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[EllRobersonisInnocent]

I watched Signs earlier today

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[DQ12]

I have never seen Ex Machine so I need another movie comparison to see if I'm a dumbass who will like Arrival.

Or you could get off your ass and watch Ex Machina.

Sigh, alright, another comparison.... Inception? Interstellar? Those movies were at least somewhat entertaining (if too long) so not a perfect comparison to the lifeless, dull mediocrity that is EM and Arrival, but you've got the same basic "dumb people think this movie is really profound when it really isn't" vibe to them.

nobody thinks EM is this insanely profound movie.

that said, it is a clever little movie that causes the audience (or me, at least) to really identify with the protagonist and make the same mistake he did.  it was great, great storytelling.  if you watched that movie and walked away thinking "this is a movie for idiots," then maybe you're just not that into movies.

[michigancat]

I didn't think Ex Machina was anything like Innerstellar. I imagine there's some sort of robot movie that is similar. Ex Machina is about robots that look like models. It's pretty suspenseful and unique IMO.

[DQ12]

I didn't think Ex Machina was anything like Innerstellar. I imagine there's some sort of robot movie that is similar. Ex Machina is about robots that look like models. It's pretty suspenseful and unique IMO.

I think ex machina shares a lot of themes with Her.  though EM is darker. 

[mocat]

I have never seen Ex Machine so I need another movie comparison to see if I'm a dumbass who will like Arrival.

Eyes Wide Shut

[star seed 7]

Eyes wide shut   

[Tobias]

Eyes wide shut   

[mocat]

Eyes wide shut   

 

[SdK]

Vanilla Sky. Great film.

[Rage Against the McKee]

It's sort of similar to Contact.

It's about as similar to contact as it is to id4

[Tobias]

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I have never seen Ex Machine so I need another movie comparison to see if I'm a dumbass who will like Arrival.

Or you could get off your ass and watch Ex Machina.

Sigh, alright, another comparison.... Inception? Interstellar? Those movies were at least somewhat entertaining (if too long) so not a perfect comparison to the lifeless, dull mediocrity that is EM and Arrival, but you've got the same basic "dumb people think this movie is really profound when it really isn't" vibe to them.

nobody thinks EM is this insanely profound movie.

that said, it is a clever little movie that causes the audience (or me, at least) to really identify with the protagonist and make the same mistake he did.  it was great, great storytelling.  if you watched that movie and walked away thinking "this is a movie for idiots," then maybe you're just not that into movies.

Just a sampling.... https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=ex+machina+profound&oq=ex+machina+profound&gs_l=hp.3...1517.5956.0.6355.19.15.0.4.4.0.345.2184.3j11j0j1.15.0....0...1c.1.64.hp..0.18.2122...0j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.C6oHaBl14h0

Critics raved over this movie. It wasn't insightful, thoughtful, profound, or any of the other glowing adjectives affixed to it. SPOILER ALERT!! Tony Stark make an AI robot that's super hawt. Dweeb wants to have sex with super hawt AI robot. Turns out (gasp), super hawt AI robot doesn't really care about having sex, but figures out it can use Dweeb's horniness to escape, because of its AI made by Tony Stark. That's the entire plot of Ex Machina. The dialogue wasn't memorable. The acting wasn't memorable (except the dance scene). /Spoilers.

Granted, part of the problem was my expectations going in. If I had gone in cold I expect I would have concluded "eh, that was ok." But based on the glowing reviews I left the movie thinking "WTF is wrong with all these clowns?"

[star seed 7]

Mocat and I nailed it, too much boobs 'n pubes

[Joker]

I have never seen Ex Machine so I need another movie comparison to see if I'm a dumbass who will like Arrival.

Or you could get off your ass and watch Ex Machina.

Sigh, alright, another comparison.... Inception? Interstellar? Those movies were at least somewhat entertaining (if too long) so not a perfect comparison to the lifeless, dull mediocrity that is EM and Arrival, but you've got the same basic "dumb people think this movie is really profound when it really isn't" vibe to them.

nobody thinks EM is this insanely profound movie.

that said, it is a clever little movie that causes the audience (or me, at least) to really identify with the protagonist and make the same mistake he did.  it was great, great storytelling.  if you watched that movie and walked away thinking "this is a movie for idiots," then maybe you're just not that into movies.

Just a sampling.... https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=ex+machina+profound&oq=ex+machina+profound&gs_l=hp.3...1517.5956.0.6355.19.15.0.4.4.0.345.2184.3j11j0j1.15.0....0...1c.1.64.hp..0.18.2122...0j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.C6oHaBl14h0

Critics raved over this movie. It wasn't insightful, thoughtful, profound, or any of the other glowing adjectives affixed to it. SPOILER ALERT!! Tony Stark make an AI robot that's super hawt. Dweeb wants to have sex with super hawt AI robot. Turns out (gasp), super hawt AI robot doesn't really care about having sex, but figures out it can use Dweeb's horniness to escape, because of its AI made by Tony Stark. That's the entire plot of Ex Machina. The dialogue wasn't memorable. The acting wasn't memorable (except the dance scene). /Spoilers.

Granted, part of the problem was my expectations going in. If I had gone in cold I expect I would have concluded "eh, that was ok." But based on the glowing reviews I left the movie thinking "WTF is wrong with all these clowns?"

Yeah.  From my experience relying on the "critics" opinion usually leads to disappointment.

Since you disliked Ex Machina so much, I am curious as to what other Sci-Fi movies you would consider to be good or great.

[mhkpasa]

Dub is probably more of an American Sniper guy

[Dr Rick Daris]

I have never seen Ex Machine so I need another movie comparison to see if I'm a dumbass who will like Arrival.

Or you could get off your ass and watch Ex Machina.

Sigh, alright, another comparison.... Inception? Interstellar? Those movies were at least somewhat entertaining (if too long) so not a perfect comparison to the lifeless, dull mediocrity that is EM and Arrival, but you've got the same basic "dumb people think this movie is really profound when it really isn't" vibe to them.

nobody thinks EM is this insanely profound movie.

that said, it is a clever little movie that causes the audience (or me, at least) to really identify with the protagonist and make the same mistake he did.  it was great, great storytelling.  if you watched that movie and walked away thinking "this is a movie for idiots," then maybe you're just not that into movies.

Just a sampling.... https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=ex+machina+profound&oq=ex+machina+profound&gs_l=hp.3...1517.5956.0.6355.19.15.0.4.4.0.345.2184.3j11j0j1.15.0....0...1c.1.64.hp..0.18.2122...0j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.C6oHaBl14h0

Critics raved over this movie. It wasn't insightful, thoughtful, profound, or any of the other glowing adjectives affixed to it. SPOILER ALERT!! Tony Stark make an AI robot that's super hawt. Dweeb wants to have sex with super hawt AI robot. Turns out (gasp), super hawt AI robot doesn't really care about having sex, but figures out it can use Dweeb's horniness to escape, because of its AI made by Tony Stark. That's the entire plot of Ex Machina. The dialogue wasn't memorable. The acting wasn't memorable (except the dance scene). /Spoilers.

Granted, part of the problem was my expectations going in. If I had gone in cold I expect I would have concluded "eh, that was ok." But based on the glowing reviews I left the movie thinking "WTF is wrong with all these clowns?"

googling "ex machine profound" and using to support your fresh, hot take is pretty funny. I googled "ex machina bad". results are below. I guess we're at a standstill.


https://www.google.com/search?site=&source=hp&q=ex+machina+profound&oq=ex+machina+profound&gs_l=hp.3...1517.5956.0.6355.19.15.0.4.4.0.345.2184.3j11j0j1.15.0....0...1c.1.64.hp..0.18.2122...0j0i131k1j0i22i30k1j33i160k1j33i21k1.C6oHaBl14h0#q=ex+machina+bad&*

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I love sci-fi movies. There's the ones that are just fun to watch and re-watch based on good imagery, action, and story - stuff like Mad Max Fury Road, pretty much anything from James Cameron, Fifth Element, etc.

But because I dissed Ex Machina, here are some of the more "thoughtful" sci-fi movies I really enjoyed.

Gattaca
Moon
These Final Hours
Children of Men
The Road
12 Monkeys
2001
Brazil

[mocat]

too many Terry Gilliam fans on this god-forsaken blog

[_33]

I've fallen asleep the last 2 nights trying to watch Superman vs Batman.  The most interesting thing so far is that Metropolis and Gotham are apparently right across the bay from each other like Oakland and San Francisco?  Did anyone else know this?  Why is Batman even a thing?  I feel like superman could probably handle the whole bay area.  He would have punched the jokers head off in about 2 seconds.

[_33]

Superman with binoculars on top of Daily Planet building:  "Oh wow look at that the Joker has that hospital all rigged up with explosives and is going to kill thousands of people maybe I should take 3 seconds and go easily stop him and save everyone... but it's all the way over there, and I'm sure Batman has it under control.  I'm going to go take a bath with my clothes on."

[OK_Cat]

It's been well documented that superman is super pud


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[deputy dawg]

if there is something worse than a pseudo intellect crashing down on people who enjoyed ex machina the movie then I'd like to know about it.

 
Didn't watch Ex Machina because I thought it was smart, I watched it because it was unique and very watchable.  I'm old enough to remember when Blade Runner came out, and it was unique and very watchable--and also became a classic.  Don't know if Ex Machina will do the same, but it might.  Both of these movies were fails at the box office.

[Pete]

Someone fall on the grenade and go see Great Wall and tell us if it's even tolerable.  Lil' Pete wants to see it, and I'm like "I don't know, pal, I don't know."

[star seed 7]

Looks worse than awful

[K-S-U-Wildcats!]

I just appreciate that Matt Damon made a movie called the Great Wall. And it does look like a beautiful wall.