On Sunday, January 15, 2006 at 9:20:48 PM UTC-8, visual...@yahoo.com wrote:
> I'm catching up on some of the movies I've missed in the past. I
> watched Gattaca on DVD recently. Its a good movie with an original
> concept.
> You may continue reading, no spoilers below :-)
> Its a story set in the not too distant future. Genetic selection is
> used by parents to get superior babies (superior intelligence, looks,
> health, free of genetic diseases..etc). Those who are not genetically
> engineered are discriminated against and are shut out of jobs and
> priveledges afforded to those who are. Any establishment can easily
> check on your genetic profile with just a few cells from your body
> (hair, saliva, blood, urine samples, even a handshake). Our main
> character "unfortunately" was born naturally and has to struggle
> against all kinds of barriers to make his way in the world & achieve
> his dreams. He tries to get around this barrier by masking his
> identity....
> I liked the mellow cinematography. The design of the "clean"
> post-modern, yet retro look of the future was elegant. Vacuum cleaner
> salesmen must be doing roaring business. No fancy & unneccessary
> sci-fi effects or anything of that sort in the movie.
> The movie makes me think of what the insurance companies are doing with
> all my information when I have to declare what genetic diseases like
> e.g. diabetes, glaucoma..etc my family members might have. For all I
> know, there is a permanent record kept some where out of the country,
> out of legal jurisdiction... which might be used against me in the
> future. A sign of things to come perhaps?
> Anyway, that concludes my movie review of Gattaca.

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