Extra Sauce
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One of the best sci-fi or romantic films I've seen in a long time.
'Her' - A romance of a man and his Operating System [spoilers!]
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KolosLazar16
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The movie is a (remarkably well done) bait and switch. It's a movie about getting over someone.
Freewheelin'
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One of the most well-written films in the last few years. Incredibly believable relationships. Phoenix is one of the best actors of his generation.
I love this film. I think it captures the feeling of isolation and loneliness really well, and there's a lot of depth with its messages that really resonated with me. It's not a commentary on technology like a lot of people I know thought it was.
I put it up there with Eternal Sunshine and Lost in Translation as the best relationship films.
I put it up there with Eternal Sunshine and Lost in Translation as the best relationship films.
Watched it out of curiosity, since i was into the philosophy of consciousness. I was curious whether this movie can convince me that mind and consciousness is equivalent to a software program that is running on the hardware platform of the brain, and that the software can easily just as well be running on another platform.
It didn't. The movie didn't address any of the "how" can a software program might duplicate the characteristics of human consciousness (emotions, feelings, behavior, visualization, etc). It simply took for granted that it could.
Beyond my philosophic inquiry, I thought it was a bad movie in general. I could not stand Pheonix's character's whiny squeaky voice. Makes me want to punch him every time he spoke. Some of the interactions between him and the OS was well done, but also lots of cringe-worthy, "are you kidding me" moments. The "sex" scene just broke my tolerance for suspension-of-disbelief.
It didn't. The movie didn't address any of the "how" can a software program might duplicate the characteristics of human consciousness (emotions, feelings, behavior, visualization, etc). It simply took for granted that it could.
Beyond my philosophic inquiry, I thought it was a bad movie in general. I could not stand Pheonix's character's whiny squeaky voice. Makes me want to punch him every time he spoke. Some of the interactions between him and the OS was well done, but also lots of cringe-worthy, "are you kidding me" moments. The "sex" scene just broke my tolerance for suspension-of-disbelief.
SOME-MIST
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I enjoyed it but I'm also a big Spike Jonze fan and I think it's one of his weaker films - especially when compared to something like Adaptation.
what about Wong Kar-Wai's romance flicks? they have plenty of great action and insane cinematography. my favorite being fallen angels but the one most commonly referred to is chungking express. I would love the opportunity to see those in theaters.
I only mention it because it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
what about Wong Kar-Wai's romance flicks? they have plenty of great action and insane cinematography. my favorite being fallen angels but the one most commonly referred to is chungking express. I would love the opportunity to see those in theaters.
how about Punch Drunk Love? :$
I only mention it because it's one of my favorite movies of all time.
It certainly is about that, too. But it also expertly illustrates the hardships in long distance relationships.
As some one else mentioned, I wonder if the patch ruining things for them is an inside joke about how patches tend to break things more than they fix.
TheKaeptain
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It's pretty much Spike's response to Lost in Translation.
GrayFoxPL
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Terrible response then.
jediyoshi
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Are you actually conflating the complexity of these two things?
enigmatic_alex44
Whenever a game uses "middleware," I expect mediocrity. Just see how poor TLOU looks.
real talk: I've seen a lot of bad movies, and a lot of great ones this year too. HER was so bad, it's the only film I shut off midway and me and my BFF saw something else instead. I usually at least finish a movie once it's started regardless of how little I like it. The praise HER gets is baffling to me.
Liquidsnake
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Phoenix is a master at his craft.
Saw it a couple of weeks ago. Still not sure where I stand on it. Its either a brutally honest look relationships and how they work or don’t work or change and how to deal with it when they change or don’t work.
Or it’s depressingly pessimistic 90 minutes following a loser who falls in love with his phone, who in turn is just using him for emotional training wheels until it
and leave him behind.
My jury is still out on which.
Though is suspect if AI was voiced by, say, Patrick Warburton and literally everything else was exactly the same, it would not be nearly as popular.
EDIT: OMG, Gaf is giving me an ad for Russian Brides in this thread. Comedy gold like that us why turn Ad Block off when I come here. Oh and to support the site too, I guess. But mostly the comedy.
Or it’s depressingly pessimistic 90 minutes following a loser who falls in love with his phone, who in turn is just using him for emotional training wheels until it
can upload itself to a geth dyson sphere on a higher plane of reality
My jury is still out on which.
Though is suspect if AI was voiced by, say, Patrick Warburton and literally everything else was exactly the same, it would not be nearly as popular.
EDIT: OMG, Gaf is giving me an ad for Russian Brides in this thread. Comedy gold like that us why turn Ad Block off when I come here. Oh and to support the site too, I guess. But mostly the comedy.
Beautiful production design. I was so bummed when it lost at the Oscars.
I really like this film but only after my second viewing of it. I first watched it in a theatre and it didn't do very much for me. But the second time, it really clicked and ended up being my second favorite film of 2013. It might have been that I watched it solo the second time, being in the same lonesome headspace as Phoenix's character really helped in establishing a connection with him.
Great design, music, and premise. It has a few faults here and there, but it makes up for them tenfold.
I really like this film but only after my second viewing of it. I first watched it in a theatre and it didn't do very much for me. But the second time, it really clicked and ended up being my second favorite film of 2013. It might have been that I watched it solo the second time, being in the same lonesome headspace as Phoenix's character really helped in establishing a connection with him.
Great design, music, and premise. It has a few faults here and there, but it makes up for them tenfold.
Braag
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Everyone kept telling me to watch this movie so my expectations were kinda high when I went to watch it and I walked out thinking it was only okay.
The soundtrack was the best thing in the movie in my opinion. Loved it.
Yeah, the cinematography was amazing in the movie.
The soundtrack was the best thing in the movie in my opinion. Loved it.
Yeah, the cinematography was amazing in the movie.
Thinking about it, it's kind of funny how much more intense your feelings are at the time when all you have is that person's voice. Having webcams is awesome, but for some reason, whenever I'd talk with 'my' Samantha over the phone, my wanting her was intense, and I don't mean in a sexual manner. I wanted to see her, to touch her, kiss her.
When we were together I wanted and loved her of course. But again, the intensity of it changed a lot for me when there was distance and didn't have a cam available, only our phones.
When we were together I wanted and loved her of course. But again, the intensity of it changed a lot for me when there was distance and didn't have a cam available, only our phones.
smokeandmirrors
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Great movie. Beautifully shot and an amazing soundtrack
I mention this every thread about Her but they need to release the goddamned soundtrack!
I mention this every thread about Her but they need to release the goddamned soundtrack!
PassiveObserver
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Having a hard time fathoming the three or so people calling this the worst movie they saw in 2013. Sorry this wasn't the romcom you were looking for. Her was breathtakingly beautiful.
I kind of had mixed feelings for this movie. I was expecting to love it (I'm a fan of Jonze and Phoenix), but I ended up feeling kind of lukewarm about it.
The concept is novel, but I feel like the movie never quite knew how to fill up its runtime. There were a lot of scenes that I didn't particularly care for
. There was just a lot of weird stuff in the movie that I felt messed with its tone a lot.
Phoenix's performance was solid, and he deserved a nom, but his work in The Master was more impressive to me.
The concept is novel, but I feel like the movie never quite knew how to fill up its runtime. There were a lot of scenes that I didn't particularly care for
weird vulgar video game scene, surrogate scene, and phone sex scenes stood out to me, and not in a good way
Phoenix's performance was solid, and he deserved a nom, but his work in The Master was more impressive to me.
Is this the OT for this film?
Finished watching it right now.
Within the first 5 minutes I knew I was in for a ride.
By the forty minute mark I was already trying to rank it in my top films.
By the end I was writing an email in my head to thank Spike Jonze.
This is the best film since There Will Be Blood.
Holy shit, what a great flick.
Probably the most prophetically correct movie too, the vision of the future is exactly where I see us going.
Finished watching it right now.
Within the first 5 minutes I knew I was in for a ride.
By the forty minute mark I was already trying to rank it in my top films.
By the end I was writing an email in my head to thank Spike Jonze.
This is the best film since There Will Be Blood.
Holy shit, what a great flick.
Probably the most prophetically correct movie too, the vision of the future is exactly where I see us going.
akachan ningen
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Yeah, very cringey at times. It was a very well-directed movie and I would have been glad to see more of that world but the main character was such a little bitch boy that I really didn't care what happened to him and his fake girlfriend.
Zeyphersan
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Just finished it, such a great movie.
Phoenix absolutely rocked his role, pulling out acting chops like I have never seen. Likewise I was a bit skeptical on the casting of Scarlett Johansson as just a voice (since she's only been in a couple roles I would call "well acted," and as we all know even some of the best actors don't make the transition into voice acting particularly well) but damn did she make that role her own.
This movie was a lot of things: romance, sci-fi, prophetic, etc. It nailed most every aspect perfectly. Soundtrack, cinematography, acting, all came together to produce an amazing movie.
I think my favorite part was when Joaquin Phoenix was telling Chris Pratt that his girlfriend is an OS, bracing himself for the mocking, but Chris Pratt is just like "Yeah sure whatever, we'll still go on a double date". A lot of subtext and themes come together in that scene
Phoenix absolutely rocked his role, pulling out acting chops like I have never seen. Likewise I was a bit skeptical on the casting of Scarlett Johansson as just a voice (since she's only been in a couple roles I would call "well acted," and as we all know even some of the best actors don't make the transition into voice acting particularly well) but damn did she make that role her own.
This movie was a lot of things: romance, sci-fi, prophetic, etc. It nailed most every aspect perfectly. Soundtrack, cinematography, acting, all came together to produce an amazing movie.
I think my favorite part was when Joaquin Phoenix was telling Chris Pratt that his girlfriend is an OS, bracing himself for the mocking, but Chris Pratt is just like "Yeah sure whatever, we'll still go on a double date". A lot of subtext and themes come together in that scene
SpaceShark
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Loved it. Looked beautiful, sounded beautiful, excellent acting, just fantastic all round.
I feel like the people who were expecting some detailed explanation of how the AI was able to fall in love etc are missing the point. It wasn't about technology, it was about relationships.
There is some quote about how the best sci-fi isn't about the technology or the utopian/dystopian setting or whatever, but rather uses those elements to talk about people, society, relationships etc, and 'Her' is a perfect example of that for me.
I feel like the people who were expecting some detailed explanation of how the AI was able to fall in love etc are missing the point. It wasn't about technology, it was about relationships.
There is some quote about how the best sci-fi isn't about the technology or the utopian/dystopian setting or whatever, but rather uses those elements to talk about people, society, relationships etc, and 'Her' is a perfect example of that for me.
Brother Sport
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One of the best films I've seen in years. I love how it's simultaneously believable and totally unbelievable. I had to watch the movie two times just to notice that no one is typing anything, there's nothing to type on, no keyboards of any kind. Couldn't believe that I missed that first time around.
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This. It's in many ways a very subtle, and refreshing, presentation of the future. Neither dystopian or utopian.
Fantastic film, Pheonix blew me away with his performance.
Though I thought it may have been a mis-step casting Johanson as SAM, her voice is just too recognisable, I kept picturing her,
The soundtrack by Arcade Fire was excellent, especially this piece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-SSue_SIpU
Though I thought it may have been a mis-step casting Johanson as SAM, her voice is just too recognisable, I kept picturing her,
The soundtrack by Arcade Fire was excellent, especially this piece
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S-SSue_SIpU
just watched, really enjoyed it. interesting concept, and I like how they handled 'future' tech. I always like watching situations like this play out. I can definitely see how the movie would be polarizing though. I didn't find it boring at all, personally. Enjoyable dialogue and it kept me curious as to how things would wind up.
if he had a Vive she could have totally visualized herself though. That's the future we're gonna get aw yis.
if he had a Vive she could have totally visualized herself though. That's the future we're gonna get aw yis.
makingmusic476
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Movie was great. Though I struggled to get over the fact that a world with such powerful AI still employed people.
The guy was paid to write love letters that his own person OS could probably write better.
The guy was paid to write love letters that his own person OS could probably write better.
Really love this film, perfectly captures the feeling of long distance relationships. Soundtrack is absolutely stellar and somehow I didn't recognise Scarlett's voice throughout so that may have diminished it if I had had her image in my head. Can't recommend this film highly enough, need to be in the right frame of mind to truly enjoy it though.
are you fucking kidding me. I was wondering who it was and what they looked like. this is even better. and worse. and better. she did a great job.
Mr. E. Yis
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Huge disappointment of a movie for me. It was horrible imo. The whole movie was so cringeworthy, I felt ashamed and disgusted watching it.
It felt like the movie was satire for people who crave a robot singularity future, for people who want AI that can "love" asap, people who would love to take the main character's place. But the scary thing is the movie is not satire, it is trying to be serious. And people actually want it to happen.
What would have made the movie great, would have been as the movie progressed, you see that Pheonix's character is obviously losing his mind. Obviously.
It felt like the movie was satire for people who crave a robot singularity future, for people who want AI that can "love" asap, people who would love to take the main character's place. But the scary thing is the movie is not satire, it is trying to be serious. And people actually want it to happen.
What would have made the movie great, would have been as the movie progressed, you see that Pheonix's character is obviously losing his mind. Obviously.
My 2nd favorite movie of all time
Well that's one way to interpret it...
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