The movie Gattaca

[Broken_Hero]

I always heard bad things about this movie, and I bought it last week for my wife, she had to watch it for one of her ethics classes. I watched it last saturday and I was surprised at how deep the movie was. Good friends of mine told me the movie sucked big time, but I thought the movie was great.

The major premise of the movie is discrimination, by dna essentially. If you haven't seen it, I recommend it. If you have seen it, what are your thoughts on the movie?

Thanks....:hi:

[sir_captain]

1. Very good movie

I liked the music too

[MoseyWalker]

2. I have watched it many times

and, I guess, one has to get past the idea that it is a movie about ideas rather than a movie about things.

I have enjoyed it many times.

I like Uma though, so may be biased.

[Placebo]

3. Totally underrated film.

The casting and acting is great and the story is actually pretty philosophical.

It got me thinking of a future where parents can select whatever traits they want their kids to have, and how dangerous that could become. I mean, imagine if scientists discovered a "gay gene" or genetic cause and offered parents the ability to assure their kid was straight. Would that be the end of gay people?

Or how about certain physical traits? No more short people, no more round noses, no one with "boring" brown eyes, no one who ever goes bald, the list goes on! Sure that kind of sounds good on the surface, but it's sort of a frightening thought.

[jonnyblitz]

4. i liked it.

:thumbsup:

[smtpgirl]

5. Ethan Hawke Uma Thurman

great movie

[idgiehkt]

6. I adored it

but I missed the beginning of it so I don't know what the philosophical thrust of it was...but I thought it was completely gripping.

[jonnyblitz]

8. it is a movie i have meant to re-watch but never have. nt

[NMMNG]

7. I liked the movie

It is an example of how far people might go to pre-judge people in order to keep class systems in place. Considering how much people enjoy holding onto their positions in society I can imagine something like this happening in some future society.

[idgiehkt]

16. love the 'american idiot' sig line. n/t

[Kat45]

9. I'm pretty sure I saw it, but I can't remember it, so

I can't offer an opinion. :shrug:

[LostInAnomie]

10. I thought it was good.

I always liked how it juxtaposed the eugenic future with what seems to be 1950's culture. The cars, dress, buildings, etc. all hark back to a superficially ideal time that has a dark underbelly of intolerance to what is perceived as inferior.

[Broken_Hero]

11. Thanks for the feedback folks

I enjoyed the movie greatly...:) I just remember when it came out, a lot of people dissing it, so I bypassed it for a very long time. I was pleasantly surprised by it, and just wanted to know how many other Duers have seen it.

The deep rooted meanings that come from the movie are varied, and I found it weird that people are discriminated by what "might" happen, and what may not happen, based on genetics. I found the brother story very insightful, and showed that stereotypes are made to be broken, not to be used the standard measuring stick....

[Vidar]

12. About the last decent SciFi movie I've seen.

[Duer 157099]

13. It's one of my favorites

But every time I watch it, there's some big obvious flaw in it that bugs me each time -- I haven't seen it for awhile, but it had to do with when they were vacuuming his area for skin/hair samples. How ridiculous to think that each person only carries their own skin and hair around with them. That's what bugged me.

It's also the first film I saw Jude Law in, and immediately liked him very much.

[IChing]

14. I don't know why you are posting since your genics

should have already told you what you should do

Man,

don't you watch?

[Elidor]

15. I found it riveting

The intense paranoid feeling really got to me. Well-made overall, though disturbing. The ending was limp, however.

[gmoney]

17. Liked it a lot...

Probably not enough gunchases and carfights for the average moviegoer, ergo, it sucks. :)

Maybe it it had Al Pacino shouting "GATTACA, GATTACA, GATTACA" at a crowd of onlookers, it might have helped.

"gattaca" are letters from the human genetic code, BTW...

[Odin2005]

18. Good movie.

Although I don't like how luddites have come to use it to attack genetic modification of humans.

[NV Whino]

19. One of my all time favorite movies

This thing slipped under the radar and I missed it in the theatres. I discovered it only on DVD, bought it and have watched it many times. One of the things I love about it is the fact it was mostly filmed in the Marin Civic Center, which was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright in the forties (I think). It's a tribute to Wright's design skills that a 60-year-old building can be used for a film set in the future.

But the theme is timely and thought provoking.

[bridgit]

20. it's a good movie, understated but very plausible on some levels...

:thumbsup: