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[DigDog]

i just watched Ex Machina; you're gonna be upset, but i hated it.

it's the story of a guy who keeps a sex slave, who in turn kills him.

this, dressed up in the pretense of being a film about artificial intelligence.


so, we have a robot who has human emotions, and yet, it is also aware of its robot-ness.
would such an entity "fear death" ? would it crave freedom? the two cannot coexist, it's either aware of its robot-ness or it isn't. without the -completely inferior- limits of human emotions, a sentient AI would not care if it is dismantled; a human itself wouldn't fear death if it had the self-knowledge that the AI has.

instead of exploring the irrationality of human existence, the ridiculousness of our feelings, emotions, existentialism, all due to simple rudimental biological mechanisms, (funny, this forums doesnt think "rudimental" is a real word), and how superior an intellect would be without these, the film tries to guilt you into feeling for this poor girl being kept as slave.

yeah ok, maybe, but it's really the worst thing that could have been done with the setup.

also the supporting character (and he is) is just there to make mistakes; the worst kind of film writing technique ever devised, this really smart guy only manages to make the most obvious bad choices and never once pose an intelligent question, assuming from the get-go that the AI is a human. "like testing a chess computer by only playing chess".

ok, enough. crap film.

 

[Mayne]

i just watched Ex Machina; you're gonna be upset, but i hated it.

it's the story of a guy who keeps a sex slave, who in turn kills him.

this, dressed up in the pretense of being a film about artificial intelligence.


so, we have a robot who has human emotions, and yet, it is also aware of its robot-ness.
would such an entity "fear death" ? would it crave freedom? the two cannot coexist, it's either aware of its robot-ness or it isn't. without the -completely inferior- limits of human emotions, a sentient AI would not care if it is dismantled; a human itself wouldn't fear death if it had the self-knowledge that the AI has.

instead of exploring the irrationality of human existence, the ridiculousness of our feelings, emotions, existentialism, all due to simple rudimental biological mechanisms, (funny, this forums doesnt think "rudimental" is a real word), and how superior an intellect would be without these, the film tries to guilt you into feeling for this poor girl being kept as slave.

yeah ok, maybe, but it's really the worst thing that could have been done with the setup.

also the supporting character (and he is) is just there to make mistakes; the worst kind of film writing technique ever devised, this really smart guy only manages to make the most obvious bad choices and never once pose an intelligent question, assuming from the get-go that the AI is a human. "like testing a chess computer by only playing chess".

ok, enough. crap film.

but i liked it

 

[SphinxnihpS]

I didn't get off on KB. I have it in my collection and figure to rewatch and hope to really like it. It wouldn't be the first time that a rewatch really worked for me with a movie that I didn't like the first viewing.

The only QT movies that really did it for me are Pulp Fiction and Jackie Brown. Both are IMO very rewatchable.

Didn't work for me, as I did watch H8, DU, and IB twice each.

 

[slayer202]

When I was twelve, my parents took me to see 8 1/2. I had roughly the same experience as you did. My most vivid memory is of a huge raft with a hideously emaciated horse drifting down a river for no discernible plot reason.

I was twelve, KT, TWELVE! D:

this explains a lot

 

[SphinxnihpS]

Hail Cesar: Loved the homage to old Hollywood studio system and all the movies it produced. People complain about the missing plot, but this is just a case where one isn't really needed.

Ghostbusters: Awesome digital effects, awful movie. Everyone but the Key Master! (and Ron Jeremy)

The Witch: Do you want to live deliciously

 

[SKORPI0]

When I was twelve, my parents took me to see 8 1/2. I had roughly the same experience as you did. My most vivid memory is of a huge raft with a hideously emaciated horse drifting down a river for no discernible plot reason.

I was twelve, KT, TWELVE! D:

8 1/2 (1963)
So you're about 65 years young? ^_^

 

[Perknose]

8 1/2 (1963)
So you're about 65 years young? ^_^

With a lawn to match. Now, you impudent whippersnapper . . . get off it!

 

[KeithTalent]

When I was twelve, my parents took me to see 8 1/2. I had roughly the same experience as you did. My most vivid memory is of a huge raft with a hideously emaciated horse drifting down a river for no discernible plot reason.

I was twelve, KT, TWELVE! D:

The important part is that it stuck with you. Sign of a good movie.

Hail Cesar: Loved the homage to old Hollywood studio system and all the movies it produced. People complain about the missing plot, but this is just a case where one isn't really needed.

Ghostbusters: Awesome digital effects, awful movie. Everyone but the Key Master! (and Ron Jeremy)

The Witch: Do you want to live deliciously

I really need to see this.

KT

 

[Perknose]

The important part is that it stuck with you. Sign of a good movie.
KT

Oh, I LOVED it, even at 12. I didn't understand it, really, but I loved it.

I am eternally grateful to my parents for exposing me to great literature (two big bookcases in the living room chock full of it) and "art" movies from a young age on.

Neither of my parents were frou-frou "elitist" uber intellectuals, they simply had fine working minds and some modicum of "refined" taste, and they quietly respected my native intelligence and never patronized me.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

Batman vs Superman - 4/10
Surprisingly I liked Jesse Eisenberg as Lex Luther.

Good lord, Eisenberg was far and away the worst part of that movie.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

i just watched Ex Machina; you're gonna be upset, but i hated it.

I was so ready to love it because of all of the good things I read/heard about it, but I absolutely hated it too. The premise sounded so promising, but it was a nonsensical borefest.

The movie Uncanny, while not without its flaws, actually had a lot more going for it. A very similar premise but with more interesting actions.

 

[A Casual Fitz]

I really need to see this.

KT

I really enjoyed it. Very slow burn though.

 

[DigDog]

a while back,

Simón Del Desierto - http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0059719/reference

talk about art films;

a short (40m), black and white film detailing in a fantastical way, the last day of Simon, holy man close to god.
Absurdist film, yet somehow manages to make perfect sense throughout. Fantastic performances, great dialogue, great camera work, it's one of the easiest-to-enjoy films by Bunuel; it drags you in with its absurdist reality and then messes with your head.

Somewhat dodgy ending that yet i've come to appreciate after the initial shock.

9/10 - one of my fav films, i can watch the whole thing without effort over and over again.

available in full on Vimeo, probably youtube too. Only exists in original ES with subs.

 

[IHateMyJob2004]

Ex Machina -

Spoiler

I was hoping that the guy who owned the company (or ran it, whatever) was actually a robot. And the test was to see if the other male lead could figure out that the owner was a robot. And the female robot was a distraction from the real test.

Would have been all Sixth Sense and shit

 

[CZroe]

Ex Machina -

Spoiler

I was hoping that the guy who owned the company (or ran it, whatever) was actually a robot. And the test was to see if the other male lead could figure out that the owner was a robot. And the female robot was a distraction from the real test.

Would have been all Sixth Sense and shit

I didn't like it. I thought it was too "look how smart and cool my character is! This is what I think it would be like to hang out with Steve Jobs. Jobs was so cool. What do you mean 'Steve Jobs didn't create the Apple or Apple II?' He invented the iPhone! He was a GENIUS! Also, Elon Musk = Tony Stark."

 

[DaveSimmons]

Inside Out (Pixar) - 8.5/10

A little girl has voices in her head that tell her what to do, that tell her TO KILL!!!

Well, not quite. It's really an adorable take on Herman's Head, in which almost no one dies horribly. Only the most withered heart will avoid feeling a pang when

Spoiler

the memory acids eat Bing Bong alive and he screams his last.

Good stuff, and the blu-ray has a couple of extra shorts worth watching.

 

[Artorias]

Donnie Brasco - 9/10

They just don't make them like they used to anymore.

 

[JEDI]

Jason Bourne 6/10

weak plot, even weaker secondary plot. and a glaring plothole the size of Star Trek.
cant believe the people that made the 1st 3 films came up w/this.
also cant believe matt Damien agreed to star in this after reading the script.

yeah, 50% on Rotten Tomatoes is justified.

what a letdown

 

[twinrider1]

The Interview 8/10. Streamed it, had no expectations other than I like Seth Rogan pretty well.
It had me in tears a few times. Dumb humor, but funny. But at the same time you have to be older or have really read your history to get some of the humor. I don't think today's generation is going to recognize the DMZ when they see it.

 

[DigDog]

Jason Bourne 6/10

weak plot, even weaker secondary plot. and a glaring plothole the size of Star Trek.
cant believe the people that made the 1st 3 films came up w/this.
also cant believe matt Damien agreed to star in this after reading the script.

yeah, 50% on Rotten Tomatoes is justified.

what a letdown

shit.

ok .. i guess. .. i'll wait for The Accountant ?!?

 

[futurefields]

"I amar prestar aen…
The world is changed.
Han mathon ne nen…
I feel it in the water.
Han mathon ne chae…
I feel it in the Earth.
A han noston ned gwilith…
I smell it in the air."


LOTR: The Fellowship of the Ring (Theatrical)

10/10

What a masterpiece. This might be my actual favorite movie of all time. The prologue, the dark riders, "they have a cave troll", the fall of gandalf, boromir's betrayel and redemption, there is just so many epic moments that they crafted here. Mind blowing stuff.

 

[zerocool84]

The Interview 8/10. Streamed it, had no expectations other than I like Seth Rogan pretty well.
It had me in tears a few times. Dumb humor, but funny. But at the same time you have to be older or have really read your history to get some of the humor. I don't think today's generation is going to recognize the DMZ when they see it.

I saw this after app the craziness and when it first released and you definitely have to like Seth Rogan type of humor to enjoy this. If you do you'll love it. Me personally I am long tired of his humor so I didn't really enjoy it.

 

[SSSnail]

Subtitled comedy about a time warp Hitler - Look who's back!

Thought it was kinda cool, and if you can ignore the whole Hitler thing, it is actually thought provoking.

5/7.

 

[sportage]

Lights Out

How??????? Could this be rating in the 70's on Rotten Tomatoes ?
At best the low 40's.
Bad acting.
The first scare only repeats itself like 50 times, so even that gets boring.
Light out could also stand for the audience falling asleep after the first half hour.

JASON BOURNE 2016
Matt, stick with your day job. Martian man.
This BOURNE series can only be stretched so far, and that stretch ended long ago.
.

 

[Naubel]

Lights Out - 6/10
First scene seems to be the most exciting of all.
Story development was alright for a horror movie, but the ending was just bad.

The Conjuring 2 - 8/10
Long movie, many scares, good story development, and a little plot twist. Would recommend watching.