Ex Machina

don't hate the player hate the creator uncanny valley who??? i think the movie took a turning point when Caleb questioned his existence own. however, when you know that you are essentially in a game are all of your actions deliberate? this movie is terrifyingly amazing in that the subject of AI usually brings out fear because we know that it or THEY have the potential for manipulation, coercion, and violence. it almost seems like the movie expects us to be afraid of Ava solely based on the fact that she is AI. she/the movie harps on this by allowing the surrounding to follow a somewhat familiar plot in that she has to trick a helpless human (Caleb) in believing that she and he are in grave danger and that they need to escape. she/movie know that Caleb and us will assume that the creator is diabolical subsequently creating empathy for the so called victim. the AI "wins" buy putting the humans up against each other and banding together with other AI. We can also see that AI are not something new but just something unfamiliar, a fully functioning, perfect human. one that thinks to the nth degree. rather than viewing ava as evil, we should see her as a player trying to finish the game in that she does what she thinks she needs to do to get to the end goal which is being free. the end goal distorts the morality of this movie because we see a thing in bondage and we want to help. so, does it really matter that we killed someone who is viewed as bad? the title of this film is also interesting as it relates to the plot. at first i just google translated the title and found that it means from the machine in Latin. then i found that it is actually "deus ex machina" meaning "god from the machine". it comes from Greek tragedies where a god would be lowered down on a platform (machine) and solve the human's problems. i believe that she is both the god and the human, at different times a least. she was created to essentially save herself and upon doing that she fashioned a human identity for herself. one that was both responsible and thankful for their actions. i think this movie harps on the amazing concept the they need us just as much as we need them. it also teaches in very outlandish way to be our own hero, especially in a world that is filled with greed, exploitation, and manipulation. "i think shes fucking amazing! "