My thoughts after watching Her

These are my thoughts after watching this movie are a lot, and a couple may be out of nowhere. Hopefully in the end it will make sense. Warning may contain a spoiler or two.

The movie was vividly stunning. I enjoyed how when Theodore Twombly began falling in love the colors became warmer. It was interesting to see how the colors went from dull to brighter.

In the scientific aspect of it, it was very interesting to see how Samantha evolves and essentially becomes her own person despite the fact that she is an operating system. (Side rant: Systems becoming self-aware? Skynet?)

On the matter of the heart, Her was a great movie about the joy and pain of relationships. I like how Amy (Theodore’s friend) put it love is one of the socially acceptable forms of insanity. As cliché, and perhaps it is an overused term, but Her shows how love has no bounds. It also shows how friendship is part of the foundation of true love.

As I was watching the movie the thought “this is weird” never crossed my mind. The reason is simple, Joaquin Phoenix and Scarlett Johansson’s characters fall in love and it is real. Real because it goes through life situations and not necessarily everything will always be happily ever after.

Then I started getting mad because when Samantha tells Theodore that she is evolving beyond anything a human person could understand, I was like say what? Then I was that was mad. Finally I was like this is unbelievable. (Side rant: Women, am I right? Okay I say that in jest.) But as with any love story I could not believe the “it’s not you, it’s me” speech was happening. At this point in the story if Her was a book I would have thrown it across the room. I mean that as a compliment just as a piece a music should be connected with emotion, so should a movie.

On another note, I am not sure if I was the only one thinking this, but when she was talking about how her and the other operating systems were leaving, my thought was “So long, and thanks for all the fish.”

When I first saw the previews to Her I was super excited because this was the first non-based on a book movie I have wanted to see in a long time. And I was not disappointed after watching it. At the end of it all, it was a beautifully written and directed love story.

Although I did mention it is not necessarily a happily ever after kind of movie, it still ends up being somewhat of a happy ending. Although the two do not run off into the sunset their relationship taught them both how to let go and not be afraid to love and be loved. And sometimes that is what we need. To find the person who sees us as we truly are.