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Is Ex Machina worth watching?
Ex Machina isn’t a good movie. It’s a great movie! One of the best science-fiction(esque) films I’ve seen in years, with brilliant performances (by Oscar Isaac in particular) and intriguing themes being told through almost flawless storytelling.
Is Ex Machina scary?
There is a creepy inevitability to Ex Machina that distinguishes the movie both as a work of modern horror and of prescient science fiction. You watch it not only knowing that something bad is going to happen, but that when it happens, it will likely go down both in the theater and in the real world.
What is Ex Machina movie about?
Caleb Smith (Domhnall Gleeson) a programmer at a huge Internet company, wins a contest that enables him to spend a week at the private estate of Nathan Bateman (Oscar Isaac), his firm’s brilliant CEO. When he arrives, Caleb learns that he has been chosen to be the human component in a Turing test to determine the capabilities and consciousness of Ava (Alicia Vikander), a beautiful robot. However, it soon becomes evident that Ava is far more self-aware and deceptive than either man imagined.
Ex Machina/Film synopsis
What was the budget for Ex Machina?
15 million USD
Ex Machina/Budget
An independent film made on a budget of just $15 million, Ex Machina tells the story of Caleb, a lonely 24 year old coder who wins a competition to spend a week at a private mountain retreat belonging to Nathan, the reclusive CEO of his company.
Was Ex Machina a book?
Ex Machina is an American creator-owned comic book series, created by Brian K. Vaughan and Tony Harris and published by DC Comics under the Wildstorm imprint.
Why is the film called Ex Machina?
Why is it called Ex Machina? The term “Deus Ex Machina” means “god from the machine.” It comes from ancient Greek theater, when actors playing gods would be carried onto stage by a machine. But this film is just called “Ex Machina” without the “Deus.” A machine without a god.
Where is the ex machina house?
Norway
In the 2015 film “Ex Machina,” a neurotic tech billionaire creates an artificially intelligent humanoid robot inside his mansion in the woods. In real life, the mansion isn’t even a home at all — it’s the Juvet Landscape Hotel in Valldal, Norway.