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Ginger Very good movie overall, highly recommended. Most of the negative reviews don't have any merit and are all pollitically based. Give this movie a chance at least, and it might give you a different perspective.

Geraldine The story, direction, characters, and writing/dialogue is akin to taking a tranquilizer shot to the neck, but everything else was so well done.

Scarlet The film never slows down or bores, plunging from one harrowing sequence to the next.

Michael Murphy This film encourages deep thought. Now I'll share them with you.In one of the final moments Nathan explains the essence of the experiment to Caleb. Nathan compares Ava to a rat caught in a cage. The rat tries in every way to find a way out to survive. According to the experiment, Caleb is the only way for Ava on the road to freedom. Nathan made this clear to Ava. As a result: Ava, being an artificial intellect, imitated her sympathy for Caleb. This is the main message of the film.This message is reflected in reality. In ancient times, when humanity was far from evolution, women behaved exactly the same way with men. Yes, of course, I do not deny love as a phenomenon, it has a place to be. But I mean this. In the distant past, society was not as developed as it is today, many blessings were not in sight. It was difficult to work, to protect not only their own countries, but also themselves. Therefore, for women, the only way out to normal life was a relationship with a successful man. I'm not a fighter of some stupid currents such as feminism, no. I'm talking about the obvious things. When civilization was born, a man needed a woman to survive: to fight wild animals, etc. Then women showed their maximum hypocrisy.However, the reflection of this film is in modern reality. I am engaged in politics, in particular, the Soviet direction. As you know, in the post-Soviet countries utter chaos reigns: total poverty, unemployment and other reflection of communism. These are all obvious things. To sum up, I want this way.Now the World Cup is over in Russia. I witnessed how Russian girls literally gave themselves to every foreigner they came across to leave Russia, of course. This is not an invention; I'm sure you are aware of this. You can check on the Internet. Russian girls are like rats, driven into the cage of communism. The only way out for them is to have a bed with foreign men. Reality is not always like for someone, especially Russians. But it is so.The film touches on a good topic. In my opinion, the film is not focused on artificial intelligence or robots, but on the hypocrisy of women. After all, what kind of creature does the robot play?

gopeshravi-10639 Throughout the movie I felt Nathan was bad ...and after the watching the movie i'm now thinking that he is good... The movie isnt draggy.. it keeps you waiting for the next sequence... The plot doesn't seem to be extraordinary.... but it is...An intelligently made movie which deserves applause

theresamgill This film was the directorial debut for Alex Garland who garnered attention for writing 28 Days Later and Sunshine (and even Dredd). The movie really didn't get much love at the box office (unlike that fast-movie car franchise), but it rightfully received some Golden Globe nominations for the acting. Even more impressively, it beat out films like Star Wars, The Revenant, and Mad Max for the Oscar for best visual effects. When you look at the aforementioned movies and see their 100 + million dollar budgets, it only makes it all the more impressive that Ex Machina won on a budget of 15 mil. All this talk about the awards and talented film crew is fine, but what really matters is what happens when you sit down (you can stand or squat if you want, I'll only slightly judge you) and actually watch the film. This film is 1 hour 57 minutes long. Why should you care? Well, if writer/director Garland wanted to provide crummy backstory and exposition at the beginning, he very well could have. Lucky for us, this man understands story structure and character arcs, and this understanding is why this movie is under 2 hours. So what is the story? Gleeson plays Caleb, a young programmer chosen to visit the remote house of the company's CEO Nathan (this takes up probably the first 2 minutes-keeps the pace going, the mystery of the story intact, and the ability to fully develop the characters through their actions in the film itself). Nathan, played by Oscar Isaac who was with Gleeson in Star Wars playing Poe (and he's been in numerous other hits), introduces Caleb to Ava. Ava is a female AI, and Nathan wants to see if she could pass the Turing test, using Caleb as the human element. Very briefly, this test basically has a human interacting with a cyborg/AI/robot. If the human can't tell that the person they're talking to isn't actually human, then the AI passed the test. The film essentially consists of 2 elements: Caleb and Nathan's interactions, and Caleb and Ava's interactions. Nathan is a peculiar, eccentric genius with a love of women and alcohol, and Caleb is much more innocent and reserved. The scenes with Caleb and Nathan function in many ways; for example, the slightest of foreshadowing is given through their allusions to classic mythology, literature, and philosophy. Also, the talks switch between being inside and out. And both the technologically enhanced house (unlike some sci-fi films, all the futuristic stuff is logically placed and actually is put to practical use) and the isolated surroundings are beautiful in stark, contrasting ways. The house has the slick, clean white look with vibrant, almost neon red and blue lights used throughout; and the world outside takes us away from any claustrophobia and allows the audience to relax in the lush greens, the flowing streams, and the warming sunlight. And in case you started getting lost in all of my explanations, above all, Caleb and Nathan's conversations are fun, well-written, and smart. When the 2 boys of the house are done talking, it's time to get down to business. Alicia Vikander plays Ava, and her performance is breath-taking. As much as I enjoy Scarlett Johansson, as far as anything related to cyborgs are concerned, Vikander's performance takes the artificial cake. Caleb and Ava's sessions start off basic, but as the questions become more relevant, layers upon layers are pulled back-both on an intellectual level and an emotional one. Does Ava's responses constitute as her consciousness replying? Sorry, ya spoilbrats, you'll have to watch the film for that answer. And it's an answer well worth watching for. The visuals are outstanding, the acting is superb, and the story structure is brilliant. It all adds up to one of the smarter and better films you watch with an ending that will probably surprise you (for better or worse). Heck, nerdy little me even applauds this movie's sound mixing. Seriously, pay attention any time Ava moves her body-- that noise alone is synthetic supremeness. We've seen the dumbed down side of robotics in I, Robot, and we've seen cyborgs integrated well in the Alien franchise. What we get in Ex Machina is the cyborg we didn't know we needed. It's simply an engaging and interesting movie in general, and for one that flew past the radar of nearly everyone in its theatrical release, it's high quality stuff. Check it out. And then check out the other films I mentioned in this review. I named a whole bunch of great films. Except that stupid franchise that has Vin Diesel saying "I don't have friends... I've got... family." Take my advice, Vin. Stick to lines like "Superman" and "I am Groot." You can find this review and dozens of others at gillipediamoviereviews.blogspot.com

Sam AlMan The movie displays one scenario of a social experiment involves the use of artificial intelligence (A.I.).. it tries to find out what if a machine with A.I. would behave at certain situation toward human being.. we already know that humans are emotional but are the machines also "emotional"? that what you expect to understand from this movie.It starts with Caleb (Domhnall Gleeson) getting an invitation to Nathan's (Oscar Isaac) house. Nathan is known to be the smartest man who started the advanced A.I. machines. Caleb was invited to the strangely isolated house to test a newly developed A.I. machine. For now everything looks good except that Nathan's paranoia behavior started to rise up toward Caleb and Caleb started to suspect the sanity of Nathan's by the help of the newly developed A.I. machine... the end will be a surprise because the end is the one that will make you think about how a machine with A.I. would behave at certain situation toward human being. The end made me scared a little just by the thought it implanted in my head.I believe the whole staff put their heart in this project that really did not disappoint me.. The movie need patience. The movie might be accepted by science fiction fans from both types of science (natural and social).