her ***** - This is a film I totally get and understand, which is probably rare as there are very few people that think like me. This is a movie about the nature of love as it applies to human nature, by showing a type of love that is artificial. “Samantha” adopted her personality around Ted to become the perfect girl of his dreams, the only flaw being that she is not physically real. The movie addresses that flaw correctly in my opinion. Emotional love, in my experience, does not necessarily require a physical presence. Can artificial love be as real as real love? My years playing in virtual realities, where people fall in and out of love with people they have never met and probably never will meet says, Yes it can. But virtual reality love still involves humans. Can an artificial intelligence be created that is capable of love and being loved? Maybe, but we are not there yet. Like in the movie, it is likely that AI’s that are capable of love will be merely reflections of their owners. The movie is so spot on accurate with my experiences and the experiences of others I know, that I became worried an hour into the film that the film makers were going to screw it up. I could think of at least a half dozen ways the plot could take, that would make this movie suck big time. My fear was based on the general population reaction to virtual world love (they fear it, because they don’t understand it), and it is almost expected that a mainstream presentation of these ideas would take the easy way out and support a negative perspective. Luckily they didn’t. For more spoilery details on my thoughts on the ending see my full review on my blog. (link in the comments)
Posted on: Mon, 19 May 2014 11:27:58 +0000
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