Review of Ex Machina (2015) by Jdb26354 — 01 May 2015
Ex Machina leaves me in grim awe of the masterpiece, because this was a well-written, well-acted film on an interesting topic, but it fell measurably short of that pantheon. Looking back, this could have been a play, and indeed, I can easily imagine it on Broadway.
On the one hand, the set pieces, largely in interiors, must have helped bring the project in at a relatively modest budget, without making the production look cheap. However, the “lust of the eye,” which draws us out of our caves to movie theaters, is left largely unsatisfied.
I offer “Blade Runner” – 30+ years old now – as an example of a big budget menagerie, on a similar topic, which can last in the mind’s eye for years. The images toward the end of Ex Machina suggest what might have been.
Still, I give it a 7 for first-rate imagination, acting, and a generally plausible story line. And the movie looks just fine, for what it is.
This review of Ex Machina (2015) was written by Jdb26354 on 01 May 2015.
Ex Machina has generally received very positive reviews.
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