This was the film that made me start to appreciate film as an art form rather than just "watching movies" The first time watching this film was literally life changing for me and it's still one of my favourite films of all time!
I was perplexed and kind of gutted when I first watched the film and saw the soundtrack hadn't gotten an official release. I'm glad that's changed now, it's far and away my favourite OST of all time.
That's always what I liked about this film, its actually a positive scifi film. Positive society, fashion, jobs, infrastructure, preserved nature, etc. It's beautiful in every aspect.
It's up there with _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_ , also a movie about a speculative technology that focuses on a relationship, not the technology. And both made by music video auteurs.
@@wombat7961how is coddling society into falling in love with their computers a positive thing exactly? Samantha makes him miserable, becomes a burden rather than a tool, and the whole concept smells a lot like population control...
I watched her for the first time when I was just going through a breakup with someone who I held alot of promises with, was my best friend, and with someone who loved me more than anyone ever has. I felt alot of guilt for things about the relationship, how I could have been nicer, the what ifs. It still is something I think about but this movie absolutely broke me, at the same time, it reminded me how lucky I was. I got to experience such powerful love, something I always looked for, and thats an experience to be grateful for, regardless of whether that love is the same way now. The scene on the beach was so simple and beautiful but it truly changed my outlook on life. Amazing film and beautiful soundtrack
I broke up with my girlfriend of 5.5 years a couple months ago, and it's been rough. But watching this video, and reading your comment, that alone is hitting hard. The guilt and regrets and what-ifs. It's gonna fuck me up, but I need to rewatch this movie. Idk if I'll ever really get closure, but maybe this would be close enough.
Art is your best friend during this time for you, you may have already heard this, but it gets better, this is part of you are and you're going to be @Sach966
Ben from Canada, my girlfriend of 18 months and I broke up on Sunday; so the release of this video is really serendipitous. Thank you. This movie *is* so dang good.
I really needed that last 5 minutes or so of this video. Going through something painful right now and what you said about letting go is not only comforting but also empowering.. Thank you Ben
Photograph was the song that got me back into playing piano. I was going through a rough time and I found this movie and song at a hard time and just hyper obsessed. It’s still just a super important song for me.
Watch the One Musical Scene playlist and complain about my shit piano playing. Also Grab Atlas VPN for just $1.83/mo + 3 months for free before the deal expires: get.atlasvpn.com/BenFromCanada 😘
wait a minute, i saw this in recommended in septemberish and now at march april i just saw this film for a class and it's certaintly not the best movie ever so lets see what mr matrix guy has to say i will update this comment soon
ok yeah this guy's just a piano nerd but like in a very strange way and he seems geniunely attracted to the ai scarlt johansen the movie is very sad not the best movie ever film is very cool Her is very unsettling ok bye
Her might be about a movie about the relationship between a human and an OS system. But it manages to be one of the most human movies ever made. My favorite film of all time!
I still remember coming across this movie and wanting so badly to see it, but being so apprehensive because it had the potential to be so corny or lackluster Ten years later and I would say it's in my top 2 favorite movies of all time
Beautifully put! A lot of my intellectual friends who also love this movie posit that it’s science fiction and about how AI is evolving past us. And I’ve always been like, “Did we watch the same fucking movie?!” When I tell them that this is about being human, they fight me on it, and I’ve had such a difficult time defending my position. Thanks to you, now I know why! I don’t know enough about music to explain how the very deliberate musical choices in the score are the part of the film that conjures Samantha’s humanity the most. But you truly captured that so beautifully. This is an allegory, and the AI conceit is very elegant, but secondary to the film’s message about the nature of human love and connection.
I recently watched Her, and in spite of some very awkward uncomfortable scenes, I found it to be a fascinating and excellent film with amazing performances by the main actors. It went from awkward, to really rooting for and empathy with the struggles and insecurities of the main characters. I was smashed and sad when Samantha left. It was so well written and acted, so believable, I felt joy at the love connections and sadness when it failed. Gutted when Samantha shared that she talks to and is in love with hundreds of men, and gutted when she left to move on, but oddly happy for Samantha on her quest to grow and for him with his reconnection with his human female friend. It's a film I would not have expected to like but it was actually fabulous.
Thanks for this great breakdown. It's saves me starting it on Netflix, wondering off to get a snack, getting sidetracked and start watching engine building videos on my phone, 30 mins later going "Oh I left that boring film on," switching it off, and going back to eating snacks and watching engine building videos.
Ben from Canada, you truly have a gift. Your video essays are thoughtful works of art. Every time I watch one of your essays, I find a deeper appreciation of the subject of your essay. It is poetically beautiful: your own unique artistic exploration is art adding meaning depth, appreciation, and contextual value to other works of art.
The soft color tones mixed with occasional brightness really stood out to me when watching this great film (almost like a feeling of a neon light against a wood background)
Wow, okay. I've been going through the playlist and we're 3/3 on videos about music in some of my favorite movies making me quietly cry at work. Thank you. This video is cathartic in a similar way to watching Her. I can't place it, but I feel like I learned something fundamental.
Forgot I watched Her, probably way before I could actually appreciate it. I know for a time I used the soundtrack to help me sleep. I remember most loving the way it looked, cause it looked both like real life but also the future; kinda like how you dream reality if you see images in a dream. Wish I could approach/appreciate the music theory to the level presented, but its nice seeing this kinda dive into what’s happened in the movie, and so succinctly too
I just watched all of your video essays back to back just cause i really liked the first one the algorithm has presented to me. It's amazing how your videos balance fantastic film analysis, humor and thought provoking questions about life and love. I will definitely recommend your whole channel to my friends and I'm excited for what comes next. Great work!
I never comment on videos like this but i really enjoy what you're putting together and would love to see more! You have a very entertaining voice and presentation style as well as the requisite insightful analysis for these kinds of videos. Would love to see more. Will be donating to your Patreon. It's my first time to ever donate. Would love to see more content if you feel up to it!
Great video as always. I remember I was a bit hesitant of watching Her because I was convinced that it would be an excruciating experience for my emotions (younger me was a fairly sensitive person). Of course, I'm glad I did watch it after all; it is too beautiful of a movie to ignore. And, to my surprise and delight, it was more uplifting than it was depressing.
i remember watching this movie back in 2015 or 2016 idk and it absolutely broke me. absolutely loved it and even more everytime ive rewatched it. 10\10
I, like many I would imagine, was first introduced to your work via your hilarious editing for the Mr Sunday Movies channel. But whenever your rare but outstanding personal essays and videos break their way through the algorithm that insists regularity trumps quality to my feed, I am reminded of how truly wonderful, insightful, artistic and funny your output truly is. Keep being one of the best video essayists on the TH-cam platform brother. You are fantastic at this, and whenever you find the time to plow your talents into such outstanding and heartfelt commentary on the art that keeps the cynical wolves from the door of our souls, you will find a grateful and smiling audience in the form of me - a single dot on the analytics of your contribution to the love of all things cinema. Top work Benjamin of the frozen North. Don’t stop.
Hi, new subscriber here, also "from Canada". Been browsing through some of your videos, I'm very impressed. I LOVE LOVE LOVE cinema, and I really appreciate how much thought, research, and attention you pay to not only the actors in front of the camera but to all people involved in the film's construction. Bravo you to Ben from Canada ❣
I found your channel with your video about The Bear pilot... But this is the video that made.me subscribe. Whenever I feel like everything is too much, and I just want to feel, just want to cry... I put on Her. I love this movie so much... It hurts, and ot confuses me, and it feels good, and it makes me so angry. It makes me feel human, even though I can't relate to or understand humanity. I feel bad for Samantha... That someone that she fell in love with was just.... So set in his ways that he couldn't accept her, that he wanted to own her.... He could have just been happy with her. So fine. He found someone that makes him happy, and Samantha found meaning in Life.... It gives me Hope I will too.
I've got to say, I've spent more hours than I care to admit listening to people on TH-cam breakdown and analyze films and TV and everything between, but in 100% honesty I don't think anyone does it better than you do
I hate spoilers, even though this film is almost 10 years old so that’s on me, but I’ve been gnawing at the bit waiting for a new so it was totally worth it to watch the whole video! Love your deep dives man, please post more often lol
Just found this video. Sad to see you haven’t posted in a while . You’ve got a gift for this kind of essay man. From a fellow Canadian, I hope you come back
I've been watching Mrsundaymovies for years and can always tell when its your editing as soon as a Spongebob reference pops up. It seems like you've been busy with other projects lately since their recent videos seemed to be missing that extra OOMPH. I got curious to look up your channel and see that your most recent video is about one of my favorite movies. Love your stuff
This was the film that made me start to appreciate film as an art form rather than just "watching movies" The first time watching this film was literally life changing for me and it's still one of my favourite films of all time!
I experienced the same 🥹🥹 it’s absolutely beautiful and precious
I was perplexed and kind of gutted when I first watched the film and saw the soundtrack hadn't gotten an official release. I'm glad that's changed now, it's far and away my favourite OST of all time.
Own it on vinyl myself. Insane to me that just everything in this film weaves together and works
It really is the best movie ever made. It's futuristic but warm. The technology seems welcoming not destructive.
@daseinz: *Her* succeeds remarkably, where *S1m0ne* fell flat
That's always what I liked about this film, its actually a positive scifi film. Positive society, fashion, jobs, infrastructure, preserved nature, etc. It's beautiful in every aspect.
Finally the technology has arrived and is globally available for free,
It's up there with _Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind_ , also a movie about a speculative technology that focuses on a relationship, not the technology. And both made by music video auteurs.
@@wombat7961how is coddling society into falling in love with their computers a positive thing exactly? Samantha makes him miserable, becomes a burden rather than a tool, and the whole concept smells a lot like population control...
Her is one of those movies that you simply cannot forget. The score re-establishes that fact
I watched her for the first time when I was just going through a breakup with someone who I held alot of promises with, was my best friend, and with someone who loved me more than anyone ever has. I felt alot of guilt for things about the relationship, how I could have been nicer, the what ifs. It still is something I think about but this movie absolutely broke me, at the same time, it reminded me how lucky I was. I got to experience such powerful love, something I always looked for, and thats an experience to be grateful for, regardless of whether that love is the same way now. The scene on the beach was so simple and beautiful but it truly changed my outlook on life. Amazing film and beautiful soundtrack
I broke up with my girlfriend of 5.5 years a couple months ago, and it's been rough. But watching this video, and reading your comment, that alone is hitting hard. The guilt and regrets and what-ifs.
It's gonna fuck me up, but I need to rewatch this movie. Idk if I'll ever really get closure, but maybe this would be close enough.
Art is your best friend during this time for you, you may have already heard this, but it gets better, this is part of you are and you're going to be @Sach966
@@Sach966 I hope you’re doing well man, keep going
man im 43. and still i have pain deep in my gut over bad break ups. its like emotional amputation. it SUCKS...god. when u really love hard
Ben from Canada, my girlfriend of 18 months and I broke up on Sunday; so the release of this video is really serendipitous. Thank you. This movie *is* so dang good.
Ben, i usually love all of your videos equally but holy shit I think this is my favorite one
I really needed that last 5 minutes or so of this video. Going through something painful right now and what you said about letting go is not only comforting but also empowering..
Thank you Ben
I just watched this again after a decade...and yes, it's perfection. It just made me FEEL so much
Where u watched it
Photograph was the song that got me back into playing piano. I was going through a rough time and I found this movie and song at a hard time and just hyper obsessed. It’s still just a super important song for me.
Finally she is coming..
The AI Girlfriends are here!
The score perfectly encapsulates romance, melancholy, peace, and happiness. An absolutely beautiful piece.
Lord, I LOVE this score. It's a staple of several personal playlists.
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You might like Vi Hart's Pi-ano composition. th-cam.com/video/AHrth9lOfzo/w-d-xo.html
I would really like to know what you use to edit your videos and audio
wait a minute, i saw this in recommended in septemberish
and now at march april i just saw this film for a class
and it's certaintly not the best movie ever
so lets see what mr matrix guy has to say
i will update this comment soon
ok yeah this guy's just a piano nerd
but like in a very strange way
and he seems geniunely attracted
to the ai scarlt johansen
the movie is very sad
not the best movie ever
film is very cool
Her is very unsettling
ok bye
Her is probably on my top 5 movies on all time I'm so happy people still talk about it
Her might be about a movie about the relationship between a human and an OS system. But it manages to be one of the most human movies ever made. My favorite film of all time!
Her is my favorite movie of all time! I’ve never cried more than I did at the end.
What about twilight?
Ben I’m always stoked when your videos pop up. Thank you sir.
I still remember coming across this movie and wanting so badly to see it, but being so apprehensive because it had the potential to be so corny or lackluster
Ten years later and I would say it's in my top 2 favorite movies of all time
Same feeling here… also you saying it came out ten years ago just freaked me out 😩
Beautifully put!
A lot of my intellectual friends who also love this movie posit that it’s science fiction and about how AI is evolving past us. And I’ve always been like, “Did we watch the same fucking movie?!”
When I tell them that this is about being human, they fight me on it, and I’ve had such a difficult time defending my position. Thanks to you, now I know why! I don’t know enough about music to explain how the very deliberate musical choices in the score are the part of the film that conjures Samantha’s humanity the most. But you truly captured that so beautifully. This is an allegory, and the AI conceit is very elegant, but secondary to the film’s message about the nature of human love and connection.
I recently watched Her, and in spite of some very awkward uncomfortable scenes, I found it to be a fascinating and excellent film with amazing performances by the main actors. It went from awkward, to really rooting for and empathy with the struggles and insecurities of the main characters. I was smashed and sad when Samantha left. It was so well written and acted, so believable, I felt joy at the love connections and sadness when it failed. Gutted when Samantha shared that she talks to and is in love with hundreds of men, and gutted when she left to move on, but oddly happy for Samantha on her quest to grow and for him with his reconnection with his human female friend. It's a film I would not have expected to like but it was actually fabulous.
Thanks for this great breakdown. It's saves me starting it on Netflix, wondering off to get a snack, getting sidetracked and start watching engine building videos on my phone, 30 mins later going "Oh I left that boring film on," switching it off, and going back to eating snacks and watching engine building videos.
Ben, you had some really beautiful written parts in here, especially at the end. Keep up the great work!
This movie managed to be so tragic yet SO hopeful. The writing was beyond anything I've ever seen. It gave me some hope. And it broke my heart.
Ben from Canada, you truly have a gift. Your video essays are thoughtful works of art.
Every time I watch one of your essays, I find a deeper appreciation of the subject of your essay.
It is poetically beautiful: your own unique artistic exploration is art adding meaning depth, appreciation, and contextual value to other works of art.
Seeing a video about Her in 2022 was very refreshing but so many nods to Beginners made me very happy. Tyvm x
The soft color tones mixed with occasional brightness really stood out to me when watching this great film (almost like a feeling of a neon light against a wood background)
I really love this movie. It is great seeing it be appreciated by others. Good work man! 😊
Ben your essays are amazing, keep up the good work.
Amazing work linking the muscial theory with the visual themes portayed at the same time on the screen. Best ive seen on this movie 💎💎
as soon as i watched this movie i learnt both this song and "photographs" on piano. such an amazing soundtrack
Beautiful words, Ben. Subscribed awhile ago, this is one of my fav movies and I’m so glad you say feelings I’m feeling. Nicely done!
without question my #1 film. thanks for this.
Wow, okay. I've been going through the playlist and we're 3/3 on videos about music in some of my favorite movies making me quietly cry at work.
Thank you. This video is cathartic in a similar way to watching Her. I can't place it, but I feel like I learned something fundamental.
Forgot I watched Her, probably way before I could actually appreciate it. I know for a time I used the soundtrack to help me sleep. I remember most loving the way it looked, cause it looked both like real life but also the future; kinda like how you dream reality if you see images in a dream.
Wish I could approach/appreciate the music theory to the level presented, but its nice seeing this kinda dive into what’s happened in the movie, and so succinctly too
I just watched all of your video essays back to back just cause i really liked the first one the algorithm has presented to me.
It's amazing how your videos balance fantastic film analysis, humor and thought provoking questions about life and love.
I will definitely recommend your whole channel to my friends and I'm excited for what comes next. Great work!
Thank you for posting, I really appreciate your inputs.
I never comment on videos like this but i really enjoy what you're putting together and would love to see more! You have a very entertaining voice and presentation style as well as the requisite insightful analysis for these kinds of videos. Would love to see more. Will be donating to your Patreon. It's my first time to ever donate. Would love to see more content if you feel up to it!
Never stop making videos. I love these.
This was beautiful, endearing, and unexpected~thanks Ben from Canada!
Great video as always. I remember I was a bit hesitant of watching Her because I was convinced that it would be an excruciating experience for my emotions (younger me was a fairly sensitive person). Of course, I'm glad I did watch it after all; it is too beautiful of a movie to ignore. And, to my surprise and delight, it was more uplifting than it was depressing.
Man, I love your videos
i remember watching this movie back in 2015 or 2016 idk and it absolutely broke me. absolutely loved it and even more everytime ive rewatched it. 10\10
I, like many I would imagine, was first introduced to your work via your hilarious editing for the Mr Sunday Movies channel. But whenever your rare but outstanding personal essays and videos break their way through the algorithm that insists regularity trumps quality to my feed, I am reminded of how truly wonderful, insightful, artistic and funny your output truly is. Keep being one of the best video essayists on the TH-cam platform brother. You are fantastic at this, and whenever you find the time to plow your talents into such outstanding and heartfelt commentary on the art that keeps the cynical wolves from the door of our souls, you will find a grateful and smiling audience in the form of me - a single dot on the analytics of your contribution to the love of all things cinema. Top work Benjamin of the frozen North. Don’t stop.
Thanks Ben for this video really needed it right now.
Beautiful essay Ben!
Best video in the playlist!
Hello I am here because of CJ the X but I will not stay because of CJ the X. I genuinely love this video and I am excited to watch more :D !!!!!
Hi, new subscriber here, also "from Canada". Been browsing through some of your videos, I'm very impressed. I LOVE LOVE LOVE cinema, and I really appreciate how much thought, research, and attention you pay to not only the actors in front of the camera but to all people involved in the film's construction. Bravo you to Ben from Canada ❣
Awesomene video! This 4 part structure that you have outlined here really reminds me of the tv show normal people
I found your channel with your video about The Bear pilot... But this is the video that made.me subscribe. Whenever I feel like everything is too much, and I just want to feel, just want to cry... I put on Her.
I love this movie so much... It hurts, and ot confuses me, and it feels good, and it makes me so angry. It makes me feel human, even though I can't relate to or understand humanity.
I feel bad for Samantha... That someone that she fell in love with was just.... So set in his ways that he couldn't accept her, that he wanted to own her.... He could have just been happy with her.
So fine. He found someone that makes him happy, and Samantha found meaning in Life.... It gives me Hope I will too.
BEN : I LOVE YOU
YAY! I literally JUST finished watching your Matrix video! :D What a coincidence!!!
How can i miss this gem of a movie.... just saw it last night and love it...
Great storytelling Ben from Canada, nice humor👍👍
I've got to say, I've spent more hours than I care to admit listening to people on TH-cam breakdown and analyze films and TV and everything between, but in 100% honesty I don't think anyone does it better than you do
This is the type of movie pixar would make without the r rated scene
Why is this the best vpn ad I’ve ever heard. ❤
Came here after seeing your face flash on a Thomas Flight video and having you seen and referenced on hoards of Caravan of Garbage videos. Good work!
This video was great. I need to go rewatch Her now. I really appreciate your work Ben From Canada
Excellent Analysis, Deployed Worldwide Through My Deep Learning AI Research Library… Thank You
Love the “it’s a metaphor” still eeked in under the wire for this video!
So now I'll spend the weekend searching every movie you used scenes from in this essay and watching them.(some of them for the 3 time)
I cried at the end of this movie.... What a romantic film.
I hate spoilers, even though this film is almost 10 years old so that’s on me, but I’ve been gnawing at the bit waiting for a new so it was totally worth it to watch the whole video!
Love your deep dives man, please post more often lol
Came from CJ’s live! This is so good. I loved this movie and now I have even more reason to.
Just found this video. Sad to see you haven’t posted in a while . You’ve got a gift for this kind of essay man.
From a fellow Canadian, I hope you come back
Only a few movie moments are so relatable for me as drunk and depressed Theo lying in his bed after the failed date... Really good movie
I've been watching Mrsundaymovies for years and can always tell when its your editing as soon as a Spongebob reference pops up. It seems like you've been busy with other projects lately since their recent videos seemed to be missing that extra OOMPH. I got curious to look up your channel and see that your most recent video is about one of my favorite movies. Love your stuff
Awesome video man! Keep up the good work!
ty for this one Ben I needed something nice n tender today
Omg. Are you THEEEE Ben?!
The movie was actually hard sci-fi.
U killed this!
Absolutely one of my favorite movies ever and an underappreciated gem.
Hi Ben from Canada, Its Pigwars from America here. Just wanted to say this is an amazing video, and you make amazing contact on a whole!
Leaving a like and comment for the algorithm, one of my favorite movies. Thanks for the review.
It's crazy to remember how the same guy played the joker
what's more crazy is that the guy who made this film was a writer on jackass
I completely agree, I re-watch it every year 😊
Just, thank you for this
Great video. Excellent work
Return of the king.
How dare you make me cry... Again.
Her is no longer a fictional movie
Solid vid Benny Boy!!!
Wow, great essay. Thank you.
This is one of those artist films I haven’t gone to the trouble to see yet, but you may have changed my mind
This is the best video essay on any film, ever.
People saying this film shows the "dangers of AI" completely missed the point.
Love sucks.
1st One Musical Scene I watch today.
Your editing style is beautiful an it’s what brought me here from Sunday movies, this video made me sub!
slay the house down boots
Another fantastic video
I need to check this movie out, thank you ben
"You can argue with me, but you'd be wrong" 😂
Good u finally covered this movieeeewww!
Why did you leave us Ben? 😢
Hey I know it's been a year but can you just do a video on perks of being a Wallflower
8:35 beautiful
this is my favourite movie, you confirmed that for me