Revealing mistake: In the swimming pool scene, when David is sitting at the bottom of the pool, you can clearly see a scab on one of his knees. (00:43:00)
A.I. Artificial Intelligence (2001)
Directed by: Steven Spielberg
Starring: Jude Law, William Hurt, Haley Joel Osment
Continuity mistake: After the pool incident when David is writing letters. Monica is looking over the letters that David has written. There's a point where you can see that she's still holding at least 2-3 sheets of paper but when the camera shifts back to the writing there's only one in her hand. There should be more than one paper in her hand. And when viewed from behind her back the sheets are neatly lying on top of each other, when seen from the front, the sheets are tilted. (00:46:43)
Revealing mistake: When the robots start to scavange the pile of robot rubble the moon balloon comes over. One of the robots shouts, " Moon on the rise!". If you look carefully you can actually see the actors' real bottom lip behind a metal robot jaw that isn't meant to have any flesh or skin. (00:58:15)
Trivia: In Philip K. Dick's short story "Type II" which became the movie Screamers, the Type III robot was a small boy named David, carrying a Teddy.
Trivia: One of the buildings in Manhattan is actually an Apple Macintosh (Harman-Kardon) subwoofer.
Trivia: When Joe combines questions during the Mr. Know scene, we hear the doorbell sound from The Jetsons.
Question: What is the name of the female child Mecha that is inscribed on the boxes across from the boxes of Davids?
Chosen answer: Darlene.
Question: What is the significance of the seven word code used to activate David?
Answer: The seven word code was used to activate David's imprinting protocol which would make him recognize Monica as his mother.
Answer: Spielberg is Jewish, the seven word code relates to the Jewish legends of the Gollum, whereby reciting an enchantment can bring these dolls to life.
Answer: I think the significance is that there is no significance. David's manufacturers programmed him with these specific words because they are indeed very random. The chance of someone speaking these exact words, in that exact order, for any reason other than the intended purpose would never happen. Therefore, there would be no "accidental" programming.
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Chosen answer: It was dangerous for Mecha to go there; he was afraid for David's safety.
David R Turner