From last year to this year, I have watched "She" four times in theaters. Just like how long Theo can't let go of his feelings for his ex-wife Catherine, I can't let go of this movie for a long time. This is the first feature film of Spike Jones with an independent script. His first two feature films "Puppet Life" and "Adapted Screenplay" were written by the talented screenwriter Charlie Kaufman. The previous film "Home of the Beast" It was created jointly with the original author. Because of the relationship between Jones and Kaufman, this movie easily reminded me of another romance film written by Kaufman, "The Warmth and the Light", which I like very much (director Michelle Gunray is also Jones). Since the beginning of the MTV director period, I have been very good friends and have directed many MTVs). In my opinion, the two films actually talk about the "seemingly doomed love", but they reflect the completely different emotional attitudes and even values of the two creators. Kaufman is "pessimistic." Joe, Clementine, and Mary the nurse in his works will still be involuntarily, even relying only on muscle intuition, after washing away the memory so cruel and straightforward. Go to the originally agreed place, meet and fall in love with the destined person. Perhaps only love has this kind of power, and people know that it is in danger of walking on thin ice, and they have to bare their feet to meet its tingling. Kaufman's pessimistic romance touched me deeply. He portrayed the influence of love on a person's "body" as true and cruel. "She" pays more attention to the influence of love on a person's "heart". Jones, who has experienced a failed marriage, has a more "optimistic" view of love. He may still be unable to let go of the friendship and love he had for his ex-wife Sofia Coppola for many years since he was young (they had known each other for a long time before getting married), or he may still regret that he was in love but failed to maintain it. Perhaps it was too difficult for him to "let go" completely. In reality, there is not such a blank clinic to provide brainwashing services, so he chose to "leave part of his heart for her forever". The film is almost entirely composed of dialogue, with music and facial close-ups, creating a warm and private space. He slowly told the audience his story, his own thoughts, and showed the most touching details of love. For a long time, the movies I like show the most subtle emotions between people; last year I like "The Life of Adele" and "Francis Ha". So this is a very personal movie, but at the same time, anyone who has experienced it can find themselves in the story. The most impressive thing about the movie is its art director. Those warm colors come from the juice store chain Jamba Juice, the healthy organic juice they sell is probably Jones's favorite, so this hobby has also been transferred to the actor Theodore. The future world in the film does not have a specific year setting, but it should not seem too far away (about 20 to 30 years at most). It is utopian, life is comfortable and convenient, and people are very friendly. Everyone wore high-waisted cloth pants, cotton shirts, and loose cashmere sweaters that were popular in the 1920s. Everything is pure and natural (even Amy Adams' hair color was restored to her natural blond hair), healthy. Even this first-generation operating system has appeared, which not only provides various assistant services, such as cleaning up disks, processing emails, arranging schedules and even making a cup of coffee, but also becoming a best friend and girlfriend, accompanied all the time, which is a kind of exclusive intimacy. . In short, this is a perfect world. And in such a world, can people still be lonely? The truth is that humans have never been so alone. Feelings have become something that can be exchanged for money, and at the same time it has become a "luxury"-Theodore writes letters specially for people, wedding receptions, birthday cards, anniversaries, and sexual feelings, all of which he has at his fingertips. As long as you spend money, you can buy such a romantic "handwritten letter" without even reading and sending it yourself. All kinds of interpersonal relationships have been handled properly. But in this way, who would know what the real emotions between people are like? In the letter, the love between husband and wife and lovers is perfect. But the "true feelings" have been hidden by people and become the most extravagant things. In the film, ex-wife Catherine (Rooney Mara) blames Theodore, saying that he "cannot handle real feelings." She may be the person who sees the most clearly in the entire world. She is the first and only person in the movie to sharply look down upon Theodore and Samantha (other people, whether they are friend Amy or colleague Paul, are Very "support" the romance between Theodore and the operating system). Yes, the fate of Theodore and Samantha is destined. In fact, at the end of the story, it turned out that the two protagonists had different values on love, which led to the breakup: one believed that love was one-to-one, and the other believed that love could be infinite. In fact, at the beginning, I had a faint feeling that things would turn out to be like this. This smart operating system actually has a beginning like siri today. It is also a cloud service that all Apple users can enjoy. I even think that the development of this kind of human-computer relationship will later be not only a moral issue, but also a legal issue, but the film does not have much discussion in the social sense. Theodore opened his heart to Samantha from the very beginning, and talked about her; Samantha also gave full play to the characteristics of the intelligent system, and carried out sufficient learning and sex. Personality shaping, in a sense, has become a real "person". But can love really surpass the physical body? maybe. In general, this is a "love comedy", but seeing Theodore take Samantha to the Snow Mountain Lodge on vacation, and he dances and plays alone to the camera, and my eyes become wet in an instant. It is said that people in love are the most beautiful, but this time, I saw in advance the ending of this beauty, which is really very uncomfortable. Theodore, who was unhappy at the beginning of the film, mentioned several times, "That's just a letter to someone else." He is an emotionally delicate and keen letter writer, good at mastering details, observing the relationships and feelings between people, and magnifying them-"a woman with a gentle heart". Many of his clients have been ghostwritten by him for a long time, for several years or more than ten years. In other words, he actually knows best how feelings change and how people change—but this is what he fears most. He and Catherine grew up together, helped each other's studies and careers, and watched each other grow. But with this kind of growth, how can two people keep the same frequency all the time? In real life, it's really negligible. As long as the sincere feelings are paid, it will be a process of caring the heart-it will inevitably be painful. Everyone would be afraid of this kind of asynchrony between the two people, and Catherine and Theodore chose to close themselves and "hide themselves in front of her". Without communication, love slipped away a little bit. When dating a girl introduced by a friend, Theodore also "sees someone to say what to say" and meets the other person's favorite method, which is not his true self at all. With Samantha, Theodore chose to communicate, understand, and tolerate when he had different opinions with her. For the first time, Samantha had no body and no real feelings for herself. "The question, whether it is the second time to find a substitute to pretend to be oneself, is solved by two people's thorough conversation. No matter what kind of love (feelings), opening up is the most important thing. So in the end, Samantha told Theodore the cruelest truth. That was also the most emotional moment of the film. They all said frankly: "I have never loved anyone like you... "Although Theodore was lost, he was not as sad and depressed as when he broke up with Catherine. Being with Samantha brought him happiness, made him realize that there are millions of patterns in love, and made him learn to be grateful. Everything that love brings, whether it’s happiness or sadness, is part of love and life. Think of them like photos or even invisible photos, remember that the moment together is the most precious place of love. His last letter Letter, without gorgeous rhetoric, only true feelings, in my opinion, is the most touching. Because that is his own letter. Theodore gained something from this "human-machine love", so this It is true love. From this perspective, love can transcend the physical body. Finally, Amy leaned on Theodore’s shoulder, and the two looked at Shanghai slowly surrounded by morning light. If this is Jones’ own story, I am very happy that he can finally walk out of a relationship with such a mentality, and I am very grateful that he can turn his story into such a beautiful movie. If there is anything worthy of improvement in this movie in my opinion, it may be. There are too many things I want to say in just two hours. But then I think about it, isn’t that line exactly like this, "The human heart is not a cardboard box, and it won’t be filled. The more you love, the bigger your heart will be. "Why is time not like this? It is one of the most mysterious things in the world that is invisible and intangible like the human heart. Two hours of time will not be overfilled for any reason. The more you interpret it, The more I put myself into the story, the movie will become an infinite space that surrounds us; I am willing to be surrounded by this infinite warm color. "She" is not only my favorite movie in 2013, but also Will leave a part of my heart to it.
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