Ex Machina (D. Alex Garland)

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by MikeScott

I don't think EVERY film is great. I did not like Life After Beth or The Captive very much. And I'm maybe in the minority but I found Most Violent Year to be very dull too.

My ratings for their films I've seen:

Under The Skin - A
Spring Breakers - A-
Laggies - B+
Tusk - B
Obvious Child - B+
Life After Beth - C
Captive - C+
Bling Ring - B+
Most Violent Year - C
Locke - B
Spectacular Now - B+


But over all I think they're a great studio. Releasing original films.

I haven't seen as many of their films as you, but those I have seen have been great. It never dawned on me that so many of these films were from the same studio though. I'm going to actively seek out A24's films from now on.

[jacobsever]

Originally Posted by MikeScott

I don't think EVERY film is great. I did not like Life After Beth or The Captive very much. And I'm maybe in the minority but I found Most Violent Year to be very dull too.

My ratings for their films I've seen:

Under The Skin - A
Spring Breakers - A-
Laggies - B+
Tusk - B
Obvious Child - B+
Life After Beth - C
Captive - C+
Bling Ring - B+
Most Violent Year - C
Locke - B
Spectacular Now - B+


But over all I think they're a great studio. Releasing original films.

I haven't seen everything they've done, but I've loved what I've seen. I actually liked Life After Beth a lot more than I would have thought. It was fun and goofy. I really liked Obvious Child and Locke too.

[Will.]

Just got out of the theater, and loved it. The audience had a very negative reaction to

[Show spoiler]Ava leaving Caleb in the house- lots of groans. But I've always liked my sci-fi a little depressing.

Just preordered the steelbook!

[LegacyCosts]

They have a pretty damn good track record for me.

Enemy A
Under The Skin - A
Spring Breakers - A-
Most Violent Year - A

The rest I haven't seen.

[MikeScott]

They should have released The Guest and then maybe that could have gotten a much bigger push . Would have been a great fit with them.

Still haven't seen Enemy.

[Cvalda]

Was really enjoying this film until I began to experience a feeling of deja vu halfway in, and then I realized why: the basic plot, almost note for note, is exactly the same as The Skin I Live In.

[Show spoiler]A brilliant but mad scientist keeps a beautiful woman, who is essentially his creation and guinea pig, locked up in his home, and watched on surveillance cameras 24/7. She realizes she needs to use her beauty to her advantage and seduce her way out of her prison, and ends by killing the mad scientist, donning a pretty dress, and escaping into the outside world.

[spectre08]

Originally Posted by Cvalda

Was really enjoying this film until I began to experience a feeling of deja vu halfway in, and then I realized why: the basic plot, almost note for note, is exactly the same as The Skin I Live In.

[Show spoiler]A brilliant but mad scientist keeps a beautiful woman, who is essentially his creation and guinea pig, locked up in his home, and watched on surveillance cameras 24/7. She realizes she needs to use her beauty to her advantage and seduce her way out of her prison, and ends by killing the mad scientist, donning a pretty dress, and escaping into the outside world.

I don't know that anybody has claimed it's the most original idea. The captive woman seducing her captor isn't exactly a "new" idea.

But the movie does make important changes,

[Show spoiler]like seducing and unwitting third party when the captor can't be turned.

It was also just an exceptionally well acted, well shot, and overall impeccably executed piece of art.

[Mandalorian]

Originally Posted by MikeScott

Still haven't seen Enemy.

Enemy is great and subversive. It has a divided audience, but I highly recommend it.

My rankings of the A24 films I've seen:

Ex Machina - 4.5/5
Enemy - 4/5
The Rover - 4/5
Under the Skin - 4/5
The Spectacular Now - 4/5
Spring Breakers - 2/5


And I just blind bought A Most Violent Year today.

[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

[Cvalda]

Originally Posted by spectre08

I don't know that anybody has claimed it's the most original idea. The captive woman seducing her captor isn't exactly a "new" idea.

But the movie does make important changes,

[Show spoiler]like seducing and unwitting third party when the captor can't be turned.

It was also just an exceptionally well acted, well shot, and overall impeccably executed piece of art.

It's still a worthwhile film, but once I noticed the similarities, I was disappointed to see the film follow through on those plot points beat by beat, without anything really novel to add to them. Kyoko was the most interesting thing in the film, I thought.

[Leonidas King]

The OP or a Mod need to add a poll like asap.

[bowlingbilly10]

Gonna check this out on Tuesday. Looks interesting from the trailers.

[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]

It looks like only Laggies and A Most Violent Year are not free to watch with Amazon Prime.

[SilentDawn]

A24 rules:

1. Under the Skin - 5/5
2. Spring Breakers - 5/5
3. The Spectacular Now - 5/5
4. Enemy - 4.5/5
5. Tusk (vastly underrated) - 4.5/5
6. Ex Machina - 4/5
7. The Bling Ring - 3.5/5

[jacobsever]

Spring Breakers : 2.5/5
Locke : 4/5
Obvious Child : 4.5/5
The Rover : 4/5
Life after Beth : 3.5/5
Laggies : 4/5
Ex Machina : 5/5

A24 also has picked up Slow West and The Witch, two movies that played at Sundance that I really want to see.