I watched Ex Machina for the first time last night. I’ve heard a lot of good things about it but someow I never got around to watching it.
It was amazing!
It’s a film about a programmer who have managed to build an AI and now wants to know if it has a conscience mind like a human being.
Alicia Vikander plays her character Ava beautifully, and throughout the film I was amazed by her facial expressions. She has her character completely under control. During the entire film I was so convinced about her intensions. I apparently only believe in the good in people, on the other hand Ava – the AI – is not human.
The excentric Nathan who has developed Ava is constantly a person whom you adore and hate, because of his ability to involve Caleb and his drunk periods. And as in many films I belived every now and then that he actually is the bad guy.
Caleb is very convincing as well as the talented programmer who is there to do the Turing test on Ava to see if she has her own conscience. His youth and innoscence toward Avas flirting is like watching a first love. He falls in love with her the moment he sees her.
Go watch it. It’s an amazing film!
Deus Ex Machina is latin for God from the machine. Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deus_ex_machina