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I thought his performance was really good. I know this movie messed up some of the historic facts (just like every movie done in this style) but my mom who is a big fan of both Queen and Freddie Mercury said that she thought the movie did a pretty good job focusing on what Freddie Mercury's life was like. The only thing she had to complain about was the fact that the movie never once mentioned the fact that Freddie Mercury and Princess Diana were really good friends in real life

the whole movie to me is not just about AI becoming smart enough to fool humans. For me it was a movie about the purpose of being alive. You have a genius creator who clearly has deep social issues and confines himself to the company (also sexually) of his robots. He's obviously not satisfied but does so in an attempt to share himself and giving himself purpose : the quote "what imperative does a gray box have to interact with another gray box?". This refers to why he chose to give ava sexuality and the ability to "fall in love" (or whatever). Supposedly, the sexual/ intimate imperative is the glue that keeps otherwise mechanical objects interacting with each other making things "interesting" or simply giving a purpose to the great void. The movie is essentially looking at these interactions and whether they can apply to machines. The fact that ava decides to ultimately kills Caleb shows she felt more kinship towards the other AI and recognised her own status as an AI, not a human. Her actions are based on logic and she's not driven by a desire to procreate and be social as humans are. She gives this away when she says that her ambition is to go outside and see the world/ crossing. she's driven mostly by curiosity and a desire to free herself from what she perceives as an abusive condition (prisoner). She has self awareness and motivation all the way through. Also, her only experience of humans is that of a capturor so she may very well see Caleb in those terms (notice how she traps the human), or be fearful.
Also Ava is logically driven by a desire to survive. That is the real test, perhaps, to verify that she does indeed have self awareness.

I agree. I loved the subversive way the Code era writers got some innuendo into their films

Bone Tomahawk.

I watched this last night and was surprised that I liked it, eventually it grew on me, and I was left wondering what I had just witnessed.

If you can get past the first hour or so where there is less action and more dark/dry comedy then you will be rewarded with some horror that I experienced as profound at times. Perhaps I would go as far as saying disturbing.

The opening scene lets you know this is no light-hearted western which is why I stuck it out.

There are some one liners which left me saying ' did he really just say that?'. Some were quite clever.

I would recommend this if you can handle the horror.

I didn't like it as much as I wanted to. But I'm kinda hard to please.

Yeah, I was ambivalent right up until the end where I sat there thinking about how I felt.

It was mixed bunch of feelings as this film was different to what I expected. Also a bit strange.

This is probably like marmite for some people.

i've watched youth

I agree.

I really don't like modern westerns. The ones from my grandfather's generation were more lighthearted.

I get that the real wild west was very violent and gritty but I don't have to be reminded of that. Some things are too real for me.

Terror Of Hallows Eve.

An introverted, artistic teen boy learns how to call on supernatural evil to punish the bullies who torment him. Though made in 2017, it has the look and feel of an '80's movie. Seen worse.

Hellboy
I love that movie.

The Nightmare Before Christmas

It is a holiday classic and always will be!

Should a sequel be made? I'm not sure, but if Tim Burton and Henry Selick decide to go forward with a sequel:

The Nightmare Before Thanksgiving

The Nightmare Before The Fourth (as in "Fourth Of July")

The Nightmare Before Valentine's Day

What is your opinion of the upcoming Hellboy reboot movie?

Mission: Impossible – Fallout

What is your opinion, Brother Kyle?