Watching Her, you think all the ways this could have gone wrong in lesser hands, this could have been another low brow comedy milking cheap laughs from a Hollywood Nerd using Samantha as a substitute for actual love, a horror story where yet another AI tries to kill humanity, or rejected Star Trek where Samantha serves as a metaphor for gay or interracial marriage. Instead, Her is a simple love story about where one of the characters just happens to be a computer, but it still feels more realistic and human than works like the Ugly Truth, That Awkward Moment, or This Means War. The film forgoes the staples of lesser Rom Coms such as misunderstandings or contrived comedic set pieces in favor of two people nautrally forming a relationship. It's just two people talking about things like trees or life. The movie may or may not pass the Bechdel test, but Samanthas development as a character means she could easily pass the Turing test..
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Watching Her, you think all the ways this could have gone wrong in lesser hands, this could have been another low brow comedy milking cheap laughs from a Hollywood Nerd using Samantha as a substitute for actual love, a horror story where yet another AI tries to kill humanity, or rejected Star Trek where Samantha serves as a metaphor for gay or interracial marriage. Instead, Her is a simple love story about where one of the characters just happens to be a computer, but it still feels more realistic and human than works like the Ugly Truth, That Awkward Moment, or This Means War. The film forgoes the staples of lesser Rom Coms such as misunderstandings or contrived comedic set pieces in favor of two people nautrally forming a relationship. It's just two people talking about things like trees or life. The movie may or may not pass the Bechdel test, but Samanthas development as a character means she could easily pass the Turing test..