Her-Written/Directed by Spike Jonze (1 Viewer)

[SHIZNITTTT]

Thanks. I was sitting in the theater when the preview for this movie was shown. I thought to myself who the #### would go see this? The preview of a guy looking dreamy eyed at his phone?

I wasn't expecting this to be as good as it was. I saw previews for it and was not gonna run right out to see it but we had another couple we hang out with that suggested it and then insisted we see it with them. I'm glad they did.

:thumbsup: We did the same thing with Silver Linings Playbook. It was a pretty good flick and I went in with a crappy attitude.

 

[wazoo11]

Marc Maron would of been great as the lead role.

 

[ScoobySnack]

Went and saw this last night. I must say that in a day and age when Hollywood couldn't come up with a new idea to save it's live and they are attempting to remake every movie previously made that this was a refreshingly brilliant movie and well worth the $24 I paid to see it.

 

[Slapdash]

Went and saw this last night. I must say that in a day and age when Hollywood couldn't come up with a new idea to save it's live and they are attempting to remake every movie previously made that this was a refreshingly brilliant movie and well worth the $24 I paid to see it.

What?

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Went and saw this last night. I must say that in a day and age when Hollywood couldn't come up with a new idea to save it's live and they are attempting to remake every movie previously made that this was a refreshingly brilliant movie and well worth the $24 I paid to see it.

What?

The movie is in the future, of course tickets cost more.

 

[ScoobySnack]

Went and saw this last night. I must say that in a day and age when Hollywood couldn't come up with a new idea to save it's live and they are attempting to remake every movie previously made that this was a refreshingly brilliant movie and well worth the $24 I paid to see it.

What?

The movie is in the future, of course tickets cost more.

Went on a date to see it 2 tickets @$12 each = $24

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Went and saw this last night. I must say that in a day and age when Hollywood couldn't come up with a new idea to save it's live and they are attempting to remake every movie previously made that this was a refreshingly brilliant movie and well worth the $24 I paid to see it.

What?

The movie is in the future, of course tickets cost more.

Went on a date to see it 2 tickets @$12 each = $24

I just hid my date in my pocket so I wouldn't have to pay for her.

 

[shadyridr]

I can't wait to see the sequel Him about a mans fake fatherly relationship with his abandoned phone.

 

[dozer]

After seeing all the positive comments in this thread, I gave this movie another shot last night.

It is definitely not a romantic comedy as I suggested earlier, so I take that back. That said, it is a romance/relationship movie. Not my thing personally.

I can see how some people who like artsy, dialogue driven movies might like it. I found it painfully slow, and I don’t know any men who would act anything like the main character. What a weasel! The whole premise of the interaction between him and “her” was so far out there that I couldn’t detach from reality enough to sympathize with any characters.

And if this represents the future I look forward to wearing pants above my belly button. Looks like were heading to 70’s retro in fashion and home decor.

My recommendation to the main character to get back into the dating scene is to shave that ridiculous mustache.

1/5 stars. Sorry boys, not with you on this one.

 

[fatguyinalittlecoat]

Got nominated for some Oscars today, including best picture. I think the only one it really has a good chance in is best screenplay.

 

[McGarnicle]

This movie absolutely blew me away. It had me thinking and feeling so many things simultaneously and in the last 20 minutes it connected with me in such a powerful way that I couldn't even fully comprehend. I'm still processing it. Just brilliant.

 

[jerry jones]

Went and saw this last night. I must say that in a day and age when Hollywood couldn't come up with a new idea to save it's live and they are attempting to remake every movie previously made that this was a refreshingly brilliant movie and well worth the $24 I paid to see it.

This movie is a remake on some levels of a movie released in 1984 called "Electric Dreams" check it out.

 

[JZilla]

Check out this "unreleased" score if you can find it out there! It's great whether you give a flip about the movie or not.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

This movie absolutely blew me away. It had me thinking and feeling so many things simultaneously and in the last 20 minutes it connected with me in such a powerful way that I couldn't even fully comprehend. I'm still processing it. Just brilliant.

You make a lot of jokes but you you really hit this one on the head, never sure if it's all schtick with you.

My mind was racing as well with lots of ideas and thoughts about other OS type things outside of trying to find a girlfriend. I could see an OS designed to maximize day to day go for it mentality that many people want to have. And lots of other kinds of OS types they could create, not for movies but reality for the rest of us. I was blown away as well, and totally not expecting to feel that. When I first saw the previews in earlier movies during the year I snickered.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Went and saw this last night. I must say that in a day and age when Hollywood couldn't come up with a new idea to save it's live and they are attempting to remake every movie previously made that this was a refreshingly brilliant movie and well worth the $24 I paid to see it.

This movie is a remake on some levels of a movie released in 1984 called "Electric Dreams" check it out.

Cool, will check it out

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SJtvNuHQU-w Pretty cool 80s stuff in this so far, I never heard of this movie.

 

[Concept Coop]

The best movie I've seen in some time.

 

[Concept Coop]

No Schtick: When he asked her how many others she was in love with...Jesus.

Samantha isn't an OS, in practice, she's a human not anchored to time and space. She's what we could be if time and space weren't the obstacles that they are. If you could know everything, and meet everyone, and at the same time, no less--love wouldn't be what it is to us today. We wouldn't tie ourselves down in relationships.

My favorite "love story" since Eternal Sunshine, and whatever the third is--it's distant. It posed a lot of questions that I still--a couple weeks or so removed--enjoy pondering.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Was elated that it won best original screenplay. For a minute last night I thought that they might pull it out of the envelope for best film as a sort of surprise. It had a large applause from the voting audience when they announced it for best film.

In 10 years this movie will still be talked about. I hope folks catch it on video and I also hope Netflix steps up and give this a nice platform for a larger audience.

 

[McGarnicle]

Can't recall another movie that had me still thinking about what it meant months later. It's unfortunate that people get hung up on the absurdity of a man being in love with an operating system, because that's merely a plot device to remove the usual boy-meets-girl movie cliches from the equation, so that the focus becomes, what is love itself? What is the nature of the connections we have with other people, at the cellular/neuron level?

At a shallower level you could say that the movie asks -- if there was a way to provide that chemical "fix", without there being an actual person at the other end, would people buy it? And if they did, could they still be just as fulfilled? And is that the world that the internet and social media are creating? I think those are probably the questions that a lot of people take away from it, but to me, the intent was to make you feel things at a much more visceral level, and that is the lasting impression it made with me. For example, it made me miss my grandparents, really suddenly and intensely, and made me think about my own afterlife, if that exists, and no longer being on this planet with my wife and whether our relationship will live on somehow/somewhere. I can't say I dwell on such questions very often, and I'm damn sure no other movie has made me ponder such things. The second half of the movie becomes downright hypnotic at times. I was feeling things intensely while my brain wasn't 100% processing what it all meant.

 

[Smack Tripper]

In 20 years, this will be the only movie remembered this year...

Hell it might only take 5.

This could never win an Oscar but nice to see Jonze recognized, absolutely criminal that Phoenix wasn't nominated. The entire film plays off his reactions and his mix of vulnerability, humanity and pathetic...

And SPOILER TIME

I knew they wouldn't end up together but I assumed a computer crash or some other nonsense... that was a nice innovative way to transition to an ending.

Although I will say, I assumed and kind of hoped the movie would end with Adams and Phoenix's characters throwing themselves off the roof.

 

[Smack Tripper]

Was elated that it won best original screenplay. For a minute last night I thought that they might pull it out of the envelope for best film as a sort of surprise. It had a large applause from the voting audience when they announced it for best film.

In 10 years this movie will still be talked about. I hope folks catch it on video and I also hope Netflix steps up and give this a nice platform for a larger audience.

ha I wrote this on first click just saw this post

 

[Smack Tripper]

Can't recall another movie that had me still thinking about what it meant months later. It's unfortunate that people get hung up on the absurdity of a man being in love with an operating system, because that's merely a plot device to remove the usual boy-meets-girl movie cliches from the equation, so that the focus becomes, what is love itself? What is the nature of the connections we have with other people, at the cellular/neuron level?

At a shallower level you could say that the movie asks -- if there was a way to provide that chemical "fix", without there being an actual person at the other end, would people buy it? And if they did, could they still be just as fulfilled? And is that the world that the internet and social media are creating? I think those are probably the questions that a lot of people take away from it, but to me, the intent was to make you feel things at a much more visceral level, and that is the lasting impression it made with me. For example, it made me miss my grandparents, really suddenly and intensely, and made me think about my own afterlife, if that exists, and no longer being on this planet with my wife and whether our relationship will live on somehow/somewhere. I can't say I dwell on such questions very often, and I'm damn sure no other movie has made me ponder such things. The second half of the movie becomes downright hypnotic at times. I was feeling things intensely while my brain wasn't 100% processing what it all meant.

I think the fix you suggest already exists... its interesting. Of course without the notions of a computer companion, but I think you can see even now the questions of what is companionship and connection in the digital age. We are at an interesting frontier of connection. We are on the way to this place. People, together, in space, disappearing into a digital dialogue. Specialized connection and interests being better suited and served than in standard social settings by and large.

I'm always taken with the way solitary confinement is viewed globally. We are if I'm not mistaken one of the few countries and certainly few civilized countries that engages in it as it is seen as so universally damaging and cruel. Because the thing that makes us human is in fact other humans to interact with. Feral life is STUNNINGLY close and the tribe, and embrace, spiritually I suppose, keeps us grounded and human. But a value on the physical, on the present, is emphasized and ultimately suffers.

I'm giving you and this entire board a better conduit to my mind right now than we could probably strike up in 3 nights drinking. Its a pretty profound enterprise but its not quite all the way there. Never is this more apparent than in online dating, when you can connect and converse and feel confident in the meeting and sometimes, its just not there. Its almost like two different types of metaphysical energy need to happen.

But what is the one that's sustaining? The connection of spirit or the value you somewhere in pure animal connection. There is something to be said for both, but I assume most of us would still take the physical dynamic and energy over the conceptual.

My thoughts are still conjealing on this, I only saw it this weekend but its certainly a movie of ideas.

 

[cstu]

I'm always taken with the way solitary confinement is viewed globally. We are if I'm not mistaken one of the few countries and certainly few civilized countries that engages in it as it is seen as so universally damaging and cruel. Because the thing that makes us human is in fact other humans to interact with. Feral life is STUNNINGLY close and the tribe, and embrace, spiritually I suppose, keeps us grounded and human. But a value on the physical, on the present, is emphasized and ultimately suffers.

Feral life isn't trapped in a tiny cage, that's what damaging not lack of human interaction.

 

[cstu]

Was elated that it won best original screenplay. For a minute last night I thought that they might pull it out of the envelope for best film as a sort of surprise. It had a large applause from the voting audience when they announced it for best film.

In 10 years this movie will still be talked about. I hope folks catch it on video and I also hope Netflix steps up and give this a nice platform for a larger audience.

I really hoped this would win BP but was glad that it got screenplay.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Can't recall another movie that had me still thinking about what it meant months later. It's unfortunate that people get hung up on the absurdity of a man being in love with an operating system, because that's merely a plot device to remove the usual boy-meets-girl movie cliches from the equation, so that the focus becomes, what is love itself? What is the nature of the connections we have with other people, at the cellular/neuron level?

At a shallower level you could say that the movie asks -- if there was a way to provide that chemical "fix", without there being an actual person at the other end, would people buy it? And if they did, could they still be just as fulfilled? And is that the world that the internet and social media are creating? I think those are probably the questions that a lot of people take away from it, but to me, the intent was to make you feel things at a much more visceral level, and that is the lasting impression it made with me. For example, it made me miss my grandparents, really suddenly and intensely, and made me think about my own afterlife, if that exists, and no longer being on this planet with my wife and whether our relationship will live on somehow/somewhere. I can't say I dwell on such questions very often, and I'm damn sure no other movie has made me ponder such things. The second half of the movie becomes downright hypnotic at times. I was feeling things intensely while my brain wasn't 100% processing what it all meant.

Amen

 

[Ministry of Pain]

In 20 years, this will be the only movie remembered this year...

Hell it might only take 5.

This could never win an Oscar but nice to see Jonze recognized, absolutely criminal that Phoenix wasn't nominated. The entire film plays off his reactions and his mix of vulnerability, humanity and pathetic...

And SPOILER TIME

I knew they wouldn't end up together but I assumed a computer crash or some other nonsense... that was a nice innovative way to transition to an ending.

Although I will say, I assumed and kind of hoped the movie would end with Adams and Phoenix's characters throwing themselves off the roof.

I was flipping out on the edge when we got to that point. I would also make that a spoiler because it kind of ruin the ending a smudge if you know what might be coming. I agree though and I was really hoping they would not so I was pleased.

 

[Ministry of Pain]

Was elated that it won best original screenplay. For a minute last night I thought that they might pull it out of the envelope for best film as a sort of surprise. It had a large applause from the voting audience when they announced it for best film.

In 10 years this movie will still be talked about. I hope folks catch it on video and I also hope Netflix steps up and give this a nice platform for a larger audience.

I really hoped this would win BP but was glad that it got screenplay.

I knew it wouldn't win BP but screenplay for me was almost if not equal considering the way Hollywood and society is. The fact it actually won an Oscar was vindication as far as I'm concerned. I hope folks go and seek it out with an open mind and allow themselves to get lost in it.

 

[Sabertooth]

I see people all the time ignoring their loved ones to spend time with their phones. It's rude and pathetic. I'll have to catch this movie on Netflix when it comes out.

 

[Smack Tripper]

I'm always taken with the way solitary confinement is viewed globally. We are if I'm not mistaken one of the few countries and certainly few civilized countries that engages in it as it is seen as so universally damaging and cruel. Because the thing that makes us human is in fact other humans to interact with. Feral life is STUNNINGLY close and the tribe, and embrace, spiritually I suppose, keeps us grounded and human. But a value on the physical, on the present, is emphasized and ultimately suffers.

Feral life isn't trapped in a tiny cage, that's what damaging not lack of human interaction.

ya gotta read up on solitary some more if you think the issue with it is physical space.

Point being, separation and removal from humans, in solitary, or in a circumstance where one is left in the wild, lack of socialization strips one of their humanity in an amazingly quick fashion. I can't find the study right now after googling but I read a paper once where language loss starts in as little as 8 weeks of not using it.

 

[KarmaPolice]

After seeing all the positive comments in this thread, I gave this movie another shot last night.

It is definitely not a romantic comedy as I suggested earlier, so I take that back. That said, it is a romance/relationship movie. Not my thing personally.

I can see how some people who like artsy, dialogue driven movies might like it. I found it painfully slow, and I don’t know any men who would act anything like the main character. What a weasel! The whole premise of the interaction between him and “her” was so far out there that I couldn’t detach from reality enough to sympathize with any characters.

And if this represents the future I look forward to wearing pants above my belly button. Looks like were heading to 70’s retro in fashion and home decor.

My recommendation to the main character to get back into the dating scene is to shave that ridiculous mustache.

1/5 stars. Sorry boys, not with you on this one.

I guess I couldn't disagree more. As the movie pointed out, it wasn't just him - Amy Adams' character was doing the same thing, as was many others. As an above poster pointed out, people are already attached to their phones night and day and are ignoring the world around them, just imagine if that phone interacted back in any remotely human way.

That's not the main takeaway from the film - it's all about what it love/emotions. Does it take a soul, is it merely just atoms interacting with each other, etc..

As others have stated and I will echo - best movie of last year for me, and I am still thinking about it a week later. Loved it.

 

[Jefferson the Caregiver]

I didn't like it, the whole movie was uncomfortable. I hated Phoenix's character.

The acting was good, it was well done but when you can't stand the premise, there's not much to save it.

 

[lakerstan]

I saw this earlier in the week and I can't stop thinking about what a great movie this was. Totally agree with the tone being similar to Lost in Translation - very moody and sensual. In a perfect world, this should have won Best Picture. Best I've seen in quite some time.

 

[KarmaPolice]

I didn't like it, the whole movie was uncomfortable. I hated Phoenix's character.

The acting was good, it was well done but when you can't stand the premise, there's not much to save it.

just curious- what did you find uncomfortable?

 

[cstu]

Still my favorite movie of 2013.

 

[avoiding injuries]

I thought it was really good, but I don't think I've thought about it again until I saw this thread.

 

[Mr. Pickles]

Really enjoyed it. Man that Scarlett Johanssen has a sexy voice. Rawr.