re: Did anyone here actually hate Ex Machina and Mad Max Fury Road?

I liked Ex Machina but not as much as the board did. There is a little action and a little tension with the plot twists, but for the most part the movie is people talking about AI related concepts. I found some of it provocative, but for me The Matrix is the gold standard for packaging cool scifi concepts, and Ex Machina falls far, far short of that standard. I'm glad I watched it but I doubt I'll see it again. I can imagine quite a few people that would hate this movie. Again, the movie is mostly conversations and I'd argue they're talking about something that is of little interest to or above the heads of quite a few people in this country.