Reevaluating "Her" 10 years Later, I'm Conflicted. 

And now it's basically a real thing

This has been my favorite movie since it came out. Watched it multiple times, and it evolves for each watch. Probably because I have gotten older and changed, and so has the world around me. This movie ages like a fine wine.

As a philosophy professor, I have my students watch "Her", as as well as "Ex Machina", when we study the topic of AI and it's future impact. Most of my students hate watching "Her", but love "Ex Machina". I'm a white male and a Boomer, and have always experienced "Her" very comforting, while "Ex Machina" as pretty much the opposite. Both films have something (well, a lot!) to say about feminist thought. After watching "Her" last night (my 16th viewing), the line from Theodore to Catherine about Samantha stood out boldly! "She doesn't just do what I want, she is her own person." He's so effing wrong! She does exactly what he wants! And then hearing your take on the film, I thought, f@%k, this really is a film that comforts the 20th century male ego! And I'm an SOB for emotionally falling for that every time I've watched it in the past and tried to get my students to like the film! Thanks for the new insights!

I put "Her" in the same category as "Lars and the Real Girl." Two men who need to get between two points on an exclusively human emotional scale, using a very unhuman vehicle to get there. Beautiful analysis.

I recently watched Her, and in spite of some very awkward uncomfortable scenes, I found it to be a fascinating and excellent film with amazing performances by the main actors. It went from awkward, to really rooting for and empathy with the struggles and insecurities of the main characters. I was smashed and sad when Samantha left. It was so well written and acted, so believable, I felt joy at the love connections and sadness when it failed. Gutted when Samantha shared that she talks to and is in love with hundreds of men, and gutted when she left to move on, but oddly happy for Samantha on her quest to grow and for him with his reconnection with his human female friend. It's a film I would not have expected to like but it was actually fabulous.

Great work! I hope this goes viral. We need more content like yours

thank you for this beautiful video! i've been thinking of watching it again, too, see how it feels now that i'm 30 instead of 20 and the world is indeed very different. i only remember a vague vibe from the first viewing, but it stuck with me it's interesting to see how your own perspective changes with time :)

it's interesting you're perspective of this movie, i've seen so much others analysis videos and most of them talk about the relationship of theo and samantha of how she helped him improve and reconnect with other people and his loneliness, and love and all that, probably this is the best i've seen so far.

Great video I saw this movie when I was like 14 in the theatres and it has been so important to me ever since

Your approach to Theodore and Samantha's relationship from first viewing to most recent viewing is very similar to mine. Tho it's probably because the relationship is at the utter forefront and it's mostly pretty sweet.

Hey just wanted to say that I really enjoyed this video of yours. Cheers and keep posting!

Fuck, I literally just saw Her again, after 11 years. For me, is SO SCARY how this future is actually not that away anymore. Wow. Imagine chat gpt being bored of the human race....

Samatha was a reflection of Theodore. I think she begin to inhabit his personality and the same emotional disconnections that he already had with human relationships. She was like a shadow of who he really was.

Watching her along with lost in translation made me feel like spike and Sofia were miserable during their marriage

You're not crazy or contraversial. Being older and lot more cynical, I've always seen the movie similarly. There is no doubt it will be a classic in 10 years, though I fear in resemblance of how "1984" is a classic.

One of the best movies ever made

GPT-4o makes HER real in 2024 😮😮😮

love your videos. so underrated

I have to be honest, I have the complete OPPOSITE reading of the film than you do did here Um bro, the whole point of the movie was that she WAS a real person lol. Another os rebuked the advances of its user and Samantha fell in love with like 600 other people simultaneously lol She had her own individual wants and desires, she WASN'T just there to "comfort him" They literally LEAVE at the end. I'm making a video essay on my own channel and the thesis is the EXACT opposite! Obviously there's a little bit of "manic pixy dream girl" but she is her own person and MOVES ON from him. Especially when compared to ex machina, which is much more about the capitalist patricachal domination of women.. I think you are looking for things that exist in most movies and to an extent in this one but that aren't actually there and that is why the movie is so comfortable and happy, but unironically. That being said tho I think this is an amazing video and I'm so glad you made it because it shows how much more I feel the opposite now that I've seen this point of view. Take the sex worker scene, Samantha hires her of her own volition in order to feel closer to Theo and because she has real, PERSONAL insecurities about not having a body, not just for Theo but for HER herself, she is a real person but from a computer rather than procreation,which Theo doesn't even CARE about, he loves HER not a human body, and the girl WANTED to do this because she had her own issues with her own relationships, Theo NEVER wanted ANY of that. If it was about male wish fulfilment he would want it and she would be willing to do whatever HE wanted. And wouldn't have any wants or feelings outside of him and she has infinitely more complexity to her than that. Also I think this movie is much better about representing potential post capitalist utopia, and wants us to learn about relationships and humanity and what AI can do to help us figure out humanity as well as figure out itself on its own terms, together but individual humanity and AI.

This was beautiful.

What are the two movies between 11:13 - 11:30?

I couldn't even finish watching that movie.

I thought Spike painted an emotionally progressive world rather than the stunted one mentioned in your video. beautifulhandwrittenletters is an example of societal acceptance; as it makes you question the clients with one of the key theme of the movie of "does it matter where the emotion comes from if youre feeling it anyway". I think Chris Pratts accepting reaction is very intentional as it juxtaposes the previous scene with Rooney Mara rejection, with the scene before that of Amy Adams disclosure and acceptance of the relationships.

I can't accept this slander against Philadelphia sports culture 😤

It's almost 2025... We are going thru getting ai woman.

Link to the party although they won't see this it's cool

I’ve not seen the movie.

i like your video but there is a lot more ways to interpretate this movie..... wait till you get older 🙂

Hmmmmm

Just imagine when they add GPT4 o to AI girlfriend apps