Colonialism

Name: Her (她)

Director: Spike Jonze (斯派克·琼斯)

starring: Joaquin Phoenix (华金·菲尼克斯)

Scarlett Johansson (斯嘉丽·约翰逊) (sound)

Amy Adams (艾米·亚当斯)

Rooney Mara (鲁妮·玛拉)

Type: romantic film feature film

Length: 126 min

Characteristics: a very lovely film, many famous actors and actresses are in it. Scarlett only exists in sound. It was nominated for the 86th best movie and won the Writing Adapted Screenplay. It’s very suitable for girls or lovers.

Recommendation: ☆☆☆☆☆

Plots and feelings: This story happens in the near future. The developing technology makes the artificial intelligence more advanced just like real human. The main role, Theodore, is an excellent letter writer who lives alone and feels lonely. He has some conflicts with his wife, Molly, and wants to divorce her, though they loved each other deeply in the past. Theodore is so lonely that he buys an artificial intelligence, which can act like a real person, but doesn’t have a real body. This artificial intelligence is called Samantha. Samantha has a very beautiful voice and a very considerate personality. They talk to each other anytime and everywhere. Samantha is just like Theodore’s secretary, friend, and soul mate. Gradually, they fall in love with each other, but Samantha doesn’t exist, only in sound, which is an obstacle between them. They have very pleasing moments, but Samantha is retreated by her company with others at the end of this movie. This movie can give people a warm feeling. The main color of this movie is primarily warm-toned, which forms very strong contrast with personalities and mental aspect of characteristics. The plot of this movie is very logical, lovely but also thought-provoking. We can see the potential problems behind this society with the development of technology. People become more individual and sole, and there is less communication between each other. Gradually, artificial intelligence will replace the real human, and the most important and also necessary...