Her (2013)

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

P. C. I Love You.

I liked it. Lots. Reminded me a lot of Eternal Sunshine Of The Spotless Mind, minus the madcap fillip business. Anyone else dip into this sweet, melancholy little number?

[Guest Mets � Willets Point]

I'd like to see this.

[Vic Sage]

It meanders, and i'm no fan of Joaquin Phoenix, but i thought it was a moving (almost profound) film, and I would fall in love with Scarlett Johannsen's voice, too.

[Guest themetfairy]

I couldn't suspend enough disbelief to go along with this one.

I kept hoping Joaquin would drop the phone in water.

[Vic Sage]

themetfairy wrote: I couldn't suspend enough disbelief to go along with this one. I kept hoping Joaquin would drop the phone in water.

Have you looked around lately? The movie is practically a documentary in its portrayal of a society that relates better to its machines than to its people. I know plenty of people having love affairs with their phones.

[Guest themetfairy]

I get the concept. But Lars and the Real Girl handled similar material better, IMO.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

I like a good Gosling turn, too. And Lars deserved a little more attention than it initially got. But, come on, Fairy.

[Guest themetfairy]

I'm not telling you not to like it. But I just didn't. It had an interesting premise, but as Vic said it meandered. Plus it didn't seem to know where it was going after a while.

Since I'm a straight woman the admittedly sexy voice of Scarlett Johannsen didn't help me get through this one.

[Vic Sage]

Since I'm a straight woman the admittedly sexy voice of Scarlett Johannsen didn't help me get through this one.

i presumed this was the difference in our responses to the film, i just didn't want to reduce it to that. But yeah, that's probably it.
I can listen to ScarJo read a grocery list and get a woody, so Joaquin's response seemed entirely plausible to me.

[Edgy MD]

"ScarJo"? Is this what the world has come to?

[Guest sharpie]

I liked it a lot. It also felt like a more real reflection of today's society than other movies I've seen this year.

[TransMonk]

Good flick. There is some great dialogue and Phoenix's performance is top-notch. I'd have given him an Oscar nom for this one.

I understand TMF's take, though...there's a lot of sci-fi going on. But like any good sci-fi flick, this one holds the mirror up to the truths of current reality.

Jonze has only directed four features? I'd have to say this one is my fave.