Ex Machina

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The Big Picture

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Connected to

Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Ex Machina → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Anchorman is a great directorial debut we do not rate as highly, because comedies are held in lower esteem.
    “the anchorman question is about comedies in general”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:45:28 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

Gone Baby Gone: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Gone Baby Gone → Ex Machina. Affleck's actor debut turned out to be good, much like Ex Machina coming later in a career.
    “that was much like X Machina.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:48:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

Kiss Kiss Bang Bang: 1 line contrast ×1

  1. contrast (contrast): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Ex Machina. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's thing, while Garland came from nowhere and arrived fully formed.
    “Which is whereas whereas Kiss, Kiss, K Bang, Bang, is Shane Black's thing.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:46:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

Oscar Isaac: 1 line career ×1

  1. career (career): Ex Machina → Oscar Isaac. Ex Machina launched Oscar Isaac to the top of the A-list, a rare thing a film can do.
    “He just jumped to the top of the A-list.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:46:16 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

Sexy Beast: 1 line craft ×1

  1. craft (craft): Sexy Beast → Ex Machina. Glazer, like Garland, applies the control and style of music-video days to a conventional genre story.
    “very similar to Garland, in so far as the amount of control and style”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

Titanic filmmaker: 1 line verdict ×1

  1. verdict (verdict): Ex Machina → Titanic filmmaker. Garland announces himself as a titanic filmmaker with his debut.
    “Garland announces himself as like, a Titanic fucking filmmaker”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:47:23 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

Where it came up

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career (2)

  1. career (career): Ex Machina → Oscar Isaac. Ex Machina launched Oscar Isaac to the top of the A-list, a rare thing a film can do.
    “He just jumped to the top of the A-list.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:46:16 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. career (career): Gone Baby Gone → Ex Machina. Affleck's actor debut turned out to be good, much like Ex Machina coming later in a career.
    “that was much like X Machina.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:48:35 · Sean Fennessey (0.70 sure it was them)

contrast (2)

  1. contrast (contrast): Ex Machina → Anchorman: The Legend of Ron Burgundy. Anchorman is a great directorial debut we do not rate as highly, because comedies are held in lower esteem.
    “the anchorman question is about comedies in general”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:45:28 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)
  2. contrast (contrast): Kiss Kiss Bang Bang → Ex Machina. Kiss Kiss Bang Bang is Shane Black's thing, while Garland came from nowhere and arrived fully formed.
    “Which is whereas whereas Kiss, Kiss, K Bang, Bang, is Shane Black's thing.”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:46:51 · Sean Fennessey (0.55 sure it was them)

craft (1)

  1. craft (craft): Sexy Beast → Ex Machina. Glazer, like Garland, applies the control and style of music-video days to a conventional genre story.
    “very similar to Garland, in so far as the amount of control and style”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 1:00:15 · Sean Fennessey (0.85 sure it was them)

verdict (1)

  1. verdict (verdict): Ex Machina → Titanic filmmaker. Garland announces himself as a titanic filmmaker with his debut.
    “Garland announces himself as like, a Titanic fucking filmmaker”
    The Big Picture · Top Five Gen X Director Debuts, the Fate of ‘Black Widow,’ and a Potential Oscars Disaster · 0:47:23 · Brian Koppelman (0.80 sure it was them)

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