![]() ![]() I mean I disagree with most of what you said but interesting points regardless. What reason would a grey box have to interact with another grey box? to have the same basic psychology as we do to want to meet people, spread out, avoid death, gain knowledge, try new things.) Nathan, the inventor of the robot in Ex Machina, compared AI to a grey box. Why an AI would have to not only be sentient but also sapient (i.e. Why? What would an AI "want," exactly?Įx Machina, in particular, actually addressed the tricky question of robot motivation. I also don't understand the logic of why she suddenly evolved from being stuck in apartment to controlling the whole world. An AI that is programmed to fall in love with you is A) pretty creepy and B) something of a closed box from an intellectual point of view. It could have worked if the apartment or Phoenix were interesting or engaging to look at, but it just all falls spectacularly flat.įinally, I just couldn't give a monkeys about any of the super serious themes that it allegedly explored. She ended up being just a floating disembodied voice. The moviemakers seemed to be more interested in what they could take away rather than give. I couldn't get with Her (Scarlett Johannson) at all. In other words, the exact opposite of this guy. I didn't even vaguely buy him as a professional greeting card writer: such a person would have to be extroverted and charismatic, seeing the good in all people and especially themselves. I think even a Tamagotchi would have shorted out its own batteries rather than spend another minute with him. The Joaquin Phoenix character was a boring, irredeemable sadsack. But from the very first scene to the very last, there was just nothing for me here. So it's fair to say that I was willing to give Her more than a fighting chance. I would rate Jonze's previous movie Adaptation (2002) as one of the greatest, and certainly the cleverest, movies ever made. I feel that the comparable movies Ex Machina and Blade Runner 2049 did a much better job with their themes of what it means to love and to be human. ![]() I failed to connect with anything that was going on at all, and found myself pretty much counting down the minutes until it was over. This movie was a complete misfire for me. ![]()
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