Meh ...

Rating: 4/10 (19 July 2015)

I wanted to like this. I really wanted to like this. It was made for people like me. But the script did not save it. No action, one boring location, and characters I didn't care about (except Kyoko). This could have been so much more - gorgeous AI, crazy billionaire, sycophant employee. But for me it fell flat. Everything that happened I saw coming a mile away.
It's certainly worth a watch, but I'd save it for an airplane. Sure, it's not as bad as Spielberg's AI (another botched opportunity). We aren't told what Nathan relied on when he programmed Ava, we have very little background on him. There is no character development, there are no character arcs. The movie is gorgeous, don't get me wrong on that. But it needs ... something. It doesn't make me care.
Is it me?