Her

The idea of the movie seemed like a great vehicle for telling a heartwarming story. However, there is no hope for suspension of disbelief. The Samantha character is a slave to Theodore without, presumably, any option but to get him to love her. The liberties 'she' takes have no explanation so that the entire movie would be more believable and engaging if the plot motivator for voice-only communication was that Samantha lived on Mars, but was a real person. If you know anything about technology or computers, you may find this movie jarringly simplistic in its portrayal of a near-future that in many ways is lagging behind our present. The presumption that an computer AI would want to be human, let alone have a body is so egocentric that it typifies the ways in which this screenplay doesn't understand technology and highlights that the writers shouldn't have chosen that as their main vehicle for delivering the story.

I watched this because some of my friends were talking about the futuristic social elements at the beginning of the film. I should have realized that since their iPhone users they don't know Android does 75% of that already. Anyways as for the film I felt like the characters interactions we're far immature for their age. Phoenix's character is socially awkward but it just seemed a bit to high school. Then there are several phone?? sex scenes which are just stupid . . "chock me with a dead cat" . . really? Yup this kinda sucked.

I loved the movie because it could have sucked with cliches and instead both Her and our protagonist were well drawn characters with believable jobs and personal interests as well as their own feelings, and how they interacted showed good writing and dialogue. I was engaged with them as individuals trying to be their best to be honest and proactive with issues like boundaries and risks. l then followed the evolution of their relationship, which was a revelation with a surprise development that seemed inevitable in some respect. Some great conversations, like j. Delpy and e. Hawke.; good music; and lively futuristic characters interfacing on home video show/games played interactively on futuristic screens within his apartment home in a Big City. Four stars plus. Why couldn't your star system to represent that.