Review of Transcendence (2014) by Explodr — 21 Apr 2014

My girlfriend and I were excited to see this movie for different reasons. I'm currently majoring in Computer Science and I've done a lot of research in the field of artificial intelligence, so I love everything relating to the singularity. I also hate it when a movie promises to deliver something that it ends up failing to deliver. Transcendence was a spectacular (although most certainly dramatized) prediction of what will happen when the human mind and computer processing coalesce.

THE GOOD:

-Astounding special effects.

-Great cinematography (directed by Wally Pfister).

-Pretty good acting from the whole cast.

-Morgan Freeman.

-Realism (not to say there weren't a few "come on" moments).

THE BAD:

-Mostly minor plot holes.

-Somewhat misused technical vocabulary (to the untrained ear it probably sounded fine).

-Copper fences don't insulate all electrical signals, which is a pretty major point.

-The ending could have been better (by which I mean more fortunate).

ELABORATION (¡SPOILERS!):

-Jargon: "It's based on my code, so I can hack it.