I'm Here
A library assistant plods through an ordinary life in LA until a chance meeting opens his eyes to the power of creativity and ultimately, love. When this new life and love begin to fall apart, he discovers he has a lot to give. This short film proves that ordinary is no place to be.
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- Cast:
- Andrew Garfield , Sienna Guillory , Lyle Kanouse , Annie Hardy , Daniel London , Michael Berry Jr. , Nathan Johnson
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best movie i've ever seen.
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You have to make up your mind for yourself. I personally found it a really tragic short film. The main character, a strange metallic statue with something that resembles a PC tower as his head leads an isolated lonely life, until, one day, he runs into a sweet robot lady and her gang of friends. From that moment on, he keeps spending more time with the group and finally seems to succeed in bringing more diversity into his life. However, things quickly take a turn for the worse when the lady of his choice keeps having accidents of increased severity. Every accident, she causes irreparable damage to the extent that she's soon losing her arms, legs and even torso and our hero (played by "Spider-Man" Andrew Garfield) keeps sacrificing his body-parts, so she can keep living a sort-of normal life. Is that what true love looks like?As a whole, I'd recommend the short film, although I believe they could have at least cut 5 minutes from it. Around halfway in, the premise and developments are clear and it's basically just him stepping in repeatedly whenever something happened to the girl. The only real highlight of the second half of the film is the final shot with her in the wheelchair. Nonetheless, it's one of Spike Jonze's best works.
I'm Here Is a short film about a computer/robot living in a discriminative world of which humans are dominant, we follow the main character Sheldon a lonely Bookkeeper robot fall in love with a 'Live-wire' girl robot who does not conform to the human societies expectations of robots. Throughout the short we get and insight of what its like for the robots and this helps us to empathise with them. I believe in itself the discrimination of the robots does not differ much from the discrimination that has and still is being seen in the real world. Overall I found the short film 'I'm here' very touching and heart warming. I believe that the director wanted to send out a strong message about love and friendship. I perceived the message that without those you love the world can be a lonely place, and therefore you should give an 'arm and a leg' to keep them close.
A shy, young man goes through his mundane life without companionship. Until he learns to dream.Spike Jonze has made some bizarre-looking movies to say normal-sounding things. I'm Here is one such with a basic premise so basic, you wonder if the facade he uses is just a gimmick for drawing an audience. But his imagery takes you beyond petty suspicions and introduces some remarkable, relate-able characters. In fact, it almost makes you feel that that was the only way to make the film. It is a truly commendable quality of this short.This is a wonderful effort and takes just 30 minutes to say effectively what many full-length features fail to in two hours. A must watch .
The latest short film from director Spike Jonze, I'm Here gives an interesting look at an alternative world, where robotic humanoids live and work alongside the regular population.Sheldon, such a robot, lives a life of frugal urban mundanity, trapped in an existence devoid of particular discernible meaning. Working as a librarian, he goes about his daily routine, shy and timid, yet yearning for more in his simplistic, ritualistic and empty life. Seeing Francesca, a fembot, whilst waiting for a bus one day, he admires her spirit and liveliness. Befriending her gradually, the two slowly come to fall in love.I'm Here rapidly and effectively establishes the life of Sheldon: vacuous, monotonous, and incomplete. The simple emptiness of his apartment combines with the austerity of his surroundings to paint an intimate portrait of isolation and loneliness in a world bigger than he; his eyes containing the key faint glimmer of hope of escape from this prison of perfunctory tasks. With staggering special effects, this world is brought perfectly to life, the robots' existence seeming entirely conceivable and their intermingling with society appearing completely normal. The limited facial expressions of the electrical characters often achieve a great deal more than their mammalian counterparts, demonstrating the wonder of the animation. Francesca gives the quintessential antithesis to Sheldon, showing us all he is not though the boldness and fun loving nature of her character. Their pairing is a wonderful one, the effect they have on each other seen immediately and splendidly, the individual characteristics of each impacting upon the other. Sheldon's development is the film's centrepiece, his evolution from the banal emptiness of his previous life to the fulfilling and stimulating one with his new friend accomplished masterfully. Without the advantage of physical intercourse, Jonze is restricted in his realisation of this relationship, yet manages in thirty minutes to give us what most directors can only hope to achieve in three times that. His story is both simple and engaging, moving and uplifting despite its lack of complication, showing us the transcendent power of love.A miniature gem, I'm Here is involving, engaging, thrilling and uplifting. Jonze once again proves his cinematic brilliance, giving us a fantastic viewing experience, and one which promises to remain in mind for a long time.