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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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,
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."
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.
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.
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.
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.
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…❤😢🥲
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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'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.
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.
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 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.
Never understood why Anton always got hate. Dude spends the whole movie denying that his brother could be the murderer in spite of the evidence and even tells him in the end “i can get you out of here” not “i have to turn you in”. That’s still his brother. He didn’t “change his mind” and “just let him go” because he was never trying to arrest him. He didn’t murder the director but he absolutely DID commit a major crime.
I think the way people saw him is that he was not trying to help Vincent for any brotherly affection, but because he still saw him as inferior, so he "needed" to be in a position of superiority over him.
@@yotuel9064except he's not the antagonist. He literally spends 99% of his movie scenes fighting Hugo about Vincent being the killer. Society is the antagonist in Gattaca. If you honestly didnt catch that, maybe just stick to paw patrol and bluey.
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
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.
In the end they sit in the ship without any space suits or safety gear. There is no visible stress put on their bodies as they accelerate into the sky, implying that their technology would allow anyone to go into space, regardless of physical condition. Yet they single out the "desirable" ones and leave everyone behind who is not "perfect".
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.
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.
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.
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
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!
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've watched this dozens of times with my biology classes over the last 20 years, and we all love the fact that the film never stops surprising you. Glad you reacted to it!
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.
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!!!
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
My opinion is that they weren't convinced the murderer was the invalid because of the brother connection, it was yet another example of discrimination. Seem to remember the brother actually trying to divert attention away from it in the beginning of the investigation. One of my favorite films.
This is a movie that deserves multiple viewings. My favourite thing that I found out with time is how when Jerome burns himself the reflection of the flames turns his silver medal into gold.
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.
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.
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.
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.
I would have doubted it, but only because the movie's too good. Philip K. Dick adaptations are never as good as the original novels. (Blade Runner changed so much it doesn't count.)
Probably the most insightful aspect of this movie is the undercurrent where not everyone agrees with the idea that our genes should define us. I love when movies and books acknowledge that in any given group or society, especially an oppressive or structured one, not everyone has the same ideals. You can see it in religions where there’s a particular text or teachings, but its disciples all decide what they’ll take away from it. Battlestar Galactica’s reboot is probably the best example of exploring that concept. That not everyone believes the same, and even if they do at first, their experiences shape them and can either reinforce or weaken their dogma.
Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. 🥰 I've been in a hospital bed for over 8 years. Movies like this gives me hope. Because all the times I've been depressed and hard on myself, there been people still helping and giving me hope to keep pushing forward physically, mentally and spirituality! I've been watching both of your reactions for awhile now and both of you have always kept me in good spirits and out of my head. Thanks for Everything. 🙌👏🤝🙏
Highly underrated when it came out but it's been one of my favorites for a couple decades now. So glad to see it become a bit of a cult favorite and so many people have come to appreciate it.
"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.
Fun fact, I don't know if they're still doing it but in the 00s a lot of Molecular Biology and Genetics university students all over the world were shown this movie as debate material about eugenics and the ethics of "near future" genetic modification of embryos.
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.
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 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😮
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.
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.
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.
Super underrated movie that not enough folks even know about...so glad to see CineBinge react to this one.😁
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.
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,
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.
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.
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
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.
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 😬
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.
Simone’s empathy was going to be in overdrive with this great film…
Welcome to the Gattaca Fan Club! 🍾🥂
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: ruclips.net/video/jxq3A2FHBh8/видео.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.
One of Maya Rudolph's first acting credits. Blink and you'll miss it -- she's a delivery nurse when Vincent is born.
"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.
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!
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.
One of the best SF film in 30 odd years. A proper SF story not a jumble of CGI.
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 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 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.
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.
The lock of hair & Jude’s silver medal turning ‘gold’ in the fire always gets me😢
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.
The soundtrack is exquisite…as is the writing, cinematography, cast and performances. This goes on many people’s “Favorites” list.
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.
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'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.
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
One of my favorite films. It's so underrated and has such deep and relevant implications for our species and our culture.
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 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.
Never understood why Anton always got hate. Dude spends the whole movie denying that his brother could be the murderer in spite of the evidence and even tells him in the end “i can get you out of here” not “i have to turn you in”. That’s still his brother. He didn’t “change his mind” and “just let him go” because he was never trying to arrest him. He didn’t murder the director but he absolutely DID commit a major crime.
That's called protagonist bias. He's the main character's opposition, so viewers just automatically file him as "bad guy".
I think the way people saw him is that he was not trying to help Vincent for any brotherly affection, but because he still saw him as inferior, so he "needed" to be in a position of superiority over him.
@@braxat52 which is obviously not the case, but I guess most people barely pay attention when watching movies
Anton is an antagonist. And people tend to side with the protagonist.
@@yotuel9064except he's not the antagonist. He literally spends 99% of his movie scenes fighting Hugo about Vincent being the killer. Society is the antagonist in Gattaca. If you honestly didnt catch that, maybe just stick to paw patrol and bluey.
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.
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
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 😊👍
In the end they sit in the ship without any space suits or safety gear. There is no visible stress put on their bodies as they accelerate into the sky, implying that their technology would allow anyone to go into space, regardless of physical condition. Yet they single out the "desirable" ones and leave everyone behind who is not "perfect".
An amazing hidden gem of a film, with a beautifully haunting score. The ending leaves a deep mark on me everytime.
The point of the Dr reveal at the end is to show that their society has not been molded based on science/logic, but by prejudice.
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.
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.
I consider "I never saved anything for the swim back" one of the best (and most underrated) lines in movie history.
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.
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.
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
Hits hard in the feels, doesn’t it? One of my fave movies of all time. And incredibly underrated.
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 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!
“Who are we to straighten what god has made crooked”, says the man wearing glasses :)
I adore this film. Its whole vibe is trying to avoid humanity, human emotions - and it fails in a truly beautiful way.
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
FINALLY!!!!!! One of the greatest movies ever made. And now my favorite reacters are watching it!
One of my favourite movies :) The scary part is that I can totally imagine this vision of dystopian future to actually happen.
Equilibrium 2002 for another dystopian world
One of my favourite movies of all time. Nyman knocks it out of the park with the scrore.
A criminally underrated movie. Also one of my favorites.
My favorite quote that I have used a hundred times since watching this movie "I never saved anything for the swim back". 💪
Gattaca been one of my top five films for so long it doesn't get the love it should ❤
How is being called a "naughty viewer" by Simone the highlight of my day.
I've watched this dozens of times with my biology classes over the last 20 years, and we all love the fact that the film never stops surprising you. Glad you reacted to it!
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.
It’s a fantastic film. The pacing, the message, everything.
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!!!
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
My opinion is that they weren't convinced the murderer was the invalid because of the brother connection, it was yet another example of discrimination. Seem to remember the brother actually trying to divert attention away from it in the beginning of the investigation. One of my favorite films.
Slawomir Idziak's cinematography is breathtaking
This is a movie that deserves multiple viewings. My favourite thing that I found out with time is how when Jerome burns himself the reflection of the flames turns his silver medal into gold.
"Depends if the other hand is holding a beer" made me lose it. Almost blew vanilla milkshake out my nose. Bravo sir. Well played.
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.
I forgot just how good this movie was, it's been YEARS since I saw it, and I remembered that I liked it... but I forgot just how good it really was.
Uma has never looked more beautiful than this film imo
I’m a world of physical perfection you could smoke, as you wouldn’t be susceptible to the diseases from smoking.
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.
One of a few reasons I don't mind being old. I got to see movies like Gattaca when they first came out. So many great movies in that time
Oh my god. Thank you for remembering this classic, beautiful, extraordinary picture.
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.
I knew you'd live it, and i was impressed at how fast George got the premise and idea.
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.
Saw this in the theatre in the 90’s. If you had told me this was adapted from a Philip K Dick novel, I wouldn’t have doubted it for a second.
I would have doubted it, but only because the movie's too good. Philip K. Dick adaptations are never as good as the original novels. (Blade Runner changed so much it doesn't count.)
Probably the most insightful aspect of this movie is the undercurrent where not everyone agrees with the idea that our genes should define us. I love when movies and books acknowledge that in any given group or society, especially an oppressive or structured one, not everyone has the same ideals.
You can see it in religions where there’s a particular text or teachings, but its disciples all decide what they’ll take away from it.
Battlestar Galactica’s reboot is probably the best example of exploring that concept. That not everyone believes the same, and even if they do at first, their experiences shape them and can either reinforce or weaken their dogma.
“October Sky” is another great film which will hit you right in the feels. Superb!
“Taking Chance” for Memorial Day!
Definitely one of my favorite movies of all time. 🥰 I've been in a hospital bed for over 8 years. Movies like this gives me hope. Because all the times I've been depressed and hard on myself, there been people still helping and giving me hope to keep pushing forward physically, mentally and spirituality! I've been watching both of your reactions for awhile now and both of you have always kept me in good spirits and out of my head. Thanks for Everything. 🙌👏🤝🙏
Somehow I forgot how gorgeous Uma Thurman is in this movie.
Highly underrated when it came out but it's been one of my favorites for a couple decades now. So glad to see it become a bit of a cult favorite and so many people have come to appreciate it.
I’m so happy you did this movie. It was always a special little gem to me. That line… “I never saved anything for the swim back…” cheers 😊🤙🏻
"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.
Fun fact, I don't know if they're still doing it but in the 00s a lot of Molecular Biology and Genetics university students all over the world were shown this movie as debate material about eugenics and the ethics of "near future" genetic modification of embryos.
I’m really glad yall enjoyed it. Been one of my favorite movies since it came out.
One of the best indie-scifi films from that era. Always gives me the feels.
One of the most underrated movies ever.. and it's well regarded.
This is since always one of my favourite movies.
Your appreciation made me appreciate this film more
I love seeing people appreciate this movie. It’s one of my favorites.
This is an amazing movie, I'm so glad you reviewed it. I shouted out loud when I saw it on the channel.
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.