Ex Machina (Blu-ray SteelBook) (Zavvi Exclusive) [UK]

[snooloui]

Release date: June 1st, 2015
Purchase link: Ex_Machina
Price: £21.99
Notes: Embossed Front with Gloss Varnish Finish and Debossed Reverse. Limited to 2,000 copies.
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Posted here 12:09pm EST, May 7 as received from Zavvi

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[Jediah]

This thing is gorgeous. And what a good film too. Can't wait till mine comes in!

 

[BluSteel2012]

if it was hollywood, there would have been a gun battle in the opening scenes, the research compound would have exploded and samual l jackson would have been in it.

Lol!

What a coincidence. Coz I heard Michael Bay is doing the U.S. remake. It's 2hrs 45m long!!

 

[digitalbabe]

Lol!

What a coincidence. Coz I heard Michael Bay is doing the U.S. remake. It's 2hrs 45m long!!

So one of his shorter ones then? LMAO

 

[Sounder]

that's the consequence of what i'm talking about. film makers who arent in hollywood but want that level of success/exposure essentially have to cater to the american market. who is to say that all the characters american accents were integral to the story, or merely a selling device- ie catering to the american market.

but that is why i think this film is so good, because overall, it isnt hollywood. it has hollywood production values, but the tone, the pace, the angle taken on the subject matter- not hollywood. as psychoscot said, it feels like a european film. if it was hollywood, there would have been a gun battle in the opening scenes, the research compound would have exploded and samual l jackson would have been in it.

Don't forget Nicolas Cage would have come in and saved the day!

The film was absolutely set in America. I don't think it had anything to do with catering to the American market. If Alex Garland needed to do that, he would have made a lot of other changes to the film. I think it was set in America because we have by far the highest concentration of Billionaires.. and I also think Oscar Isaac's character was based party on that of Elon Musk, who although is not American, has resided in The U.S. for over the past couple decades. Also, Domhnall Gleeson's character was from Long Island...but had a Western U.S. accent, and not a Long Island one, which i found interesting... Maybe he just lived there and was not from there, I would have to watch the film again to hear exactly what he said....

 

[psychoscot]

Don't forget Nicolas Cage would have come in and saved the day!

The film was absolutely set in America. I don't think it had anything to do with catering to the American market. If Alex Garland needed to do that, he would have made a lot of other changes to the film. I think it was set in America because we have by far the highest concentration of Billionaires.. and I also think Oscar Isaac's character was based party on that of Elon Musk, who although is not American, has resided in The U.S. for over the past couple decades. Also, Domhnall Gleeson's character was from Long Island...but had a Western U.S. accent, and not a Long Island one, which i found interesting... Maybe he just lived there and was not from there, I would have to watch the film again to hear exactly what he said....

It wasn't set in the US, anyone that knows Norway knows where it was set. The Norwegian landscape played a big part of the films external look which many critics commented was beautiful.

 

[Sounder]

It wasn't set in the US, anyone that knows Norway knows where it was set. The Norwegian landscape played a big part of the films external look which many critics commented was beautiful.

Where a film is set, and where it is actually filmed are two different things. It's funny, I never heard any of the Lord of the Rings characters mention they were in New Zealand.

It was filmed in Norway, yes I'm aware of that. I watched the special features. But, we were lead to believe that it took place, in the film, in America. There is nothing in the film that tells us that he took a long international flight from the US to Europe. We are lead to believe his "bunker/research facility" was in the same country as where Domhnall lived and where the office was....

 

[psychoscot]

Where a film is set, and where it is actually filmed are two different things. It's funny, I never heard any of the Lord of the Rings characters mention they were in New Zealand.

It was filmed in Norway, yes I'm aware of that. I watched the special features. But, we were lead to believe that it took place, in the film, in America. There is nothing in the film that tells us that he took a long international flight from the US to Europe. We are lead to believe his "bunker/research facility" was in the same country as where Domhnall lived and where the office was....

Not in the film I watched.

 

[Hamill82]

I have been in Norway, climbed some mountains there many years ago, very beautiful and breathtaking. The landscape in Ex_Machina was one of the great aspects of the film also. Overall this is probably the most significant movie for me in many years and I have already seen it 3 times. It keeps rising and rising in my books and I'm sure it's gonna be one of those movies that people talk about 20 years from now. For those that hesitate getting the steelbook, I recommend to pick a copy now even though the price has doubled, it's worth it and will become the Grail

 

[levi]

We are lead to believe his "bunker/research facility" was in the same country as where Domhnall lived and where the office was....

i think the compound is set in Alaska, but yeh, it was filmed in norway.

 

[psychoscot]

I have been in Norway, climbed some mountains there many years ago, very beautiful and breathtaking. The landscape in Ex_Machina was one of the great aspects of the film also. Overall this is probably the most significant movie for me in many years and I have already seen it 3 times. It keeps rising and rising in my books and I'm sure it's gonna be one of those movies that people talk about 20 years from now. For those that hesitate getting the steelbook, I recommend to pick a copy now even though the price has doubled, it's worth it and will become the Grail

Yep! Norway can't be substitited for anywhere else as there is nowhere like it anywhere on this planet. Europeans and some well studied Americans will instantly know where it is. Films like LOTR could have been filmed many places, Jackson just doesn't like leaving his country. New Zealand looks like many area's of Scotland, Canada, central Europe and even parts of the US. Norway on the other hand stands completely alone. The film makes no real reference to where it is set other than it was a long time travelling to get there. Education tells us he moved to the northern Norwegian landscape miles from anyone.

 

[bam777]

What a beauty! It even has The Terminator peeking in the background.

 

[harry]

 

[charlie1533pr]

The steelbook of the year including the most boring sci-fi movie this year. IMO!

 

[MrBMT]

including the most boring sci-fi movie this year. IMO!

This movie really seems to divide people doesn't it? Some people think it's the best thing since sliced bread, where as others think it's dull as dishwater.

 

[Filmbloke]

This movie really seems to divide people doesn't it? Some people think it's the best thing since sliced bread, where as others think it's dull as dishwater.

Others think it's both!

 

[Geek Tragedy]

I personally appreciate a sci-fi movie that does not feel it has to contain any ridiculous half hour long city leveling bozo destructo action sequences. I was not bored for a single second with this movie but I'm not a youngster with ADD. I actually have the attention span of a normal adult.

 

[nefilim]

I have been in Norway, climbed some mountains there many years ago, very beautiful and breathtaking. The landscape in Ex_Machina was one of the great aspects of the film also. Overall this is probably the most significant movie for me in many years and I have already seen it 3 times. It keeps rising and rising in my books and I'm sure it's gonna be one of those movies that people talk about 20 years from now. For those that hesitate getting the steelbook, I recommend to pick a copy now even though the price has doubled, it's worth it and will become the Grail

another Finnish Ninja ! terppa !

The steelbook of the year including the most boring sci-fi movie this year. IMO!

shame on you.

 

[Hamill82]

another Finnish Ninja ! terppa !



shame on you.

Nefilim It's me Hamill . I guess they used neuralyzer?

 

[nefilim]

Nefilim It's me Hamill . I guess they used neuralyzer?

oh yeah, sorry - my memory ain't what it used to be.

 

[lolwut]

I personally appreciate a sci-fi movie that does not feel it has to contain any ridiculous half hour long city leveling bozo destructo action sequences. I was not bored for a single second with this movie but I'm not a youngster with ADD. I actually have the attention span of a normal adult.

Some people would rather watch another Marvel film that follows the same Hollywood formula every film. That's boring to me, no matter how many CGI explosions there are.