Review: "Her"
Jan. 25th, 2014 07:21 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
livingdebYes, the movie is about a man and his relationship with a computer, but that's actually not creepy at all. The movie is hard to describe but reminds me of "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" in that it makes you think about what love is about. In this movie, a good relationship is about things like intimacy and sharing, noticing and caring, and helping each other be better people. Jealousy doesn't help, though.
It's fun to make up morals for movies. (Which reminds me that a character in a book I just read said that asking about the moral of a story was a white-person thing to do--Native Americans can just appreciate a good story.) The moral is that people change, and they should, but that makes it hard for intimate relationships to last. Another one is that it's good to have friends.
Weird things: I did not recognize Joaquin Phoenix at all. (I don't like to read about movies ahead of time--if I'd have known he was in it, I like to think I would have recognized him, but I'm really not sure.) Also, the movie was set slightly in the future, when men wear the most unflattering pants of all time. Yes, I think they are probably even worse than super baggy pants sliding off their butts.
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In other news, I saw a doctor about my lingering cough and she said there's no secondary infection or anything; it's just that there are a lot of pollen particles floating around, and even if you're not allergic, the body doesn't like breathing a lot of particulates.
She prescribed a nose spray that reduces inflammation and recommended a saline spray to wash out the mucus. But those are just for treating symptoms, not getting better, so I've decided to just make sure to drink more fluids.
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Since I'm not actually sick, we donated blood today. Woo hoo! As you might recall, donating blood is my only official New Year's resolution and I have now done it. Of course, I would like to do it a few more times this year, so I've added the date when I am next eligible to donate to my calendar.
It's fun to make up morals for movies. (Which reminds me that a character in a book I just read said that asking about the moral of a story was a white-person thing to do--Native Americans can just appreciate a good story.) The moral is that people change, and they should, but that makes it hard for intimate relationships to last. Another one is that it's good to have friends.
Weird things: I did not recognize Joaquin Phoenix at all. (I don't like to read about movies ahead of time--if I'd have known he was in it, I like to think I would have recognized him, but I'm really not sure.) Also, the movie was set slightly in the future, when men wear the most unflattering pants of all time. Yes, I think they are probably even worse than super baggy pants sliding off their butts.
**
In other news, I saw a doctor about my lingering cough and she said there's no secondary infection or anything; it's just that there are a lot of pollen particles floating around, and even if you're not allergic, the body doesn't like breathing a lot of particulates.
She prescribed a nose spray that reduces inflammation and recommended a saline spray to wash out the mucus. But those are just for treating symptoms, not getting better, so I've decided to just make sure to drink more fluids.
**
Since I'm not actually sick, we donated blood today. Woo hoo! As you might recall, donating blood is my only official New Year's resolution and I have now done it. Of course, I would like to do it a few more times this year, so I've added the date when I am next eligible to donate to my calendar.