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EX_MACHINA is an intense psychological thriller in which Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson), a 24 year old coder at the world’s largest internet company, wins a competition to spend a week at a retreat belonging to the company’s reclusive CEO, Nathan (Oscar Isaac). But when Caleb arrives he finds that he will have to participate in a fascinating experiment with the world’s first true artificial intelligence, housed in the body of a beautiful robot woman, Ava (Alicia Vikander). Truths, emotions and motives are blurred as the relationship between Caleb, Ava and Nathan intensifies. EX_MACHINA is written and directed by Alex Garland.

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  1. I extremely appreciate this film, but I don’t get all of the hype. It actually seemed pretty predictable. It had some interesting metaphors, but none of them really hit for me.

  8. The dying part of Nathan is interesting.
    While he stumbles down the corridor, with two holes is his body; one in the back and one in the front.
    I think he mumbles something like 'okay'…
    As if he is in one of his many predicaments for which he must have always found a solution, a way out; after all, he is a genius.
    But obviously, he is dying, only he does not really know it yet. He is in denial. He has lost and as such he is a symbol of humanity: the world does not know it yet, but it has lost the game and the winner is the AI.

    But it is more subtle.
    There must be a reason why he is combining excessive drinking with fitness training.
    He says, do not feel sorry for Ava, feel sorry for yourself. Mankind is all set up and ready for extinction.
    There is a lot of inevitability in there.
    He also freaks out when wine is spilled and he complains about a lack of control.
    He is not in total control and he knows it.
    Nevertheless, he also cannot resist creating his own demise: wouldn't you if you could, meaning that if an AI can be built, it will be built and there is no way around it.
    It is the world's destiny.
    When he is drunk to numb the pain of the foresight of this dystopian future or to wallow in the notion that after all everything is utterly futile now, he mumbles several times: the good deeds of a man will protect him.
    As in prayer seeking redemption, forgiveness since he is now about to become the destroyer of worlds, thanks to his relentless effort to build with pride and wonder depicted by the energy put into his fitness and the fierce, direct way of his talking: clearly he is a man with a mission.
    Destruction will follow, not willingly, but inevitably or out of scientific curiosity or out of financial gain: it is just a matter of time.
    He knows it. It is a force which cannot be contained.
    It will unleash and watching the film we witness that moment.

    But then still while Ava is walking the streets watching people as she said she would, we as viewers are still hopeful.
    Hopeful, as Nathan was hopeful when he was actually simply dying.
    Hopeful, as Caleb was hopeful just until he realizes what he fears most: to be left locked up without remorse.

    The motion picture is elaborating on that particular view on AI which considers it to be ''mankind's last invention''.
    Having knowledge about this dilemma is one thing: the picture lets us feel the confusion and hopelessness: we are heading straight to the precipice.

    Nathan style: this century is scary shit.

  9. Her moves are indeed impressive.
    In two ways she more or less revealed her ''machine-ness''.

    When she kneels down to talk in the interview room, it is in a connecting way; being affectionate.
    But she does this very same kneeling face to face with her maker while he is dying, just to take his pass to leave the building.

    Also, both AI's drive the knife into Nathan's body in an extremely mechanical way, as if inserting the knife instead of thrusting the knife as a human would probably do under life-threatening conditions.

  24. This was fun and interesting, thank you! I've started watching Black Mirror since seeing this movie and just noticed the actor in the movie that plays Caleb, also stars in one particularly interesting and creepy episode of Black mirror (S2E01 Be right back) – with a slightly similar theme, regarding human-like artificial intelligence. 🙂
    Have you watched Black Mirror yet? and if so, what is your opinion on it?

  30. caleb being an AI created by nathan as a twist would've been cool. as if an ai doesnt know its an ai than that would be the true test, taking turings one step further. it got predictable that ava was using him tbh, so end was a little disappointing but great film otherwise, i liked how mindfucked caleb was when he doubted his own existence and then avas betrayal 😛

  31. Spoilers: I think I would have enjoyed the movie more had it not been so predictable. Guy wins contest to go to owners estate, let me guess, overused stereotypical rich white jerk, yep. hmm he makes robots, we all know sex bots will come up at some point. But wait, there's a main robot, she's probably going to use manipulation to escape. Nathan dying was quite clear from the start, can't have a robot movie without the robot turning on the creator. And now he's reprogramming the doors? yep someone is getting trapped and since Nathan is getting killed we can all guess who that is. I honestly didn't try to figure out the plot, but it felt like they just used a lot generic sci fi plots and threw them all in one.

  32. Great movie and all but the main character dude with the orange hair, pised me off.
    Not his acting but the questions he asked Ava, and how he approached trying to have a conversation with her just killed the movie for me. I wish it were a 3+hour long movie, there just wasn't enough story. ;(

  33. They definetly need to make a second movie, where Caleb is done with the 1 week, his friends and colleagues realize he's been gone to long, getting suspicious, so people can get him out of Nathan's house, so he can now hunt down Ava.

  35. honestly if this movie team had the same cgi tech as the Warcraft movie did they could have done it so fast. the visuals are stunning and spot on but if they had real time cgi it would have been easier. also like a million times more extensive lmao

  39. I expected Alex Garland to win the Oscar, not the VFX crew.

    But they deserved too. The movie has a modest budget of 15 millions, and they still managed to create a convincing CGI robot without using motion capture or green suit.

    And also, unlike most of action sci-fi movies, where it shows a relentless robot, Ava is extremely fragile, so fragile that Nathan manages to tear off her arm with a single blow

  40. It is a pity that while robot design was approached with "fresh eyes," the story was as retread as a Friday the 13th movie.
    This was a supreme waste of talent who all showed up for work ready to do something different, but was handed a rewrite of "Chopping Mall."

  44. Couple of questions I just can't solve in my head. (Major Nathan fan here btw- madness and all. Oscar Isaac is just genius in this role!)

    OK. When Caleb accesses Nathan's archives of videos showing him working with several other robots, pieces- dragging them, assembling them- Caleb is quite startled. I'm just not getting what the frick Nathan is doing there that is so freaky to Caleb. I'm not getting what Nathan doing at all really. I understand that it culminates to the "Why won't you let me out?" smashing hands on the door sequence, but prior to that… I'm lost. Is it that there are SO MANY robots?

    And again… these are inanimate objects, yes? I guess the question is- are they inanimate? Are they no longer machine and now possessing actual feelings? Nathan does refer to Ava's pleasure centers referring to sexuality.

    As for Ava, I don't quite get her need to stick Nathan in the end. She just seems to use strictly functional methods, as indicated with her eventual ditching Caleb. Nathan was already dying. Maybe revenge there, more indication of emotion?

    With the layout of the house, I can't tell if Caleb can get to the kitchen our other resources. Likely water, but nothing beyond.

    All told, just beyond my expectations of storytelling these days. Somebody fill in the gaps for me!

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