LogFAQs > #913155761

"What It Is: Guanine, adenine, thymine, thymine, adenine, cytosine and adenine.

Why It Matters: This movie has become a textbook film in a lot of ethics courses and even general science courses in high schools and colleges, and it's one of the few films that really explores genetics/eugenics in a moralistic way.

What I Think: Very rarely do characters hit me this hard with flaws as massive and overstated as Jude Law and Ethan Hawke, but Gattaca is so generous with its subject matter that it allows me to vilify either character and empathize with these plights that feel relatable and yet completely foreign to me. In many ways, I think Jude Law's character is just so utterly fascinating that I'm gripped by his every decision. He's so unlikable and it's in that intolerance I have for the character and his unpitiable Miranda Lawson-like mopiness, that I find that he tugs at my heartstrings. There's something special to a movie that can create a world completely removed from the world I know, with an entirely different set of rules, and yet still give me the sort of primal emotions and lingering thoughts of melancholy afterwards that any real life experience could. And, to that end, the dual ignition sequence that caps the movie truly was a testament to Gattaca in the fact that I shed a couple tears - for the unlikable character no less - as the credits rolled. Moving, gripping, emotionally resonant." ~scarlet

"This is a gorgeous movie, and an excellent example of sci-fi done right. It does what Black Mirror does at its best. We're presented with a future that is frightening but believable. The future setting is not just a backdrop but a crucial piece of its storytelling. It tells a timeless, heart-wrenching tale of a man overcoming his weakness by any means necessary, told in a way that leaves us just a tiny bit hopeful about an otherwise dim future. Everything comes together to make the story strong but without ever coming across as particularly preachy or unrealistic. The only fault I really have is the overuse of expositional narration, but even then it just adds to the lore behind it all." ~Johnbobb

"Interesting concept on what they thought the world would be like a decade or two later, it tells a tale of people who believe their fate is decided the day theyre born. It may sound familiar with how some people are today, but this is because of science progressing to tell you everything your DNA says about your genetic code. That said, accidents can change your fate, such as car crashes and the like. We have the protagonist who is weak, and due to not being one of the elite because of genetic code, he has to parade as someone else, doing every bit of work so that no one can identify from any skin cell or other identifying methods. Did that final scene reveal that the doctor was his dad the whole time? Just asking, that was pretty cool." ~Wickle
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