Below Stupid, Beyond Absurd Yet, Thoroughly Depressing

Rating: 1/10 (24 February 2014)

The argument about whether a machine could ever attain consciousness has been going on for a long time now, in the computer science world. Artificial intelligence is a hope in the pro-consciousness camp while the other half or more of computer experts, who have to painstakingly write intricate code for the most basic program functions, immediately reject this as utter nonsense. Leading edge programmers who are working on the most sophisticated robots are always complaining about how incredibly dumb the machine is until you finally get all possible scenarios covered in your code; how frustrating it is to debug even the simplest of gestures. In a leap of pure faith, the producers of this intellectually tepid movie, have simply assumed that the acquisition not only of intelligence but also of emotional feeling, will soon be possible for your operating system.
Joachin Phoenix plays a lonely man who falls in love with the new operating system on his computer. At first he is impressed by the loose and natural style of conversation that is possible with his OS-1 and then he falls in love with the female voice he perhaps erroneously picked for it. This development is described in a very costly way in terms of narrative time and it is unconvincing. Perhaps a man can be aroused by a female voice whispering little nothings in his ear but, what kind of man falls in love with a phone sex operator? Masturbation is not the same as true love making between a man and a woman.
This movie is very boring because it avoids all of the real and interesting questions about the illusory as well as real capabilities of modern software. Disappointed and depressed, we are taken on an unrewarding trip into the life of an unworthy individual who masturbates with his operating system. It is a boring waste of time. But if you are a guy and want to be depressed to the point of considering suicide then, this is the movie for you.