during the entire production, she was there on set as a castmember, working with Phoenix and Jonze through an earpiece, giving her professional feedback, etc... the performance Phoenix gave on camera was him "acting" with Morton. then in post-production, her performance was scrapped entirely and Scarlett was brought in after the fact. so Phoenix went back and "acted" his part again over an earpiece to aid in Scarlett's performance instead of them just re-recording her dialogue without any interaction. that makes for quite an interesting on screen dynamic. (I haven't see it yet)
I was really impressed with the film as a whole, it's a very dense film thematically which I really enjoyed. I think its right up there with Eternal Sunshine as one of the best films about love and heartbreak.
Wow, i am really alone on thinking this was nowhere close to Eternal Sunshine... It just didn't pull any of my heartstrings.
It was cast brilliantly. I think Phoenix is the only actor that could have pulled it off with that much conviction. Chris Pratt, Amy Adams, Rooney Mara, Amy Adams husband (no idea what his name was) and Olivia Wilde were all spot on character-wise. Spoiler I also thought the relationship between Amy Adams and her Husband was great, as you could see that he just didn't "get" her either. I liked that she also looked "frumpy" and was a stark contrast in relation to all of the other women Theodore met or knew throughout the movie. Amy Adams character was basically the female version of Theodore. Spoiler One aspect I also wish they would have touched on more was the surrogate lover. When she left in the cab she said "I will always love you guys" but Samantha made it seem that it was more like as service that she called and/or was matched up with. So obviously Samantha had been speaking to her for some time. This of course is some foreshadowing of the ending where she's talking to hundreds of people (maybe from the start), but again - how and why did she branch out from just one person? Was she originally programmed to do that like a cloud-OS, or did she learn to? Again, this was just such a unique and dynamic world Spike Jonze created - I want to know more.
I loved the movie. The cinematography/camera work was probably one my favorite in a film ever. One of the best films of the year IMO, but I can see why others may not enjoy its melancholy subject.
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I didn't think the movie was particularly sad. I laughed throughout it. What is with there being no minorities in this dystopia?
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heh. well, I sure don't begrudge everyone for liking it if they did, Mostly I just found it fairly bland and cliche for all its trappings, and there wasn't a lot there I found surprising or engaging. The setting was cool, and I actually liked Amy Adams in this which is a rarity for me. But mostly I really disliked it.
