Stranger things should have happened

Rating: 7/10 (4 April 2014)

A very good movie but could have been better. You could see it all coming. In good weird stories there are surprising resolutions. "Her" was more of a somber meditation than a story. I wonder what three great short story writers would have done with it. The story is not unlike Vonnegut's "Jenny", but "Jenny" is more bizarre and troubling. And then there's George Saunders' dark and disturbing "The Semplica Girl Diaries" from "Tenth of December: Stories", and pick any of the what-the-hell stories in "Stranger Things Happen" by Kelly Link. Vonnegut, Saunders, and Link can shock and create laughs, combining slapstick with horror. "Her" was a great idea for a story, but someone else should have written it - but visually it's a knockout.