For your blog post, please discuss and provide examples of at least two important themes in this movie. Merriam Webster Online defines a theme as: "a subject or topic of discourse or of artistic representation, i.e. guilt and punishment is the theme of the story
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One of the main themes in the first part of the movie stood out to me within the first ten minutes of the movie. That theme was the discrimination that the future was bringing. From the beginning having a test tube baby was the only way to go because they were prevented from everything. This makes them more superior than babies what we consider natural birth. Also other main discrimination is the company Gattaca. They will only allow elite people to be apart of their program. Even though when Ethan Hawk enters the company he can compete with the so called “perfect” people. Another theme in the movie is the future and the scientific responsibility that we hold. In the world today there are many advancements that can already be used to help enhance people. But as of now we do not allow these things to happen. In this movie it shows how our culture can change someday and we could create all perfect people. I believe that this would not be right and it will probably never happen but this shows there is a chance for everything.
The main themes of the movie Gattaca include racism based on genes (Genoism) and division of human beings into different classes due to their genes. I feel that the movie relates to today because of all the advancements science has brought about. Especially throught the Human Genome Project and gene mapping. These two advances have already enabled doctors to determine which genes are responsible for any type of disease.
Therefore, I see the world fulfilling the prophecies potrayed in Gattaca. Ethan Hawke's character is interesting in the fact that he is considered inferior to everyone else yet he is the one working hard to overcome all of his shortcomings. Ethan is the hero in the movie because he's willing to rise above genoism (by any means possible) and go after his dream of being in space.
One of the themes of Gattaca is whether or not humans should play God. An example of this is the use of genetic engineering to create a race of superbeings. This leads directly to a second theme which is the difference in the social classes that is created by this practice.There are the valid, or upper class and the in-valid, or the lower class.I find it disturbing to think something like this could happen in reality. It really made me think the Nazis had won WWII, and it was their future we were witnessing.
The movie Gattaca shows different themes. Two of the themes that I noticed were discrimination and it is pretty futuristic. In the movie people who are not genetically "perfect" are not treated equal to those who are superior. The movie is also pretty futuristic. It is related to space exploration which I think makes it stand out even more. They use technology and other advanced procedures, like when they chose the genetically perfect child.
Cody Olson
I think that in this movie Gattaca there is a big issue of discrimination. People shouldn’t have to be perfect just to get a certain job. In this movie they make sure that your heart, blood, brain and all other organs are perfect or you are not eligible of getting that job. This is something that in today world would be taken to court and said to be discrimination. Another theme that I noticed in this movie is that they run things in such a way that if someone does one little thing wrong they are going to know about it. An example would be when they are typing and if one little key stroke is wrong they are going to know about it right away. Another example would be when they first walk into the door they have to give a blood sample and then they later have to give a urine sample too. Using these things they can keep track of the people that are allowed in and the people that are not allowed in by having a buzzer go off if the person should not be entering. This movie has a lot of themes and some are easy to identify and some are not so easy to identify.
One of the themes that this movie seems to be portraying is that of biological discrimination where the main character cannot achieve his goal of going into space without haveing the "desirable" genes that he needs to get the job.
Another theme might be that of working towards what you want no matter what the cost might be. the main character in this movie is willing to give up his own identity to live out his life as another and to forget everything about his own life.
One of the major themes of this movie, is playing god. The people are engineering perfect people. They are able to choose a gender and then they are able to take out all predispositions to certain diseases or unwanted issues. This movie raises many concers, as we are getting closer and closer to those capabilities. I don't believe there is anyway you can be certain to get rid of all predospositions, as nurture is as much a part of development as nature.
Another of the themes is the rising of the underdog. A guy who nobody thought would amount to anything, uses anything in his powers to become what he wanted. A man who, with the determination is just as if not more capable as the same people with genetic alterations. We empathize with him and want him to succeed.
The movie Gattaca is very interesting in the fact that this guy who is not perfect can become perfect. Vincent wants to go to space along with the fact that he wants to work himself up to a higher rank at Gattaca. He hires a guy to help him become perfect almost as if he is playing God. Vincent works himself up the social class and is now faced with getting caught with someone else's murder. Discrimination between who has what imperfection and characteristic is very much seen in the movie. Gattaca is a place where everything is to perfection and wives want the perfect husband and same goes for the men.
--Angela Patzner
One theme is where the parents are saddened with the birth Vincent. He doesnt have the aspects of what they wanted out of a son.
Vincent desire to travel in space compels himself to reach out and do what ever it takes to reach that goal. Steve
I believe that a strong theme in this film is that of ones social status and how you can change your genes until you are considered to be “perfect”. In this movie it starts with the parents being able to change the genes of their unborn child to make sure that he would be perfect and live a long, healthy, and intelligent life. This theme is carried out when a the naturally born son realizes that he can not fulfill his life long dream and then goes through drastic changes to become someone with a high social status and an incredible gene makeup. This leads me to my next theme of the future. Already we can change genes and help choose genders, but not to the extent of this movie. When watching this movie however, it makes you think about where we are today and how far we have come and just what does the future hold. Everyday we get a little closer to what this film is portraying and maybe our world will be as “fake/ unnatural” as the one they are living in the film. The question is how long will that take and will we ever get that far?
One of the themes in this movie is will power. Vincent is trying to portray Jerome, a valid. He does this to travel in space. Vincent works so hard to act like Jerome he makes huge sacrifices. While Vincent does this, Jerome is having suicidal thoughts and basically wasting away. Another theme in this movie is scientific responsibility. One minute after babies are born they are tested to find out their death date and what's wrong with them. You are limited to what you can do without the chance to prove yourself.
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