Transcendence - 9/05/2014
Before going watching Transcendence, I had heard a few reviews, all of them slating the film, the critics did not like this one. Only Mark Kermode gave it a reasonable review.
So I went to this expecting to the mildly entertained and eventually let down, I wasn't
I was really interested in the story and the characters and, for me, for the first time in a long time Johnny Depp was not being an over-the-top caricature.
Mr Depp plays Dr Will Caster, whose ideas on Artificial Intelligence raise questions on what it is to be human and if creating the perfect AI is meddling in god like territory. A terrorist group called R.I.F.T orchestrates an attack on the leading companies on AI and Dr Caster is shot with a radiated bullet. His partner, Rebecca Hall, decides to "Transcend" his brain into the already created AI program to help save her dying husband.
The question is, "Is this Dr Caster's conscience, or the original AI wanting to expand (a la Skynet)"
I was thoroughly entertained for the full running time (although contradictory, in retrospect, it was a little too long), the concept really made me think and then ending was not a fluffy Holywood one. Clare and I talked all the way home about this one. I know it was not a film Clare truly enjoyed, but it did raise discussion.
Kata Mara's character, as the leader of RIFT, was a little over used and seemingly pointless for the whole second part of the film, they could have cut her completely. Morgan Freeman plays Morgan Freeman, but Rebecca Hall and Paul Bettany are excellent
I would say avoid reviews on this one (except mine of course), go and watch it and form your own opinion, or wait till it is out on Netflix.
Made me a little excited for Interstellar
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