Spike Jonze’s I’m Here is a twee yet touching short film about the relationship between two robots. Set in a contemporary Los Angeles where robots and humans happily co-exist, the two electronic protagonists meet at a bus stop before embarking on a sweet yet intense relationship. At first the introduction of robotic characters seems like a pointlessly quirky addition yet as the story unfolds the design of the characters becomes more apparent.

I’m Here is a film about relationships, those intense and heady moments of feeling connected to another person yet it also explores the bittersweet times too. When his love begins to fall apart he discovers how much he will give up for her, quite literally. It is in…

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Shy geeky fixit guy meets rebellious, troubled manic pixie dream girl, both with mysteriously transatlantic accents. Only it's extra extra fucking quirky because they're both sentient robots. There is very little wider exploration of their world where robots and humans co-exist and in which the robots appear subject to Jim Crow type restrictions. There are two interesting stories hiding in here (the couple's - about personal identity and codependence in relationships - and the society's) but they are so sugar coated in kookiness that I was almost constantly annoyed.

It looks very Spike Jonze, with big geometric spaces and night lighting. He even re-uses Star Guitar (though not the video he made for it).
At least,…

Part of my Laws of Robotics Project

Francesca: What do you dream about?
Sheldon: What do you mean? We can't dream.
Francesca: Course you can, you just make it up. I had the scariest dream last night. I was trying to get away, and these plants they're attacking me, they were chasing me. It was so scary. And the vines were grabbing at me and they were trying to kill me and they were pulling me down on to the ground, they were trying to tear me apart. And right before I died, I just -- I woke up.
Sheldon: Woah, you're a good dreamer.

Spize Jonze's I'm Here is a love story set in a world where robots and…

I'm Here is directed by the unique Spike Jonze, who has previously worked on Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and 2009's Where The Wild Things Are. The story revolves around two robots who live in sunny Los Angeles, where robots and humans co-exist. Sheldon (Andrew Garfield) is very shy, but when he starts to fall in love with the wild and gregarious Francesca, starts to live life to the fullest.

I really enjoyed the film, mainly because of it's simplicity and the character design. The peculiar way that the robots move and interact with each other is very intriguing. We have seen robots and humans live together before, but I'm Here doesn't go into the socio-political side of things, which I…

Spike Jonze’s I’m Here is a twee yet touching short film about the relationship between two robots. Set in a contemporary Los Angeles where robots and humans happily co-exist, the two electronic protagonists meet at a bus stop before embarking on a sweet yet intense relationship. At first the introduction of robotic characters seems like a pointlessly quirky addition yet as the story unfolds the design of the characters becomes more apparent.

I’m Here is a film about relationships, those intense and heady moments of feeling connected to another person yet it also explores the bittersweet times too. When his love begins to fall apart he discovers how much he will give up for her, quite literally. It is in…

Where The Wild Things Are didn’t really hit home too well with me, whilst still a surreal wonder world that Spike Jonze liked to roam around in, it seemed to meander from start to finish. However, I’m Here has got me pepped up for the next feature length he hopefully has in the pipeline.

This runs in at 31 minutes and has been on the short film festival circle since early 2010 and only seems to be officially available in under the title There Are Many Of Us – it’s supposed to be very well presented and I guess Jonze was looking for companion pieces to further contextualise the film.

We find Sheldon (Andrew Garfield) a retro looking robot on…

I'm Here is directed by the unique Spike Jonze, who has previously worked on Being John Malkovich, Adaptation, and 2009's Where The Wild Things Are. The story revolves around two robots who live in sunny Los Angeles, where robots and humans co-exist. Sheldon (Andrew Garfield) is very shy, but when he starts to fall in love with the wild and gregarious Francesca, starts to live life to the fullest.

I really enjoyed the film, mainly because of it's simplicity and the character design. The peculiar way that the robots move and interact with each other is very intriguing. We have seen robots and humans live together before, but I'm Here doesn't go into the socio-political side of things, which I…

Part of my Laws of Robotics Project

Francesca: What do you dream about?
Sheldon: What do you mean? We can't dream.
Francesca: Course you can, you just make it up. I had the scariest dream last night. I was trying to get away, and these plants they're attacking me, they were chasing me. It was so scary. And the vines were grabbing at me and they were trying to kill me and they were pulling me down on to the ground, they were trying to tear me apart. And right before I died, I just -- I woke up.
Sheldon: Woah, you're a good dreamer.

Spize Jonze's I'm Here is a love story set in a world where robots and…