Her (starring Joaquin Phoenix, Rooney Mara, Amy Adams, Scarlett Johansson).

Can't wait for the release of the soundtrack/score either

Here's a video featuring some of the score in the meantime.




Also, I'm enjoying the discussion everyone is having on the themes of the film. I'll have more to say on it later
 
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Read someone mention earlier that Samantha is a metaphor for our soul/spirit/consciousness and that Theodore represents us in our current physical bodies.

After I read that, I really started thinking and becoming curious again as to what happens after we pass on from this physical world. It's almost exciting, but not in a "kill myself right now" way of being exciting, but more of an awe-inspiring excitement that makes me happy and sad at the same time.
 
DangerousG said:
Can't wait for the release of the soundtrack/score either

Here's a video featuring some of the score in the meantime.




Also, I'm enjoying the discussion everyone is having on the themes of the film. I'll have more to say on it later
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That's a really nice trailer/vid, thanks for sharing.
 
"Her" Grabbed 3 Oscar Nods:

Best Picture

Best Orignial Screenplay

Best Music

:pimp: since Joaquin didn't get nominated, I hope Leo takes it.
 
^he shouldn't have. he acts the same or should i say, mumbles the same in all his movies. two lovers, i'm not here, the master, gladiator...
 
I was surprised too, but my friends recently awared me to the fact that he basically said he hates the Oscars and everything it stands for :lol:

Anyway, I think this is the year Leo gets an Oscar.
 
wonderful film. beautiful cinematography with compelling screenwriting. i think the story offers a twofold commentary on love and technology. as stated above, samantha represents the soul and it's confirmed by the way she introduces herself: as "intuition." our intuitive senses are a function of the spirit, and she expressed a desire for knowledge, and not needing "intellectual thought," a function of the mind. she is very much a pure spirit, what we truly are without the temptation, affliction and delusion of the ego and body.

and regardless of how complex she is, samantha is still built entirely from code. yet she mirrors all characteristics of a real woman. caring, communicative, encouraging, hypersensitive. the stages of their relationship are identical to the typical stages of our own. enthusiasm and interest in the early stages, post-sex distance stage, revitalizing stage followed by the crash and burn.

her is also addressing the growing presence of tech in our lives. person-to-person bonds are diminishing so much that a plot like this is even a possibility of the future. the picnic with three people and a phone might really be a regular sighting in 2024. but unlike most futuristic films, this presents a world in which tech is so deeply engrained in our lives that it's become discreet. the size of his phone is conveniently small enough to rest in his palm, much unlike our sleek but uncomfortable tablets today. the only other visible devices were his desktops. this is a great take on making our co-existence with technology more bearable in the future. less screens, more convenience. i wouldn't want to verbally communicate everything to my phone though... that's a bit invasive in public. we're sort of moving there anyway with everyone's business being on display via web, so what are we really losing?

i love spike's take on the aesthetics of the future. while sci-fi films depict blade runner-esque views of the future, here we see it as an age of minimalism. from the technology to architecture and interior design, this takes place in a world where less is infinitely more. styling was superb... j. crew could take cues for 14 s/s.
 
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saw this last night,

definitely something different, just off the concept alone, adults should watch, not to mention it looked really nice

kinda slow and draggy in some parts, joaquin's speech could have been clearer, some of his dialogue were hard to follow
 
Saw it yesterday and it kind if blew me away with how heavy it was. The trailer made it seem like it would be some light hearted type romance story but it was so much more than that. TO Summarize the movie Asa. Man falling in love with his computer would be doing it a disservice. The acting was crazy. How they portrayed the relationship and the fact that you could even feel the chemistry when it was basically one person on screen the whole time shows how great the actors were.

To met his was a film where everything was done /put there on purpose and has meaning maybe I'm over analyzing but I noticed this :
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First I'm not sold on the whole Samantha is your soul idea. That being said I like how the film explored the idea of if you could fall in love wit someone with just personality. The fact that Samantha wants a body to me indicates not that she wants to be human but that she wants to physically connect with Theodore since they already have the emotional connection. I think they threw in the cat sex scene to show the difference between being connected and not. When he was having phone sex it didn't seem natural but when it happened between hi a Nd Samantha it "felt right". The date IMO symbolizes what physical attraction is without the emotional connection. She wanted sex and wanted the connection but they both realized it wasn't there.

The "surrogate lover" to me symbolizes the people outside of your relationship. The people that see 2 lovers and are jealous if the kind if love they have. They don't see the work that it takes to maintain a login relationship and are jealous if it. That's why when Theodore gets creeped out she's so hurt, because she wants to know what that loves feel like. In essence she WAS Samantha for those 10 minutes.

I feel like Theodore was attracted to the mini Michelin man (forgot his name) because it reminds him if his ex wife. When he's talking to his neighbor she talks about how volatile she was towards him. (Maybe I missed it but they never really explain why they split up right?)

The scene where he's playing his video game and lost in the tunnel then Samantha helps him move on. I think this was a summary of what would happen in the movie. He's going in circles and lost and trying to find himself then comes full circle and realizes who he is and what he wants as does Samantha.



---- those were just things I noticed and how I feel everything was presented. That's why I love films like this they make you think and you can just look at things from the literal standpoint or view them differently. None of my ideas are concrete maybe you see it different.
 
Also .... On a more personal level this movie was like watching some of my past experiences . Almost like looking at a mirror :smh: :smh: like I loved it but I don't know if I could put myself through watching it again.
 
bruh, that movie put me on a rollercoaster of emotions. Movie came off a bit disturbing; but like papageorge stated, the OS progressed as its own being which kinda breaks the ice between the awkward-disturbing experience of man and man-made. The surroundings were scary, how theodore would go around in public communicating with this device, and no one acknowledges how crazy he looks because it's become the norm. How long do y'all think our society will become like this? :nerd:
 
maroki said:
so take a chick to watch this or na
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If you are going with a girl take a girl you don't care about. Because I feel like if you take someone you cars about you'll both end up thinking of that OTHER PERSO and you'll each know the other is doing it and it will be hella awkward or start a fight. The girl I took and I didn't even discuss the movie at all. And I had to drive 30 min in complete silence lol
 
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maroki said:
so take a chick to watch this or na
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If you are going with a girl take a girl you don't care about. Because I feel like if you take someone you cars about you'll both end up thinking of that OTHER PERSO and you'll each know the other is doing it and it will be hella awkward or start a fight. The girl I took and I didn't even discuss the movie at all. And I had to drive 30 min in complete silence lol
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this... don't take any girl that you're even semi-serious with
 
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