Sunday, February 23, 2014
What's with 'Her'?
We went to see the movie 'Her' this afternoon and I must admit that I am completely puzzled by it's inclusion on the list of nine movies nominated for a best picture and four other Oscars. It makes 'Nebraska' and 'Inside Llewyn Davis' look like masterpieces (which they're not). Joaquin Phoenix gives a very low key (nearly somnolent) performance as a recently divorced ghostwriter of other peoples' personal correspondence who falls in love with an operating system (voiced by Scarlett Johansson). Every time he went to bed (very often) I wanted to close my eyes and go to sleep. The entire film flat-lined in the first 15 minutes and then went on for another 2 hours.
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