Review of Her (2013) by Davis R — 02 Dec 2016

This movie intrigued me mostly because of an underlying fact that I didnt see till the end. In reality, throughout the whole movie Theodore is alone and him having Samantha does not really change that. While she was a learning and evolving OS, she could never solve his lonliness. I think it was really just a bandaid on a larger problem that the OS's did eventually realize. The OS's were limiting human interaction and if this had progressed then everyone would have had a personal OS and would have ditched real human interaction. Even while I say that it is hard to define what real interaction is. For some, an OS personality might be the realest and most legitimate interaction or relationship they would ever have.

The MC finds himself leaning on Samantha to crutch his deep pain and inevitable loneliness but she also helped him develop and learn how to express real feelings. His extremely intimate relationship with Samantha was preparing him for something real, and realizing this after the movie was eye opening. This was really beautiful.