Official Score = 3 Devils[/caption]The 1990s saw a major change in technology for private use! Stuff that at this point has become the standard for most people, stuff like the use of, 'The Internet', 'Cell Phones', etc...
With that in mind, one thing that Hollywood does like to do is to make movies that ask the question, 'What if mankind took technology to such an extreme that, that technology began to take over?' A popular theme for these types of movies of course are movies that have to do with computer technology being taken so far that they gain their sentience and begin to take over the world.
A few of these examples of this type of film of course being, The Matrix (1999), and The 'Terminator' series!
But there is another slightly less dystopic (yet still quite unpleasant) version that begs the question of, 'what would happen if genetic technology was taken to the point where it was no longer fashionable to be, 'born' but to be created!
That is the question that the movie, Gattaca (1997) begs to answer!
Written and Directed by: Andrew Niccol (In Time). Starring: Ethan Hawke (Daybreakers), Uma Thurman (Pulp Fiction), Jude Law (eXistenZ), Gore Vidal (Shadow Conspiracy), Xander Berkley (Candyman), Elias Koteas (Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles) and Alan Arkin (Grosse Point Blank).
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Vincent Freeman (Ethan Hawke) living the dream![/caption]Gattaca tells the story of a man by the name of Vincent Freeman (Hawke). A man who was born naturally in a world that frowns upon this sort of thing.
In this world, there are two classes: The upper class being people that have been more or less genetically engineered. While the lower class being those that have been born naturally....
Now Vincent dreams about someday going in to space. The only problem is that the only group of people that are allowed to go in to space are the upper class!
So Vincent arranges to take over the persona of a crippled upper class genetically engineered man by the name of, Jerome Eugene Morrow (Law), to achieve his dream!
So far this seems to be working out awfully well for Vincent, as Vincent ends up making it all the way to the point where his dreams are about to come true, as he has finally been selected to go to outer space... Of course that is until his project director ends up being murdered!
Now Vincent's dreams of going in to outer space are in jeopardy due to fear that his cover could be blown during the investigation in to the project directors death!
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Vincent Freeman is going to get to live his dream![/caption]I do have to say that although I think the acting is great, the story is amazing, and the special effects are spectacular, the best thing I think that makes this movie great is the message that this movie has for the world! A message that says, 'that in a world that is harsh, where choices are sometimes extremely limited, that you can still succeed and achieve your dreams and goals in life!
http://youtu.be/ZppWok6SX88
