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"Her." Dead on Science Fiction, man in a white suit, earth standing still, Star Trek... (Original Post) hunter Jun 2014 OP
Watched it the other night got kinda bored halfway through it. Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #1
Pace was slow. "Action Movies" have made us impatient. hunter Jun 2014 #2
I like a slow paced movie. I think that the subject matter was the issue. I just was not that Tuesday Afternoon Jun 2014 #3
Action movies are tedious. nt valerief Sep 2014 #9
we wanted to like it....ho hum. once you got the context..ho hum. NRaleighLiberal Aug 2014 #4
Yeah, about halfway through, I just lost interest. Did not care enough about the characters. Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #5
I think Joaquin played the pathetic character a bit too pathetically! NRaleighLiberal Aug 2014 #6
Not his finest moment for sure! Tuesday Afternoon Aug 2014 #7
I adored it. Blue_Adept Sep 2014 #8
Agreed. nt valerief Sep 2014 #10
Message auto-removed Name removed Oct 2014 #11
Just saw it on cable. yallerdawg Oct 2014 #12

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
1. Watched it the other night got kinda bored halfway through it.
Wed Jun 11, 2014, 11:50 PM
Jun 2014

The scene where he takes her on a picnic was just too much stupid for me.

hunter

(38,891 posts)
2. Pace was slow. "Action Movies" have made us impatient.
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 10:15 AM
Jun 2014

Frightfully, I've been to parties where some people are "participating" by Skype. Sometimes, going out with our young adult kids, it seems they spend more time chatting electronically with their significant others and friends than they do with us.

I'm sure "double dates" with one date not physically present have already happened many times in this modern world.

In any case maybe I've simply been overexposed to mutant/creature/space-war "science fiction" recently, and maybe I'd rather visit the future Los Angeles of "her," not "Elysium."





Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
3. I like a slow paced movie. I think that the subject matter was the issue. I just was not that
Thu Jun 12, 2014, 06:12 PM
Jun 2014

fascinated. It dragged in the middle but, my interest picked up toward then when the OS's developed their own autonomy. That was a quirky little twist that the protagonist should have seen coming.

He was just too self absorbed a character for me to root for/care about.

There was no arc in his development.

Tuesday Afternoon

(56,912 posts)
5. Yeah, about halfway through, I just lost interest. Did not care enough about the characters.
Sat Aug 2, 2014, 09:17 AM
Aug 2014

No vested interested in what happened to or with them.

Blue_Adept

(6,435 posts)
8. I adored it.
Tue Sep 2, 2014, 12:08 PM
Sep 2014

While it has its flaws, it's a welcome bit of thinking science fiction with social extrapolations you have to look at. it's not an action shoot-em up with some touches on what the future would be. Phoenix gave a phenomenal performance in it. Still calling it my favorite film of 2014.

Response to valerief (Reply #10)

yallerdawg

(16,104 posts)
12. Just saw it on cable.
Mon Oct 20, 2014, 02:09 PM
Oct 2014

It is a really interesting film, Phoenix is an exceptional actor, ScarJo was phenomenal!, and the whole AI concept was very thought-provoking.

I thought it was going to be a relationship movie and it is unexpectedly so much more.

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