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Ex Machina

Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:21 pm
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:21 pm
Trailer

Another film about A.I. Looks to be an especially good one though. Sitting at 94 on RT currently.

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Alex Garland, writer of 28 Days Later and Sunshine, makes his directorial debut with the stylish and cerebral thriller, EX MACHINA. Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson), a programmer at an internet-search giant, wins a competition to spend a week at the private mountain estate of the company's brilliant and reclusive CEO, Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac). Upon his arrival, Caleb learns that Nathan has chosen him to be the human component in a Turing Test-charging him with evaluating the capabilities, and ultimately the consciousness, of Nathan's latest experiment in artificial intelligence. That experiment is Ava (Alicia Vikander), a breathtaking A.I. whose emotional intelligence proves more sophisticated--and more deceptive--than the two men could have imagined.


Limited Release on April 10.

2015 is shaping up to be an epic year for Sci-Fi films.
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30190 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:31 pm to
I hope the same folks that did the soundtrack for Sunshine are back for this. That shite was INTENSE.
Posted by Dunk47
Member since Jan 2014
1060 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:32 pm to
EVA looks to be along the same lines.

Interesting that the Ex Machina's robot is called Eva/Ava as well and its about a female robot with AI

May be a White House Down, Olympus has Fallen debacle.
Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:35 pm to
I googled, wikipedia'd, and imdb'd and I can't find this EVA you speak of.
Posted by yurintroubl
Dallas, Tx.
Member since Apr 2008
30190 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:35 pm to
Whoever this interests has to check out Äkta människor (English title: Real Humans). You're gonna be stuck with subtitles... but it's awesome.

Posted by colorchangintiger
Dan Carlin
Member since Nov 2005
30979 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:37 pm to
IWHI
Posted by winner
New Orleans,LA
Member since Jan 2007
2432 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:41 pm to
Is this gonna be the same as "the machine" 2013
Posted by SetTheMood
The Red Stick
Member since Jul 2012
3182 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 12:49 pm to
I'll definitely be seeing this. Looks a bit similar in vein to Splice without all Oedipus sexy time.
Posted by athenslife101
Member since Feb 2013
20183 posts
Posted on 3/5/15 at 1:10 pm to
I heard an interview with the director. Strange dude. I want to see it.
Posted by RoyalAir
Detroit
Member since Dec 2012
7203 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 1:23 pm to
Blast from the past. A lot of folks have said great things about this flick, so I finally got around to it last night on Tubi.

Excellent. Lots of difficult themes, and heavy on the Frankenstein vibe. But this was a worthwhile 2 hours, and even more so in light of the current race to AI sentience.

Oscar Isaac is phenomenal in this flick. Plays a smug sociopath very, very well.
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
44543 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 1:32 pm to
The rare 10 year bump.

One of the best movies this century.
Posted by Napoleon
Kenna
Member since Dec 2007
72948 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 1:41 pm to
I had no idea this movie was already 10 years ago
Posted by drizztiger
Deal With it!
Member since Mar 2007
44543 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 1:49 pm to
quote:

I had no idea this movie was already 10 years ago
Ex Machina is actually 11 years old. This thread is 10 years old.

ETA: To clarify, Ex Machina was released US in 2015, but premiered in late 2014. Wasn’t trying to be confusing, just a heck of a thread bump.
This post was edited on 10/11/25 at 1:52 pm
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65672 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 2:00 pm to
It’s a benchmark sci-fi movie for those exact reasons. Very underrated
Posted by Dingeaux
Baton Rouge
Member since Nov 2005
5648 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 2:36 pm to
it was a good one for sure. Gives a glimpse how a person can fall for an android even when they know it's an android.
Posted by SLafourche07
Member since Feb 2008
9989 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 2:54 pm to
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The rare 10 year bump. One of the best movies this century.




I watched Ex Machina and Whiplash back to back when they came out and I don’t think I’ve hit a run like that before or since.
Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65672 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 2:58 pm to
I think the “person” represents all people and how we’re being sucked into pseudo realities that are and will have real world consequences
Posted by Sunnyvale
Member since Feb 2024
2006 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 2:59 pm to
I sitll watch this movie on repeat every year or two.
Its great. Really was one of the best movies of the decade and dove head first into the possibilities of the future. Really pushed the scifi genre into a new dimension, specifically focuses on the minpulation part of a human which is emotion.
It was brilliant, film.


Posted by Madking
Member since Apr 2016
65672 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 3:16 pm to
“the minpulation part of a human which is emotion.”

This is what I love about the movie. It’s easy to see Ava as the villain or the antagonistic force of the movie. You could also say it’s Nathan who’s the villain but Ava is just a mirror that shows all of Caleb’s modern insecurities and weaknesses. She’s just a machine although highly advanced but can only manipulate Caleb because he allows her to. Even though he knows what she is he ignores common sense and gives in to convenience, vanity, comfort, misplaced sympathy and it’s both his and Nathan’s undoing. Nathan prior to Caleb has no problem among the machines because he sees them clearly. His fault is his isolation from humanity causing him to overlook the danger Caleb presents because of how he views Caleb from afar. It’s brilliant
This post was edited on 10/11/25 at 3:16 pm
Posted by Sunnyvale
Member since Feb 2024
2006 posts
Posted on 10/11/25 at 3:38 pm to
Alex Garland wrote and directed the film.

Hes worked on some great projects.
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