Talk:Her (film)

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Marketing/promotion
If anyone starts a Marketing/Promotion section they should probably mention BeautifulHandwrittenLetters.com which is the place where Twombly works and redirects to the official website. -- 109.76.245.190 (talk) 12:37, 15 February 2014 (UTC)

Plot
As-currently-written is that the plot or the whole story? — Preceding unsigned comment added by 184.1.157.67 (talk) 21:44, 27 April 2014 (UTC)

Reception
There has been lots of commentary of all sorts on this film. The Reception section is disappointingly short (instead people keep adding to the sprawling unsourced See Also section). There is potential to expand the Reception section to include a broader range of opinions, beyond film critics. Science Fiction writer and futurist Ray Kurzweil prasied the film writing a review and analysis on his website. -- 147.252.95.35 (talk) 18:43, 8 May 2014 (UTC)
 * The reception section is fine. I would much rather see an expansion of themes and other related topics. Viriditas (talk) 07:58, 2 July 2014 (UTC)

NPOV
The box office section paraphrased "underwhelming" (direct quote) as "disappointing" (paraphrase) as it seemed less POV to me at the time. It has since been changed to a direct quote, which is fine but I thought disappointing was a fairer and more neutral choice of wording, whereas "underwhelming" seems overly harsh even it if it a direct quote. I don't appreciate accusations in edit summaries my edits were in good faith. -- 109.77.196.78 (talk) 23:46, 24 July 2014 (UTC)


 * The problem is, neither "underwhelming" nor "disappointing" belong anywhere in an article without a source, so if the source said underwhelming, that is what we should include. As much as it seems like they're synonyms, they technically aren't, and we can't claim a site said something it didn't.  Sock  (previously Corvoe ) (be heard) 10:18, 29 July 2014 (UTC)

Genre
Does anyone else feel that the appropriate genre to place the film under to be "social science fiction" than merely science fiction? --121.54.58.246 (talk) 19:22, 19 September 2014 (UTC)
 * Nope, and you really missed out on the entire point of SF if you are actually serious, which I'm sure you aren't. The leap of faith necessary for the average audience member to appreciate what it would be like to have a relationship with an AI is much larger than you can possibly imagine.  I did my own survey on a group of about 30 people.  Those who could make the leap of faith loved the film and could envision this possible future.   Those who could not make the leap failed to get the point of the story, and saw it as absurd.  You fall into the latter half, but for different reasons.  SF isn't primarily about nuts and bolts spaceships, alien battles, or time travel devices.  Beyond the hardware, SF is about ideas, more specifically, the relationship between people and technology.  Contrary to your line of reasoning, this film is about as hard as you can get, because you're dealing solely within the realm of the human mind and its response to a new, technological life form. In other words, this is as SF as it gets, folks. To completely miss out on this fact, to have it to go whizzing over your head merely because the nuts and bolts aspects have become transparent, tells me you just don't get SF. Viriditas (talk) 05:56, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

Note, after reviewing the RS, I have added the genre back in. As far as I can tell, the website "The Verge" is singularly responsible for spreading the meme that this is not science fiction. Not only are they wrong, but the film trade mags and critical reviews disagree. I suspect that this kind of problem tends to occur with people who think that SF primarily concerns itself with nuts and bolts spaceships, aliens, and strange, but bizarre fantasy. This is a common misconception about SF. This film explores the idea of what it would be like to have an actual relationship with an AI. This is as SF as the genre can get. "The Verge" is simply wrong on this one. Viriditas (talk) 06:21, 31 January 2015 (UTC)

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Average score on RT
Opencooper has insisted on using "8.5 out of 10" rather than 8.5/10 for Her's average Rotten Tomatoes score. The reason I insist on a slash is that it is clearly the standard on Wikipedia; go look up any other film and you will see that the slash is used, not words. If you don't agree with that, by all means go correct all those thousands of articles. 73.109.106.183 (talk) 05:32, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Unless it's codified in a manual of style, it is not a "standard", and even then the MoS is just a recommendation. We don't just do things because other articles do them, but on their individual merit on each specific article. I feel using words is more encyclopedic rather than using a slash in this specific article. What is your reasoning for using a slash other than "because everyone else does it"? Opencooper (talk) 05:36, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * What is it about the "individual merit" of Her that separates it from the examples I gave, and thus warrants using words rather than a slash? All I'm asking for is a little consistency on this encyclopedia. 73.109.106.183 (talk) 16:33, 10 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Consistency is a great goal but it should also have rationale and consensus behind it, both of which are lacking here. I'm asking why you want to make this change. If Wikipedia was all about consistency, every article would have an infobox and the exact same article structure. Instead "whether to include an infobox, which infobox to include, and which parts of the infobox to use, is determined through discussion and consensus among the editors at each individual article." I'd get your point if you could show me where it was decided all ratings should use a slash or if we could agree that the slash is the better option here, but so far neither has been done. Opencooper (talk) 16:50, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * I don't necessarily have a opinion on whether words or a slash are superior, but I acknowledge that there is no universal consensus on the matter. However, I'm still curious about why you think Her in particular should use words, as opposed to the examples I gave, which all use slashes. 73.109.106.183 (talk) 17:21, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Nothing particular to Her; I'd argue the same regardless of which article it was. However the edit was to this article and like I'm saying before, since there is no general consensus, it needs to be decided individually. To give a bad analogy, if there is no federal law regarding a matter in the USA, each state is free to make its own laws on it. (I can sympathize with wanting to address Wikipedia's inconsistencies, and please don't be dissuaded from doing that in the future for other articles, but we also have to keep in mind that a project with such a diverse group of editors and subjects will have its differences. We don't even write all our articles in the same variety of English!) You can certainly be bold and try to fix things you find issue with, and I encourage you to, It's just that here I disagreed with the changes. Opencooper (talk) 17:40, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * Touché. :) 73.109.106.183 (talk) 17:58, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * To offer an outside opinion, I never gave much thought to the slash when I came across it in various film articles. However, now that the issue has been raised, the slash appears to be more informal. For an encyclopedia, I prefer the words over the slash, especially at the ratio's first mention. --GoneIn60 (talk) 20:23, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * In that case, should we go through all the thousands of films on Wikipedia that use slashes, such as the 17 examples I gave above, to change them to words? 73.109.106.183 (talk) 20:57, 11 July 2016 (UTC)
 * The jurisdiction of this talk page only concerns this article. It's possible that changing the slash to words in other articles will be met with pushback at times. For that reason, it would be best for MOS:FILM to specify this recommendation moving forward, and it looks like you've already started a discussion there. My suggestion would be to wait for an outcome there before attempting mass changes across hundreds of articles. Keep in mind that while consistency is nice, it's not absolutely required, and if the MOS is updated the change will eventually propogate itself into other articles over time. A massive, manual effort to update other articles in a short period of time wouldn't be necessary. Wikipedia is always a work in progress and we're in no rush. --GoneIn60 (talk) 21:23, 11 July 2016 (UTC)

Opencooper, after looking into this further, MOS:SLASH permits the use of an unspaced slash to express a ratio. I'm not aware of a guideline that discourages the slash in this situation, so I'm withdrawing my support for its removal in this article. Seems unnecessary and not likely to gain widespread consensus. --GoneIn60 (talk) 07:18, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * it's talking about the name of the ratio, not the ratio itself. Look at the example given: "the price-to-earnings ratio, or P/E ratio for short". Actual ratios are separated by a colon, like 4:3. By the way, the slash was added to the article, not removed, so consensus is needed to add it back, not vice-versa. Though I do agree that either is "not likely to gain widespread consensus", so we should at least try to form one for this article. Opencooper (talk) 11:08, 12 July 2016 (UTC)
 * You're right. Apparently, it's not explicitly supported now that I've carefully re-read the guideline. My first instinct is still to do away with the slash and use words, but I don't feel strongly about it either way. Consider this a "weak oppose" to the slash as used in this context. --GoneIn60 (talk) 20:01, 12 July 2016 (UTC)

For consistency I'd recommend also using 90/100 for Metacritic too, or we could use the other commonly used shorthand for out of 100. -- 109.76.150.6 (talk) 21:58, 21 July 2016 (UTC)

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The "(technological) singularity"
Please seek out references which specifically identity this as an allusion in the film by critics before adding this anywhere in the article, whether in the plot or a "See also". It is not appropriate to add WP:ORIGINAL RESEARCH to any Wikipedia articles. The film is deliberately vague about what is happening with the OSes at the end and even more so about "where they are going", much less why. I've had to remove several instances of OR from the plot, most of them editors' inferences about the motivations of the OSes and "the singularity", which as far as I understand would involve human consciousness merging/being upgraded, not simply a bunch of AIs anyway. So please stop forcing the article to say things which are your personal interpretations. If there are good WP:RELIABLE SOURCES for any of this (by which I mean film critics talking about it in this film, not just articles about the singularity in general, there can be a conversation as to where they should go in the article--likely not the plot. ZarhanFastfire (talk) 01:15, 17 October 2017 (UTC)

Amy is not introduced
Theodore explains [to Samantha] that, although he and Amy (Amy Adams) dated briefly in college, they are only good friends, and that Amy is married.

Who the firetruck is this Amy chick? &mdash; MaxEnt 13:06, 8 March 2018 (UTC)

"Spoilers"
Someone with seniority here should add a section called "Spoilers". One of those spoilers should be to "protect" against the following experience.

One of the treasures of this movie is the relationship between Samantha and Theodore - especially in the first half hour. Ms. Johansson's voicing of Samantha is supremely talented and irresistable. However, the sad fact is that Ms. Johansson was added to the project in post production. This means that all the rapport between Mr. Phoenix and Ms. Johansson - between Theodore and Samantha - is a complete illusion because not one syllable of dialogue was actually voiced / heard by the other actor / and responded to (in real time) through the whole movie. Everytime Theodore is responding to "her", he is not responding to Ms. Johannsson, but to some unknown actress who was replaced by Ms. Johansson in a role switch implemented post production (after filming, simply alone in a recording studio). This fact damages the sweet rapport (or illusion of rapport) the movie so wonderfully attains.

Putting this post-production fact somewhere in a hidden "this may damage the movie, are you sure you want to read it" type of section would enhance the *wiki* entry and preserve the sweetness of the film. QuixoteReborn (talk) 01:56, 16 March 2023 (UTC)


 * See, Wikipedia is not spoiler-free. Ever since someone put a spoiler warning on The Three Little Pigs, it was decided that spoiler warnings didn't belong on Wikipedia. Liliana UwU  (talk / contributions) 01:59, 16 March 2023 (UTC)
 * Amazing that dumbasses read an enclopedia article and are shocked that the plot is discussed. 119.224.62.191 (talk) 09:46, 29 February 2024 (UTC)