@@TCM215 Yep, that's exactly like one lone swordsman against a hundred knights wielding broadswords and battleaxes. If you believe you can defeat them all, then you can!
Yeah the "How do you hide when you're running from yourself?" tagline doesn't fit the movie nearly as well as that one. I remember the trailer being kind of misleading too. It made it look like it was some suspense thriller kind of movie, which is part of it but definitely not as much as they wanted people to think for some reason. I guess they thought more accurately marketing it would make people think it was too boring and cerebral or something?
Maybe just quit reading the taglines. Studio executives seem to have too much leeway in picking them (writer/director have no input) and just string together whatever vaguely relevant words they think will sell the most tickets. This new one and the one for Firefly being prime examples.
Proof absolute that great sci-fi doesn't rely upon visual effects. This is one of my all-time favourites, and yet most of my friends have never even heard of it.
Maybe it's because i'm drunk. Not sure. But your comment has whatever likes and mine has zero even though it was before yours. And your comment states that you failed to get your friends to watch this fantastic movie while mine stated that i got many people to watch this movie. I know i sound petty but it's kind of ironic isn't it? i am just wondering why? My guess is my comment was one sentence too long for the simple minded which is obviously the majority of people that inhabit the youtube comment section. No hate to you sir, other than you should be a better ambassador for a movie you hold in such high regard. More of a why does yt work this way? Also don't mind me, i'm pretty buzzed. Surprised i am able to type.
Another way to view it is that Eugene earned his gold by helping Vincent. In normal light, his medal is silver, but his sendoff was gold in the goodbye light. This is a special movie, one of the underrated all-time greats imo.
Most of the films Michael Nyman scored were directed by Peter Greenaway, so few people see them and get to hear the music. This and _The Piano_ are the major exceptions. Outside of films, my favorite piece of Nyman's is 'MGV' or 'Musique a Grande Vitesse', which was commissioned for the opening of the French TGV LGB Nord line. It's a 5-movement tone poem of recurring rhythmic chord sequences recreating an imaginary train journey and makes great road music while driving,
I love that he altered a Schubert Impromptu that literally only can be played with two extra fingers. I suppose it muddles the film’s argument, but the 12-finger version actually does sound much better to me.
I had a real moment like that. I was just getting out of the Navy and really had no prospects. I had been pretty depressed for a long time. My friend invited me to an event at the UC Berkeley campus and I saw the various signs for clubs and the event was held in a lecture hall and the whole thing just had me thinking of a different life. How amazing it would be if I could be a student there. A place my family had romanticized, some attended, had history with the school. I graduated high school with a 2.0. It was not a realistic prospect. I graduated from UC Berkeley 5 years later.
I'm glad Gattaca snuck in, even though it could never quite win a poll outright. But I'm even more glad you both enjoyed it so much. A real gem of a movie. :)
The best aspect of this film is the fact the doctor knew about Jerome from the very start, yet chose to help him on his journey due to his son being in a similar position...he was deemed invalid. The line where he said his son was his biggest fan means that the doctor would come home and amaze and inspire his son with the story of Jerome.
I really hate how there's always a fraction of people who take this to mean that Dr Lamar is actually Vincent's father. People have been arguing this since the 90s and it really makes no sense.
@@michaeljacyna1973 So true... I never thought that. Why do people think that? It really doesn't make any sense. They show his parents in the beginning and it's definitely not him.
@@michaeljacyna1973 What? We _see_ his father in the beginning, and it isn't the doctor. His parentage is never in question. Whoever those people are need some sense smacked into them.
I'm not on either side of the debate, but I believe the main piece of evidence is that the doctor knows Vincent's name. The computer can only identify him as "Invalid" - only the doctor and his brother know him as Vincent. Also, it's kind of weird that the doctor has seemingly been saying "Have I told you about my son?" for a long time without ever actually telling him.
Gattaca is a hugely underrated masterpiece. Great performances by all the leads, a wonderfully foreseeable future, and a tight script. Sci-fi at its best.
When I was in highschool, I went to see Gattaca with a friend because we had time to kill between classes. I went in blind thinking the name was weird and the poster wasn't great. In the end, the movie blew me away from the beginning with its style, story, script, themes and acting. It's a gem of sci-fi neo noir and I never forgot this film.
Most people never notice that Vincent’s brother is actually the boss. His partner/subordinate is much older and much more experienced. He found the killer, Yet still has to refer to this man who is around 27 years old as his superior. Nice little subtle touch.
@@chance20m thats true and to a point leadership is a different skill set. but in this case there doing the same role but the older detectives clearly better and in our world the roles would be reversed
This movie is definitely in my top 10 all time. I've loved this movie since it first came out and not enough people know or talk about it. Thank you Simone and George for covering it!!!
I feel like this was what so much of cinema felt like in the late 90's. I just look back on it now as a time when there was so much great original genre films, and this huge indie cinema decade and there was just so much good stuff. It's definitely through rose-tinted nostalgia glasses, there was lots of shit too. But I still miss this era of movies.
90s was the video/DVD era. Studios took more gambles on different genres because even if it bombed at the B.O., the money would be made up in hard media rental/sales. You don't get the same return on investment with digital streaming.
It did feel like such an amazing time to be watching movies in the 1990s, like "our" version of the1970s revolution. Please consider "Traffic" from 2000 as another "essential viewing."
The '90s was a great time for me to grow up as a burgeoning movie buff, and seeing these younger reactors enjoying so many good movies from the era just bolsters that opinion.
The movie's title "Gattaca" is based on the letters G, A, T and C, which are the four constituents of DNA (nucleobases). So smart and fitting! Thanks to this movie, I never forget those letters! Also, the best part is the swim at the end, "I never saved anything for the swim back."
Really is a subtle examination of "systemic bigotry" - no one person is mustache-twirlingly bad (and individually are as sane and empathetic as you or I), but collectively still allow such judgements to control society.
@@mikechmielewski386 His biggest ally was the doctor, but, yes, his _second_ biggest ally is his boss, though his reasons were more personal than altruistic. He was desperate for the mission to go ahead and knew that delaying the launch would mean cancelling the mission altogether since missing the planetary alignment would have required a completely different mission plan.
Its one of the few OST i've bought for a movie. It does a lot of heavy lifting in a sci-fi movie that's mostly talking, and that not a dig, its a big compliment. Its nice to have a sci-fi movie that is about ideas and not how expensive their special effects are, and this soundtrack sets the emotional tone throughout the film.
I watch about 15 reaction channels regularly. You're currently my favorite. Reactions like this are why... I've seen this film maybe ten times, and missed a couple things you guys caught. You made it more poignant and heartfelt than I'd previously recognized. Thank you.
I've heard some people complain about Jerome's story arc, criticism that it is confused or portrays s**f h**m in a positive light. But I think that criticism misses the point. Gattaca is not a power fantasy where the unjust society is corrected for the better. It's more about how individuals experience the inequities of that world--therefore more realistic. Jerome essentially illustrates how that society harms the very people it elevates, therefore his story arc is entirely tragic. I kind of appreciate storytelling that is not afraid to show characters who never overcome their misfortune. Because unfortunately that happens all the time, and we risk obscuring or erasing the survivors of abuse. Or worse, we may even risk our society judging them for never overcoming injustice and exploitation they never consented to.
It would have been very easy, in the hands of a lesser storyteller, to make a film where the genetically enhanced are straightforwardly villains. But it can never be that simple - nobody in this society chooses how they're born.
A subtle symbolism that almost no one gets the first time (I definitely didn’t), is the fact that Eugene’s silver medal turns to gold in the last scene. He gets first place after doing an amazing job for Vincent, and letting Vincent fulfill his dream.
Another subtle (or not so subtle depending on your view) is when Jerome is frantically trying to climb the helix staircase to get upstairs in time for Anton to show up with Irene to see if he is really at home sick. The symbolism of a "cripple" laboring up the helix (DNA) that is blocking those who are "less" from their goal(s).
And so sad that, while anyone should be proud to earn the silver medal, he wore it like an albatross around his neck. Notice too, it featured an image of two swimmers.
Another subtle symbolism is that the two brothers swimming are like sperm (one natural and the other synthesised) competing against each other for life.
There’s an alternate end credits hammering in the social commentary, displaying famous people and their “genetic disadvantages” that would have barred them from success in the world of Gattaca.
Not just famous people. When was the last time you saw an unattractive bar maid? Superior genetics helps people get advantages over others in even the simplest of jobs.
@@chudez That is it. Not really an alternate ending, just a deleted scene. Originally it was just before the end credits. I wish they kept it in, the personalizes the message of the movie.
This is one of my all-time favorite films. There's so much thought and depth to the story, and every aspect of the execution is done brilliantly. Also, that spiral stair is such a powerful symbol. The spiral representing a strand of DNA, that whole scene with Eugene climbing to the top takes on much greater meaning. Absolutely amazing film.
This is such an underrated gem of a movie, one of my favorites. And the score is so incredibly beautiful. I never get tired of it. I wish more people appreciates this film and score. Thank you for your lovely reaction.
yep Gattaca is an underrated masterpiece. The deeper meaning, the style, the soundtrack all create a nearly perfect version of a dark and very real looking future.
"There is more vodka in this piss than there is piss!" was a standout line for me and my high school friends back in the day watching this for the first time.
One little detail I liked when first watching this was that this is a world where we're travelling to space in our regular business suits. Just a casual work trip.
At the end Lamar uses Vincent's actual name and not his alias of Jerome when parting ways. Which is easy to miss on a viewer's first watch. I always get emotional when Jerome tells Vincent he got the better end of their deal. Also this was Jude Law's first american film role.
This movie has a special place because the daughter child recommended this when I was having a really bad time of it questioning myself. Had no idea the little one even knew i was in a bad place, but the kid knew just what her sic fi loving geek pop needed.
Extremely underrated movie. Long been one of my favorites, but people seldom react to it or talk about it. It had no action to speak of, or special effects, but was a solid story that was phenomenally well written and acted. Great reaction!
You're probably already aware that Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke used to be married. I believe this film was how they first met. Their daughter is Maya Hawke, who is in "Stranger Things" and voiced Anxiety in "Inside Out 2". A few years after this movie, the director Andrew Niccol made another science fiction film...called "Simone". He also wrote the screenplay for "The Truman Show". Another movie that he directed is "In Time" with Justin Timberlake.
@@chance20m The concept is interesting, but I think it wasn't realized as well as it could have been. Some of the events strain credibility...plus, everybody uses the word "time" so often that it becomes silly.
Honestly In Time was a brilliant movie the script had some flaws but the basic premis was solid the cinematography was similar to Gattica but we saw a lot more of the world and Justin's performance was remarkably good. Having never been a fan of his I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the film.
24:55 I can't tell you how many times in the years since I've see this movie that this line has ran through my head during hard moments. Still an amazing line. Still gets me.
24:49 I’m with you. Epic line/philosophy! I totally forgot about this movie. To this day, I can’t remember where or when I watched it or with who, and can’t recall ever thinking about it again, until I saw an ad for a book called: “The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life”. Of course I read it and sure enough, early in the book he relays this scene. The book and its author are every bit as excellent as this amazing film IMHO. You might want to check it out.
I'm so glad you guys finally watched this. Gattaca is one of my all time favorite movies. It checks a lot of boxes. Amazing acting, incredibly well written with great dialogue and one liners, really really smart sci-fi tale of morality and ethics and the human condition in a very believable dystopia, the cinematography using different tones of lighting and angles and shots, the costumes and vague retro-futurism designs (some time in the near future).... and lets not forget the absolutely standout soundtrack. This was one of the few original soundtracks from a movie I have ever bought. It is both beautiful and haunting, giving a sense of an imperfect perfect world, and gives a lot of tension to a movie that honestly doesn't have a lot of action. For a film that is mostly talking, the soundtrack helps to transport you and keep you constantly on the edge to want to know more. I agree with Simone, this is one of the best.
Wow, finally reactors visiting this epic film. I remember re-watching this on DVD so many freakin' times back in the day when Jude had hair. Fun fact. All the letters in GATTACA are the four building block (aka nucleobases) of DNA: Guanine, Adenine, Thymine, and Cytosine (Edit: 12:05 George is so smart, he got it by himself)
Even when I was still young and in high school… I could truly appreciate just how beautiful this movie is. And seeing how many natural limitations I had, to see that doctor be kind to Vincent, at that truly dire moment of circumstance, and Jerome to sacrifice the whey he did, for Vincent, truly moved me to tears 😢🥲 And the musical piece, “The Departure” , which plays over as Vincent launches off to Titan, is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Even over 20 years later… and it still is…❤😢🥲
This movie floored me and brought me to tears when I first saw it during my first year of college when it was released. The story of the two brothers echoes a similar story I've had with my own younger brother all my life so it moved me very much. Still a favourite to this day. An absolutely beautiful music score as well. ❤🩹
Having dinner with a friend in San Rafael I was admiring the view across a lake. A building stood out to me as oddly familiar. "Wait," I suddenly realized. "That's friggin Gattaca!" My friend laughed, "Yep. That is indeed friggin Gattaca." It's the Marin County Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. It's friggin gorgeous!
My elementary teacher said I could only be a janitor. After earning an academic scholarship to GWU University I majored in electrical engineering. I've designed websites for Discovery Online, The State Department. Taught web design to executives at AT&T and MCI. Because I was a "Black" child my teacher judged my potential as maxing or as someone who could only clean up after others. We still have prejudice.
19:27 - This character. I can't stand her hair in Pulp Fiction. 29:53 - And that, Simone, is how many people (especially me), feel. Very impactful movie first time I watched it. Different, underrated, not particularly action-y, a thinking man's sci-fi film. Just subdued beauty. And personally, I love the color grading of it, gives it a very nostalgic feel combined with the music.
28:53 Even this, as horrible as it is to think about, is an act of love from Eugene to Vincent. If they find his body there, then Vincent's life would be over when he got back. He's trying not to leave a trace. Incredibly selfless under the circumstances.
This movie actually led to changes in US law. Geneticists started calling out “the Gattaca effect.” Clinton signed into law a prohibition against insurance companies using genetic information to determine rates.
Gattaca is a variation on the bases of DNA ( adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T)). So is the spiral staircase a reference to the DNA double helix structure
The reason he burn himself at the end is because he can't leave a body behind, so he is making sure that only one Jerome exist and the only remaining piece of him(beside the samples) he gave to Vincent.
My very favorite modern scifi movie. Sterling performances by great character actors in ALL the supporting roles, esp. including (but by no means limited to) Tony Shaloub, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Arkin, Blair Underwood, and Xander Berkeley, who steals every scene that he's in.
Fun fact: As a part of the promotion for this movie they put out fake add titled 'children made to order' for a clinic offering to 'engineer your offspring' they received thousands responses from interested prospective parents. You can find copies of the add online. YT comments don't like links but you can find it in the references for episode 25 of the xenothesis podcast which is a special episode about gattaca I recorded with one of my biologist friends.
the reveals of the brother and the doctor are so great, they knew and you can see it subtly on every scene. also, when forensics are analyzing samples you can see that both vincent and jerome came up, so many amazing details. i love this movie
Movie nerd trivia time! The guy who plays the director (not one error in a million keystrokes) is Gore Vidal. He was quite a character in the real world, and it's oddly fitting that he played this part in this movie. His given name was Eugene...
Makes me cry, every time. Must be the wind. I'm so glad you two enjoyed it. Loren Dean, who plays his brother, stars in an interesting movie called Mumford I hope you'll eventually get to. Elias Koteas, who plays their father, was Casey Jones from the original TMNT. Lots of other interesting people in the cast. The Writer/Director Andrew Niccol also did Lord of War, and wrote The Truman Show.
I think i've been spamming Gattaca in the comments for the past two years even on their patreon as wel. Im glad they finally watched it and that Simone loved it.
Once at a HEMA event I met a guy who asked to use my chair to sit down. Ended up talking and he spoke about all the health issues he had. Doctors told him he wouldn't see 23. He was 26 at the time, running around doing contact sports.
Being in good condition and having a well-excercised heart does help. If nothing else, it keeps your pulse low and your allotted beats at minimum. I think doctors look at probabilities and averages of prognoses and err on the safe side. They don't want to blindside you and anything extra is a plus. They don't expect people to go to max in staying healthy and in any case probabilities are a matter of luck, however you slice them. Whatever the odds, they're the odds, not certainties.
One other thing that sometimes gets overlooked in the films otherwise inspirational message: it actually makes perfect sense to screen out people with serious congenital medical conditions from going on long-term deep space missions lol. Still one of the finest movies I've ever seen though.
Yes. Would you want to get on a plane whose pilot was on the downward end of a bell shaped probability curve of a heart attack or would you prefer to deny him a license? Whether or not he is a good pilot and really wants to fly is irrelevant if he dies at 30,000 feet. Edit: pilot provided as a pointed example.
So glad ye finally got around to watching Gattaca. Easily one of the best sci-fi movies out there. Takes a simple scientific idea and cleverly explores the implications of that on society. Great casting too. Jude Law and Ethan Hawke were excellent. The line "I never saved anything for the swim back" is such a great one.
Back in middle school we watch this as part of our science course to give us a glimpse of how science might affect genetics in the future but to also show how sometimes its not the end all be all.
It's missions to Titan,not colonisation. Jerome had faith that Vincent would come back hence why he provided years worth of samples. Always loved the fact the doctor was always helping Vincent.
❤ the doc scene. The docs viewpoint/assistance adds some credibility to this story and also adds some humanity to a dystopian system sorely lacking it. Still Vincent must have fooled him long enough that by the time the doctor found out ; Vincent had already proven his capability.
I have a theory about Uma Thurman's character Irene. Irene was most likely born into a wealthy family. It would definitely explain how someone with her heart condition did not have to become a janitor or any other middle to lower class occupation. Her family could have bought her position at Gattaca & a spot at the University she attended🤔. Similar to how legacy students are placed at universities & corporate jobs
Regarding the scene where Vincent gets his height surgery, it's a real life cosmetic surgery now. It's called leg lengthening surgery or limb lengthening surgery. Look up the name Dynzell Sigers. Before the surgery was 5'5. After the surgery he's 6ft
I was so proud of myself the first time I watched the opening credits, and _immediately_ figured out the ACGT thing, with no context. I was pretty young tbf, but still.
A lot of this was filmed at the Marin Civic Center (north of San Francisco) in a futuristic building designed by the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Such a beautiful film with top-notch performances, cinematography, and direction. One of my favorites. ❤
I saw this first because it came "free" as a rebate offer when I bought my first DVD player along with other... movies like "Six Days Seven Nights" the Anne Heche vehicle and "Stepmom" with Julia Roberts. I had zero expectations about Gattaca and it absolutely blew me away. Such a great sci-fi film!
Other than the "I never saved anything for the swim back" in the same 10 seconds there is another symbolic exchange . "We are closer to the other side. -what other side?" I like to see it so vincent always keep loking at the horizon while anton does not even see it.
Its also a reference to the fact that in many cases people who accomplish great things often tend to have an illogical belief in whatever it is they are doing, even when there is no proof at all that it is correct or will lead to success. Vincent succeeds because he believes so greatly in his will that it allows him to surpass his limitations, whereas Anton fails because he limits himself to what "should" be possible. Vincent has no idea whether they are actually closer to the other side or not, but this mindset allows him to swim with greater confidence. This is very important because most people will tend to miss opportunities or limit themselves in life because they over-analyze or over-rationalize. The people who make waves tend to break free from that line of thinking and see their goals or vision as an inevitability. They take chances and risks, and even when those don't work out they tend to be able to not internalize the failure (which allows them to try something different or move in a different direction).
The cinematography of Gattaca is is amazing. It’s still an underrated film. When Jerome is in the incinerator his silver medal turns to gold because of the reflection of the fire
I love this movie so much. I don’t think it gets enough credit and was so excited to see you guys react to it! I think this was my first time seeing Jude Law and my heart broke for his character at the end. I think Ethan Hawke’s “I never saved anything for the swim back” is my favorite line.
Back in the day, scientists used to manually sequence DNA segments using a technique called polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. As a way to standardize it and make it so that the data could be read forward or backward, they would load their samples in a particular order on the gel: First a lane identifying all Guanine bases in the sequence, then one to identity all Adenine's, then one for Thymine's, and finally one for Cytosine's. In short, the sample order was GATC. Hollywood added some extra letters to make a pronounceable word out of it. Hence, GATTACA is in allcaps. I was in grad school in 1997, so I got the reference. I wonder how many people did at the time--probably not very many. I also wonder how much better the movie might have done at the box office if it had a more broadly relatable title. Hmmm....
This movie is fantastic. One of my favourites ever since I´ve watched in VHS some few decades ago. I was supposed to suggest this movie to this channel back when I was first aware of CineBinge. The whole cast, Andrew Niccol, the soundtrack, the script, everything... damn, I miss this movie.
28:40 It is horrible... But also is a way to make sure there is no evidence left behind. He was willing to endure that end, just to make sure Vicent succeeded.
I like that you guys appreciate all the supporters Vincent had in his quest. A lesser writer would have made a film about in-valids versus valids, but Gattaca added many layers with its valid characters.
When this movie came out I brought a vhs copy of it to school and the teacher let the whole class watch it since it’s such a good movie with a good message
We studied this movie in my last year of highschool and I watched it once a day for a month to prep for my finals essays. I knew this movie back to front, scene to scene, yet I never got tired of it. It truly is one of the low key best sci fi films out there and should be much better known than it is.
“I never saved anything for the swim back!” Is one of the most powerful and impactful lines ever…
well, in reality this would get you killed quickly - taking risks you can not control only works in the movies for the hero - reality would bite back.
No, it's not. Go try swimming in a riptide with that mindset and see where that gets you.
@@40hup thanks for preaching reality in a reaction video where people's priority is to escape from it😮
yep, hardcore stuff, will power to the max:)
@@TCM215 Yep, that's exactly like one lone swordsman against a hundred knights wielding broadswords and battleaxes.
If you believe you can defeat them all, then you can!
There’s no gene for the human spirit. - original movie tagline
was just gonna type this. I love everything about this movie but that tagline in particular has sat with me ever since I read it
Yeah the "How do you hide when you're running from yourself?" tagline doesn't fit the movie nearly as well as that one. I remember the trailer being kind of misleading too. It made it look like it was some suspense thriller kind of movie, which is part of it but definitely not as much as they wanted people to think for some reason. I guess they thought more accurately marketing it would make people think it was too boring and cerebral or something?
Maybe just quit reading the taglines. Studio executives seem to have too much leeway in picking them (writer/director have no input) and just string together whatever vaguely relevant words they think will sell the most tickets. This new one and the one for Firefly being prime examples.
I thought it was: "When you Gattaca, you Gattago"
"In a world.. where the strains of D.N.A are your prison bars.. And you are innocently judged.. for life!" 😹
Proof absolute that great sci-fi doesn't rely upon visual effects. This is one of my all-time favourites, and yet most of my friends have never even heard of it.
The best sci-fi is about ideas, not pretty images.
Well said!
Maybe it's because i'm drunk. Not sure. But your comment has whatever likes and mine has zero even though it was before yours. And your comment states that you failed to get your friends to watch this fantastic movie while mine stated that i got many people to watch this movie. I know i sound petty but it's kind of ironic isn't it? i am just wondering why? My guess is my comment was one sentence too long for the simple minded which is obviously the majority of people that inhabit the youtube comment section. No hate to you sir, other than you should be a better ambassador for a movie you hold in such high regard. More of a why does yt work this way? Also don't mind me, i'm pretty buzzed. Surprised i am able to type.
@@Raptchur I'll give you one like.
Another way to view it is that Eugene earned his gold by helping Vincent. In normal light, his medal is silver, but his sendoff was gold in the goodbye light.
This is a special movie, one of the underrated all-time greats imo.
The "goodbye light" is an interesting euphemism for the fire burning him to death, but it works.
Michael Nyman’s score is stunning. One of my favourite under-rated movies.
Yes indeed, I listen to it on a regular basis!
Its so great, and it does such an amazing job at giving a movie that is mostly dialogue a lot of emotion and tenstion
This movie is a regular watch for us, a real masterpiece
Most of the films Michael Nyman scored were directed by Peter Greenaway, so few people see them and get to hear the music. This and _The Piano_ are the major exceptions. Outside of films, my favorite piece of Nyman's is 'MGV' or 'Musique a Grande Vitesse', which was commissioned for the opening of the French TGV LGB Nord line. It's a 5-movement tone poem of recurring rhythmic chord sequences recreating an imaginary train journey and makes great road music while driving,
I love that he altered a Schubert Impromptu that literally only can be played with two extra fingers. I suppose it muddles the film’s argument, but the 12-finger version actually does sound much better to me.
Fun fact.. this flick is the reason Maya Hawke exists.
I came to the comments section to say this.
@@Metamorfeus I came to the comments section to reply to this.
@@NightSkyJeff i came
@@ajkelvin SOMEBODY definitely did 😬
🤣🤣🤣🤣
My favorite quote from Vincent "I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it."
I had a real moment like that. I was just getting out of the Navy and really had no prospects. I had been pretty depressed for a long time. My friend invited me to an event at the UC Berkeley campus and I saw the various signs for clubs and the event was held in a lecture hall and the whole thing just had me thinking of a different life. How amazing it would be if I could be a student there. A place my family had romanticized, some attended, had history with the school. I graduated high school with a 2.0. It was not a realistic prospect.
I graduated from UC Berkeley 5 years later.
I'm glad Gattaca snuck in, even though it could never quite win a poll outright. But I'm even more glad you both enjoyed it so much. A real gem of a movie. :)
The best aspect of this film is the fact the doctor knew about Jerome from the very start, yet chose to help him on his journey due to his son being in a similar position...he was deemed invalid.
The line where he said his son was his biggest fan means that the doctor would come home and amaze and inspire his son with the story of Jerome.
I really hate how there's always a fraction of people who take this to mean that Dr Lamar is actually Vincent's father. People have been arguing this since the 90s and it really makes no sense.
@@michaeljacyna1973 So true... I never thought that. Why do people think that? It really doesn't make any sense. They show his parents in the beginning and it's definitely not him.
@@michaeljacyna1973 What? We _see_ his father in the beginning, and it isn't the doctor. His parentage is never in question. Whoever those people are need some sense smacked into them.
The great Xander Berkeley
I'm not on either side of the debate, but I believe the main piece of evidence is that the doctor knows Vincent's name. The computer can only identify him as "Invalid" - only the doctor and his brother know him as Vincent. Also, it's kind of weird that the doctor has seemingly been saying "Have I told you about my son?" for a long time without ever actually telling him.
Super underrated movie that not enough folks even know about...so glad to see CineBinge react to this one.😁
Gattaca is a hugely underrated masterpiece. Great performances by all the leads, a wonderfully foreseeable future, and a tight script. Sci-fi at its best.
When I was in highschool, I went to see Gattaca with a friend because we had time to kill between classes. I went in blind thinking the name was weird and the poster wasn't great. In the end, the movie blew me away from the beginning with its style, story, script, themes and acting. It's a gem of sci-fi neo noir and I never forgot this film.
Agree with Simone, it's up there in terms of movies for me. Absolute classic and it aged well too. Very simple yet efficient sci-fi.
Most people never notice that Vincent’s brother is actually the boss. His partner/subordinate is much older and much more experienced. He found the killer, Yet still has to refer to this man who is around 27 years old as his superior. Nice little subtle touch.
All because of his perfect genes.
I mean, that's not unusual in many fields today. In the military an officer is usually younger than the NCOs they command.
theoretically, I can accept ONE dividing line, but to have genetic division even when above the "valid" line, that's just too much too handle.
@@chance20m thats true and to a point leadership is a different skill set. but in this case there doing the same role but the older detectives clearly better and in our world the roles would be reversed
@@jaredfalk7701 the actor plays a similar character in Ad Astra, someone who underperforms for their status
One of the best SF film in 30 odd years. A proper SF story not a jumble of CGI.
This movie is definitely in my top 10 all time. I've loved this movie since it first came out and not enough people know or talk about it. Thank you Simone and George for covering it!!!
I feel like this was what so much of cinema felt like in the late 90's. I just look back on it now as a time when there was so much great original genre films, and this huge indie cinema decade and there was just so much good stuff. It's definitely through rose-tinted nostalgia glasses, there was lots of shit too. But I still miss this era of movies.
The 90's were the best period, period! 🤣 The tech was just good enough to be awesome, but not so intrusive as it is today (Social Media etc.).
90s was the video/DVD era. Studios took more gambles on different genres because even if it bombed at the B.O., the money would be made up in hard media rental/sales.
You don't get the same return on investment with digital streaming.
It did feel like such an amazing time to be watching movies in the 1990s, like "our" version of the1970s revolution. Please consider "Traffic" from 2000 as another "essential viewing."
The '90s was a great time for me to grow up as a burgeoning movie buff, and seeing these younger reactors enjoying so many good movies from the era just bolsters that opinion.
It's not all nostalgia, the 90s was the last time independent movies actually existed, before big studios gobbled them up at every level.
The movie's title "Gattaca" is based on the letters G, A, T and C, which are the four constituents of DNA (nucleobases). So smart and fitting! Thanks to this movie, I never forget those letters!
Also, the best part is the swim at the end, "I never saved anything for the swim back."
Not sure if the spiral staircase/DNA strand connection was mentioned yet.
Never realized that, thank you.
It also hints at "Attica," a notorious prison with an infamous riot in 1971. In other words, one's genes can be a prison.
that's what the spiral staircase on the poster is meant to represent, the dna helix
@@WG55 lol, you should be careful you don't hurt yourself pulling a muscle, reaching that far 😂
Really is a subtle examination of "systemic bigotry" - no one person is mustache-twirlingly bad (and individually are as sane and empathetic as you or I), but collectively still allow such judgements to control society.
In fact, Vincent’s biggest ally at Gattaca (his boss), is the one who says the most vile things, and does the most vile act in the movie.
women and POC know this all too well. They have to be perfect in order to obtain jobs that other people seem to just believe they're entitled to.
Almost like an Obsolete Man... Twilight Zone??? 😉
I'll grant you that it's not smacking you in the face with it, but I wouldn't say the message is all that subtle.
@@mikechmielewski386 His biggest ally was the doctor, but, yes, his _second_ biggest ally is his boss, though his reasons were more personal than altruistic. He was desperate for the mission to go ahead and knew that delaying the launch would mean cancelling the mission altogether since missing the planetary alignment would have required a completely different mission plan.
One of my favorite movies, so glad to see it on the channel! The soundtrack is also incredible.
Its one of the few OST i've bought for a movie. It does a lot of heavy lifting in a sci-fi movie that's mostly talking, and that not a dig, its a big compliment. Its nice to have a sci-fi movie that is about ideas and not how expensive their special effects are, and this soundtrack sets the emotional tone throughout the film.
100% agree, it definitely has that emotional resonance that keeps you engaged
The soundtrack is exquisite…as is the writing, cinematography, cast and performances. This goes on many people’s “Favorites” list.
I consider "I never saved anything for the swim back" one of the best (and most underrated) lines in movie history.
"I never saved anything for the swim back"
Long swim across a Great Lake 😆
He was either gonna win or he was going to die. He was ready for that swim to be his final act.
I watch about 15 reaction channels regularly. You're currently my favorite. Reactions like this are why... I've seen this film maybe ten times, and missed a couple things you guys caught. You made it more poignant and heartfelt than I'd previously recognized. Thank you.
I've heard some people complain about Jerome's story arc, criticism that it is confused or portrays s**f h**m in a positive light. But I think that criticism misses the point. Gattaca is not a power fantasy where the unjust society is corrected for the better. It's more about how individuals experience the inequities of that world--therefore more realistic. Jerome essentially illustrates how that society harms the very people it elevates, therefore his story arc is entirely tragic. I kind of appreciate storytelling that is not afraid to show characters who never overcome their misfortune. Because unfortunately that happens all the time, and we risk obscuring or erasing the survivors of abuse. Or worse, we may even risk our society judging them for never overcoming injustice and exploitation they never consented to.
It would have been very easy, in the hands of a lesser storyteller, to make a film where the genetically enhanced are straightforwardly villains. But it can never be that simple - nobody in this society chooses how they're born.
Well said.
I completely agree
A subtle symbolism that almost no one gets the first time (I definitely didn’t), is the fact that Eugene’s silver medal turns to gold in the last scene.
He gets first place after doing an amazing job for Vincent, and letting Vincent fulfill his dream.
Another subtle point people miss is the fact that Anton is the superior to the older, more experienced detective that actually found the killer.
Another subtle (or not so subtle depending on your view) is when Jerome is frantically trying to climb the helix staircase to get upstairs in time for Anton to show up with Irene to see if he is really at home sick. The symbolism of a "cripple" laboring up the helix (DNA) that is blocking those who are "less" from their goal(s).
And so sad that, while anyone should be proud to earn the silver medal, he wore it like an albatross around his neck. Notice too, it featured an image of two swimmers.
Another subtle symbolism is that the two brothers swimming are like sperm (one natural and the other synthesised) competing against each other for life.
Another another subtle symbolism is that Vincent is “invalid” as in not valid, whereas Eugene is paralysed and is literally an invalid.
One of my favourite movies of all time. Nyman knocks it out of the park with the scrore.
There’s an alternate end credits hammering in the social commentary, displaying famous people and their “genetic disadvantages” that would have barred them from success in the world of Gattaca.
I think i found a copy of the alternate ending... Is it this one: ua-cam.com/video/jxq3A2FHBh8/v-deo.htmlsi=BBVIopRXYbp4UWZv
Not just famous people. When was the last time you saw an unattractive bar maid? Superior genetics helps people get advantages over others in even the simplest of jobs.
@@chudez That is it. Not really an alternate ending, just a deleted scene. Originally it was just before the end credits. I wish they kept it in, the personalizes the message of the movie.
This is one of my all-time favorite films. There's so much thought and depth to the story, and every aspect of the execution is done brilliantly.
Also, that spiral stair is such a powerful symbol. The spiral representing a strand of DNA, that whole scene with Eugene climbing to the top takes on much greater meaning. Absolutely amazing film.
This is such an underrated gem of a movie, one of my favorites. And the score is so incredibly beautiful. I never get tired of it. I wish more people appreciates this film and score. Thank you for your lovely reaction.
yep Gattaca is an underrated masterpiece. The deeper meaning, the style, the soundtrack all create a nearly perfect version of a dark and very real looking future.
"There is more vodka in this piss than there is piss!" was a standout line for me and my high school friends back in the day watching this for the first time.
One of Maya Rudolph's first acting credits. Blink and you'll miss it -- she's a delivery nurse when Vincent is born.
And not long after, their daughter Maya Hawke was delivered into the world.
Gattaca is one of my favorite movies.
There are a minimal amount of people that have reacted to it.
I'm happy it was ya'll.
One little detail I liked when first watching this was that this is a world where we're travelling to space in our regular business suits. Just a casual work trip.
Simone’s empathy was going to be in overdrive with this great film…
Welcome to the Gattaca Fan Club! 🍾🥂
One of my favorite films. It's so underrated and has such deep and relevant implications for our species and our culture.
The lock of hair & Jude’s silver medal turning ‘gold’ in the fire always gets me😢
At the end Lamar uses Vincent's actual name and not his alias of Jerome when parting ways. Which is easy to miss on a viewer's first watch.
I always get emotional when Jerome tells Vincent he got the better end of their deal. Also this was Jude Law's first american film role.
This movie has a special place because the daughter child recommended this when I was having a really bad time of it questioning myself. Had no idea the little one even knew i was in a bad place, but the kid knew just what her sic fi loving geek pop needed.
Extremely underrated movie. Long been one of my favorites, but people seldom react to it or talk about it. It had no action to speak of, or special effects, but was a solid story that was phenomenally well written and acted. Great reaction!
You're probably already aware that Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke used to be married. I believe this film was how they first met. Their daughter is Maya Hawke, who is in "Stranger Things" and voiced Anxiety in "Inside Out 2".
A few years after this movie, the director Andrew Niccol made another science fiction film...called "Simone". He also wrote the screenplay for "The Truman Show". Another movie that he directed is "In Time" with Justin Timberlake.
@@CineRam - and “The Terminal”
I liked all of those except In Time. Even that wasn't terrible, just wasn't my cup of tea.
@@chance20m The concept is interesting, but I think it wasn't realized as well as it could have been. Some of the events strain credibility...plus, everybody uses the word "time" so often that it becomes silly.
And "Lord of War"
Honestly In Time was a brilliant movie the script had some flaws but the basic premis was solid the cinematography was similar to Gattica but we saw a lot more of the world and Justin's performance was remarkably good. Having never been a fan of his I was pleasantly surprised how much I enjoyed the film.
24:55 I can't tell you how many times in the years since I've see this movie that this line has ran through my head during hard moments. Still an amazing line. Still gets me.
24:49 I’m with you. Epic line/philosophy! I totally forgot about this movie. To this day, I can’t remember where or when I watched it or with who, and can’t recall ever thinking about it again, until I saw an ad for a book called: “The Last Arrow: Save Nothing for the Next Life”. Of course I read it and sure enough, early in the book he relays this scene. The book and its author are every bit as excellent as this amazing film IMHO. You might want to check it out.
I'm so glad you guys finally watched this. Gattaca is one of my all time favorite movies. It checks a lot of boxes. Amazing acting, incredibly well written with great dialogue and one liners, really really smart sci-fi tale of morality and ethics and the human condition in a very believable dystopia, the cinematography using different tones of lighting and angles and shots, the costumes and vague retro-futurism designs (some time in the near future).... and lets not forget the absolutely standout soundtrack. This was one of the few original soundtracks from a movie I have ever bought. It is both beautiful and haunting, giving a sense of an imperfect perfect world, and gives a lot of tension to a movie that honestly doesn't have a lot of action. For a film that is mostly talking, the soundtrack helps to transport you and keep you constantly on the edge to want to know more. I agree with Simone, this is one of the best.
Wow, finally reactors visiting this epic film. I remember re-watching this on DVD so many freakin' times back in the day when Jude had hair. Fun fact. All the letters in GATTACA are the four building block (aka nucleobases) of DNA: Guanine, Adenine, Thymine, and Cytosine (Edit: 12:05 George is so smart, he got it by himself)
Even when I was still young and in high school… I could truly appreciate just how beautiful this movie is. And seeing how many natural limitations I had, to see that doctor be kind to Vincent, at that truly dire moment of circumstance, and Jerome to sacrifice the whey he did, for Vincent, truly moved me to tears 😢🥲
And the musical piece, “The Departure” , which plays over as Vincent launches off to Titan, is one of the most beautiful pieces of music I have ever heard. Even over 20 years later… and it still is…❤😢🥲
Yes indeed!
This movie floored me and brought me to tears when I first saw it during my first year of college when it was released. The story of the two brothers echoes a similar story I've had with my own younger brother all my life so it moved me very much. Still a favourite to this day. An absolutely beautiful music score as well. ❤🩹
Having dinner with a friend in San Rafael I was admiring the view across a lake. A building stood out to me as oddly familiar.
"Wait," I suddenly realized. "That's friggin Gattaca!"
My friend laughed, "Yep. That is indeed friggin Gattaca."
It's the Marin County Civic Center designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.
It's friggin gorgeous!
Friggin A!
I've watched this so many times. The mood and pacing just absorbs me into it.
My elementary teacher said I could only be a janitor.
After earning an academic scholarship to GWU University I majored in electrical engineering. I've designed websites for Discovery Online, The State Department. Taught web design to executives at AT&T and MCI.
Because I was a "Black" child my teacher judged my potential as maxing or as someone who could only clean up after others.
We still have prejudice.
Glad not everyone experience's it. Hope you have a good life, which is the best revenge. Have a good new year 😊👍
19:27 - This character. I can't stand her hair in Pulp Fiction.
29:53 - And that, Simone, is how many people (especially me), feel. Very impactful movie first time I watched it. Different, underrated, not particularly action-y, a thinking man's sci-fi film. Just subdued beauty. And personally, I love the color grading of it, gives it a very nostalgic feel combined with the music.
28:53 Even this, as horrible as it is to think about, is an act of love from Eugene to Vincent. If they find his body there, then Vincent's life would be over when he got back. He's trying not to leave a trace. Incredibly selfless under the circumstances.
I love how George purses his lips when he gets weepy, blubbery. I also love it b/c I love how sensitive and kind George is.
and Simone starts making all kinds of mouth shapes and touching her face, its hilarious and endearing, these two are some of the best. Love em
This movie actually led to changes in US law. Geneticists started calling out “the Gattaca effect.” Clinton signed into law a prohibition against insurance companies using genetic information to determine rates.
Gattaca is a variation on the bases of DNA ( adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T)). So is the spiral staircase a reference to the DNA double helix structure
An amazing hidden gem of a film, with a beautifully haunting score. The ending leaves a deep mark on me everytime.
Gattaca been one of my top five films for so long it doesn't get the love it should ❤
Equilibrium 2002 for another dystopian world
The reason he burn himself at the end is because he can't leave a body behind, so he is making sure that only one Jerome exist and the only remaining piece of him(beside the samples) he gave to Vincent.
True, but one would hope he chose a less painful, non-immediate way to actually die and then had the furnace on a timer.
Meh. I mean, there is a freezer fill of blood and p1ss. I feel like they could put two and two together. 😂
My very favorite modern scifi movie. Sterling performances by great character actors in ALL the supporting roles, esp. including (but by no means limited to) Tony Shaloub, Ernest Borgnine, Alan Arkin, Blair Underwood, and Xander Berkeley, who steals every scene that he's in.
Hits hard in the feels, doesn’t it? One of my fave movies of all time. And incredibly underrated.
Fun fact: As a part of the promotion for this movie they put out fake add titled 'children made to order' for a clinic offering to 'engineer your offspring' they received thousands responses from interested prospective parents. You can find copies of the add online. YT comments don't like links but you can find it in the references for episode 25 of the xenothesis podcast which is a special episode about gattaca I recorded with one of my biologist friends.
the reveals of the brother and the doctor are so great, they knew and you can see it subtly on every scene. also, when forensics are analyzing samples you can see that both vincent and jerome came up, so many amazing details. i love this movie
It's the complexity of human desire, self worth and emotions expressing itself in culture, society and work that is so well shown in this movie.
Probably the most inspirational movie ive seen.
This had a huge impact on me.
Movie nerd trivia time! The guy who plays the director (not one error in a million keystrokes) is Gore Vidal. He was quite a character in the real world, and it's oddly fitting that he played this part in this movie. His given name was Eugene...
Makes me cry, every time. Must be the wind. I'm so glad you two enjoyed it.
Loren Dean, who plays his brother, stars in an interesting movie called Mumford I hope you'll eventually get to. Elias Koteas, who plays their father, was Casey Jones from the original TMNT. Lots of other interesting people in the cast.
The Writer/Director Andrew Niccol also did Lord of War, and wrote The Truman Show.
I think i've been spamming Gattaca in the comments for the past two years even on their patreon as wel. Im glad they finally watched it and that Simone loved it.
Once at a HEMA event I met a guy who asked to use my chair to sit down. Ended up talking and he spoke about all the health issues he had. Doctors told him he wouldn't see 23. He was 26 at the time, running around doing contact sports.
Being in good condition and having a well-excercised heart does help. If nothing else, it keeps your pulse low and your allotted beats at minimum.
I think doctors look at probabilities and averages of prognoses and err on the safe side. They don't want to blindside you and anything extra is a plus. They don't expect people to go to max in staying healthy and in any case probabilities are a matter of luck, however you slice them. Whatever the odds, they're the odds, not certainties.
It’s a fantastic film. The pacing, the message, everything.
One other thing that sometimes gets overlooked in the films otherwise inspirational message: it actually makes perfect sense to screen out people with serious congenital medical conditions from going on long-term deep space missions lol. Still one of the finest movies I've ever seen though.
Yes. Would you want to get on a plane whose pilot was on the downward end of a bell shaped probability curve of a heart attack or would you prefer to deny him a license? Whether or not he is a good pilot and really wants to fly is irrelevant if he dies at 30,000 feet. Edit: pilot provided as a pointed example.
So glad ye finally got around to watching Gattaca. Easily one of the best sci-fi movies out there. Takes a simple scientific idea and cleverly explores the implications of that on society. Great casting too. Jude Law and Ethan Hawke were excellent. The line "I never saved anything for the swim back" is such a great one.
yes! so glad you both dug this one - it's an all-time favourite for me and everything from the score to the writing is perfect
Back in middle school we watch this as part of our science course to give us a glimpse of how science might affect genetics in the future but to also show how sometimes its not the end all be all.
It's missions to Titan,not colonisation. Jerome had faith that Vincent would come back hence why he provided years worth of samples.
Always loved the fact the doctor was always helping Vincent.
❤ the doc scene.
The docs viewpoint/assistance adds some credibility to this story and also adds some humanity to a dystopian system sorely lacking it.
Still Vincent must have fooled him long enough that by the time the doctor found out ; Vincent had already proven his capability.
I have a theory about Uma Thurman's character Irene. Irene was most likely born into a wealthy family. It would definitely explain how someone with her heart condition did not have to become a janitor or any other middle to lower class occupation. Her family could have bought her position at Gattaca & a spot at the University she attended🤔. Similar to how legacy students are placed at universities & corporate jobs
Also, it seems hers isn't a severe defect.
I like how the spiral staircase represents the double helix DNA and what Jerome crawling up the staircase symbolizes.
A criminally underrated movie. Also one of my favorites.
I'm with Simone regarding this being one of my favourite movies. Thanks for a great reaction, you two. 👍
Regarding the scene where Vincent gets his height surgery, it's a real life cosmetic surgery now. It's called leg lengthening surgery or limb lengthening surgery. Look up the name Dynzell Sigers. Before the surgery was 5'5. After the surgery he's 6ft
I was so proud of myself the first time I watched the opening credits, and _immediately_ figured out the ACGT thing, with no context. I was pretty young tbf, but still.
A lot of this was filmed at the Marin Civic Center (north of San Francisco) in a futuristic building designed by the great architect Frank Lloyd Wright. Such a beautiful film with top-notch performances, cinematography, and direction. One of my favorites. ❤
One of the most underrated movies ever.. and it's well regarded.
I saw this first because it came "free" as a rebate offer when I bought my first DVD player along with other... movies like "Six Days Seven Nights" the Anne Heche vehicle and "Stepmom" with Julia Roberts. I had zero expectations about Gattaca and it absolutely blew me away. Such a great sci-fi film!
Other than the "I never saved anything for the swim back" in the same 10 seconds there is another symbolic exchange .
"We are closer to the other side.
-what other side?"
I like to see it so vincent always keep loking at the horizon while anton does not even see it.
Its also a reference to the fact that in many cases people who accomplish great things often tend to have an illogical belief in whatever it is they are doing, even when there is no proof at all that it is correct or will lead to success. Vincent succeeds because he believes so greatly in his will that it allows him to surpass his limitations, whereas Anton fails because he limits himself to what "should" be possible. Vincent has no idea whether they are actually closer to the other side or not, but this mindset allows him to swim with greater confidence.
This is very important because most people will tend to miss opportunities or limit themselves in life because they over-analyze or over-rationalize. The people who make waves tend to break free from that line of thinking and see their goals or vision as an inevitability. They take chances and risks, and even when those don't work out they tend to be able to not internalize the failure (which allows them to try something different or move in a different direction).
The cinematography of Gattaca is is amazing. It’s still an underrated film. When Jerome is in the incinerator his silver medal turns to gold because of the reflection of the fire
I just left a comment about that. It gets me every time😢
I love this movie so much. I don’t think it gets enough credit and was so excited to see you guys react to it! I think this was my first time seeing Jude Law and my heart broke for his character at the end. I think Ethan Hawke’s “I never saved anything for the swim back” is my favorite line.
I AM SO GLAD you guys loved this. It's one of my favorites ever.
Back in the day, scientists used to manually sequence DNA segments using a technique called polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis. As a way to standardize it and make it so that the data could be read forward or backward, they would load their samples in a particular order on the gel: First a lane identifying all Guanine bases in the sequence, then one to identity all Adenine's, then one for Thymine's, and finally one for Cytosine's. In short, the sample order was GATC. Hollywood added some extra letters to make a pronounceable word out of it. Hence, GATTACA is in allcaps. I was in grad school in 1997, so I got the reference. I wonder how many people did at the time--probably not very many. I also wonder how much better the movie might have done at the box office if it had a more broadly relatable title. Hmmm....
This movie is fantastic. One of my favourites ever since I´ve watched in VHS some few decades ago. I was supposed to suggest this movie to this channel back when I was first aware of CineBinge. The whole cast, Andrew Niccol, the soundtrack, the script, everything... damn, I miss this movie.
This is an amazing movie, I'm so glad you reviewed it. I shouted out loud when I saw it on the channel.
One of my favourite movies :) The scary part is that I can totally imagine this vision of dystopian future to actually happen.
28:40 It is horrible... But also is a way to make sure there is no evidence left behind. He was willing to endure that end, just to make sure Vicent succeeded.
So glad you guys reacted to this film I've been trying to get other film reactors to react to it but nobody listens to me, you guys get it
I like that you guys appreciate all the supporters Vincent had in his quest. A lesser writer would have made a film about in-valids versus valids, but Gattaca added many layers with its valid characters.
When this movie came out I brought a vhs copy of it to school and the teacher let the whole class watch it since it’s such a good movie with a good message
“Who are we to straighten what god has made crooked”, says the man wearing glasses :)
Somehow I forgot how gorgeous Uma Thurman is in this movie.
29:56 One of my favorites as well. A fantastic movies.
We studied this movie in my last year of highschool and I watched it once a day for a month to prep for my finals essays.
I knew this movie back to front, scene to scene, yet I never got tired of it. It truly is one of the low key best sci fi films out there and should be much better known than it is.