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BiomechanoidMay 23, 2015

Imagine watching "Terminator 3", only with all the action scenes cut out. This about sums up this movie quite perfectly. You get all the philosophical depth of dumb action flick combined with all the action of melodrama. Where amazing "Her"Imagine watching "Terminator 3", only with all the action scenes cut out. This about sums up this movie quite perfectly. You get all the philosophical depth of dumb action flick combined with all the action of melodrama. Where amazing "Her" (2013) movie showcased an interesting dynamic of man-machine relationships, here we have three totally cliched characters totally wasting screen time.… Expand

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gfnyApr 27, 2015

Laborious with only a few actors, and probably made in two rooms at the studio. Painfully slow movie made by teenagers. The theme is sound but the execution was terrible and the plot non-sense. The trailer and critic reviews trick you intoLaborious with only a few actors, and probably made in two rooms at the studio. Painfully slow movie made by teenagers. The theme is sound but the execution was terrible and the plot non-sense. The trailer and critic reviews trick you into thinking there is more to the movie than there actually is. If you have to choose between root canal and this movie, opt for the dentist.… Expand

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jhepMay 13, 2015

This film is not very interesting ! A thriller without thrills. The script MIGHT work as a short story but not as a film...... all the Cat-and-Mouse stuff soon fizzles out and that restless When-is-the-Movie-Going- to-Start feeling setsThis film is not very interesting ! A thriller without thrills. The script MIGHT work as a short story but not as a film...... all the Cat-and-Mouse stuff soon fizzles out and that restless When-is-the-Movie-Going- to-Start feeling sets in......…. Far too ambitious a project for a first-time director and far too slight a story line for a feature film (let alone a wannabe Shocking Thriller)…..and finally, having one of your main characters be an overbearing smuck with a drinking problem is NEVER a good idea- no wonder Ava and Caleb wanted to escape !… Expand

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PnkstrJul 18, 2018

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. I have no idea where all these positive reviews are coming from. This movie was shallow predictable and boring. If your looking for something thought provoking, thrilling or at least mildly interesting this isn't it.… Expand

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gmechMay 13, 2015

I so wanted to love this! I was so excited to see it after reading so many positive reviews. The special effects were cool, but that certainly wasn't enough to make this a good movie. I have only walked out of one movie in my life (I'm in myI so wanted to love this! I was so excited to see it after reading so many positive reviews. The special effects were cool, but that certainly wasn't enough to make this a good movie. I have only walked out of one movie in my life (I'm in my mid 30's) and was so tempted to walk out on this. I just kept thinking...it must get a lot better, after all it has soooo many great reviews. I could hardly keep my eyes open. I turned to my friend halfway through and we both said, "this is soooo boring". It took some naked females to manage to keep me awake for the 2nd half.....sorry, I'm human. I'm not easily bored at movies. In fact, I love most movies I see. This movie really just seemed to drag. If you want to see beautiful cinematography, see the movie "It Follows". As for cool effects, check out the series "Extant" on CBS.… Expand

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aeroxyMay 20, 2015

Ex Machina is one of the film that would easily receive high scores from the public due to the overall ignorance of artificial intelligence and the plentiful of beautifully shot nudes in the movie. As an artificial programmer, softwareEx Machina is one of the film that would easily receive high scores from the public due to the overall ignorance of artificial intelligence and the plentiful of beautifully shot nudes in the movie. As an artificial programmer, software designer, cinematographer, and fashion photographer, let me break down why I give the movie 3 out of 10.

Let’s start with pros:

1. The movie is generally beautifully shot. Very artful execution of many nude scenes. This alone can probably score a 10 for most short films. Unfortunately this is a full length film, so cinematography and attractive naked ladies alone won’t cut it.
2. Stunning interior sets.
3. The movie brought up a debate of whether sexuality helps to shape human consciousness. This idea existed since ancient time, but was a popular debate in the 30s. Of course the movie misdirected its argument - the debate is about societal impact rather than the individual impact (obviously one can have consciousness while being asexual). Nonetheless, we should give the director some credits for trying - especially considering the depth of the movie is so shallow.

Now here comes the cons:

1. The movie depicts unrealistic core plots. Building complex algorithms takes much more than a single person (or even thousands of tireless engineers). The fact that the film makers think it even could be possible makes me laugh. The logic behind the algorithm is also extremely laughable. I feel the film makers might be read some articles (taken out of proper contexts) from WIRED magazine and be like, “Yeah dude, that works for a movie.”
2. The movie failed to explore details of the technology - due to the fact that the film makers probably know little about them.
3. None of the programmers in the movies are realistic - the way they talk, act, or things they say, just seem like from someone know little to nothing about programming.
4. The plots and settings in the movie are naive and laughable both from story telling perspective or technical perspective.
5. The storyline itself has little dramas, falls completely flat. Completely predictable.
6. No character in the movie are likable. Their reactions and emotions all seem fake and forced merely to play out the plots and push the story forward.
7. The movie failed to explore the underlying philosophical debates of artificial intelligence - probably because the film makers fail to understand what artificial intelligence means.

Overall, the movie is plain and vulgar, feeling like some masturbation piece from fantasizing nerds who know how to use cameras well. However it would be a good movie to buy DVD for, because you can collect beautifully shot naked ladies from the movie - if that is what you are into.… Expand

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johnyukonMay 18, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. As I grew up I got more and more critic about media in general, including games and movies, this is my first movie review.

Characters:
Owner of a search engine company - CEO
Search engine company employee - NERDY
Robot with intelligence and emotions created by CEO - A.I.
Robot that takes care of the CEO house and is also sex slave - SEXY

This is a movie that talks about the future where machines can be intelligent and have emotions and what/how this would affect human kind. If machines have emotions, are they human like us?

Truth is that having machines with emotions is stupid, we don`t need this, if we ever build a machine with emotions it should be only to say: "Oh we can do that, we can build a machine with emotions", but other than that it`s useless.
Emotions are a weakness of humans, but also a necessity, we need emotions to "drive us", emotions like love/sex, so we can have new babies and increase/maintain population. The sex necessity actually now can be replaced by genetic engineering, we can create better humans than ever, removing imperfections and adding improvements. Emotions have their bad side, like rage, and emotional problems, just remember the recent airplane crash in France where the copilot had emotional problems and crashed the plane, killing everybody.

So, having machines with emotions is in fact a bad idea, machines exist to help us, not replace us, they are mere slaves programmed to do what we want.

The movie shows that the company owner (CEO) had a sex slave robot (SEXY) that also help him by making food and taking care of his house, and shows this as bad. This is not bad at all, as I said, robots are our slaves, their purpose is to help us, and having a sex slave robot probably will happen in the future (we already have sex dolls). Now, if this slave robot has emotions things changes, she would be like a human and having a human as slave is not OK. The movie doesn't show her as having emotions or not.

The plot has some stupid stuff, like for example, the security system based on cards. Common, if CEO was a genius he would use biometrics, he could achieve a much better security by using iris, fingerprint, voice recognition, etc together and also keypads for even more security, so there`s no way someone could have access to his off limits areas by just stealing his keycard.

CEO programmed a robot (A.I.) that can kill. This is so dumb, if I ever would program a robot that is intelligent and has emotions I certainly would program it to not hurt anyone, especially me.

Why the hell the CEO needed someone else to test the A.I., he could have tested it by himself, he can reprogram the A.I. changing she knows about him, for example, saying he had no family, had no girlfriend, just like the NERDY he chose. Or just erase the A.I. memory about him. SO DUMB.

The guy chosen to test the robot (NERDY) is stupid, as I said above, machines are tools, he got emotional with a machine. NERDY is a programmer and should know how stupid this is.
And again, the human emotions messed everything as in the end NERDY freed the A.I. that killed him.

I didn't like the movie end, only the NERDY should have died because of his stupidity. The CEO should have stayed alive, controlled the situation by imprisoning the robot, showed the world he made an intelligent robot with emotions, win a Nobel Prize, and had build a emotionless sex slaves factory so everybody could have his/her sex slaves :)

Movie is boring too :D

Movie doesn't add anything new that we hadn't seem before, the topic of robots with emotions exist for a long time.

Use of special effects - special effects just don`t work for me, as game graphics don`t work for me too, it doesn't fix a bad movie/game.… Expand

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AcidConceptMay 19, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. It would have been a solid 8, but the ending kills it. Its as if the director gave up. He knew he wanted the escape, he just did not know how to do it logically.

I refuse to think its logical that someone who creates an AI himself, cannot figure out how to prevent escape.… Expand

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Jabby63May 8, 2015

I'll cut to the chase...this was quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. I go to movies a lot. I realize not all are going to be good and that's okay. But this was flat out EXCRUCIATING! I was praying for it to end. How in the worldI'll cut to the chase...this was quite possibly the worst movie I've ever seen. I go to movies a lot. I realize not all are going to be good and that's okay. But this was flat out EXCRUCIATING! I was praying for it to end. How in the world this tedious nonsense received great reviews is mind boggling.… Expand

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foxgroveApr 10, 2015

Despite another good performance from rising star Oscar Isaac this baffling sci-fi movie is laborious in the extreme. Actress Alicia Vikander is omnipresent at the moment and here plays Isaac’s A.I. creation involved in mind games with thirdDespite another good performance from rising star Oscar Isaac this baffling sci-fi movie is laborious in the extreme. Actress Alicia Vikander is omnipresent at the moment and here plays Isaac’s A.I. creation involved in mind games with third party Domhnall Gleeson. Loaded with superlatives from critics this has almost nothing to commend it aside from Isaac and the very occasional frisson. This could make clock watching an art as it is long, slow and ooh so boooring!… Expand

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DOUGKApr 30, 2015

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Dumb, dumb, dumb. The story is dumb in so many ways while pretending to be intelligent that it is a terrible waste of time. The acting is good but wasted. Why would the "genius" be doing any of this? Robots will not be created with emotions and why would anyone want them to be? What was the point of anything in the movie? What would the robot do in the wider world? Who would charge her battery? Nothing makes any sense.… Expand

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ilya77bkMay 20, 2015

Decided to see it because of all good reviews. Was very disappointed: a lot of "sophisticated" dialogues and very little action. Nothing new about AI was stated in the movie. I would watch in a theater.

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ZarosJun 7, 2015

If you have seen iRobot, The Fifth Element, and Beyond the Black Rainbow and even Terminator, expect to be deeply disappointed in this film. There is nothing new or even new surprises brought to this film. It is unthoughfully basic, poorIf you have seen iRobot, The Fifth Element, and Beyond the Black Rainbow and even Terminator, expect to be deeply disappointed in this film. There is nothing new or even new surprises brought to this film. It is unthoughfully basic, poor storyboarding, writing, design in all aspects, and I would even give the go ahead and assume the blame on the Director, Producers, Casting, Writers; and even us humans for even considering the thought that we are not capable of bettering ourselves-because we can, don't let this film take that from you. Throw this movie to the bargin bin, donate the money revanue to a foundation that supports positive thinkers, innovators, etc. Oh and a side note...if this movie is getting high reviews because of feminist barf, get it in your heads ladies...Ava is an AI, she can't be human because SHE DOES NOT WANT TO BE HUMAN.

This is just another Diaster Movie, nothing about is good or great, though the special effects? Eh...We all know or at least some of us know the hexagon and scifi joke... expect those shapes to make cameo.… Expand

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TheonecriticJun 12, 2015

At the beginning the movie showed some potential but after the second session, everything became repetitive and boring. The end was terrible as well. I do not recommend this movie.

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Pedram00Dec 28, 2015

if a machine dont have impression so it can not have compassion and in the end of the film we can see that confliction.
the camera angle in most parts of the film was awful and it couldnt shif sense.

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andrewbrownJun 22, 2016

This movie sucks. So boring. Its about a 20 year old male that makes a sex robot. I'd rather watch weird science. Turn on the lava lamp because its kiddie movie.

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listenlearnAug 13, 2016

Beautiful visuals, but ugh, the story belongs in a 60s or 70s Sci-fi story written by men for men. I wish I could wash it out of my brain. The scariest part is that stories like this are still being written.

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aryadragonloverOct 14, 2017

This review contains spoilers, click expand to view. Plotless and pointless. A waste of time. The only thing that happens is the andriod kills her creator and leaves the compound. Something that could have happened anytime she chose. There is no reason to watch this movie as NOTHING HAPPENS… Expand

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