Her

What comes into your mind when you hear love being described sometimes as knowing no boundaries or blind? The answer to this question will have to be divided into pre-Her and post-Her.

Her is about a loner who indulges in an intimate relationship with his Artificial Intelligence Based Operating Software System, Samantha (Scarlett Johansson). The surprise here is that it resembles a human-to-human affair cent per cent, with nothing short of romance, love, pain, trust and betrayal. That's when we all come to know, one does not fall for an entity because of the physical appearances, but for what's within, regardless of the type or medium.

The show starts off with Theodore (Joaquin Phoenix) at his workplace. As a man who is due for a divorce, his world is extremely quiet. His communications, job and entertainment are all heavily dependent on computing related technologies. The moment Samantha enters his life, everything gears up for an enthralling ride. As the story progresses, we'd come to the realization that Theodore is not a distinguished character here. In a society where weak relationships, break ups, divorces and sex-based benefits are dominant, meaningful conversations are given no time as described visually through the protagonist's occupation. He is just a typical sample of the larger set. Look closely into the motion picture and you will see yourself in Theodore too. Samantha is another strong character who completes Theodore. Casting director has made the most excellent decision by nominating Scarlett Johansson to carry out the task. It is arduous to make you admire, adore, feel for, cry for and finally hate a character, only by the voice.

Spike Jonze's solid screenwriting with copious content is backed up by sound technicalities. The red and yellow colour palette scheme used throughout the film is for sure a refreshing experience! For this intense drama, editors Jeff Buchanan and Eric Zumbrunnen did full justice to the screenplay by slickly cutting and putting together simple yet powerful narrative sequences. Hoyte van Hoytema has sure brought in the 'everything is happening next door' effect with his superb use of lenses. Art direction by Austin Gorg spells perfection from start to finish!

Her is all about understanding the idea of relationships itself. Her pin-points the flimsy connections human share in the current era by showing its fate in the slight future. Her depicts things that would happen if we subconsciously allow technologies to control us, and in doing so, replacing the human-to-human touch. Go to Her and she will let you know that love is indeed blind and knows no boundaries, at all.