Spike Jonze Her Film Analysis

The thought of an entire film being about a man falling in love with a form of artificial intelligence is a bit odd sounding because of its unconventional and untraditional nature. However, when you watch Spike Jonze’s Her, you realize that this connection, as peculiar as it is, is just as genuine as any other relationship. These types of human relationships are among the most complex, but emotional links in general have the capacity to evolve, grow, and change. A pair of twins who were inseparable during childhood but never speak in adulthood is just the same as a romantic connection being broken because the feeling was no longer mutual in a sense that, though they are different in intimacy level, both undergo changes because of time. The

2. I picked this film because of the strong message it is meant to put across, considering that Lee wanted the world to acknowledge that while society had experienced significant progress up to the turn of the century, people still had a long way to go in order for the world to be a morally acceptable place. Reading more information about the girls killed during the 1963 Baptist Church bombing really shocked me and made me want to discuss this film.

From waking up to an alarm clock in the morning, to texting our friends during the day, to using an electric toothbrush at night, we have all relied on the use of technology. Today, technology has become an essential part of most people’s everyday lives. With the rapid growth of technology, we are continually discovering new ways to make our lives faster and simpler. However, there have been many debates regarding how these new methods have concerning side affects. A lot of concern is shown on our societies dependency upon these new innovations; our inability to cope with life without these useful but not necessary tools.

In today’s world communication is incredibly important. Whether it is communicating at work, with a physiatrist, or even just a spouse; how a person communicates directly affects their life. As humans we not only use our voices to communicate but also our body’s. Humans can tell a lot about another person based on their body language and without body language it can become more difficult to communicate with a person. Communicating without a body can result in a human misconceiving the ideas or intent of the other person. It is also harder for anyone communicating without seeing the other person to tell if their conversation partner is lying. This communication barrier is a central part of Spike Jones’ movie Her. Throughout the movie the main character Theodor Twombly or Theo for short played by Joaquin Phoenix and his operating system named Samantha voiced by Scarlett Johansson develop and very complex and intimate relationship. The ability of Samantha and Theo to communicate in their relationship is hindered by Samantha not having a body.

Jonze then, has attempted to demonstrate that love and connection can be found through the use of technology, yet as the film will eventually display, it also suggests that this ‘love’ is temporary. For Samantha, alike the rest of the operating systems will end up leaving. Nevertheless the time that Theodore spends with Samantha takes up the duration of the film. Andy Crump argues that Samantha “exists as a disembodied voice speaking through hardware, and once we get past the face-value whimsy of Jonze’s concept, Her eventually gives way to a far more earnest dissertation on the unbearable experience of being

In his short story, “The Machine Stops”, E.M. Forster tells the story of a dystopian world where humanity live accordingly to an embedded system and how they collapse once they experience a sudden halt in its functionality. The system, referred to as the Machine by society, becomes a widely adopted, accepted, and praised innovation in the daily lives of the people, despite its underlying forces that isolate and dehumanize everyone under its control. As a writer of science fiction, Forster strives to incorporate the Machine’s influential nature as an allusion to modern-day technology and as a result gives way to the Machine’s overextending presence, capability to desensitize, status as a glorified entity, and Taylorism-based structure that exposes the reader to humanity’s incapacity to recognize the threat of McDonaldization and appreciate the inherent value of human wonder.

Her, a film directed by Spike Jonze, uses varied technique’s to get it’s idea of falling in and out of love with a computer across to the audience. It constantly makes us question what it means to love someone and how that affects who we are. Throughout the movie, how its presented, in terms of tone and mood, shifts over and over again. This particular scene is a more whimsical one, showing the bonding of these two characters.

By contrasting Theodore Twombly with his surrounding scene, Spike Jonze illustrates how relationship can possibly evolve in the future and affects human interaction with each other. Her is a romantic science-fiction film directed by Spike Jonze. Theodore Twombly is the protagonist in the movie who is dating an intelligent computer operating system named Samantha after divorcing with his wife. Her wife Catherine can not believe that he is dating with a “computer” and she accuses him for not being able to deal with a real person in a relationship. The interesting perspective of how relationship should be defined is raised through their conversation. Why can not online dating with a computer operating system be a real relationship if both of

Born and raised on the quiet streets of Findlay Ohio. Megan Norton is a daughter, a sister, a wife, a mother, and a student. Despite all of these there is not one that completely defines her. Free thinking and agnostic she believes that there is not one voice or personality that is her definite self. Although she doesn’t go so far to believe that the self is so flexible that a midget can become an Olympic pole vaulter, or a mentally retarded child will become Albert Einstein's successor. But, she does believe it is flexible enough that a hardened criminal can later become a successful teacher, lawyer or businessman, or a learning disabled child can become a

How do we know that we are human and, if we are human, what does it mean to be human? These two philosophical inquiries are explored in great depth in Ridley Scott's film "Blade Runner", and of course the text of Philip K. Dick's wonderful novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? on which the film is based. Most would agree that these themes exist in the novel, but a handful of critics and academics have some doubt as to their presence in the film. If one examines both the film and the text, one will realize that they both serve to support the same motifs, but do so in different fashions. Many critics argue that the awesome visuals

“I’m yours and I’m not yours.” These six words changed the movie, her, directed by Spike Jonez, into a much different perspective. When Samantha says these things to Theodore, his heart breaks. Even though Theodore knew, subconsciously, Samantha would never be completely real; she was always real to him. He fell in love with an operating system, a piece of technology. Some people may say that it is okay for a person to have a relationship with an object that isn’t truly alive and that it is good for a person to be connecting to something, but I don’t agree with that. The movie, her, deals with unrealistic situations and advanced technology that is more than what people were expecting. The movie

Chris Ruder a 39 year old founder of Wicker park house, a company that specializes in the production of spike balls made his debut on Shark tank. A spike ball retails at $53.00 on Amazon and last year, there were about 100 spike ball tournaments. Daymon John, the founder of FUBU and a shark and investor on ABC’s shark tan closed a $500,000 deal for 0 percent of the company. According to him, based on the fact that spike ball has grown from a local back yard sport to a nationwide sensation, it was an indication that it has potential to grow.

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

Artificial intelligence is the perfect blend between human ingenuity, creativity, drive and robotic purpose, persistence, and efficacy. But what happens when a human is no more distinguishable than artificial intelligence? In Albert Camus’s The Stranger, the protagonist Meursault is a particularly bizarre character, one with seemingly no ambitions, emotions, or passions who merely goes through the motions of living without ever truly feeling. On the whole, he is a rather unremarkable character until he kills a man, at which point society plays close attention to him as an oddity and ultimately condemns him to death for the moral murder of his mother. Despite never making an appearance, the character of Meursault’s mother is a significant presence

As nurses, we are taught to have a holistic approach to the care we provide to our patients. Treating the mind, body, and soul as a whole, focuses on unity and all the factors that pertain to a patient and their health. The purpose of this paper is to review my reaction and feelings after viewing a movie on Youtube called “Tuesdays With Morrie.” This paper will discuss my feelings about possible touch deprivation toward the older generation and several ways our society has influenced, both negatively and positively, our emotions on this subject. This paper will give an insight on how nurses might have a positive impact on touching to enhance the health of our patients. Also, this paper will talk about aging and the spiritual journey and how