As an AI enthusiast I have been waiting for this movie to come out for months. I usually don't put a lot of hope in hollywood to do justice to Sci-Fi. From the trailer it appears as if it's a robot thriller/slasher movie, but I was optimistic that it could have some depth.
My optimism was rewarded! This medium budget "indie" film was a philosophical and psychological thriller (yay!) rather than the terminator-spinoff I was expecting. When I say medium budget, I don't mean it looks cheap. The scenery and visuals are splendid without being distracting. The movie assumes you are an "educated" movie goer, so it avoids generic and cliche plot development and themes. The acting is fairly good, especially on the part of Alicia Vikander (her movement is absolutely fantastic). The film explores what it means to be a sentient being and the psychological implications of creating a strong AI. It doesn't dwell on what could go wrong if a strong AI gets out of control (terminator, I robot, etc.), but rather how we should treat it and how it would wish to be treated.
I highly recommend watching this film, especially if you want some food for thought. You don't need to be an AI enthusiast or a sciencey person to understand and enjoy it. 10/10
On May 05 2015 00:22 ThomasjServo wrote: If you've not seen it and you liked Ex Machina, you should check out Sunshine by the same director. Went kind of under the radar, but was really good.
Thanks for the recommendation. I've heard about Sunshine but have never got around to watching it. Alex Garland has peaked my interest at the very least. I'll definitely check it out.
On May 02 2015 15:47 WarSame wrote: There aren't many people watching documentaries on here so it's nice to see one! If you watch them a lot, can you give me a list of your top 5 or 10? I've always wanted to get into documentaries, but stopped after Planet Earth.
The Act of Killing (Joshua Oppenheimer) Issei.Sagawa.The.Japanese.Cannibal (nice 30min documentary by Vice, available on youtube) Encouters at the End of the World, Grizzly Man, Cave of Forgotten Dreams (Werner Herzog) The Bridge (Eric Steel) Fog of War, Vernon Florida, The Unknown Known, Standard Operating Procedure (Errol Morris)
Finally got around to watch Memento and I'm not so sure I understand the hype this movie has gotten? The concept is fairly intriguing and the story-telling excellent (although I did find myself somewhat bored halfway through some of the scenes as you knew it was about to meet up with the previous scene). What I don't understand is the big discussion on how to interpret the story of the movie and how supposedly confusing it is. Is it simply because that kind of story-telling has become somewhat more common following Memento and that I, as a movie-watcher, is simply more experienced with this kind of story?
The story is certainly not the strong point of Memento. The movie is very much open to interpretation and there are some holes in the story, therefore lots of discussion.
Still the discussion is nothing compared to the average David Lynch movie.
I'll recommend Whiplash to anyone who plays an instrument and liked Full Metal Jacket. Fun fact: The guy who plays the band teacher is the same actor who voiced Tenzin in Korra.
Avengers Age of Ultron Not bad. Very much like the first.
I've heard from friends that it was good and that it was too much action and no story. Coming from someone who knows Ultron's backstory, I do agree they didn't develop the backstory much but it was still worth a watch. + Show Spoiler +
Vision's story isn't shown at all. He doesn't behave as the foil to Ultron.
Black Widow's no longer the team's slut. It's more established she did flirt with Cap but hopefully it won't happen again.
They don't elaborate on how Hulk is basically 2 personalities in one body. Banner can talk to Hulk but doesn't control him.
Vision is built from Jarvis? So is Jarvis still there?
I'll accept Iron Man instead of Ant Man building Ultron. They haven't done an Ant Man movie yet and Iron Man understands tech. But they don't explain where Ultron came from. Banner and Stark were nowhere close to piecing his AI together. I guess that's part of the mystery of the infinity stone arc that will be explained later.
Perhaps worst of all is that they gave Ultron a joker's personality. He shouldn't care that he was created by Iron Man and he shouldn't tell jokes or quote Pinnochio. Those lines make him sound like a 5 year old. Ultron's supposed to be a creature of pure reason. And Vision's supposed to be reason from a different perspective.
It was too obvious one of the twins was going to die.
Rewatched May 07, 2015 I have no clue why I didn't cringe whenever he put on his sun glasses and started smoking. This film definitely should not have worked but Cruise makes it work. Just imagine a remake with someone like Taylor Lautner or the like - would be so infuriating.
I watched Get Hard last week. Of course it's as lowbrow as you'd expect from a Will Ferrell movie, but it was pretty damn funny. Probably would have been even funnier in the original English version. Fucking cinemas.
Rollerball 1975. simplistic and naive like most 70s movies. does a great job of predicting the brutal violent futures of NFL Football and NHL Hockey. was the font style for serious? was this what people in the 70s thought was "futuristic".
It was released in 1975. At that time, NHL was probably at its most brutal and violent. Some teams were primarily based on fighting. The Broad Street Bullies had won 2 Stanley Cups in the last 2 years, while being the most physical team on the ice. Notice how the jerseys the rollerball team wears looks like the old Flyers jersey?
Watch Mad Max: Fury Road. I don't want to spoil the plot but any description of this movie doesn't do it justice. I can't foresee any blockbuster coming out this summer touching it.
On May 12 2015 09:52 WarSame wrote: It was released in 1975. At that time, NHL was probably at its most brutal and violent. Some teams were primarily based on fighting. The Broad Street Bullies had won 2 Stanley Cups in the last 2 years, while being the most physical team on the ice. Notice how the jerseys the rollerball team wears looks like the old Flyers jersey?
Concussions skyrocketed after 1975... and the 1975 Flyers had nothing on Scott Stevens. the 1975 Flyers were about the size of George St Pierre. the year 2000 tough guy is about the size of Jon Jones. Light Heavyweights do way more damage than Welterweights.
Since 1975 the average time an NHL player spends on injured reserve lists has skyrocketed because of damage done in an increasingly fast and violent game. Speed kills brain cells.
3 years after this movie was released Jack Tatum turned a reciever into a quadraplegic with a late hit with the ball no where near the receiver in a PRE SEASON game. And he was celebrated for it and he refused to apologize.
On May 12 2015 12:58 CosmicSpiral wrote: Watch Mad Max: Fury Road. I don't want to spoil the plot but any description of this movie doesn't do it justice. I can't foresee any blockbuster coming out this summer touching it.
thx for this cryptic endorsement that spoils nothing.
i didn't get into the whole "Mad Max" craze until i fought "Mad Mel" in Borderlands... i was leaning towards seeing it but after reading ur comments, now, i'll definitely check it out this weekend.
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