Joaquin Phoenix Vs. Her

Comparison between Al Pacino and Robert De Niro Al Pacino and Robert De Niro are considered greatest actors in the film history. They have been admired by their extraordinary performances and characters. They have the traits in sameness and also in difference. Let me share the similarities and distinctions between these two legendary figures. First of all, they have several coincidental similarities.

The movie ‘Her’ is the story about Theodore Twombly (Joaquin Phoenix), a man who develops a relationship with Samantha (Scarlett Johansson), an intelligent computer operating system personified through a female voice. At the beginning of the film, Theodore is completely inept when it comes to how to make relationship with person, specifically women. However, after he gets to know Samantha, an OS program, a feeling of true love develops inside of Theodore’s mind. Then he realizes how he was fatuous in his past. Throughout the film, the director (Spike Jonze) uses five distinct color schemes to correspond Theodore’s feeling and situation.

The major voice established in the novel, is the masculine sounding protagonist Claudia Valentine; a ‘hard boiled’ female detective who is hired to identify the murder of Mark Bannister and the other being the antagonist Harry Lavender, a criminal master mind with a confident and self-assertive personality. Exposed as a strong intelligent woman, Valentine still faces personal issues dealing with divorce from her former husband and separation from her children. When she is around Steve Angel, she remembers Guy Valentine and speaks with her children. A pun and metaphor are demonstrated as she says “And meeting an angel had certainly brightened my day”this.At first Claudia describes Sydney as a poxy ridden lady. “She’d been a very sickly child,

She seems to be strong and independent and shows the patronizing attitude to Sullivan. The Girl is already acquainted with Hollywood's main requirement for women: submission to the male producers. By her comportment it can be assumed that she has failed as a Hollywood actress because of her refusal to follow these canons of behavior. The Girl has preserved her independence what can be seen when she gives sarcastic commentaries upon every attempt of Sullivan to show his domination and

the society she lives in is trapping her and trying to keep her from reaching her full potential. Maya feels like the white society is keeping her and her people in bondage, by saying subliminal things and doing certain actions to keep them on a lower level than whites. The speech that the white man spoke did nothing but clarify the societies expectations of people of color. Maya got angry because she wants to break free from those expectations. She wants to be able to have her own aspirations and not let her future be shaped based on the society that she lives in and what they expect from her. According to Elizabeth Fox Genoese’s essay called “Emphasis on Community in Caged Bird” she says that unbreakable barriers closed black communities

Her book she believes “an actor needs talent, imagination, a grip on reality, desire to communicate,

His emotive voice brought an intriguingly unsure level to his character. Matthew Landon played Berger with an unrestrained, animalistic enthusiasm. His consistent mannerisms and expressions - like slightly jerky hands or glazed-over eyes - and unending physical energy provided the audience with a powerful presence to watch. Briana Budge played the “prospective mother” Jeanie as excitable and entirely enamoured with Claude, and her effortless belting gave her songs a captivating

It is clear that Emilio Estevez allocated nearly the entire budget towards the actors, given the abundance of well-known stars who played their roles seamlessly. Demi Moore, who played Virginia Fallon, was a very believable alcoholic singer who was approaching the end of her career. Each movement made displayed drunk behavior, such as when she was sitting in the beautician chair interacting with Miriam. Joy Bryant who played Patricia was a lively young woman whose interactions with other characters were carefree and light, such as her flirtation with Dwayne, played by Nick Cannon. She also seemed like every girl's best friend when talking with her coworker Angela, played by Heather Graham. During one scene she was lecturing Angela on being alone forever if she continued her relationship with a married man; Bryant excellently displayed a sense of genuineness in the light yet serious statement. Diane, played by Lindsay Lohan was a nervous young woman who married her friend to help save him from being drafted to Vietnam. Lohan played the part well showing hope that her parents would arrive to her wedding as well as angst when her husband was shot. Another notable actor was Freddy Rodríguez, who played Jose. Rodríguez displayed a ray of emotions, from the annoyance he portrayed when being told he was working a double

Ryan Reynolds has been in love with the same girl all his life. When he tried to tell her, he got humiliated. Now, he has moved away, became a successful businessman and tried to forget her. When he takes a trip back home, he realizes he can’t and tries to make her regret not being with him. In doing so, he manages to do the opposite. But, still in the end he may find love. This movie truly is one of the funniest movies I have ever seen Ryan Reynolds in.

Technology is slowly overtaking the normality of relationships in our world. In the movie, Her, Theodore originally uses Samantha, a software program that listens and understands, as a conscious to cope with his divorce. Theodore’s character shifts from a depressed, heartbroken man to a light, hopeful character just by connected with the software program. Originally Samantha is just a software program, but throughout the movie she gains human qualities. Theodore uses his “phone talking” and “letter creating” job to connect over the system with Samantha, “waking her up.” Samantha’s sense of humor and sarcastic bullying allows the audience to view her as a friend, not a computer. In some sci-fi movies and books, the characters are portrayed

Kristen Stewart who portrayed Melinda Sordino did an outstanding job, a great performance. Her facial expressions were good because she showed that someone who goes through a rough time won’t be very happy and that person’s expression might be a bit sad and at times that person will not show emotion. She used a very quiet voice that made her seem afraid and scared, which she was, because of what happened. She shows these facial expressions throughout the entire movie but they start to change near the end when there are sudden changes in her life. Another great actor who did a fabulous job portraying his character was Steve Zahn.

Many people do not realize that the acronym for love stands for “Love Overcomes Violence

Published in 1915, Herland is a utopian novel written by Charlotte Perkins Gilman, an important figure of feminism in the United States of the beginning of the twentieth century. It describes a society composed only of women, resulting in an idealistically perfect society devoid of war, diseases with a perfect social equality between all. Three adventurous men, Vandyck Jennings, the narrator and his friends Terry Nicholson, and Jeff Margrave discover this land without any men, and they are confronted to a unique society that will change their perspective on gender roles. The author criticizes the male dominated society of her time, and how little consideration women were given. However, interestingly, the short novel is narrated from a masculine

Characters in the film who are not lonely possess a mindset that is unlike that of Theodore. Thus, if Theodore’s loneliness causes his detachment from society, his ex-wife Catherine can be considered the opposite. Catherine is a successful author publishing books and traveling across the world. When the former lovers met one more time to sign their divorce papers, Theodore reveals to Catherine that he is dating his operating system. In absolute repugnance, Catherine retorts, “Wait. You’re dating your computer?” Catherine’s diction choice to use “computer” instead of “Samantha” or even “operating system” demonstrates her aversion for a human-computer relationship. Catherine is not in a state of loneliness and does not depend on technology to live her life like Theodore. For that reason, she is the only character in the movie to speak out against Theodore’s relationship. As a result of her comments, Theodore attempts to defend his decision. He replies, “She’s not just a computer. She’s her own person. She doesn’t just do whatever I want.” He attempts to justify Samantha’s existence as more than just solely a programmed computer and more like a self-aware artificial intelligent machine that possesses the full range of human cognitive abilities. However, Samantha is not a human. An online literary review journal argues that “Sam has the capacity to undergo evolution of her identity. In a very real sense, Sam is ‘alive’ ”(Ehrett). But, it is this very ability to evolve herself

Another element used in the film that adds strength to its characters is the choice of actors. It is hard to imagine anyone other than Joaquin Phoenix playing the poetic melancholic role of Theodore. Joaquin’s clever costume design by Casey Storm, complete with his tragicomic mustache, is used to convey the director’s belief that fashion recycles itself. The choice of Scarlett Johansson over Samantha Morton as the voice of Samantha during post-production was a momentous decision. Scarlett Johansson’s scratchy, girly, seductively human voice creates a cocoon that incubates Theo’s and Samantha’s romance.