Ex Machina (D. Alex Garland)

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EX MACHINA Trailer #1 (2015) Sci-Fi Thriller HD - YouTube

Ex Machina - Official International Trailer 1 (Universal Pictures) HD - YouTube

Synopsis:

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, seductive––and more deceptive––than the two men could have imagined.

[SethRex]

This looks interesting. I may have to check it out one day.

[Foggy]

I tend to trust Film Four in what they produce, and the film looks really good but

[Show spoiler]I feel like the twist is Domhall Gleeson is a robot

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[L.J.]

This seem interesting.

[Foggy]

Reviews are looking pretty stellar for this.

[jamesdevil]

Originally Posted by Foggy

Reviews are looking pretty stellar for this.

Good to hear. Definitely one of my most anticipated.

[Tony208]

will check it out

reminds me of

[kristoffer]

One my most anticipated films of the year.

[tigertron]

Originally Posted by kristoffer

One my most anticipated films of the year.

I hope you enjoy it. It's very interesting and it got me thinking about it A LOT when I went to bed straight after watching it.

[LegacyCosts]

Damn I'm currently reading Alex and Ada (wow sci fi fans, please read this. It is much similar to Her except stronger and more relatable. It doesnt strangle you with sap and quirk and for my money depicts a more fascinating near future) and am still on a high from seeing blade runner the final cut a few weeks back on film so I'm pretty much on a sentient being kick, a kick that I never grow tired of. The trope is a familiar one, but one that holds so much spiritual meaning and asks questions with unobtainable answers. Anyway, now that my ramblings are through, this looks lovely. I can't wait!

[Dispatch Ninja]

Can't wait for this. Trailer looked fantastic.

[ManBeast]

Pretty cool...

http://www.bbc.co.uk/newsbeat/31920480

[Holmes]

Introverted computer programmer Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) is recruited to visit the palatial and secluded mountainside home of his wealthy employer, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). His enthusiasm is palpable, but the purpose of the trip is shrouded in mystery. Only in person does Nathan reveal Caleb is to interact with and test the quote-unquote humanity of Ava (Alicia Vikander), a female android with artificial intelligence. As the test nears its conclusion, wonder turns to anxiety and suspicion as Nathan forms a profound relationship with his largely hospitable, yet inscrutable host's state-of-the-art creation. With Ex Machina, his welcome directorial debut, respected novelist-turned-screenwriter Alex Garland proves he is an inspired and muscular stylist as well as a top-notch storyteller. This is a perfect science-fiction film or very, very close to it. The type of film fans of the genre always hope to chance upon, it is riveting from the start, moving at a confident and steady pace, slowly and smartly building an atmosphere of unease, and its dual purposes (to tease the mind with ideas, to entertain as a piece of exciting and stylish cinema) complement rather than overpower one another. The home where most of the action unfolds is a modern space at once beguiling and icy, similar to inhabitant Ava, and its reflective surfaces and sharp lines heighten the overall sense of enveloping isolation experienced by fish-out-of-water Caleb. The performances are arresting, too. The arguable standout is Isaac. He upends expectations by playing his role, a type of contemporary mad scientist, with colorful, outsize virility rather than intellectual severity. Because he seems both highly charismatic and entirely dangerous, the mystery regarding the goal and the ideology of Nathan (indeed, the simple question of how much he can be trusted at any given moment) is much harder to unravel and predict.

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[GorillaGuy]

Well I guess we're sharing A24 ratings

[Show spoiler]Spring Breakers 5/5
The Bling Ring 1/5
The Spectacular Now 5/5
Enemy 4.5/5
Under the Skin 2/5
Locke 4.5/5
Obvious Child 2.5/5
The Rover 5/5
Life After Beth 1.5/5
Tusk 4/5
Laggies 3/5
A Most Violent Year 4.5/5
While We're Young 2.5/5
Ex Machina 3.5/5

[spectre08]

why not, I've only seen the following. But I will probably watch several more A24 films now that it's on my radar.

Ex Machina - 5/5
The Bling Ring - 4.5/5
Enemy 4.5/5
Under the Skin - 4/5
Spring Breakers - 4/5


I'll without a doubt be watching the following films in the next few weeks

The Spectacular Now
Tusk
Laggies
A Most Violent Year

[Pounder]

Originally Posted by spectre08

why not, I've only seen the following. But I will probably watch several more A24 films now that it's on my radar.

Ex Machina - 5/5
The Bling Ring - 4.5/5
Enemy 4.5/5
Under the Skin - 4/5
Spring Breakers - 4/5


I'll without a doubt be watching the following films in the next few weeks

The Spectacular Now
Tusk
Laggies
A Most Violent Year

I would also add LOCKE to the films you will watch in the following weeks.

[Dwayne Hicks]

Went to see this for a second time. Insanely good movie. The screenplay is so well written that I'm curious to see what else Alex Garland directs/writes next. He's one of the best Sci-Fi writers working today. Top 10 since The Matrix for me.

My most anticipated movies this Summer:

Mad Max: Fury Road
Tomorrowland
Jurassic World
Terminator: Genisys
Mission: Impossible - Rogue Nation

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by Pounder

I would also add LOCKE to the films you will watch in the following weeks.

I'll do that.

I just did some looking, and almost all of A24's movies are included on Amazon Prime streaming.

[Will.]

Originally Posted by spectre08

I'll do that.

I just did some looking, and almost all of A24's movies are included on Amazon Prime streaming.

Oh snap

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by Pounder

I would also add LOCKE to the films you will watch in the following weeks.

I just watched Locke and wow.

Just an incredibly powerful film.