Ex Machina (2015) Cast: Alicia Vikander, Domhnall Gleeson, Oscar Isaac Corey Johnson and Sonoya Mizuno Director: Alex Garland Synopsis: Ex Machina is about a coder named Caleb Smith (Gleeson) who wins the workplace lottery to spend time with his brilliant boss for a week at his remote estate. When Caleb gets to his house, he is told to interact with an A.I robot in a series of conversations and report back to his boss, Nathan (Isaac). Nathan wonders if Ava (Vikander ), the artificial intelligence robot’s personality is equal or greater to that of a normal human being. Review Annihilation's director Alex Garland is back at it again. Ex Machina is a riveting sci-fi thriller that will keep you on the edge of your seat through the entire film. The stunning Alicia Vikander, the truly …show more content…
The first encounter between Caleb and Ava in particular, shows how much these actors can convey only using body language and few words. Using grey and red lights in darker hues makes this movie seem very mysterious and intriguing. The editing flowed nicely , the set designing was excellently done but the costumes would have to be one of my favourite things in the entire film. Ava’s costume in particular, was intricate and you could tell a lot of time and effort went into making it. There were a few times in the film that felt a bit drawn out but the thrilling scenes kept my attention and I couldn’t wait for what followed next. One thing I wished they did was elaborate more at the start. The start felt a little bit rushed and it would have been better if they put some scenes about why they were having a staff lottery and more about the main character Caleb. At first, I was a little bit unclear about the storyline but as it progressed it made more and more sense. Although the film had minor flaws, Ex Machina is a powerful, thought provoking film and definitely a film you need to
GATTACA, produced by Michael Shemberg, “is a Sci-Fi thriller about an all-too-human man who dares to defy a system a system obsessed with genetic perfection. Ethon Hawke stars as Vincent, an “In-Valid”, who assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to purse his goal of traveling into space, with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week or two before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect. With a relentless investigator in pursuit and the colleagues he has fallen in love with beginning to suspect his deception, Vincent’s dreams steadily unravel” (COLUMBIA PICTURES REVIEW).My favorite character from the film, GATTACA, is Vincent. Vincent, played by Ethon
When I watching this movie, I notice that I felt less separation from the movie. Initially I could not find a reason for that but, soon after I realize that the camera is not static but it wobbling slightly. In most movie, camera does not move and it creates the frame. In the other hand, this movie’s handheld camera type of camera works imitate the human eyesight feeling and make people feels like to experience the event in a movie as a one of the character. In this perspective, do not explain too much about the detail is emphasizing this experience. Consider these things, I really excited and enjoyed couple of scene which are the running through battle field and engaging to the baby. In the every day world, both scene is pretty rare to experience. For the battle field scene, majority of the people have avoiding to be in there so that is rare. The engaging to the baby experience is quite normal event for most people and of course it is grate experience but, in this movie setting, baby is extremely rare and seeing baby is truly miracle event. To emphasize and provide this miracle event, this camera work is perfect to apply.
10. Excellent Editing: There are many examples of extraordinary editing in the film, such as the brilliant summation of entire life of Kane's marriage in fifteen seconds.
Defiance is a movie based on a true story of four Polish Jewish Bielski brothers that were trying to survive from Nazi Army during World War II. The movie started with Hitler ordering his army to kill Poland’s Jewish Citizen. During that time, the Polish Police worked closely with Nazis and they gave the whereabout of Bielski’s location. The Nazis successful found and murdered the parents of Bielski brothers. After this event, the two older brothers, Tuvia and Zus, took the two younger siblings, Aasel and Aron, in Belorussian forest to hide and find a shelter. While they were settling in the forest, they invited several other Jews who are escaping from Nazis and create a little community in the forest. As a result, group norms were formed
The movie was not boring and had a lot of excitement I like the way this movie was made because they involved every character. In the end some of the characters had a happy ending they survived the war they suffered. For
The end of World War I, according to some European historians, occurred on May 8, 1945 or V-E Day. A day marking the change of the world’s enemy from Nazi Germany to Communist Russia. Fears of Communism, the totalitarian government of Soviet Russia, were invited through the use of propaganda in the media by the United States government. Illustrating this type of propaganda is the motion picture, The Red Menace released in 1949 by Republic Motion Pictures provides acumens of the fears and concerns on the minds of Americans during a period in America’s history known today as the Cold War.
Overall I would recommend people watching this film not just because it’s my favorite but because it shows a fulfilling story of heroism and wit. Showing the most entertaining and interesting characters which you can feel for. While being awestricken on how well the animation flows and the music matches each scene perfectly. Without a doubt Studio Gainax has made a wonderful piece for everyone to enjoy whether if you’re into animation, storytelling or simply the music.
The Contender, is a film about a woman who gets nominated to become the vice president of the United States. Senator Laine Hanson gets the nominee when the incumbent vice president dies in office. Both Democrats and Republicans oppose this nominee. Everyone generally assumes that a man will fill this position and Governor Jack Hathaway stands as the dominate candidate. Jack Hathaway made front headlines while he was on a fishing trip.
Analysis of Film Saving Private Ryan Saving Private Ryan is a film based on the horrific mission of a group. of soldiers who risked life and death to save one man private James. Ryan. The film begins on D-day when Private James Ryan is in an old war. Veteran visits the war memorial of his hero and the main character in the play Captain John Miller, played by Tom Hanks.
Moving forward in time, Ex Machina first aired in 2015 during a time of reform and progression. In the movie, we are presented to Ava, a robot built by Nathan. Nathan is the CEO of Bluebook, a popular search engine. Amusingly enough, Nathan builds Ava by using information that he obtains from those who use his website. Nathan decides to use the information from his users because he wants to emulate her behavior as that of a human, so he uses all that his users search as a way to determine human thought and capture that within Ava. Using the turning the test, Caleb must determine if Ava was able to manipulate him into thinking that she was not AI. However, after a while of Caleb and Ava being together, she falls in love with him.
Sex, love, depression, guilt, trust, all are topics presented in this remarkably well written and performed drama. The Flick, a 2014 Pulitzer Prize winning drama by Annie Baker, serves to provide a social commentary which will leave the audience deep in thought well after the curtain closes. Emporia State Universities Production of this masterpiece was a masterpiece in itself, from the stunningly genuine portrayal of the characters of Avery and Rose, to the realism found within the set, every aspect of the production was superb.
The first thing that comes to mind for me is the use of one of the first big plot point in the movie. It’s surprising to find out that it barely has any relevance to the movie. Or at least, not as much as it probably could have had. The moment played a minor role in Lightning’s character development, but nothing that couldn’t have been done without it. Also, even though the beginning and end of the movie was entertaining and very well done, everything in between felt like filler. Chances are, this entire middle part of the film could have been almost entirely reworked as long as they kept the main points, and the movie could have had more or less the same ending. I simply didn’t feel that this part of the film held as much
“The Mission” is based on a true story that occurred around the borderlands of Argentina, Paraguay and Brazil in the years 1750’s according to the film and history. The Treaty of Madrid of 1750 with the Spanish and Portuguese caused both havoc and death for the people of the Guarini and the members of the Jesuits. The Jesuits, members of the church, tried to bring Christianity and civilization to the natives while keeping at peace with Spain and Portugal. The Jesuits were the teachers for the natives; Teaching them not only the Christian religion but also civilization. Father Gabriel, a Jesuit, is first introduced in the film when he is showing his respects to a former Jesuit priest killed by the natives. He walks through the South American
Alex Garland’s movie, Ex Machina, seems to be another fantasy based film where humans create machines that are able to behaves as humans, but this film looks beyond behavior and into deeper concepts such as control of the mind and not just the body. A scene that displays this idea is when Caleb slashes into his arm and begins to push the blood out to ensure that he is still human and not a machine. Throughout this movie, especially in this particular scene, demonstrates main interaction with a robot, which then leads to minimal human interaction and sleepless nights. While this scene could have just been for attention or to add dramatic effect to the movie, but seeing the scene through a different perspective of other intellectual minds,
Full Metal Jacket is written and directed by Stanley Kubrick. The film was released in 1987 and it is starring Matthew Modine (Joker), Vincent D’Onofrio (Pyle), Adam Baldwin (Animal), and R. Lee Ermey ( Guy.Segr. Hartman).