Monday, March 14, 2016
ex machina
This is one of those movies that critics tend to rave about but leaves me wandering what all the fuss was about. The word “fuck” is thrown around repeatedly adding nothing to the discourse but making the dialogue crude. The fact that Caleb is being manipulated and under 24 hour surveillance leaves the viewer with a sense of uneasiness and discomfort. Most disturbing is the fact that the robot builder uses humans with the same contempt and callousness he seems to have for his AI inventions. There is no real sense of bonding or love for his inventions. He uses people and machine with the same lack of consideration.