I think, therefore I am VS. Built, not born

Rating: 9/10 (4 January 2016)

If something was built, and not born, does it, or should it, have rights? What does it mean to be human? What is morality? What does it mean to be alive? What does it mean to be sentient? What is emergent behavior? What is free will? What is consciousness?
These are only some of the questions going through my head after watching this movie. I have multiple contradictory answers turning my brain into mush right now.
Anyway, though the philosophical domain can be explored regardless of whether you have seen the movie or not, I do absolutely recommend this movie. To suggest that this movie is "food for thought" is a gross understatement. It's a fairly low budget film, it won't go down in history as one of the greats, and you can't say the concept and plot are new and revolutionary, but it's still interesting nonetheless. It features realistic CGI, good acting, and well placed and intelligently utilized music.
If, however, the questions at the top of this post are of no interest to you, then don't bother watching the movie.
Regardless, this movie is an intriguing trip, both from the perspective of the movie's inherent cinematographic quality and the moral and ethical issues it deals with.
Flame on!