Old Man". People who have seen this film will never agree to call him a machine, even if the cold shell blocks your eyes so that you can't see his warm heart; they definitely don't just think that he is a butler, because his ability is far beyond the ability of a butler.
He loves music, he can make root carvings, he knows design, and of course he is afraid of other people's harm... He indulges in the pranks of the wayward lady, but is deeply in love with his second lady...
The story takes place in the "near future", when the Neil family ushers in the fourth generation of new housekeepers, the robot Andrew. But a coincidence made Neil no longer able to treat him as a cold machine, because Andrew possessed certain characteristics of a human being: he could perceive human emotions, kindness, apology, and friendship, and he had his own thoughts and thoughts.
Stunt movies often leave us with the impression of grand bloody fight scenes or exaggerated "aesthetic" shots, but the visual stimulation is fleeting, and the warmth can moisten the eyes for a long time. That's the beauty of Bicentennial Man. The warmth beyond interpersonal relationships and the search for humanity give this film a deeper theme.
Before Richard Martin was dying, Miss Two called Andrew and forgave him. To figure out who he really is, Andrew travels the world looking for robots of the same model as himself. Eventually, in New York, I met a female robot with the same personality as it, and it turned out that it was only installed by an engineer with a personality chip, and it was not really capable of thinking.
Later, with the help of this engineer, it gradually became an almost real person from the inside out, from the appearance, the internal organs of the body, and then to the nerve center.
It falls in love with The Second Miss's granddaughter, Portia Charney, who cannot accept it because of her robot. He applied to the federal court to pass a decree recognizing Andrew as a human being. The federal court dismissed its request with a human being without immortality.
Immortality has always been what human beings expect, and it is also because of the temptation of immortality that countless people have been attracted to go before and after, swallow dan and eat medicine, worship gods and believe in Buddha, just for the sake of longevity and prolongation, but if you can live forever, will it be a kind of happiness? I don't know, but the movie Machine Butler indirectly answers this question, and the answer is: No! Eternal life does not bring happiness, only a strange loneliness.
A touching story, told, without fancy techniques, everything is so natural and smooth, but all the way through, you are moved, and it is a mess. This is the classic, only tell the story, do not talk about the reason, the experience is your own, and has nothing to do with the film.
Throughout the play, the humorous bridge section is overlooked, and light humor and warm and touching people have become the main color of the film. The casting is also in place, and the appearance and temperament of the male host are very in line with the setting of the role. Little Miss as a child, full of spirits, very cute. Although the appearance of the adult little miss does not give people a stunning feeling, it becomes more and more beautiful with the development of the plot.