[OT] The Movies Thread III: Watch, Discuss and Have Fun! No Open Spoilers!

[shahbakht]

​Ex Machina (2015)


I love techno thrillers and this was one of the best. It had a simple setup (if AI has reached the point of consciousness or not?) but it built it in a way that felt fresh and intriguing (unlike generic movies like Transcendence).


Alex Garland has written some pretty interesting movies (28 Days Later being my favorite) and he brought the same social critique and thought provoking sensitivity to his directorial debut, which is stylish, thrilling and at the end, chilling.


The setting consists of a remote location of a genius recluse played brilliantly by the ever impressive Oscar Isaac. Domnhall Gleeson is the viewer substitute, and we see him from becoming a naive coder to a doubting cynic. Alicia Vikander is the machine which is the central mystery of the movie and probably stole the show from its capable leads.


I will watch this movie again, I am sure. It makes you think, it involves you and absorbs you.


P.S. If you like stuff like this, I recommend Black Mirror.

8.5/10

 

[Spartan 117]

Kingsman: The Secrete Service
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"Manners Maketh Man."

This is one of those movies that completely takes you by surprise. I enjoyed it immensely. James Bond type-ish british spy film, but with way WAY more wack and awesomeness. Matthew Vaughn is a great director. I've watched all of his films (except Layer Cake) and the guy just has a knack of delivering really enjoyable/entertaining movies (Stardust, Xmen - First class, Kick ass).

The cast delivered great performances all round. Colin Firth simply KICKED ASS. Loved his character and how classy yet deadly he was. Taron Egerton, the protagonist, was some nobody to me before I saw this movie. Now, he is a star in the making. Samuel L.Jackson, while didn't stole the show or anything, was a pretty good villain with a funny lisp condition.

The plot actually felt somewhat fresh and wasn't your typical 'Take over the world' type scenarios that you see in this genre. Although I have see the main mechanism elsewhere, the reasons for doing, the justification and all that was something that I could standby with. Also, the movie had some messages about over reliance on smartphones, privacy hacks etc which I really liked.

Coming to the action, let me just say that it was just awesome. The pacing was so well done that many scenes had me on the edge of my seat with my heart thumping like crazy. The hand to hand scenes were also well executed. Full of gore, long takes, class and no excessive shaky cam and fast cuts bullshit. Add dark humor layer to it all and it was just a wonder to watch it all. The Church scene in particular really WOWED me.

Sound effects and OSTs were also perfectly edited in scenes, enhancing the experience, adding more adrenaline, class, humor etc as required.

The only complaint I had was that the movie tried to develop some romance and while I'm REALLY glad it didn't linger on it, it did kinda felt out of place and just tacked on.

Overall, it's the best movie of this year so far for me. I just hate myself for not seeing it in the cinema.

8.6/10

 

[Spartan 117]

Ex Machina
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I love movies, or anything in general, dealing with artificial intelligence and the like. It is such an interesting realm to me.

Ex Machina is a film about a young programmer in a big company comparable to Google, who wins a lottery of sorts, which entails him to stay at the Boss's place and be a part in his latest project, A.I.

There aren't many characters in this movie and for a movie like this to be interesting, the few characters HAVE to do a great job. The main dude was the only one who I felt like wasn't that good. Oscar Isaac, who plays the Boss/Genius, was awesome. He wasn't your typical rich/boss/genius douche. The one who stole though was Alicia Vikander, who plays the A.I Ava. She did a great job of depicting a high level artificial intelligence.

Now the movie really doesn't get into much introduction or world building. It actually felt really rushed in the beginning and just takes our protagonist to the place where rest of the movie will unfold. And that MAGIC of A.I was kinda missing. But afterwards, it very slowly starts to create tension. There is nothing but conversations but you can feel the tension building up and up and things often revealed aren't what they seemed. The pacing sometimes did become snail like though. The ending felt somewhat anti-climatic but at the same time, all the slow build up tension got released in the same slow manner and had this really chilling sensation.

Best thing about this movie for me were the questions like What it means to be human? How this technological world defines each and everyone of us etc etc. Stuff like this makes you go deep in thought long after the movie is finished.

I do think that people are really overrating it. A decent sci-fi thriller nonetheless.

7.2/10

 

[Khawaja]

Spoiler: show

In the comic the church scene is at the beginning. Only its a typical wedding where after the wows the bride and groom slit each others throats, and what proceeds is anybodys guess.

The ending is also epic. The villain succeeds in firing the satellite but the heros reprogram the signals to induce opposite signals... so the whole world dissolves in one massive orgy (evil)

Hahaha, that must have been awesome

 

[LiV3 WiR3]

Ex Machina
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I love movies, or anything in general, dealing with artificial intelligence and the like. It is such an interesting realm to me.

Ex Machina is a film about a young programmer in a big company comparable to Google, who wins a lottery of sorts, which entails him to stay at the Boss's place and be a part in his latest project, A.I.

There aren't many characters in this movie and for a movie like this to be interesting, the few characters HAVE to do a great job. The main dude was the only one who I felt like wasn't that good. Oscar Isaac, who plays the Boss/Genius, was awesome. He wasn't your typical rich/boss/genius douche. The one who stole though was Alicia Vikander, who plays the A.I Ava. She did a great job of depicting a high level artificial intelligence.

Now the movie really doesn't get into much introduction or world building. It actually felt really rushed in the beginning and just takes our protagonist to the place where rest of the movie will unfold. And that MAGIC of A.I was kinda missing. But afterwards, it very slowly starts to create tension. There is nothing but conversations but you can feel the tension building up and up and things often revealed aren't what they seemed. The pacing sometimes did become snail like though. The ending felt somewhat anti-climatic but at the same time, all the slow build up tension got released in the same slow manner and had this really chilling sensation.

Best thing about this movie for me were the questions like What it means to be human? How this technological world defines each and everyone of us etc etc. Stuff like this makes you go deep in thought long after the movie is finished.

I do think that people are really overrating it. A decent sci-fi thriller nonetheless.

7.2/10

I agree that it's overrated. It wasn't bad or anything, but it was kinda' boring. Now, I watch a lot of slow paced movies, and that's no excuse for a film to be boring.

 

[Spartan 117]

I agree that it's overrated. It wasn't bad or anything, but it was kinda' boring. Now, I watch a lot of slow paced movies, and that's no excuse for a film to be boring.

Yeah, slow paced=/=boring.
Lots of awesome movies are slow paced.

 

[manigamer]

[MENTION=8060]abobobilly[/MENTION] damn the brrip is censored ?> while i saw it here in dha cinema there was nothing censored even the a** scene at the end LOL nothing was the brrip must be from an asian rip coz i heard ppl in malaysia etc asian regions most of em got the church scene censored... but not in pk we got nuff gore some mild movie gore do no harm haha
[MENTION=39702]K3yser[/MENTION] damn didn't knew there was a comic

 

[AdamenTaha]

Agree, outstanding film. By the way, wasn't it Get Mart reference about the shoe & phone?
And the church scene

 

[psycho cash]

Project Almanac : What a waste. It could have been much much better 5/10.


Ex Machine: The start was very slow i was feeling sleepy while watching it. I don’t know why it’s so over rated in imdb and rotten tomatoes. Not to good not to baad 6/10.


Focus: First half was brilliant. But when I thought it was building up nicely and end would be great like football stadium scene or something like that than it collapse real bad 5/10.


Home: Strange name for Aliens “The Boovs” it feels occurred whenever they say the name in movie (if you know what I mean :lol. Overall it was fun. There were some funny dialogues and names like The Shusher, The Slushies, Pigcat. Music was great and why not Rihana is in it so the music has to be good. 7/10.


Chappie: I don’t understand why the hell Hugh Jackman signed this movie. Movie was not that bad but Hugh Jackman’s role was and he was the only good actor in the movie. It was nice how they build up Chappie’s character as gangster robot 6/10.

 

[stonecoldazeem]

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Just watched the Epic "Mad Max Fury Road" in IMAX 3D. It was amazing. The direction by George Miller was Top Notch. Acting By Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron was Fantastic. But For Me it was Nicholas Hoult, who truly stole the show by his brilliant performance. I was eagerly waiting to watch this movie in 3d, and i didn't regret my decision. This Movie was Meant to b seen in IMAX, with its full glory!!! Do urself a favour guys, take some time & watch it in IMAX. I hope u'll hv a blast!!!!

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@abobobilly damn the brrip is censored ?> while i saw it here in dha cinema there was nothing censored even the a** scene at the end LOL nothing was the brrip must be from an asian rip coz i heard ppl in malaysia etc asian regions most of em got the church scene censored... but not in pk we got nuff gore some mild movie gore do no harm haha
@K3yser damn didn't knew there was a comic

sir, i agree with u. I watched it in cinestar as well, and that A****ole scene was in the movie, but when i downloaded the br rips it was censored, downloaded another one but it was censored as well. Btw, i read ur review of this movie & i laughed hard when u wrote that incident abt that particular scene!!! It was epic :-D

 

[shahoo]

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Just watched the Epic "Mad Max Fury Road" in IMAX 3D. It was amazing. The direction by George Miller was Top Notch. Acting By Tom Hardy, Charlize Theron was Fantastic. But For Me it was Nicholas Hoult, who truly stole the show by his brilliant performance. I was eagerly waiting to watch this movie in 3d, and i didn't regret my decision. This Movie was Meant to b seen in IMAX, with its full glory!!! Do urself a favour guys, take some time & watch it in IMAX. I hope u'll hv a blast!!!!

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sir, i agree with u. I watched it in cinestar as well, and that A****ole scene was in the movie, but when i downloaded the br rips it was censored, downloaded another one but it was censored as well. Btw, i read ur review of this movie & i laughed hard when u wrote that incident abt that particular scene!!! It was epic :-D

i am planning to watch it in nueplex,first time when i watched trailer of mad max,i planned to watch it on pc but its reviews are forcing me to watch it in 3d... and i think there's no imax in karachi.....

 

[manigamer]

[MENTION=41970]stonecoldazeem[/MENTION] haha YUP it was literally what happened

 

[stronecoldazeem]

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i am planning to watch it in nueplex,first time when i watched trailer of mad max,i planned to watch it on pc but its reviews are forcing me to watch it in 3d... and i think there's no imax in karachi.....

MADMAX is 1 of those movies, which u simply can't watch in home. It will b injustice with the movie itself, if u do it. Trust me, this movie can fully utilise the sheer potential of IMAX, and it truly deserves to b seen of big screen.

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[maryfarrukh]

Alright I gotta ask all of you loving Fury Road and rating it 9/10 and 10/10
How many of you have seen Mad Max (1979) and Mad Max The Road Warrior (1981)?

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[Spartan 117]

Chappie
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Chappie is the third film directed by Neill Blomkamp, the guy who directed the awesome District 9. And while I enjoyed his second film, Elysium, it was no where near as good as D9. And after watching this, I guess I'll have to wait for his next film in hopes of getting something equally good as D9.

Now, Chappie is set in a not so distant futuristic Johannesburg where police force is dominated by Robots and one of them gets a new programming which makes it a fully fledged A.I

Sharlto Copley did a great job voicing Chappie. Loved him. Hugh Jackman played the main antagonist, and while he was good in it, his character just wasn't fleshed out more. He ended up being cliche typical villain. Sigourney Weaver was totally wasted in the movie. Her role was very limited and could have been played by anyone. Dev Patel was Ok. Those Gangsters were NOT GOOD AT ALL. Sure they had their punk/hip style and all but as actors, MEH.

Chappie sets it self apart from most other A.I films in a way that the A.I is not directly connected to the internet when it is created or something like that. It doesn't get access to all the knowledge and stuff. So in a way, the A.I (Chappie) is like a new born baby and his development depends upon the people he reacts with and his surroundings. It was sort of a refreshing experience and I really liked it. Only the bummer was that he ended up with some punk ass gangsters. It just ruined a lot of possibilities. But it did provide with some really FUNNY scenes. I honestly laughed out loud at some points.

The action was pretty good. And the soundtrack was very varied and fitting, liked it a lot. CGI was mostly great.

There were some plot points that just felt too stupid or lame that suspension of disbelief just didn't cut it there.

But despite this movie's problems, it had heart, it made me care (For chappie) and ended up making me have a good time. If only some of the quirks weren't present and some plot points were different, this could have been a great film.

7.5/10

 

[wAnxTa]

Mad Max: Fury Road


Holy crap! LOUDEST. MOVIE. EVER. I have very mixed feelings about it. I went in with super high expectations seeing all the 9s and 10s but I am kinda in the middle somewhere. I absolutely loved the world they created and all the chaos that was going on but at a point it was just too much to intake and I wanted the movie to just end at that point but now that I am home I keep thinking about it and want to watch it again but don't know if I can go through all the loudness and explosions again.

Tom Hardy was an absolute delight to watch as always so was Charlize Theron, but i'd rather have taken more of Max than Furiosa.

+Absolute carnage.
+Incredible sound design and soundtrack.
+Tom Hardy

-Got a little too weapon-heavy
-Too much explosions -ign
-Got repetitive

I am confused. Excuse my negatives contradicting my positives. I am not gonna rate it.

Ok, went for the second time and I got rid of my confusion. I loved it even more this time! I give it a 9/10.

 

[Spartan 117]

Automata
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"Surviving is not relevant. Living is. We want to live."

Automata is a movie set in dystopian post apocalyptic future. Robots or the Automata were created to help humans survive and serve them and are programmed with certain protocols. Antonio Bandares plays an Insurance agent of the company who created these machines and is investigating cases where robots seem to be violating their protocols.

In some ways, this movie felt like Blade Runner+I, Robot. The city, the atmosphere, the human condition, all looks bleak and hopeless. The director certainly had a good vision. The execution of said vision left much to be desired though. The thing this movie excelled at was capturing the fear of characters in the movie from true A.I. We, the viewer really do feel a certain creepiness and eeriness when looking at pure cold expressionless Automata and the soundtrack accompanying it elevates the feeling. Went really well with the flow of the movie. Also, the Autmota were clunky and slow, kinda like how robots would be like in the near future, gave a sense of realism.

The human characters in the movie weren't interesting, nor were they well acted. Antonio was the only one felt somewhat good. I did like the Automata characters though, and their development was good-ish. The movie tried to shuffle between action and deep story and kinda failed at both. The action especially was lame and the story felt messy at times. Characters often behaved really stupidly.

Still, the world, the A.I depiction, the moral questions that arises with this stuff etc made for a decent watch overall.

7.3/10

 

[manigamer]

Alright I gotta ask all of you loving Fury Road and rating it 9/10 and 10/10
How many of you have seen Mad Max (1979) and Mad Max The Road Warrior (1981)?

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i have the trilogy yes ! an year or two back... it was good for its time, still is some parts plus the hero was really mad max but in this its a mix of all the characters and such... furiousa being one of the strong characters. as i said in my review max talked less but in the end it was proven that he was the better of them all knowing what was right for them all along !

 

[opethian]

A question to all mad max fury road fans, is this movie a sequel to trilogy or a remake of any one part or a milkshake of all 3?
Cause despite its strange stupid stunts n pathetic acting, first mad max was totally different n more natural than rest of the sequels n from all reviews, I just get one thing, just action scenes. It's gud mad max is being rebooted.


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[manigamer]

A question to all mad max fury road fans, is this movie a sequel to trilogy or a remake of any one part or a milkshake of all 3?
Cause despite its strange stupid stunts n pathetic acting, first mad max was totally different n more natural than rest of the sequels n from all reviews, I just get one thing, just action scenes. It's gud mad max is being rebooted.


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this is a reboot......