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24 Oct 2015

Another “Ex Machina” Review

I just love Ex Machina.  I love it probably because it represents something about life my professor once told me in architecture school (I think something profound): simple equates to complex, and simplistic equates to complicated.  A movie with a simplistic theme sometimes has a very confusing, complicated plotline.  Ex Machina only takes place in one location, and it only has 4 central characters (Ava, Caleb, Nathan, and Kyoko).  The movie has simple parameters, but it tackles a very complex theme central to contemporary society (artificial intelligence).  I’ve watched it multiple times (I have it on DVD), because each time I watch it, I come to a new realization about life.  Now I do understand why the title is Ex Machina instead of Ex Machine.  In Spanish, the word “machina” is feminine.  “Machina” in the title signifies the machine’s identity as a female, and the film depends on the lead machine being a female, so that Caleb falls in love with her.

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  1. Stacey Small says

    October 24, 2015 at 1:59 pm

    I haven't seen it. but maybe a reference to "Deus Ex Machina"? "God as Machine" is an "unexpected power or event saving a seemingly hopeless situation, especially as a contrived plot device in a play or novel." In Greek or Roman plays, it was when a god would pop up and fix things/move the plot along.

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    • JocularFulmination says

      October 28, 2015 at 2:14 am

      Please don't sully my blog with nonsensical comments.

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    • Stacey Small says

      October 29, 2015 at 2:17 pm

      It's not nonsense! I saw a Greek play the other day and they were all "This part is Deus Ex Machina" and I was all "YES! It's a thing."

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  2. JocularFulmination says

    November 8, 2015 at 10:16 pm

    I don't want my harsh attitude toward Stacey to discourage further discourse on here. It's just that Stacey has a way of using obnoxious verbiage to confuse readers, and instead of standing for this nonsense (like our philosophy professor did), I call her out on it.

    Reply

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