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The emotional needs between modern people have become a kind of cheap spiritual vent. Sometimes this need to swallow each other is so strong that it is not important whether it is true or not. Theodore's job is to imitate the diet of ordinary people, men and women, through the customer's words to enter the distance between ordinary people's hearts and hearts, and write false impressions. These letters are nothing more than Theodore's work, but only an account from the client to his family, friends, and lovers. The script of the film is solid, probably showing three "false letters", from each letter you can see the story of the interpersonal relationship behind the letter (at the same time, each letter also shows the psychological state of Theodore in different periods). With each letter, you can see how happy and moved the person in reality is to receive such a letter in the dark, but you have no way of knowing that these tender feelings are exchanged for money. The same expression of the film occurs in the sex scenes of this film. These fragments constructed by primitive desires are the climax of expressing emotions in the film. The sex scenes in this film are all false Cyber-Sex (the only interaction with real people is Theodore stopped). In fact, Theodore’s performance in many cases is the normal state of an ordinary modern person. Theodore and Samantha came to the beach and said that Samantha had opened up the world for him. But the irony is that the bustling city is full of people, and Samantha does not exist. Theodore is still the only person in his own world, and the living people around him are just decorations. So just like the OS advertisement in the film, loneliness is a habit of modern people. Everyone in the interpersonal desert longs for spiritual comfort. At the end of the film, every passerby in a hurry is also addicted to OS.


In fact, there is such an anaphoric relationship in the film, and Samantha is to Theodore what Theodore is to his "false letter" recipients. Theodore weaves a perfect affection for these recipients every day, and Samantha also weaves a perfect romance for Theodore. This is almost a karma. The writing style of those letters is consistent with Theodore’s view of love. Theodore’s understanding of emotional relationships stays in those small and refreshing moments, and the love he agrees with only stays at the "just as first sight". State, the reason why he is afraid of determining the relationship is precisely because he cannot face the calmness and running-in after his lover becomes a lover. So Theodore was afraid of the growth of the other party, the growth of Catherine, and even the growth of Samantha. When a relationship changed from "first seeing" to "serious love", Theodore panicked. Catherine said, Theodore, you can’t always think about what I must be. Samantha said that when I get along with you, it’s like writing a book, and now it’s slower and slower, and the spaces between words seem to be It is already an infinite distance. Rather than saying that Theodore's partner has grown up, it is better to say that Theodore's partner began to show more self to Theodore. Theodore could not tolerate these non-"small and fresh" things, which led to the love. s failure. The questions asked by the computer when setting up the OS at the beginning were very interesting. Theodore's character was almost portrayed by these questions. Theodore's hesitation on social issues indicates that he is not good at communication, the hesitation of OS gender setting shows Theodore's curiosity and depression, and the hesitation of the relationship with his mother implies that part of his needs for the opposite sex comes from maternal love The compensation psychology. This manifests itself in adults as a kind of social fear and insecurities of emotional relationships. Theodore's resistance to the growth of his love partner is actually a manifestation of this insecurity. So when Catherine began to expose her dissatisfaction and melancholy, when Samantha had her own social network, and even was not online for a short time, Theodore suddenly fell into panic. If Samantha were a real person, Theodore could not even give Samantha her own living space. Theodore's view of love has almost doomed Theodore's love with Catherine or Samantha. It is impossible to succeed. At the beginning of the film, when Samantha explained her name, she said that she looked through the dictionary and thought it was a good name. The director mentioned this dictionary here is very noticeable, so I turned it over and found that it might be really meaningful. The name Samantha means "listener", and Catherine means "innocence". In combination with the film, the director may want to say here that people will change, "listeners" will also have their own ideas, and "innocence" will mature sooner or later. "If it's just like first seeing" is a naive fantasy. The film is very clever. Theodore's view of love, even if sci-fi lovers like Samantha have become reality, will still fail because of its naivety and unreality. Then this view of love itself is so unrealistic.

Except for the almost comprehensive discussion of the concept of love, the film does not stop here. Under the setting of artificial intelligence, there are discussions on existentialism ("Our past is just a story we tell ourselves", "I don't think she is different"), and the value of life ("We are only in I stay here for a while, so I want to live in the present, so I go to him"), the discussion of social ethics ("Love is crazy, and it's a kind of crazy recognized by society", OS's stand-in service). The lines are carefully written, and because Samantha has only a voice, the whole movie is really supported by the lines, which makes people marvel at the power of the text. Not only the lines are beautiful, but the photography in this film is really exquisite in every frame. The film is constructed at a near-future point in time. The shooting scene traverses east and west, covering urban beaches, deserts, mountains and forests. The viewer may not notice, but this fusion will create a sense of unreality in the viewer's subconscious. This is the film. In order to create a very ingenious psychological technique for the future time and space background (in rendering this kind of unreality, the smog of the magic city also contributes). The protagonist’s iconic red shirt is bright and eye-catching, which contrasts with the environment and the obscure simplicity of the surrounding passers-by, further exaggerating the sadness of the film. The editing of the film is also a bright spot. When Theodore and OS fell in love for the first time, the screen was completely black for 30 seconds, completely condensing the emotions of the two into a friendship between the soul and the flesh. When Theodore and Samantha bid farewell, the dust of time seemed to be the sediment of the past, and finally like snow, wrapped Theodore into loneliness again. The soundtrack of the film is also very beautiful, the city has an urban melody, and Theodore and Samantha are clean pianos. Overall, Her is the most beautiful movie I have ever seen, and the entire viewing experience is memorable.

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