Ex Machina - 5 Stars
This movie came out of nowhere for me - billed as THX 1138 meets Blade Runner. It was really more Hitchcock than anything - high praise.
The unknowns casting helped the cause. Caleb wins a contest to go to a Island of Dr. Morneau type place. The helicopter drops him off and leaves. He meets the Col. Kurtz of the place, Nathan, who explains the Turing principle. Nathan has invented an AI robot named Ava. Nathan wants Caleb to test her "humanity". If the robot can pass for human, it passes the Turing test.
As of course Ava is very human-like, we get to know her and everyone in several acts. The movie is set like a play, set mostly inside the house/lab when Nathan works. Caleb and Ava "get to know each other" and Nathan wants to know what they talk about. No more needs said.
It did remind me of those 70s movies referenced, Island of Dr. Morneau, and Apocalypse Now.
* * * * * (highest rating)
The unknowns casting helped the cause. Caleb wins a contest to go to a Island of Dr. Morneau type place. The helicopter drops him off and leaves. He meets the Col. Kurtz of the place, Nathan, who explains the Turing principle. Nathan has invented an AI robot named Ava. Nathan wants Caleb to test her "humanity". If the robot can pass for human, it passes the Turing test.
As of course Ava is very human-like, we get to know her and everyone in several acts. The movie is set like a play, set mostly inside the house/lab when Nathan works. Caleb and Ava "get to know each other" and Nathan wants to know what they talk about. No more needs said.
It did remind me of those 70s movies referenced, Island of Dr. Morneau, and Apocalypse Now.
* * * * * (highest rating)
The Avengers - Double Feature
Mark and I attend the Avengers double feature on opening night Thursday April 30. Nothing less would do from two of the original comic book fans.
Looking back, Avengers 1 came about before this blog started. It was good to watch again. Like the comic, the origin of how this group came together took part of the movie. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) of course steals the show and as an important character, squirrels away.
Avengers 2: Age of Ultron dawns as the world must be made safe - Peace In Our Time. Tony Stark starts working on a atmospheric defense program. But it takes a life of its own as Ultron, a hybrid between man and machine, more specifically, another evil Iron Man. "Do the movie have a climactic battle between two Iron Man/ two Hulks/two of [fill in the blank?] Yes it does.
More action in Two than One, it hits the comic book/popcorn target. After all, Marvel invented the target, so there.
Looking back, Avengers 1 came about before this blog started. It was good to watch again. Like the comic, the origin of how this group came together took part of the movie. Loki (Tom Hiddleston) of course steals the show and as an important character, squirrels away.
More action in Two than One, it hits the comic book/popcorn target. After all, Marvel invented the target, so there.
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