From: ggggg9271@gmail.com   
      
   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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