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作家西奥多(华金·菲尼克斯 饰)在结束了一段令他心碎的爱情长跑之后，他爱上了电脑操作系统里的女声，这个叫“萨曼莎”的姑娘(斯嘉丽·约翰逊 声)不仅有着一把略微沙哑的性感嗓音，并且风趣幽默、善解人意，让孤独的男主泥足深陷。

《她》是讲述在不远的未来人与人工智能相爱的科幻爱情电影。主人公西奥多(杰昆·菲尼克斯 饰)是一位信件撰写人，心思细腻而深邃，能写出最感人肺腑的信件。他刚结束与妻子凯瑟琳(鲁妮·玛拉 饰)的婚姻，还没走出心碎的阴影。一次偶然机会让他接触到最新的人工智能系统OS1，它的化身萨曼莎(斯嘉丽·约翰逊 声)拥有迷人的声线，温柔体贴而又幽默风趣。西奥多与萨曼莎很快发现他们如此的投缘，而且存在双向的需求与欲望，人机友谊最终发展成为一段不被世俗理解的奇异爱情……　

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I like director and actor Spike Jonze. His 1999 movie "Being John Malkovich" is on the list of some prettythought-provoking films that I would offer to sober movie fans, while the "Jackass" franchise, which he had a hand in writing, is a favorite of one of my colleagues, who always takes it upon himself to cheer people up. The true talent and versatility in Spike Jonze have surprised us again and again, and his latest offering is his 2013 science fiction and romantic film, "Her".

Like "Being John Malkovich", the Oscar-winning "Her" is full of hidden messages not immediately fathomable.It follows a divorced man who develops a relationship with an intelligent computer operating system, who calls itself Samantha and has a beautiful voice, supplied by Scarlett Johansson. The OS Samantha starts bylearning and imitating human emotions and eventually evolves into an intelligent being. In the same process, the extraordinary couple's relationship also goes through ups and downs.

The story explores a brilliant idea not infrequently repeated in science fiction. I am sure there is at least one Japanese or South Korean film that center on human-AI romance, but I am not sure their screenwriters have included the computers' unlimited learning abilities in the equation. Spike Jonze's screenplay challenges viewers to deliberate on the future of human-AI relations under this premise, and the conclusion is not so cheerful.

But that's only because the prospect of mankind isn't cheerful, according to the director/screenwriter. A large proportion of the population in the story is spiritually cooped up in virtual reality: the monotonous coloring almost everywhere in the setting suggests people no longer pays much attention to the physical world. And they don't seem to know how to express their feelings other than reading love letters publishedfor sale by professional writers like our lead character.

This forms a sharp contrast to the intelligent Operating Systems that are good at learning, feeling and expressing. Scarlett Johanssen's voice gives much dimension, variety and emotions to the computer AI that itsounds much more human than its human user and lover, and such is the regrettable future that the directorhas envisioned for us.

"Her" is a fair warning to human's inability to feel and express and handle real emotions, as well as the irresistible sense of solitude brought on by an increasing addiction to a digitalized life. Lead actor Joaquin Phoenix and story writer Spike Jonze have skillfully convinced us about the malaise, but the cure is not likely to be found anywhere in the modern world.

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