A review of Her by Ray Kurzweil (2014)

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3 2 3 years ago

Very interesting time to rewatch and discuss this film

Oh jesus, the movie is a borefest and has this uncanny feeling that emotions are totally missing, like you are telling a story about humans, but with robots that lack any emotions. Not even Joaquin Phoenix can save it and no matter how hard RK tries to elevate it to the level of Matrix, it's nowhere near groundbreaking, at best it is a bag of clichés. It's someone's corny fantasy about a fully retarded future, or rather someone with serious control issues, tries to portray how humans will be enslaved to such misaligned, horrible and borderline crazy inventions like an os that give you virtual fellatio and emotional support.

Plus they masqueraded JP to this repulsive figure, instead of letting his god given looks work its way on the screen, which would've helped the whole setup, since it's a good looking guy who needs the OS' support, not an average joe.

A review of Her by Ray Kurzweil (2014)

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