Best Picture Nominee 2

Spike Jonz's Her is a film that takes you on an great emotional journey of hapiness, love, sadness and curiosity. The film may make you question how "love" is actually supposed to go. Love is not only emotional but also physical, so of course it's supposed to be between two human beings,  or is it?  The film doesn't just ask what it might mean to fall in love with a computer, but what it means when we humans fall in love with one another. "What is it?" "Why is it special?" "What makes it last?" "What makes it go wrong?"  and on this level, Her is both provocative and profound. Director Spike Jonz captiavtes the story of love like no other movie has. The computer in the film  has a personality; one programmed to fit his sensibilities to a technological T, and it's not long before he realizes that his new OS, which calls itself  Samantha is even better than advertised. Samantha's voice, which is that of actress Scarlett Johnason is very soft and compelling and not your typical software voice, so you can see why maybe Theodore begins to have emotions.
     Joaquin Phoenix, who played the main character of Theodore, makes you feel every emotion he feels, but also makes you feel uncomfortable. He conquered the role and it showed in every scene of the film. Each scene makes you feel a different emotion than in the previous as the film develops. The sexual, spritual  and emotional aspects of Her is what makes the movie an al around good film. I would reccomend anyone going to see it who loves to look at life and love in different ways and not just the "typical" way.