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le problème de ce film, c'est que le côté science -fiction s'efface devant les sentiments humains. Le réalisateur joue moins sur les effets spéciaux que sur la palette étendue des relations humaines ( un peu d'ironie, entre frères, homme-femme...), ce qui rend réducteur l'appellation "science-fiction", qui reste forcément en dessous du résultat. Les images (léchées), les couleurs (dignes d'un kieslowsky) et la musique de Nyman, lancinante, pleine de passion et de retenue font de ce film un chef d'oeuvre à voir, même si le sigle SF vous retient. C'est un moment de bonheur.

En tant que biologiste, je ne peux que reconnaitre la justesse du propos de GATTACA (les lettres du code génétique forment le titre) et je crains que ce qui nous y est présenté comme science fiction ne soit une facette de l'eugénisme qui nous attend demain.
Bien tourné, aseptisé et percutant à la fois, on se laisse aisément fasciner par cette société du tout génétique.

Andrew Niccol introduit dans son film une réflexion et une critique sur les progrès de la génétique contemporaine projettée dans l'avenir. On en arriverait ici à une société de castes où seuls les êtres aux gènes parfaits ont droit au chapitre. Plus d'excentrisme ou d'hétéroclisme, tout est lissé, identique, gris, spartiate et aseptisé. C'est effrayant mais cela reste un scénario possible de notre futur... Le film est passionnant, je vous le conseille.

un pur chef d'oeuvre. Une image superbe mais surtout un univers qui invite a la reflexion. Ce film est un pur moment d'emotion, dont la froideur touche le spectateur. Le realisateur signe la une oeuvre parfois poignante ou revoltante et qui donne, a mon avis envie de croire en l'homme, et dans le fait que tout est possible.

Excellent, oui.
Tout est extraordinaire dans ce film, à commencer par la forme : couleurs à tomber (des bleus et des tons jaunes magnifiques), une photographie géniale. Un souci du détail qui permet, par les costumes mêmes, d'entrer dans ce monde excessivement froid qu'est Gattaca.
En effet, si l'architecture, les tenues des personnages et leur physique sont parfaits, il n'en demeure pas moins que c'est bien l'enfer moderne que nous décrit le film. Beauté partout, mais justice bafouée, et surtout, sécheresse des sentiments. Les êtres semblent vides, et incapables de s'aimer réellement (à part Irène et Vincent, bien sûr). La scène ultime où Vincent et Eugène sont réunis est, à cet égard, tout à fait explicite.
Gattaca est à mon avis l'un des meilleurs films de science-fiction jamais réalisés, servi par des acteurs convaincants, qui a le mérite de faire entrer ce qui n'est (encore) que de la SF dans le monde contemporain, par l'identification habile du monde dépeint au nôtre.

Ce film relate la possible dérive de la génétique. Une vision poussée à l'extrême qui nous fait réfléchir sur l'éventualité d'un futur sans saveurs ni surprises! A acheter d'urgence !

la beauté ! on en oublie très vite que c'est un film de science fiction ! un code chromatique froid et délibéré, une couleur bleue et des attitudes réminiscentes des sci-fi movies des fifties, des gestes posés et une intensité constante. Des cadrages superbes, à tel point qu'on se surprend à relever la tête devant son écran pour mieux regarder les étoiles. Un thème musical si beau et si simple que je me le suis procuré - chose rare ! et une fin SUBLIME, qui clot un scénariot digne d'un mythe.

Ten years after the movie they have gone and done it. We now know how the genetic make-up of human beings. Some Job descriptions even say without consideration of age, race, religion or genetics. We also have electric cars and wrist radios. This is no longer sci-fi; it is speculative fiction. Or at least it is speculative. Anyway I have a friend that had a back problem in his youth. They left some dye in him and it was spotted during a job interview physical for a desk job; you guessed it.

Anyway this is a spectacular film. The sound track helped support the movie. They did a good job of picking the actors. The characters were believable. Uma did not even have to show her Thurman's. Ethan did a convincing transformation and Jude was good enough that you almost thought the film was about him. The scenes were breath taking. I was most impressed with the sunrise on the solar panels and the swim competition.

Two points to look for on your second viewing are:
1. Several times the brothers compete physically and logically. Even with his handicapped origin Ethan Hawke" Vincent Freeman" surpasses his brother Loren Dean "Anton."
2. Jude Law "Jerome Eugene Morrow" Was not without ambition. He was disappointed that his advantage was not advantageous enough for the gold and receives his gold thought the actions of Vincent.

Vincent who was conceived in the Rivera, as child of God (taking their chances) must compete in a world where all the negative genetic dispositions are usually removed as was his brother's case. Vincent is tagged for failure at birth. To overcome this social barrier and obtain his goal of going into space, he borrows the genes of an athlete gone astray. The director where he is working (GATTACA) is killed as the last obstacle to the mission. Will Vincent be found out? Irene (Uma Thurman) suspects the number one candidate for the space trip Jerome of the murder. She never suspects that he is really Vincent.

Bottom line is if you aren't genetically correct, the movie may scare you.

There are many different technical presentations of this film from original VHS to supper-bit to Blu-ray, each with its advantages and disadvantages. While this may have an effect on visuals and sound, it does not modify the story or acting.

Gattaca is a fascinating science fiction/mystery movie, set in the 'not too distant future', in which astronauts dress in stylish, roaring-twenties inspired clothing and where the world seems to be finely ordered and sequenced, just like a genetic code.

In fact, it is the genetic code which determines all. Test-tube babies are the norm for anyone who wants to have a chance; screening out imperfections has become routine, and those who have the misfortune of being born outside the system of genetic checks and balances will find themselves invalid (in-valid in the sense of not valid for work, as well as invalid in the sense of incapacitated for advancement). Society has been structured around a pre-defined sense of potential as projected by genetic codes. But there are a few who challenge the system.

Meet Vincent, a.k.a. Jerome Morrow (played by Ethan Hawke), who dreams of the stars and lusts for a position at Gattaca (the new-age NASA), but with the genetic code of a loser. Enter Jerome Morrow, a.k.a. Eugene (played by Jude Law), who has the potential, but also a broken spinal cord -- he lends Vincent, through an ingenious and intricate system, his genetic sequence. In this guise, Vincent thus rises to the position of navigator, selected for the great Titan/Saturn mission.

Then, the director gets murdered. A flake of skin falls from Vincent which the investigators find, and the chase is on. The launch is a week away. Will Vincent outrun the pursuers in time?

Of course, Vincent's pursuers are led by his brother, the genetically-planned offspring of the family, who thought that Vincent was dead. There is an ultimate contest, which Vincent wins, proving the victory of determination over pre-determination.

Vincent, in the person of Jerome, falls in love with Irene (played by Uma Thurman), who works at Gattaca in a sort of genetic quality-control position. She falls in love the potential, the idea of Jerome, but eventually comes to love the imperfect Vincent. She herself, for all the genetic planning, also has an imperfection, which makes her all the more attractive to Vincent.

Gore Vidal has a small but crucial role as a flight director in charge of keeping things on track (with style!) as the murder investigation threatens the operations at Gattaca.

This movie is a visually interesting, unique, and much under-rated and under appreciated show. It won awards for art direction and other stylistic touches, including the Oscar.

I won't spoil the ending, but suffice it to say that Vincent and Jerome both leave the earth.

'For someone never meant for this world, I must confess, I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say that every atom of our body was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving. Maybe I'm going home.'

Interestingly, the idea of genetics is woven into the movie in very many ways, some subtle, some explicit. The very title, Gattaca, consists of the strands of bases that comprise the double helix of DNA G (guanine), A (adenine), C (cytosine), and T (thymine) -- the sequence of these bases constitutes genetic information, much as the arrangement of the 26 letters of this alphabet constitutes information.

This is a clever film, a bit slow, but stylish, suspenseful, wonderfully visual, and well worth a weekend evening investment.

Gattaca is a fascinating science fiction/mystery movie, set in the 'not too distant future', in which astronauts dress in stylish, roaring-twenties inspired clothing and where the world seems to be finely ordered and sequenced, just like a genetic code.

In fact, it is the genetic code which determines all. Test-tube babies are the norm for anyone who wants to have a chance; screening out imperfections has become routine, and those who have the misfortune of being born outside the system of genetic checks and balances will find themselves invalid (in-valid in the sense of not valid for work, as well as invalid in the sense of incapacitated for advancement). Society has been structured around a pre-defined sense of potential as projected by genetic codes. But there are a few who challenge the system.

Meet Vincent, a.k.a. Jerome Morrow (played by Ethan Hawke), who dreams of the stars and lusts for a position at Gattaca (the new-age NASA), but with the genetic code of a loser. Enter Jerome Morrow, a.k.a. Eugene (played by Jude Law), who has the potential, but also a broken spinal cord -- he lends Vincent, through an ingenious and intricate system, his genetic sequence. In this guise, Vincent thus rises to the position of navigator, selected for the great Titan/Saturn mission.

Then, the director gets murdered. A flake of skin falls from Vincent which the investigators find, and the chase is on. The launch is a week away. Will Vincent outrun the pursuers in time?

Of course, Vincent's pursuers are led by his brother, the genetically-planned offspring of the family, who thought that Vincent was dead. There is an ultimate contest, which Vincent wins, proving the victory of determination over pre-determination.

Vincent, in the person of Jerome, falls in love with Irene (played by Uma Thurman), who works at Gattaca in a sort of genetic quality-control position. She falls in love the potential, the idea of Jerome, but eventually comes to love the imperfect Vincent. She herself, for all the genetic planning, also has an imperfection, which makes her all the more attractive to Vincent.

Gore Vidal has a small but crucial role as a flight director in charge of keeping things on track (with style!) as the murder investigation threatens the operations at Gattaca.

This movie is a visually interesting, unique, and much under-rated and under appreciated show. It won awards for art direction and other stylistic touches, including the Oscar.

I won't spoil the ending, but suffice it to say that Vincent and Jerome both leave the earth.

'For someone never meant for this world, I must confess, I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say that every atom of our body was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving. Maybe I'm going home.'

Interestingly, the idea of genetics is woven into the movie in very many ways, some subtle, some explicit. The very title, Gattaca, consists of the strands of bases that comprise the double helix of DNA G (guanine), A (adenine), C (cytosine), and T (thymine) -- the sequence of these bases constitutes genetic information, much as the arrangement of the 26 letters of this alphabet constitutes information.

This is a clever film, a bit slow, but stylish, suspenseful, wonderfully visual, and well worth a weekend evening investment.