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| marantzo |
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| bartist |
| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 9:46 am |
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billyweeds wrote: gromit wrote: I thought he meant artificial intelligence in general, not the movie AI.
But I was wrong back in the late 20th C ....
But I think you're right here. For myself, I have no desire to see Ex Machina, having had my fill of that premise with Her.
Yes, I meant artificial intelligence in general. I did a bit of work in the field, back in the 80s, and so got used to the acronym meaning that and not the silly Spielberg flick. My work made me pessimistic that true awareness was achievable, using the architectures available then. But the neural net hardware coming along now might be more promising.
I think ExM. could be the antidote to Her, in terms of showing the profound deficits one could encounter in an AI, but i can certainly understand just being sick of the whole theme. |
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| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 5:41 pm |
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bartist wrote: ...the silly Spielberg flick.
How kind you are. Would that the Kubrick-Spielberg flick were only "silly." It was gargantuan and unbearable. The only thing I remember about it was the loudest collective audience groan in my history at the movies when, after the already cruelly long film seemed to be over and fully half the crowd was on its feet and putting on its coats, a legend appeared on the screen: "100,000 Years Later." Not sure about the time span but it was ginormous. And down we sat again for another hour that seemed like ten. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 7:28 pm |
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That movie was not worth seeing, but I didn't leave the theatre. The only thing liked was Jude Law's parts. And then the extra part of the movie was unbelievably stupid. (I think it was supposed to be a comedy) 
Almost always a stupid ending is done by Spielberg. |
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| carrobin |
| Posted: Tue Apr 28, 2015 8:19 pm |
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| Gotta say I loved the scenes of Manhattan skyscrapers jutting up out of the sea. I wouldn't say that was worth the price of the film, but I saw it for free (my last year with the film class). |
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| knox |
| Posted: Wed Apr 29, 2015 11:13 pm |
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| Forget the robophobia and see ex Machina for Oscar Isaac as a liquour guzzling Bill Gates type who keeps you wondering how amoral he might really be. What a talent Isaac is. Further expressions of my man-crush over in Couch... |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:30 am |
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knox wrote: Forget the robophobia and see ex Machina for Oscar Isaac as a liquour guzzling Bill Gates type who keeps you wondering how amoral he might really be. What a talent Isaac is. Further expressions of my man-crush over in Couch...
My Isaac man-crush peaked with his (IMO) film-stealing turn in Drive. Since then I've been sorta lukewarm on Inside Llewayn Davis and A Most Violent Year. He's a talent for sure, though. |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 12:51 am |
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The French-Belgian movie "Two Days, One Night", written and directed by the Dardenne brothers, is a simple story of ordinary working folks, about their greed and generosity. Marion Cotillard is, as usual, grand and was nominated for an Oscar. The movie has garnered 36 international awards. Touching.
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| gromit |
| Posted: Sun May 03, 2015 5:42 am |
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I watched the first 15 minutes without English subtitles.
Didn't look that interesting, but hard to judge.
I returned the disc and exchanged it for a French-Canadian film Mommy which was okay, and had the all-important English words on the screen. . .
I reviewed Mommy two pages back in Current ... |
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| Ghulam |
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 2:58 am |
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I liked "Ex Machina" a lot. It has a good story which has been well dramatized. While "Her" was more fun to watch, "Ex Machina" treats the topic of Artificial Intelligence seriously, reviving Kubrick's theme of the "spiteful robot" Hal with psychological sophistication.
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sat May 09, 2015 5:45 am |
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| Been hearing enough good stuff about Ex Machina that I may have to cave and see it. But will probably WFC. Meanwhile, tomorrow I will see Kristen Wiig in Welcome to Me, which sounds right up my alley. Perfect Mother's Day movie to see with my favorite mother, also known as my wife. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 1:03 pm |
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| Gonna have to postpone Welcome to Me. Wife had a bout of food poisoning or something so Mother's Day will be limited in scope. She's feeling better, but slowly, slowly. |
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| marantzo |
| Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 1:08 pm |
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| Happy Mother's Day Dolores! (is her name correct?) |
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| Posted: Sun May 10, 2015 1:27 pm |
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Very sorry to hear that, Weeds. I have experienced food poisoning and know how deathly ill one can feel. I have found ginger to be helpful, in the recovery phase.
WtoMe is not at the crapoplex here. We were going to try The Age of Adeline, whose main draw is that it looks better than te other junk there. Anyone seen this. Reviews seem mixed, bt there is praise for Harrison Ford's perf, as well as Blake Lively's. |
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| billyweeds |
| Posted: Mon May 11, 2015 10:41 am |
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| Thanks for the well-wishing for Dolores. The sickness has run its course and presumably we shall be viewing Welcome to Me soon. Meanwhile we have to see last night's Mad Men while avoiding all internet references which will include spoilers. |
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