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Here's How The Movie 'Her' Created The Most Believable Vision Of Our Future Yet

Kyle Russell   

Here's How The Movie 'Her' Created The Most Believable Vision Of Our Future Yet
Entertainment1 min read

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"Her"

In "Her," all computers are controlled with touch, voice, and gestures - keyboards or mice are relics of the past.

Earlier this week, I got to see "Her," the latest film by Spike Jonze, the director of mind-bending films like "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" and "Adaptation."

While I don't want to ruin the plot for anyone, I will say that the story of Theodore Twombly (wonderfully played by Joaquin Phoenix) falling in love with his computer's new operating system - a futuristic take on a Siri-like computerized assistant voiced by Scarlett Johansson - is incredibly romantic and probably the best science-fiction film released this decade.

What makes it so great as a piece of sci-fi is its realistic, subdued take on the technology of tomorrow. Set in what we can estimate is at least a decade in the future, the film presents a future where Siri, the Xbox's Kinect motion sensor, and Google Glass are no longer novelties but commodified technologies - like the mouse today, they've been around for a while and no one marvels at the fact that they exist.

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