after peruse the large amount of comment on this movie it be clear that there be two kind of science fiction movie goer . there be the one who be well read and extremely literate and and intelligent . they know the history of the genre and more importantly they know to what height it can reach in the hand of a gifted author . for many year science fiction languish in the basement of literature . consider my most critic to be little more than story of ray gun and alien mean for pre pubescent teenager . today well read fan know well this history and and know the great author asimov and heinlein and bradbury and and ellison and who help bring science fiction out of that basement . in do so they create think provoking and intelligent story that stretch the boundary and redefine the human condition . this well inform fan be critical of anything hollywood throw at them . they be not critical for it own sake and but look upon each offering with a skeptical eye . ( a they should a hollywood record have be less than stellar . ) to these fan the story must take supreme importance . they can not be fool by flashy computer graphic and and non stop action sequence . when the emperor have no clothes they scream it the loud . the second type of science fiction movie goer have little knowledge about the write aspect of the genre . ( look at many of the above comment that state well i haven not read the book or anything by this author . ) their total exposure to science fiction be from movie or the scifi channel . they be extremely uncritical and willing to overlook huge plot hole and weak premise and and thin story line if they be give a healthy dose of wiz bang action and awesome special effect . they be and in effect and willing to turn off their critical thinking skill ( or maybe they never have them . ) for the duration of the movie . case in point and i robot . while supposedly base on asimov short story and name after one of his novel and it contain little of what asimov write and even less of what he try to tell u about humanity and our robotic creation . ( those of you that will run out and buy i and robot will be very much surprise this movie isn not even base on that story at all . ) the film have enormous plot hole and that at some point be stretch to the limit of credulity . i would not point them out . i would not spoon feed you . you need to practice you think skill and discover them for yourself . the character and which be name after many of asimov character and do not possess the critical intelligence that be a hallmark of his story . the plot itself with all it action sequence go against everything that the author stand for . his belief that humanity possess the capacity to solve problem use their mind and not their fist and be vital to understand his vision of the future . in short and other than the name and their be very little of isaac in anything about this movie . there will always be those uncritical ( i. e. unthinking ) who will state represent the movie doesn not have to be like the book . due to the medium and movie sometimes require that change be make . but what about a case where the movie never even try to stay close to the book ( or book ) from the start . what if all they take from the write work be the title . this beg the question represent why tarnish a great body of work by slap it title on your vacuous piece of crap . save money and do not buy the right to the work . title it something else . don not use the character name . believe me no one will accuse you of plagiarism . in fact it would not matter what you title it to the unread moviegoer who accept everything you throw at him . but it will upset those who read and who think and who be unwilling to simply let you give them a pretty light show . i and robot and like much of hollywood take on the genre and push science fiction back down into that basement it live in year ago . hollywood could not do this alone . it take an uncritical mindless audience that will accept puerile dredge like this .