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sounds_sound  ·  3938 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: "Her" is about the Singularity... but not the Singularity you think.

    The film attempts to explore the complexity of 21st century socio-sexual existence.

My comment isn't about the singularity, but I just saw this movie and wanted to say something because I really enjoyed the film. For me, the most poignant underpinning of the movie isn't about the new complexities of socio-sexual existence, but rather the persistence of social complexities regardless of new technologies. I think the balance between his meat space relationships vs. his OS was exploited with great care and emotion. Really, All this new digital wizardry brings is the same ancient tropes of sex and love with different packaging. I think this realization was displayed so nicely and delicately at the very end. Two people, sitting on a rooftop, and overlooking a city of real people and the magnitude of their complex, difficult, and beautiful lives together.