Her
Last week, I saw "Her", a movie directed by Spike Jones. When the end credits rolled, I decided it must have a place in my top ten favourite movies of all time. So, what's it about? Its basic premise revolves around a man named Theodore, a writer, recently separated, who is having a tough time trying to get over the failure of his marriage. He goes out and buys an Artificial Intelligent Operating System named Samantha. Throughout the movie Samantha and Theodore develop a strange yet endearing boyfriend virtual-girlfriend relationship. He eventually admits to his circle of friends that he is dating the OS. In the end, and trying not spoiling too much for anyone, Theodore resolves his differences with his ex-wife, and realizes that the love spurred between man and machine is not without its consequences. I thought about this movie for days. I tried to piece together everything I liked about it. And in short form, here is what I came up with: The narrative sto