Your Predictions On The Movie "Her"

[skins_fan82]

Wow, sounds good. I was really hoping to see Lone Survivor this weekend, but the wife is stuck on Her. I've heard really good things about this film, and you've just reassured me that it's a good one.

I like it when a movie sticks with you after the credits roll.

[Darthfrodo]

I actually didn't go into this movie expecting much, I did however come out of it impressed.

You'll have to let us know what you think after you've seen it.

[cmptrwlt]

A favorite of 2013.

[CA4Now]

Originally Posted by Giesela

my first thought about this was...'hasn't this already been done by Ryan Gosling in that movie with the mannequin?"

It's actually nothing like Lars and the Real Girl.

It was quite good. It was long, interesting, and made you really think. I didn't realize that part of it was shot in Shanghai. Amy Adams is phenomenal.

[Marv101]

Agree 1,000% about both the film and Amy Adams; definitely among the most orginal and way out-of-the-box films in recent memory.

Major props to Spike Jonze for an extremely satisfying movie going experience, with originality to burn.

Scarlett Johansson was wonderful as Samantha as well.

[midtown mile girl]

I saw this tonight and I liked it. It really hits the issue of technology replacing a traditional relationship, if it's possible.

[Cubanchic]

Actually a movie that I want to see.

[Brookside]

I saw this yesterday and thought it was quite wonderful, really the best movie I have seen in years.

I went with the expectation that it would be a clever cautionary tale about over-reliance on technology and how it isolates us from reality and human interaction.

It was clever all right, and funny. But not cautionary or didactic. It was sweet and oddly uplifting (which is the last thing I expected from a Spike Jonze movie).

First, Jonze makes it very clear that we humans do a perfectly good job of isolating and shutting ourselves off from one another without any help from technology.

Jonze also illustrates very compassionately that grief and loss can be so overwhelming and awful as to render us incapable of connection. And that friends, family, loved ones (you know - the people in our lives who are supposed to help us through the rough patches) are generally impatient with this fact, which renders them equally incapable of connection. (In the movie's example, Theodore's well-intentioned friends set him up on a date -- a sort of "Get back up on that horse and ride!" kind of gesture, even though he is clearly still too raw and wounded over his pending divorce. The date ends disastrously, of course).

This movie actually celebrates technology in ways that I find really refreshing. (I won't say how, because I don't want to give away too many plot points). But this resonates with me in so many ways. For example, I am sick to death of having to defend my preference of an e-reader over a printed book -- sick of the argument that this preference somehow makes me less of a bibliophile. Technology improves lives, in myriad ways. Embrace it.

I would say that you need to go into "Her" with an open mind, and an open heart. Suspend your disbelief, and then enjoy.

[ShellNic]

Originally Posted by D. Scott

Lots of rave reviews. The concept of sentient machines is not new, Though we seem to be headed toward this or at least a similar development like the poster above me states. One thing is certain though-Joaquin is a really great actor and I am sure he embodies the main character and makes it believable.

I feel so old-I remember when beepers were the "sophisticated" tech to have. Now we all have computers in our pockets. Quite an advancement.

I feel so old that I remember when Joaquin Phoenix was called Leaf and was in movies like Parenthood!!

[California831]

I loved it! Super original idea with great performances all around. I do agree with Olivia Wilde's character that Joaquin Phoenix's character is "creepy".