Gattaca

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Summary: Awesome sci-fi without the usual shoot-em-up
Review: Hawke and Law are good together. The genetics theme is good to get you thinking, even good for kids. This is good science-fiction without all the usual shoot-em-up stuff that normally associated with sci-fi. I recommend it to anyone who likes a good story.

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Summary: A magnificient movie with wonderful acting!
Review: I loved the film Gattaca! It was a wonderful portrayal of the future. I love science and I thought this film was really interesting. I really like to learn about genetics and I want to be a geneticist after I get out of college. This film is a must-see!

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Summary: Good, but not great
Review: Gattaca is the classic example of science being observed as man's condemnation. Although not as pesimistic as many other movies (Hey, we didn't kill ourselves!) it's still has several mistakes that, forgive me if I sound over-sophisticated, ani sci-fi fan (And science phile) would found. 1)The movie stars with the quote "In the not too distant future." This gives us an insight of how "distant" the setting is. To prove this statement, we just need to observe the setting itself. The buildings, like Gattaca's headquarters for instance, although highly modernized, they aren't too modernized. Architecture that way can be observed now on days. But latter on in the movie, the Mission Director says something like: "We have a launch window is seven days every seventy years." Bearing in mind the movie was filmed in 1997 plus sevety years, that would add the year 2067 This is reasonable by one single fact. If Gattaca's launches take place in the "not too distant future" say, the next ten twenty years (2009, 2019) that would mean they had been sending manned missions to other planets since 1939 or 1949! There was an error in there. 2) Loving parents are never going to choose to have a bay that way, except if they are sterile or something the alike. Now that's possible. The advances in genetics are quite impressive and there's no doubt that they will get better through the years, but to afford this at a global level, we would have to surpass all the religious ethics that the holy Church (Inssert sarcasm in here) has impossed, and our distant future doesn't seem to be like that. 3) When Irene discovers the truth behind the hoaxer (sorry, forgot the name) she asks him "You're a son of God?" Well, sertainly he was. And she too! The fact that you're conseived either way doesn't make you different to the eyes of God. To make Irene, scientist used all what is used to create a baby inside the womb. Scientists used exactly the same materials God uses to create life, but in the lab. She's stilla doughter of God. Then the hoaxer says: They make you observe every failure, that after a while is all that you see." Excuse me? Isn't people now on day focussing only in the failures of both, science and technology? There was a contradiction in this. But the movie isn't bad at all. The story is interesting and the sci-fi setting is simply fantastic. I like the idea of driving old style cars! Also, the movie is good in focussing in how society treats people different to the big mayority. Being different doesn't mean being inferior. A good movie, but not that great. But that, is my humbble opinion.

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Summary: a great sci-fi movie about the future
Review: A great sci-fi movie that eerily predicts our future in which parents can choose how they want their child to be. The director was fabulous in how in the future humans would be the example of robots, with no real human emotions. Vincent's denial and hidding of his real identity lead him to end being back to himself again, which proofs there's nothing better than our own individualism. Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke were dynamite on the silver screen and should team up more in the future to starr in more movies and so were the other memembers of the cast.

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Summary: Slick, very intelligent sci-fi.
Review: It's too bad that the movie previews (trailers) didn't do a better job selling this fine piece of work. There are shades of Orwell's "1984" running throughout this picture, and some of the science 'fiction' has already been realized. And what hasn't, is so obviously just around the corner. Its basic plot is about haves and have-nots, called 'valids' and 'in-valids' respectively. A child who has been altered genetically (and to be as near perfect as possible) is a valid, while a child who hasn't been altered is an in-valid. The story centers on two brothers, one a valid and one an in-valid. We follow the in-valid as he strives to enter into a secured space program that is only eligible for the valids. What he has to go through to keep his secret puts the viewer on the edge of his seat. The stark cinematography enhances the entire film. Although a few events seemed contrived and there were a couple of plot holes that one had to gingerly step over, all-in-all it was a thoroughly enjoyable experience. Between 1 and 10, "Gattaca" gets a solid 8. I wish more sci-fi films could be done as intelligently as this one. There wasn't a ray-gun in sight!

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Summary: AWESOME!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Review: this is the best movie i have seen in a long time. it was WONDERFUL. i loved the science-fiction themes and captivating plot! All Actors were wonderful for their parts and played the roles convincingly! DEFINATLY A MUST SEE!

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Summary: Simply Wonderful!
Review: This film has it all! It's a must see

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Summary: Intelligent Post-Modern Fantasy
Review: This superb near-future science fiction piece offers the perfect antidote to the tired, "cyberpunk", post-apocalyptic view usually taken by writers when predicting future society. Set in "the not-too-distant future" - a technologically advanced yet stylistically fifties world - the film portrays the social consequences of today's genetic research carried forward to extremes. Society has become divided; a new underclass created not according to race, sex, or financial means but "bad" genetic material - those born "on faith" rather than being genetically engineered to their parents' specifications. Gattaca tells the story of Vincent, one of the so-called "In-valids" who has the willpower to succeed in life but is oppressed because he is genetically inferior. To achieve his goal of joining the Gattaca space corporation and travelling into space he assumes the identity of a "Valid" - Eugene - by fooling the all-pervading genetic testing machines with samples of his blood, urine, skin and hair. Eugene - who seems to have every advantage in life - is bitter because he lacks the drive to use his gifts to the full, and is now crippled after a failed attempt at suicide. The film's overriding feature is the palpable tension created as Vincent must hide every trace of his being from those investigating a crime committed in his workplace - the attention to detail is superb. Overall, a thoughtful - if a little extreme - treatment of genetic research and the importance of the intangible aspects of the being as opposed to quantifiable features.

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Summary: One of the most "fluid" films I have ever seen.
Review: Unlike most other sci-fi films, Gattaca presents itself to the viewer in an extraordinarily mellow fashion. A thought-provoking tale of genetic discrimination in a near-future society, Gattaca seems very much to flow like a liquid over its audience. With exceptional production design (I especially liked Uma Thurman's mid-sixties vintage Citroen DS-21 convertible!), affecting performances, and gorgeous music, Gattaca paints a very convincing picture of a not-too-distant and not altogether implausible society. Kudos to first-time director Andrew Niccol and veteran composer Michael Nyman. (If you are a fan of film music, pick up the score to this film - it contains some of the most stirring yet relaxing themes this reviewer has ever heard.)

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Summary: A warning in this victory of the human spirit.
Review: Gattaca reminds me of a long past era of movies like "Logan's Run". Science fiction movies of that era always delt with humanity attempting to use technology to make life appealing and comfortable. In this the individual and his/her humanity is lost to the technology. "Gattaca" is similar in that we see the use of genetic manipulation to rigidly organize society in hopes of finding the best possible people for certain jobs. While this may be an attractive option for many people, as the movie shows, it can lead to aa quasi-fascist society where the right of a person to determine his/her future is lost. Control for all intents and purposes is given to the state. In our society to day we are begining to be faced with a similar choice. Which one will we make?