Why Her Wasn't as Outlandish as One Would Assume

Rating: 8/10 (3 October 2016)

"Her" was surprisingly believable which is borderline scary. I expected it to be rather far fetched but by the end of the film I think most viewers felt friendly sentiments towards the main character's computer and love interest,"Samantha." She was friendly and related quickly to human emotion, adapting and adjusting at lightening speed due to her superhuman intelligence. Her voice was friendly and completely "voice like." I think that was the predominant feature of Samantha that allowed viewers to make the connection between her and an actual, tangible human being. Today, many of our computers still sound very choppy and automated. This shift in the movie made a big difference. Also, the rest of the world in Her didn't seem too far advanced to eliminate livability. The city scapes, restaurants, and apartments were such as you could find in a comp temporary city today. The fashion and hairstyles were normal.
Together, the human voice of Samantha and the setting of "Her" were set up to make the story of a man falling in love with his computer relatable and seemingly real. We already feel so many emotions for our technologies so why is love out of bounds? We already need to have our phones with us all the time and feel lost without them, how is that different from love? I had never thought of it to the extreme of this before but it sent an important message: human contact and emotion is increasingly important with the quickly advancing technologies. A computer may seem appealing but at the end of the day, do you want to cuddle up with a screen that is smarter than you?