It is the total and convincing immersion in a future world that makes this one of the strongest science fiction films I've ever seen.

That is a bold statement I know, but for me it is a fact, it just took me a while to realise it. See, the first time I saw it I was distracted by the meandering third act in which the plot drudgingly treads towards its excpected resolution.

And while that problem still exists I was struck this time by two things. For a film that is almost 15 years old it still looks absolutely stunning and it does what any film in this genre should do. It takes away all suspension of disbelief by presenting…

Film #73 of Project 90

”It's funny, you work so hard, you do everything you can to get away from a place, and when you finally get your chance to leave, you find a reason to stay.”

Andrew Niccol starts Gattaca by picturing a “not too distant future” where genetic engineering has changed everything, it has revolutionized the way people think and act and it has brought a new social order to the society, people are no longer divided to rich and poor or educated and uneducated, you are either a child of god or a child of science, genetic modification has become a routine part of the cycle of life and now everything works differently. That exceptionally alarming and…

How had it taken me so long to get around to watching this? I love sci fi and 97 was when I was really getting into film. How its taken over 20 years to get around to watching it I will never know.

This is a great sci-fi drama that borrows heavily from the noir and thriller genres. Carefully written, this treads a delicate path as we journey with Vincent, determined to get to space despite his health. We have double identities, health problems, paranoia, delusion, love, drive, dream, passion and a murder thrown in to boot. How it all works I dont understand. All I know is that it does. The soundtrack is one of the more haunting soundtracks…

“I got the better end of the deal. I only lent you my body. You lent me your dream.”

In Andrew Niccol’s directorial debut we are invited to imagine a world where humans are categorized according to their genetic make-up. In this world, genetic engineering is not only a possibility, but a very common thing. Society now classifies people according to their DNA, and social classes are determined by it. It is not a future too hard to envision considering over history we have categorized people according to the color of their skin, their race, or their gender. Niccol creates an interesting sci-fi premise by using this sort of allegory of our society and combining it with some action and…

Continuing this Ethan Hawke streak.
I liked the movie.

Here are some things I found funny:
1) The fact that no matter how many times Ethan tricked the DNA identification system it could still always be used to stir things up. He passed this one check up? Now he has to give blood again, but intravenously. Passed that? Let’s have the detectives stop him at this seemingly random tunnel and check him again. Omg he tricked them again. But what if he has to pee before the mission? He is not expecting it! He managed to do it again! Color me bewildered.
2) Same goes for all the swimming hullabaloo.
3) That point where Ethan and Uma fall for each…

"We now have discrimination down to a science."

Whoooooh boy, is this truly, truly something. I know I tend to give quite a large amount of films five-stars, but all of those five-star films produce a certain strong reaction in me, and this film is no different whatsoever. Gattaca is truly a superb and unique film.

Gattaca is one of those high-concept, gloriously beautiful payoff sci-fi flicks of the '90s (such as Dark City and The Matrix) that I honestly just can't get enough of. The idea of someone hacking their genetics to become somebody else so that they can achieve their life's dreams, which were previously prohibited by their "inferior" DNA, is utterly inspired, and all of this is…