Gattaca
Gattaca
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Vincent, an "In-Valid," assumes the identity of a member of the genetic elite to pursue his goal of traveling into space with the Gattaca Aerospace Corporation. However, a week before his mission, a murder marks Vincent as a suspect.
Curtis reviewedSeptember 22, 2025
I liked a lot about it. Might watch it again. Good cast, good story. My feeling about the scope is — it was pretty tight, and so was the cinematography. I often felt the camera was really close to the subject in a way that felt more like a TV show than a movie. Maybe it was meant to feel intimate, or invasive. My eyes read it as a budget constraint.
I also found the goal of going to space a fine metaphor for potential, but an empty dream without imagery to support it. I guess I wish the last 10-20% of this narrative had not been earthbound. Or maybe I’d just have wanted to see some propaganda imagery about why it was so desirable to go on one of these infrequent, special space missions.
The word here was without aspiration, and I did find that scarily relevant to our current situation.