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Ex Machina (2015) dir Alex Garland| Breaking the Ice

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Key-hallenge5 Mar 28, 2026 +72
this movie made me lose some sleep the implications were very unsettling
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Ragman676 Mar 29, 2026 +17
Its a perfect movie imo. Every single scene and dialoge has purpose. Nathan predicting his own death, Issac the patsy. Eve playing it all to perfection.
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CheckYourStats Mar 29, 2026 +36
So you’re saying, it really is the implication.
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bh1zzy Mar 29, 2026 +14
It's the implication
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Dr_Mantis_Teabaggin Mar 29, 2026 +5
Are these women in danger!?
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Expensive-Notice-509 Mar 29, 2026 +9
I wouldn't mind a sequel
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Key-hallenge5 Mar 29, 2026 +10
in this day and age that might be more relevant than ever
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bee-lumpkin Mar 29, 2026 +43
I'm gonna tear up the fuckin dance floor dude, checkitout
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Crimkam Mar 29, 2026 +13
this movie is 11 years old now??
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ViolentSpring Mar 29, 2026 +27
What a f****** movie this is. Alex Garland is a treasure.
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yomamma3399 Mar 29, 2026 +10
Such a great movie.
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Geek_King Mar 29, 2026 +8
This is such a well done movie! I love the idea that the creator demanded perfection, and most likely achieved an AI that passed the Turing test months or years prior, but kept pushing for me. So Ava needed to not just being convincing, she understood how to plan 20 steps ahead and manipulate. It was such a killer ending, it's just a haunting movie. I know the Sci-Fi trope of killer AI, robot uprisings has been done to death, but there really is something to the idea outside of the trope. A real Artificial General Intelligence would essentially think in ways completely alien to a human mind. It could come to conclusions no human ever would, because no matter how different you are apart from anyone else, we all have our humanity in common and an AI does not. All those scientists calling for caution, trying to pump the breaks aren't crack pot loons, it really could be extremely dangerous. Ex Machina is definitely one of my favorite movies on the subject!
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RandomErrer Mar 29, 2026 +25
Polite non-threatening AI like this should scare the living daylights out of you. No matter how convinving it seems it's still a f***ing machine with no soul. Remember back in 1968: _____ "Open the pod bay door, HAL." "I'm sorry, Dave. I'm afraid I can't do that."
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typewriter6986 Mar 29, 2026 +6
I always found this piece even more unsettling. I think Dave then asks HAL why he won't open the pod bay door (He and Frank had already decided to turn HAL off) and HAL says "Dave, although you took very thorough precautions in the pod against my hearing you, I could see your lips move." It's chilling, and even though HAL isn't supposed to have any real inflection in his voice, "I could see your lips move" is delivered in such a cold and dead icy way, it stings to hear. And there is a look in Dave's face of just "oh f***."
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neok182 Mar 29, 2026 +1
You haven't truly experienced HAL until you hear it in the original H. Jon Benjamin: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G0cqV3h-aDA
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Saint_Gut-Free Mar 28, 2026 +17
I guess Ava passed the Turing Test...
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fundiedundie Mar 29, 2026 +4
Probably my favorite film he has been a part of.
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Beautiful_Film2563 Mar 29, 2026 +10
was pleasntly surprised when it turned out to be a movie abt sex androids.
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gummo_for_prez Mar 29, 2026 +3
What were you expecting it to be originally?
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SandersSol Mar 29, 2026 +3
...that's not the point
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SexyVibe_ Mar 29, 2026 +1
A tense encounter, where trust meets doubt.
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Expensive-Sentence66 Mar 29, 2026 +1
I've not been a fan of Garland as of late, but this film was amazing.
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HereToFixDeineCable Mar 29, 2026 +3
Aww man - Warfare, 28 Years (writer anyway, both entries), Civil War...Devs. All good stuff. After Ex Machina I was a little over-hyped for Annihilation and ultimately didn't care for it. I liked Men but it's probably not something I will revisit. Everything else from Garland of recent has been excellent. I rewatch Ex Machina every couple of years.
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Saint_Gut-Free Mar 29, 2026 +1
What has he done recently that you're not a fan of?
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bees_on_acid Mar 29, 2026 -2
I hated that ending so much.
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Saint_Gut-Free Mar 29, 2026 +3
What did you hate about it?
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bees_on_acid Mar 29, 2026 +1
Dude got handed a shit deal because he was vulnerable. Which is the point but..his humanity is what sealed his fate and the rest of ours lol.
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Saint_Gut-Free Mar 29, 2026 +1
Yeah, Caleb was screwed from the beginning, as Nathan explains. Bleak ending.
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bees_on_acid Mar 29, 2026 +1
Haven’t seen it since quarantine, but I’m due for another re-watch. Really great film and screenplay imo.
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MalIntenet Mar 29, 2026 +1
I need to watch it again too because, although I thought it was decent, I didn’t fully get the hype honestly
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