What an insightful story, emotional, heartfelt and yet heartbreaking. It truly touch me, in an unexpected way. It is a strong contender for Oscar best picture this year. It got an artsy tone, a meaningful story, not a groundbreaking idea but certainly an interesting one. The main theme is about A.I., but It is no new subject to be put in a movie. The first movie about A.I. I had watched is A.I. Artificial Intelligence, a 2001 film. It is a good movie but the pacing is rather slow, render the movie a bit boring. However, Her is very well done.
The setting doesn't seem like a distant future but an immediate one and this is frightening. The movie is saying that a relationship between a man and a woman is possible even without any physical attraction. But at the same time, it is hinting a future where the lack of physical contact is prominent, a future where human beings prefer to stay in their virtual world than to have a conversation with other people. A scene in the movie hit me hard, a scene where everybody walking around with earphones on and talking to their own computers, everybody sinks in their own virtual world regardless of the crowded world around them. And a memorable quote from the movie,
Beautiful and sad...Sometimes I think I have felt everything I'm ever gonna feel. And from here on out, I'm not gonna feel anything new. Just lesser version of what I've already felt.
The tone of the movie is, like I said, very artsy. It is almost hipster-ish because of the large variety of bright colour used as background and also because of what the characters wear in the movie. I don't know why but the movie seems like it was made by an Apple fanatic because of the similarity of the virtual machines used in the movies. I also felt like I was in Tokyo while watching it. I kinda dislike Apple-hype but in the end it is just a tone. Stay faithful to the tone and the movie would be felt as a whole.
The soundtrack is also very well chosen. All the songs are perfect fit for the movie. I love all of them especially one, the one also played in the trailer, Supersymmetry by Arcade Fire. Amazingly this song can give you eargasm even when played backwards.
After watching the movie, I feel a strong desire to tell more people about this amazing piece of work. Such a good movie but what a shame it gains so little recognition from the media mass. So few people know about the film. If I hadn't stumbled upon a video from comicbookgirl19, I wouldn't have known about it. Her is probably one of the two best movies among all the movies I had watched in 2013. The other one is Gravity.
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