want to see it again

Rating: 8/10 (13 September 2015)

I had never heard of Isaac before, and I'm not a huge sci-fi fan, and this movie left me feeling hollow and hating technology. Maybe because I hate things like Android and all of its flaws, but this movie widened the gap in my love-love relationship with computing technology. I have a computer science degree from a good school, so the AI expressed in this wasn't something that completely baffled me. I had studied the works of Alan Turing (automata) and some courses in AI. So I like computing, and dislike what has become of it, at least in America, where the economy has collapsed after the towers of NYC fell. Lame software technology is everywhere, and the younger generation seems to gobble it up, despite obviously flaws ("bugs") everywhere and essentially no technical support anywhere. Just download a few apps from the Google Play Store, and wham! Bugs all up in your face, almost guaranteed. And every business has an app, much of which is crap. It's just a digital brochure. Everywhere you see it. So that explains my love-hate relationship that has come about lately.
Now, back to this movie. It left me with the same feeling that I get when I think how far we have NOT gotten in technology. Except for a few outdoor scenes showing Mother Nature, it feels very cold. The technology in this movie is meant to dazzle, on the surface, but fall flat on its face, for the most part. I think that's what the movie was trying to get across, in some respects. I want to watch it again, because it keeps creeping back into my mind, for some reason I'm not quite sure of.
I really like the acting. Isaac seemed to hit the nail on the head with being a sort of good guy, on the surface, in agreement with society, and just there to help. Really hard to explain, but his character was so unobviously creepy, that I want to watch him acting again, just to see what else I can read between the lines. Not a spoiler, but at the end, when he is about to bid farewell to his guest, he almost puts words in the mouth of his temporary companion, and speaks in such a way that makes it seem like he is a great guy with just a little quirkiness.
Really hard to explain, but if you like good acting, and aren't necessarily a sci-fi fan (I'm not really, but I liked Star Wars!), you would probably see what I'm talking about. And I guess this really is not a sci-fi movie, but a social commentary. I still remembering that I felt hollow after watching it, but it was obvious enough that was intentional. I really think Isaac delivered some of his lines in the movie better than any other actor could. I hope he becomes a household name, just to prove to myself that my hunch is correct. Hehe?
Give it a whirl.