10 Films That Made Audiences Dumber

10. I, Robot

I know, I know – everybody loves I, Robot and everybody loves Will Smith, especially when he’s running around saying funny stuff in a sci-fi movie.

But consider this: the very best sci-fi uses the future to comment upon the present but I, Robot is content to use the future as an opportunity for product placement.

In the first three minutes, we get gratuitous plugs for JVC, FedEx and “Converse All Stars, vintage 2004”. That’s how it goes for the rest of the film, with particular attention paid to Audi, whose fine automobiles will be the only vehicles gracing American roads in 2035.

Nominated for a special effects Oscar, generally well received by critics and a box office hit to boot, I Robot remains the gold standard of glorified adverts that hoodwinked audiences into believing they were actual movies. The film has nothing at its core except a “message” to buy more stuff so the next time you see a computer generated character standing in front of a billboard, feel free to curse this movie.