Ex Machina

This is a visually stunning movie that will also make you think. The basic premise is that a coder for an internet search engine, (played by Domhnall Gleeson) wins a competition to hang out for a week with the reclusive CEO of the company, (played by Oscar Isaac). In reality, he is there to test an artificially intelligent robot named Ava, (played by Alicia Vikander). There are a lot of themes throughout the movie, including the role of computers and technology in our lives, could computers ever become sentient, and if so, how would humans treat them, and how would they treat humans. It has a pretty nice twist ending, that I will not give away, but it is not necessarily one that you would expect. For those who get the 4k disc, the movie looks and sounds great, as you would expect. The cinematography and location shots from Norway really pop in 4k, especially if you have a large screen TV. The UHD disc has just the movie itself. All the other extras are on the regular blu-ray disc. Those include a 40-minute making-of feature, a panel discussion from the 2015 SXSW festival, then 8 shorter behind the scenes vignettes. A very good amount of material for a movie that clocks in just under two hours. Overall, the movie is well written and very well acted. It does have a lower-budget independent movie feel to it despite there being a lot of CGI. It does have a bit of nudity (mainly toward the end of the movie) but it is not really gratuitous, as well as some violence, again toward the end of the movie. I would say it does earn the R rating, but it is not as hard an R rating that some other movies have where there is a ton of sex and violence just to have sex and violence. Definitely worth checking out.

Ex Machina starts off slow but remains compelling from the beginning through to the end, and it managed to prove itself to be easily the most well-written and well thought out story to touch on this subject matter. Chappie was entertaining and sort of sweet, Age of Ultron was exciting, but Ex Machina was the best and most honest exploration of artificial or emergent intelligence I have witnessed on screen. Everything from the introduction of Ava, through the process of getting to know her as she is put through a protean sort of Turing test by a gifted coder, to the intense and chilling (but somehow still understated) climax of the film is insanely captivating. The interactions between the relatively naive Caleb (the programmer) and the erratic and controlling Nathan (his boss and the man who developed Ava) fluctuate between bizarre and somewhat friendly but with an ever present sort of tension that builds as the narrative continues. The true star of the movie is Ava herself, portrayed by Alicia Vikander...and she most certainly shines in her role, showing that it might not be the best idea to strive for human emotional development and sexuality when working towards AI. Elements of the movie definitely take a cue from Bladerunner...questions of identity, what it is to be human, and how far we might go in simulating humanity when creating a new form of life...in addition to exploring all too common human issues like insecurity, desire, and mistrust. I want to say more. I want to discuss specific points in the narrative, but I don't want to include any spoilers. I hope that you'll see it for yourself. There is no doubt in my mind that this is one of the best science fiction movies I will see in a good long while, and I believe you will feel the same if you take the time to watch it.

What's terrific about EX_ this is the timing. The film is perfect (for what it needed to do). We went through a period of 2029-2023 -three years marked by 'freedom losses.' Americans experienced lockdowns, social distancing, and quarantined areas. Yes, this is a few years before Covid: lockdowns, but it was an excellent time for you to lull in a season of oblivion. At that time, most audiences had never chatted with a high-powered chatbot (not a higher power but...) Watching this now, this has depth. I have so many different 'intels', we don't believe our own intelligence is fake. This movie is, was, and will be so far ahead.

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Test effectué le 12 octobre 2015 sur videoprojecteur JVC DLA X35 3D Blanc, écran lumene diagonale 2.70 m, ensemble 5.1 Bowers & Wilking, double subwoofer Velodine CHT -10 Q, platine Blue Ray 3D Pioneer BDP - LX54, ampli Yamaha RX - V1067. 1) Le Blue Ray : SteelBook stylé, blanc clinique, frappé d'un buste androïde, crédible sur le plan technologique. Pas de chichi, comme le film. L'action, essentiellement en huis clos, ne sollicite guère les enceintes latérales, sauf dans les scènes de nature, très immersives. Image stable, parfaite, même en faible luminosité. Les bonus se résument à cinq featurettes, trop succinctes au regard de la profondeur du propos du film. 2) Le film : Ni artifices, ni détours. En quatre minutes, deux scènes, nous sommes au cœur de l'intrigue. Un jeune codeur (Domhnall Gleeson) , parmi les meilleurs de Blue Note (allusion transparente à Google ou Facebook), gagne le privilège de passer une semaine dans la résidence ultra secrète du P-DG - gourou, Alex Garland. Puissamment interprété par Oscar Isaac, le tycoon lui réserve un accueil mêlant habilement familiarité, pression et manipulation psychologiques, dans le décor glaçant de sa résidence-forteresse perdue au milieu des montagnes et des forêts, avant de lui révéler qu'il sera le premier cobaye du test de Turing : le dialogue entre l'humain et la véritable intelligence artificielle. Dans ce décor high tech où se mêlent minéral et végétal, inerte et vivant, s'engage une série d'entretiens entre le jeune homme aux airs godiches et Ava, une créature cybernétique aux rouages apparents, à laquelle seul le visage délicat confère un semblant d'humanité (incarnée avec grâce et pudeur par l'ex ballerine Alicia Vikander). Séparés par une glace portant la marque d'une brisure (qui témoigne d'une récente rébellion), l'homme et la machine deviennent rapidement complices et découvrent les dessous du projet de Garland. Ces scènes sont entrecoupées d'échanges fascinants entre le génial concepteur et son employé, devant une toile de Jackson Pollock ou au bord d'une cascade. Les interrogations fusent : un jeu d'échecs électronique a t'il conscience de ce que sont les échecs, de ce qu'est le jeu et de ses enjeux ? Quelle différence entre conscience et simulation de conscience ? Nature du libre arbitre. Dépassé par sa propre création, Alex conclue avec une froide lucidité à la fin de l'âge de L'Homme et l'avènement de la Machine. La question n'est ni comment, ni pourquoi... mais quand. Ex Machina constitue une nouvelle mise en garde contre les dangers de l'intelligence artificielle. Le propos fait écho à l'alerte récemment lancée par Stephen Hawking qui mérite d'être lue et méditée. Le constat est établi depuis la nuit des temps : du livre de la Genèse, au mythe du Golem, de la créature de Frankenstein à Blade Runner, Terminator, AniMatrix et l'exceptionnelle série Real Human : la créature échappe toujours à son Créateur. "Dieu est mort" disait Nietzsche. L'Humain est le prochain sur la liste. On ne pourra pas dire que nous n'avons pas été alertés.

Love this movie, seen it multiple times. This version as near to cinema experience as I could hope for.

Excellent picture sound quality and entertaining SF movie

Me habían hablado maravillas de esta película, y he de decir que ha cumplido mis expectativas. La inteligencia artificial en el punto de mira y aquí ahondan en ese trasfondo social que va más allá de lo físico o trascendental. Edición sencilla y muy contento de añadirla a mi colección personal. Alicia Vikander hace un papelón!!! Amazon de diez como siempre❤️💙