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Gattaca was a cool little movie.
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Yep, it's an extremely underrated movie. When I first saw it I was underwhelmed but upon a second viewing years later I really enjoyed it. It certainly doesn't get enough credit.
Lord Error
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Definitely one of the best SF films ever made. It's surprising how underrated and relatively unknown it is, even among many SF fans.
tree fiddy
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A gem.
I especially liked its soundtrack.
I especially liked its soundtrack.
Foreign Jackass
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Great flick. Not one of the best films of the 90s by any means, but still, one of the best sci-fi flicks of the decade.
Lemurnator
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Contact was fucking boring. Words cannot express my HATE for Contact.
Our teacher let us watch G.A.T.T.A.C.A in Biology because he had a migrane and didn't feel like teaching. I liked the cast a lot. <3
Our teacher let us watch G.A.T.T.A.C.A in Biology because he had a migrane and didn't feel like teaching. I liked the cast a lot. <3
IAmtheFMan
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Gattaca started great, had a strong middle, but ended poorly.
"I'm your brother!" Bum bum bum!
Warm Machine
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Matlock said:
Very inspiring quote.
I liked the movie but the ridiculous scene where he has to walk across the street and the millions are cars are zooming towards him at mach speed had me rolling my eyes.
IAmtheFMan said:
You know, I thought they handled this 'twist' very well. It contributed a lot to the story, but they didn't exactly beat you over the head with it. Not like some movies would, where the very line you quoted above would have actually been IN the movie. It just happened, and we found out through exposition.
This is seriously one of the best sci-fi movies ever, imo. It's really got a whole oldschool print sci-fi feel to it.
IAmtheFMan
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graham said:
For the type of movie it was, it just seemed very unnecessary. It was good in the beginning flashback scene, where we see him directly competing with his bro and sets us up for the mood of the movie, but when they bring it back again after all the other stuff in the movie's happened, it just didn't jive with me. Plus, the investigation of what was going on was really tense while it was going on, and this just kinda seemed to deflate all that build-up.
It's still a very good movie. great in some aspects, but it still have IMO that flaw.
Matlock said:
Yeah, great movie and a great quote.
The really weird thing is I was thinking about this movie, and that quote specifically earlier this morning. I was wondering if I should be purchasing this on DVD to add to my collection. I will take this thread as a sign and buy it tomorrow. Of course that means a new super-uber collector's edition will come out on Wednesday. Meh :shrugs:
Error Macro
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Contact was pretty good, but it's definitely not underrated. Gattaca truly is, however. What a fantastic film. I remember coming out of the theater after it was over, and just being totally phased by it. It blew me away. The rest of the night, I was seeing the world in a totally different way. What a great feeling.
I saw Gattaca for the first time several years ago, thought it was good then and still think it is good now. A future world based upon genetic classes rife with discrimination, something may well become a reality one day.
Another good underrated movie.
Thaedolus said:Oddly enough, the same teacher showed us Equilibrium. He was all about future mind control stuff
Another good underrated movie.
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