I was wondering why the tone of the trailers reminded me so much of Gattaca. Aside that the premise obviously is along the same lines as it. I'm looking forward to seeing this now.
This movie is not a proper sci-fi. There is simply no coherent explanation of how the tech came about and no exploration of what the consequences of it's use might be (I mean other than rich people turning into EVIL overlords). It would not be bad really to disregard all that and go for the societal struggle, if the movie didn't suck at that by being too anvilicious and total lack of imagination.Aureliano said:I think the freakiest thing about this movie is that your friend's hot sister can be exactly the same age as their hot mom and also exactly the same age as your friend's hot grandmother who are all 25 but probably have ridiculous Alzheimer's. Add that to the fact that a grown man's mom can be Olivia Wilde without age makeup and you have the potential for a severely genetically screwed up future a generation or two down the line.
I haven't seen the movie yet, but I have this feeling that the very possible Kentuckosity of the future is not addressed, unlike, say in this movie's undeniable inspiration: Brave New World, in which everybody is cloned and has severely effective birth control.
Well I'll be damned, so they did. This does not say anything good about my memory.Gunnyboy said:They came out the same exact year.Elijah Newton said:While I quite liked Gattaca and found it clever and unique, would point out that Niccol also is known for The Truman Show, which in my most H of O's got most of its ideas from Dark City. That could just be me, though.
TLDR: both movies should be taken as metaphors for the way society is now, because the scenarios they present are really implausible.solidstatemind said:Hm. I was surprised: GATTACA was brilliant, given how well the science actually worked. (My geneticist wife was impressed.) I didn't know that the same guy is directing.
The trailers/marketing really seemed to try to sell this as more of a action film with a trumped-up dystopian premise than a movie with a legit commentary on societal ills.
Definitely will have to check this one out. Probably would've given it a 'pass' without this review. Thanks Bob!
I can't wait to check out Lord of War. Gattica is more even and well worth seeing, and just over all better than this movie. I have to wonder if producers interferred with the script and direction of this movie, wanting it to be more mainstream with the rebellion stuff. Up until the rebellion stuff, this movie was excellent. It was the correctly done flipside to "Children of Men". In that movie, they messed up: not enough old people doing the daily work of civilization. This time around, young people are everywhere, fitting for the topic. There are so many surprises in this movie and I think you'll enjoy it, but 1/2 way through, it does radically change gears and become meh.NameIsRobertPaulson said:I liked Gattaca (depressing ending though)
I loved Lord of War (one of my Top 5 movies I've ever seen)
I should enjoy this, but I'm not sure. Probably cause I spend too much time in the Religion and Politics Section of The Escapist to want to deal with OWS anymore (not that I disagree with them)