Ignoring the musical numbers (sorry for highjacking your thread, Richard) and riffing instead on the title in the Subject line, I got an intuitive hit on a movie today that I think might be right up the alley of all the closet hopeless romantics on this forum.
Me, I'm not one of them. I would class myself more as a hopeful romantic. :-) But anyway, I first stumbled upon word of this film when I read that Scarlett Johansson would not be eligible for a Golden Globes Award for her performance in it, even though she starred in it. And as one half of the romance in a romance movie. Turns out she's not actually onscreen during the performance -- only her voice is, and that's not enough to qualify for a Best Actress nom. So *that* got me curious, and today I found a trailer for the film (called "Her" BTW) and watched it, and then looked up the movie on the IMDB. I am SO there on opening day. http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4112492569/ <http://www.imdb.com/video/imdb/vi4112492569/> "Her," as you can hear in the trailer, is Scarlett Johansson. Hers (so to speak) is the voice of the new AI operating system that a nerd writer named Theodore (played by the very talented Joaquin Phoenix) has just acquired for his computer. They develop a relationship. The film is written and directed by Spike Jonze, who has written and directed previous masterpieces of quirkiness as "Being John Malcovich" and "Adaptation." The latter had the quirkiest movie tag line ever: "From the creator of Being John Malkovich, comes the story about the creator of Being John Malkovich." :-) Anyway, IMIO (In My Intuitive Opinion), this one's gonna be a winner. It will be a veritable pleasure to watch Joaquin Phoenix play a nerdy hopeless romantic hopelessly and romantically involved with a computer. It will possibly be even more of a pleasure to hear Scarlett Johansson's voice as the computer/object of his affections. Supporting cast includes people like Rooney Mara, Kristen Wiig, and Amy Adams. What is NOT to like about this movie? I give it two thumbs up, even before seeing it. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/reference <http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1798709/reference>
