Automata (Autómata) (2014)
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" This wasn't an especially fascinating or fresh idea for a movie. It's a story we know all the beats to by now. But it looked very lovely. Beautifully filmed, and a great melancholy atmosphere. I thought I'd be bored with it, and truly I did not care very much what most of the characters had to say, especially the big bad corporate goons. But it held my interest to see these great clunky robots maneuvering painfully slow and wobbly through the whole thing, with no CGI until the very end. It was "
" I wanted so much to like this. Banderas in an A.I. film? Yes, please! It was a bit long and quite sad, though. I'm not about that life. I'd say, don't waste your time on it and check out Ex-Machina or re-watch Blade Runner. You'll be more satisfied in the end."
"First viewing – Nov. 16th Beyond the events that caused this dystopian future, there’s not much original about this movie but it compensates for that fact by being consistently entertaining and investing in its main character so that we care about him. I also dug some of the visuals plus the fact that the robots were made via practical effects instead of being entirely CGI. For a lower budget sci-fi film it was definitely worth watching once. Currently streaming on Netflix"
"directed by Gabe Ibáñez Bulgaria | USA | Spain | Canada 2014 Dystopian, Sci-Fi, Post-Apocalyptic "