Parenthood Ain't For Everybody! GATTACA Movie Reaction, First Time Watching

Imagine a future where sunrise in the Solar Panel Field is breathtaking, but climbin out the gutter takes a whole lot of dead skin! If you like super dreamy cinematography and refrigerators full of bodily fluids, then you'll love this full movie reaction to Gattaca!
*If Uma will be there, so will I.

[@PsychicThursday]

The ending is bittersweet, but if you notice when Jerome is in the incinerator it turns the color of his silver medal gold. In the end, both men had achieved more than what society thought they could. They both left earth on their own terms. Anyway, I watched this when I was a teenager. It's one of my favorites. Loved your reaction, glad you enjoyed it! 👍🏾

[@AlandaParker]

"they both left Earth on their own terms" 😭😭😭 That's a poignant way to put it. This is such a great story. and Thank you so much!

[@svenpoletka5236]

It is quite tragic, but I think Jerome finally felt like having earned his silver medal.

[@technopirate304]

The swimming scene is one of the most beautiful testimonies to the human spirit ever put on film. His genetically engineered to be perfect young brother can’t understand how he is able to do so much. Then the answer - I didn’t save anything for the trip back. 🤯✊🏿

[@AlandaParker]

I'f there's one thing those set up to succeed never understand, it's the strength of will possessed by those who NEED to succeed in order to survive the gutter 🙌🏾. Whew, Vincent

[@existenceisrelative]

That line has _never_ left my mind since i first saw this movie.

[@Polymathically]

I was lucky enough to watch this in my high school science class back in 1998. Dolly the sheep had just been cloned in 1996 and the Human Genome Project was already 7 years into their work, so the interest in cloning and DNA had entered mainstream discussion. Gattaca provides an interesting, if depressing vision of what a world running on eugenics would be like, as well as all the ethical issues and questions that arise from human genetic engineering. Definitely worth pondering over, even now in 2021.

[@AlandaParker]

Definitely interesting! and as relevant as ever with this "23andMe" trend of having personal history uncovered through DNA testing ... oh the places we will go 😬

[@CannonRaw]

I think it's always been a interest. And with home genetic tests it is leading to further interest. I know they had laws against cloning and such. Yet I have a hard time believing that have always been followed.

[@jpayton1985]

That’s where I first saw it too! And then I got the vhs and then years later the dvd.. for it’s time it was shot beautifully..

[@fibrown444]

I grew up close to where Dolly was cloned (which was my final year of high school). She's now in a museum in Edinburgh.

[@shep4life]

One of the most underrated movies. This soundtrack is beautiful

[@JMac7395]

I've concluded that Uma Thurman's character was most likely born into a wealthy family. It would definitely explain how someone with her condition did not have to become a janitor or any other middle to lower class occupation. Her family could have bought her position in Gattaca or a spot at the University she attended🤔

[@AlandaParker]

very interesting, and it does track that she had a leg up because of wealth in addition to pedigree

[@voiceover2191]

No, she deserved her place, her heart condition only had the result that here space travels would be limited to our solar system, which was explained in the movie.

[@handsomestik]

Movie changed the way I see things regarding genetic advantages and genetic abnormals. Especially being the child of two Epileptics rolling the dice to have me and me doing the same if I want children to let that hereditary condition possibly be in my child's life is frightening. This film is a masterpiece

[@pinklefoo]

"These two chefs will lock us in." I guffawed...and woke my wife.

[@AlandaParker]

Did they not look like they were from catering? 🤣

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"Pluto, not a planet anymore." Thanks a lot for the reminder, you buzz-kill, you. Like Vincent, I grew up with it being #9. Best. Leo.

[@AlandaParker]

Pluto really did get the short end 😅.

[@fercocq]

@@AlandaParker isn't it a planet again? I would swear they added it back again =/

[@fujiusami]

this is why i hate science -- one day you learn one thing, the next you unlearn it. math is the only thing that's constant and universal.

[@cjpolett2055]

Dwarf Planet, because we found a few more things like Pluto and suspect dozens more. So you either get 8 planets or 38.

[@JeshuaSquirrel]

@@AlandaParker or it was transfered to bring among the largest of the dwarf planets.

[@tanimal3964]

This movie shows the three paths you can take in life: Anton - became a detective and was pretty much what was expected of him Jerome - failed and ended up with a silver medal Vincent - surpassed all expectations

[@human4666]

no jerome loved his silver cos it was the first time he challenged himself. that's why it burned into gold at the end

[@human4666]

and jerome said thanks to vincent for acheving his dream, because jerome can just get whatever he wants while vincent challenges himself

[@human4666]

but jerome dies because his life is just a calculation unlike vincent being a humane god's child

[@williamdean4775]

@@human4666 Jerome hated the silver medal.. He couldn't live with being second.. thats why he killed himself

[@CaitDuffy13]

"All this time and money and y'all don't have one of those wife-alert stairclimbers to get you up the way?!" These are the gems I come here for.

[@AlandaParker]

🤣 I was so mad watchin him have to drag himself up that damn staircase

[@voiceover2191]

@@AlandaParker Well, it works very well dramatically.

[@Troyxsoldier]

Yeah...Gattaca is a very special kind of movie and story.

[@technopirate304]

The height operation is actually real technology. They can cut you bones, add inserts then stretch your ligaments and tendons to match.

[@victore6242]

Perfected by the Russians. Just saying.

[@AlandaParker]

I knew it could be done, but I thought it was still dangerous and controversial. I just googled it and was shocked! 😂 Damn we buildin full limb lengtheners now and still got people livin on the street 🤦🏾‍♀️

[@TerryNationB7]

One of my friends was born with one leg longer than the other and they did such an operation when he was a kid, to even him out.

[@victore6242]

@@AlandaParker The danger is if body fat gets into the bone it can be deadly.

[@charlesborden8111]

@@AlandaParker As for adding inches, that's something vastly different than regenerating nerves connections. : )

[@THEvagabond29]

One of my favorite movies. They made us watch this in our genetics of disease class in grad school.

[@michaelbastraw1493]

"Murdered by keyboard--undignified." In one fell swoop, not only are you dead, but you lose your place on the food chain. Best. Leo.

[@agenttheater5]

Originally the script left Anton in the water. I think it's better with him saving Anton again.

[@AlandaParker]

aw damn 😂 that would've been cold

[@gpaje]

Wow, great movie, I haven't seen this in a while but I watched it many times. I think this is where Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke met which led to their marriage. My favorite quote "I was never more certain of how far away I was from my goal than when I was standing right beside it."

[@AlandaParker]

🙌🏾 👏🏾

[@victore6242]

Note the stairway in the home resembles the double helical structure of DNA.

[@AlandaParker]

Aesthetic: 10's across the board 🙌🏾

[@victore6242]

Thank you for the like. You're reactions are intelligent and insightful. You are great!

[@marezesim8119]

loved your reaction to this.. not many people react to this movie.. and you really got all the underlying plots and the end.. how can you be so happy and so depressed at the same time.. this movie made me fall in love with Jude Law

[@Elerad]

Saw this one back when it came out. I knew almost nothing about it going in, but I was just starting to get heavily into film and so I was gobbling up everything I could. It truly blew me away. I've seen few films that do such a remarkable job of demonstrating the indomitability of the human spirit, and as you said, it was both uplifting and incredibly sad. The moment that I always think of, though, is Xander Berkley's doctor character passing Vincent through to his mission and revealing that he had known all along. God I was touched by the idea of someone showing that level of compassion and understanding for one's fellow man.

[@Brendissimo1]

This soundtrack never fails to bring a tear to my eye.

[@TimFisheroo]

Thank you for checking out this movie, it's one of my favorites. Terrifyingly precient, too. One neat and famous detail is that at the end as Eugene/Jerome is in the incinerator his silver medal is turned gold by the flames.

[@AlandaParker]

aw I missed that 😢! His story was so incredibly sad.

[@stevendunn2501]

I love this film. I've always appreciated how the title is taken directly from our genetic sequence. Happy to see you enjoyed it! 😊

[@AlandaParker]

I really did have a great time with it, upsettingly bleak as that portrait of the future was 😂

[@TangentOmega]

As many years as I've loved this movie, I didn't know that about the titje.

[@chemquests]

Hadn’t made the connection; appreciate you sharing it!

[@voiceover2191]

Yes, I copied this from a website: "A, C, G, and T are the "letters" of the DNA code; they stand for the chemicals adenine (A), cytosine (C), guanine (G), and thymine (T), respectively, that make up the nucleotide bases of DNA. Each gene's code combines the four chemicals in various ways to spell out three-letter "words" that specify which amino acid is needed at every step in making a protein."

[@mox9076]

Jerome has reference to the genetics and Irene Cassini to Saturn. Did you remember the double helix stairs as well

[@dana_padrino]

The fact that you knew who Alan Arkin was makes me appreciate your commentary. There’s a great movie and I’m glad to see anyone appreciate it.

[@1938superman]

One of the best quotes in film. "We have to get drunk immediately." -- Jude Law. :-)

[@RobotRockRod]

Still one of my favorite film soundtracks of all time

[@BBFilms88]

Gawd I literally haven’t seen this since high school sophomore year biology class (2005). Yea, back in the day, teachers would put on a movie to shut us up

[@AlandaParker]

😂 I can't believe ya'll were gettin Uma Thurman blockbusters!!! during class hours?! My teachers never would've let us watch something with name actors 🤣

[@KurticeYZ]

They played rudy & whats eating gilbert grape for me in class which i highly recommend gilbert grape

[@Drawkcabi]

When I was in junior high, and this was back in 1988, on the last day of school before Easter break...all the classrooms had closed circuit TV for announcements and stuff...anyway, on that day the principal had rented Ferris Bueller's Day Off and The Princess Bride and played them on all the TVs. We still had to get up and go class to class missing a few minutes each time, but they played both movies twice throughout the day.

[@Diraphe]

Yo we watched this in sophomore biology class (2000) as well!

[@BBFilms88]

@@AlandaParker well...chicago school systems 😅

[@willemaq]

One of my favorite sci-fi movies (actually own the DVD). To me, it enforces the notion that we can exceed beyond the expectations that society puts upon us based on superficial factors (such as race, socioeconomic status, etc.). If we are truly determined to accomplish a goal in life, nothing, or no one can stop us from succeeding. Also, the only film in which I can recall seeing Gore Vidal (in an acting role).

[@AlandaParker]

I think my favorite thing about this movie is it's testament to the absurdity of society's determination to hinder itself. Not only was Vincent the BEST that institution employed, despite his "shortcomings," he wasn't even playing at 100. Imagine what that man could have accomplished if he didn't have to spend so much time and energy creating that charade to make everyone else comfortable 🥴. Meanwhile one of y'all's lil "elites" is over here commitin murder 🤣

[@razorfett147]

"When something is important enough, you do it even if the odds are not in your favor"

[@WastedPo]

Thank you for reacting to this. I watch a lot of reactors and have requested this movie many times, but no one has ever done it. Love the cinematography and haunting score to this.

[@susanmaggiora4800]

This is such a wonderful movie. I know one other reactor did this film (I can’t recall who). I remember that they complained about the lack of special effects. It felt like they didn’t really understand what it was actually about.

[@LeeMaitland]

The genius of this story, to me, is the message that while he gave it 100% like he said he would, it really did only get him half way, he was not alone in his success. The director knew, even spoke about mis-measuring human potential and did everything he could to ensure he'd fly, Irene covered for him when she found out, Omar knew from the beginning so covered for him through pee and blood tests, his brother didn't stop him. Eugene summarised that it, it was because they got to share in his dream. When you have a vision and a plan to make it real, no matter how massive and against the status quo, your level of dedication and commitment to it attracts others, they will help you achieve your vision.

[@goldenager59]

You couldn't be more right. After all, look how unlikely Hitler's career was to succeed. Thank the heavens that he didn't succeed completely. On the other hand, look how unlikely to succeed was the grand design of our own Founders.* The great advantage of Science Fiction is that it allows you to test a social system to destruction without actually killing anybody. And a man would do well to be certain that his dream will benefit the world as well as himself. Funny, but how often that level of surety is found among the half-mad. 😕 😬 🙃 *Actually, the Founders were pretty much making it up as they went along; it seems grand only in the rear-view mirror. 😉

[@scratchpenny]

@@goldenager59 I think it's because to do the seemingly impossible, you have to be delusional about your abilities and what is possible. That's where the concept of faith (regardless of specific religion) comes into play. And that's why so many of the "true believers" achieve great and terrible things in their lives.

[@goldenager59]

@@scratchpenny Quite so. The sour cynics who admonish to "grow up" and get along with the "real world we live in" have accepted limitations (and misused those phrases), while the head-in-the-clouds folk simply will never allow themselves to be chained in spirit. ☺️ Perhaps the purest fictional icon of this aspiration is Jonathan Livingston Seagull. 😏 🐣 😌

[@tayladunn7490]

I love how Ethan and Urma fell in love while making this film 🎞️ 😊

[@jatilq]

Wow! Thank you for this. I'm going to show my age, but I remember an ex gave me the score to this for my birthday. Not sure if you know this, but Uma and Ethan were married a year later. Worth listening to the score. The Morrow is what played during their last swim (think I'm right), have not listened to the CD in over 20yrs.

[@AlandaParker]

Oh love a good score! and this one was beautiful. lemme just shuffle on over and see if it's on Tidal 😂

[@olivia-lc5mi]

LOL i said "Is that tony shalhoub?" out loud almost exactly when you did at 9:53

[@AlandaParker]

😂 🙌🏾

[@LDrumsOhio]

The scene at 27:35 is one of the best in the entire film. The camera work ; set design; soundtrack and acting is just so deeply emotional. The song is "The Truth" from the soundtrack by Michael Nyman, and strikes the perfect balance of hope and somberness.

[@jenbcamping]

Ethan Hawk has done a ton of off-beat or lower budget sci-fi movies with some really strange stuff going on. I love him so much. For one of the weirdest movies ever made - Check out the movie "Predestination" with Ethan Hawk, a movie version of a Heinlein story that was written in the 1950's called "All you Zombies".

[@zanbrocal]

One of my favorite movies! And THE best reaction to it so far! Keep being as authentic as you are!

[@AlandaParker]

so good!! and Thank you so much 🥰

[@anyaabusable9888]

Every year I spend a night watching films that exemplify the power of the human spirit to overcome incredible obstacles in order to advance our species. This film is one of my regulars, along with "Arrival," "Man of La Mancha," and "Stranger than Fiction."

[@voiceover2191]

Fantastic movie, great story, stellar acting, beautiful cinematography and heart breaking music, what more would you want. This is true SciFi, analyzing a current theme, extrapolating it to the future to see where it might end up if we continue on the current path, that's what the great scifi novels do as does this movie. I sincerely hope we never get there, but is there a high probability we may end up there? I hope not, but fear we will. And man, didn't Uma look heart breakingly beautiful? Interestingly portraying a world that seems so cold and stark, yet it had me tear up in multiple scenes, amazing cinema and criminally underrated, should be in any true scifi fan's top ten.

[@streakermaximus]

One of the best movies ever. Really makes you think about things. The doctor's comment, "This child is still you. Simply the best parts of you." I think that's completely valid. Doesn't mean you should treat your freebirth kid like shit. Vincent is awesome. However. While he's in better shape than 95% of the planet, he DOES have a heart condition that flight control should probably be aware of. Vincent DOES have an eye problem that legitimately maybe should disqualify him. Did he bring glasses on his year long trip to Titan? Contact lens cleaner? Again something flight control should probably be aware of. Gattaca is apparently doing a dozen launches a day so spaceflight is somewhat routine. But this trip to Titan is treated as something special and Vincent is putting the rest of the crew at risk.

[@goldenager59]

You get a *technical* thumbs-up on this one. You see, the decisions each of us make every single day end up either setting or continuing trains of events that will, sometimes, end in someone's demise (most commonly among those we have never met). Vincent's dream entails a certain risk for his fellow shipmates - but at least, if the mission miscarries, they'll all be remembered as heroes...though that is, I suppose, cold comfort... 😒 😕 🙂

[@joelamatore5]

Here I am going back to Alanda’s 3 year old videos. I think I’ve clocked them all. Love you queen, waiting for your next ♡

[@jessielallier9483]

I freakin' love this movie. The imagery, the score, the acting. Chefs kiss.

[@zhubajie6940]

I said this is the best science fiction movie of all time when it came out. But of course, without overbearing computer graphics and laser guns, it was not very commercial. Great concept, great writing, great cinematography, and great acting. Who can ask for more?

[@WickedMo13]

Love this channel, and since you are checking out some of the greatest hidden gems in relation to science fiction films. I would like to recommend to you "Snowpiercer" and or "Sunshine". Unless you are not a Chris Evans fan, I just realized Captain America was in both of these movies. Also, your insight and perspective illuminate themes in this film I never realized and having said that... How could they not fix a spinal injury in this advanced future? It literally makes no sense lol

[@AlandaParker]

Oh Snowpiercer is one of my all time favorites! Bong Joon Ho can do no wrong in my opinion, and I've been holding out for the perfect moment to watch Okja. I think Chris Evans put in WORK in Snowpiercer, and I have Sunshine on my list!

[@cjpolett2055]

(7 month old comment, but...) do a react to a video called Wonkapiercer. You'll love it and we want to see your eyes pop out and your jaw on the floor

[@BrokenGodEnt]

This is my favorite movie of all time. Never thought I'd see anyone react to it.

[@thisguy1520]

The Gattaca building is the Marin County Civic Center in California. It was designed by Frank Lloyd Wright.

[@Burningdaylighter]

This movie holds such a special place in my heart. I saw it for the first time in my natural science class in High School in 2010. I was in awe of the movie and the message. And the soundtrack is gorgeous. Shortly after I got the DVD and it is one of my favorite movies of all time. It’s one of those movies that will forever be stuck with me. And it takes me back to a time when I was a teen and I had my whole life ahead of me. I’m 29 now. But this gives me so much nostalgia I could cry

[@technopirate304]

@34:00, you are right it is uplifting and depressing at the same time. They just took racism and classicism to the Nth degree. Wouldn’t want to live in a world with no hope and it’s all planned out.

[@AlandaParker]

Absolutely zero upward mobility and people that are bred for perfection jumpin into traffic. A whole mess!

[@dredyoung1]

Glad you watched this. This is an old one but one of my favorites.

[@julianmarco4185]

The ending is very bittersweet. But Jerome achieved his life long desire to be the best he can be through Vincent. Plus, with Vincent away, he did not have access to funds or credit to live unnoticed. (That is a lame excuse) But I am sticking with the fact that Vincent received everything needed from Jerome and Jerome received what he wanted the most from Vincent. And at that point, one of then had to go so that the other could fully become Jerome Marrow.

[@EamesxX]

Not the life alert stairlift 🤣 And apparently warrants don't exist 🤔 lol

[@AlandaParker]

I mean somethin! Y'all have Gattaca Inc. money! 🥴

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"Is _this_ the brother?" 😳 Sunovabich? I didn't actually manage to work that detail out when I first saw this movie. I was in the dark until he actually _revealed_ it. That's a very astute extrapolation.

[@moik5185]

They can lengthen bones now. They break them, and pin and brace them in place so each end is barely touching. Then they turn a screw, and separate the two ends, it attempts to heal and knit together, and you gradually lengthen the bones that way.

[@carlhartwell7978]

With regards to the ending, the film is less about the individual characters as it is about exploring the implications of eugenics. Or indeed discrimination based on genetics in general as opposed to merit.

[@itzyahaira]

Oh wow! Yeah, I saw this movie when I was a kid. I don't know why but it was just on a classic movie channel . I'm so happy to rewatch it this way!

[@KurticeYZ]

Whoever recommended this & your decision to react to a masterpiece of a film compared to... meh the typical stuff. I love this movie, doesnt get reacted to enough. Earned you a sub

[@anthonymcclellan6256]

Great movie. I was legit convinced that Vincent killed the director until the end. GATTACA is a made from the letters that represent nuecleotide pairings. Not sure if that is significant or just a coicidince.

[@AlandaParker]

I thought it was Uma for sure 😂. Love the title parallel!

[@uosdwiSrdewoH]

Andrew Niccol is an interesting writer/director. He's fascinated by humanity. Some of his films work better than others. I like "In Time" more than most. Not much to say about "The Truman Show". I've yet to see "S1m0ne". "Lord of War" and "Good Kill" are both quite good. That he's writing the film based on the board game Monopoly is fascinating. Given his previous work it could be something unexpected and fascinating. Although given Tim Story's track record as a director I'm concerned. We'll always have Gattaca.

[@FuzzyDan]

Dark City (Director's Cut) should be on your list. It has this same vibe but in a "dark Matrix" way.

[@mellowscorpio]

Love your reactions. This brought some much needed joy to my day

[@AlandaParker]

Thank you 😊 I'm so glad!!

[@Shawn_M]

I love this movie. The underlying tension gives weight to every minute. Fun fact, I occasionally had to work in the GATTACA building. It's famous because it was designed by Frank Lloyd wright I think. It's the Marin county headquarters in California.

[@SolsticePeltier]

I just found your channel yesterday from your child’s play review, but seeing the thumbnail for this surprised me because I watched it in biology in high school but I completely forgot it existed

[@iandor1381]

You're so clever. Watching you guess plot points in the first few seconds is a joy.

[@AlandaParker]

Thank you 😊!!

[@mandy4369]

This is a top tier underrated movie. I highly recommend Perfect Sense, Predestination, and Never Let Me Go.

[@ervinpelaez7188]

Great reaction Alanda!! You would be someone I’d watch just about anything with Do you have a favorite movie?......Be safe😷😍

[@AlandaParker]

Thanks! 😊 I have so many favorites it's hard to say. I've probably seen Avatar more than any other movie though 😂

[@beetlebob4675]

Watched this in school, in 11th grade. Bioethics class. Learned almost too much in that class. I dunno how they got away with it, tbh. 😂 but I'm sure glad they did!!

[@peaceisnature]

I just realised Jerome even killed himself in a way that would completely destroy his own DNA and leave no remains of his body and who he was, apart from his medal. Thus protecting Vincent from any trouble in disposing of his corpse in the future.

[@technopirate304]

Every human child is a roll of the dice . But I will always bet on my fellow crap shoots. Wonderfully imperfect people build and broke this world and it’s only us wonderfully imperfect people who can fix it. #I❤️Crapshoots

[@artboymoy]

Necessity is the mother of invention. There's a good Star Trek TNG episode dealing with this. "The Masterpiece Society"

[@technopirate304]

@@artboymoy I loved that it was Geordi who saved their bacon. The blind man who would have never been allowed to be born in their world. If we look back through history some of our most famous contributors were people born with some frailty or defect. But despite that they were still able to make a difference.

[@pablom-f8762]

#StephenHawking

[@goldenager59]

Charles P. Steinmetz (1865-1923) was another A-class mind in a D-class body. Despite a spinal deformity, he transcended his handicap to become a noted genius in theoretical electronics and a top technician with the infant GE corporation. 👨‍🔬 ⚡ 🧠

[@matrix9452]

Dang this movie is so powerful, I remember having watched a long time ago, but you reaction brought back the memories.

[@snakesnoteyes]

“As long as it’s you first” 💀💀💀

[@AlandaParker]

He the one that wanted to push it 🤣. Just couldn't leave well enough alone

[@snakesnoteyes]

@@AlandaParker truth, I’m just respecting the commitment commitment 🤣

[@emilywilhite5807]

If you want something sweet and light, the actor playing Anton is in a great movie called Mumford.

[@SuburbanSavage]

Stuff like this exists, not to this level, but it's starting. A friend of mine had a son with Downs Syndrome and the baby was barely a day old and her parents offered to pay for IVF for the next kid, so she'd have a "real" baby. She said no.

[@existenceisrelative]

No horror movie or nightmarish visual has made me as anxious as the sterile aesthetic of this movie. This is a world i couldn't even _exist_ in, much less live.

[@theendistheend123]

The scene where they cut his legs to make him taller is POSSIBLE TODAY! It's used to grow new bone marrow for people with cancer by separating the bones and the body grows new bone. but a "side effect" is you get taller

[@ScragsP22]

Just found your channel. Going to check out the rest of your videos. Gave you a new sub just for being one of few to do this movie. But even if you hadn’t, you’re absolutely hilarious. You’re also that perfect blend of quick with the one liners and the one liners are gold combo. Good luck with your channel, hope you do well. You deserve it.

[@thenascarfinalrestartpodca7281]

I really loved Eugenes character in the movie, really sad he died

[@KurticeYZ]

Yeah... idk what the heck jude law's character... umm i mean i guess i get it. He wanted to be free. Free to do what he wanted, just like Vincent. Dark ending but.. i guess that's how i look at it. Its tragic to me, im not sure if theres more to it than that. Besides his silver swim medal turning gold in the fire & vincent swimming. Ugh it is so sad & uplifting i love the conflict, drama, acting, aesthetics, visuals, themes, actors/actresses, everything about this movie is amazing

[@AlandaParker]

It really was great! So beautiful, poignant, and timely.

[@BrianSettles88]

Not sure if you have seen it yet but if you haven't I think you would really like October Sky. That is another movie I watched in school haha.

[@AlandaParker]

Never seen it! I'll pop it on the list!

[@portma3796]

I love your commentary so much!! Such interesting topics here

[@indiatastic]

Omg! One of my fave movies and 1st time I've seen a reaction. Fell in love w/ jude law here.

[@eastmanwebb5477]

This movie reminds me of the phrase, "Don’t hate the player, hate the game." Another movie recommendation: "A.I.: Artificial Intelligence." It also stars Jude Law and ponders big questions about life.

[@briannayoung5412]

I watched this in Highschool! I love this movie!

[@TangentOmega]

I love this movie. It definitely highlights the uncertainty in life, even with the best laid plans.

[@jpayton1985]

I loved this movie growing up.. my cousin was asking me wut the name of the movie was n I cudnt think of it n boom I subbed to u and it was rite there.. that’s fate!! Lol

[@lazyperfectionist1]

"Man, the future is bleak, no matter _who_ writes it." Well, there _is_ the book _Utopia_ by Sir Thomas More, but as the name would come to mean, this setting is not given to conflict, and so not typically a good setting for stories. There's a reason why "And they all lived happily ever after" traditionally goes at the _end_ of a story.

[@crabb9966]

This movie is in another class. I truly enjoyed your reaction, you are very funny

[@KurticeYZ]

20:59 that part gets me every time 😂

[@woodedlane]

First time watching a reaction from you and you crack me up. lol Good luck with your channel. I'll gladly subscribe.

[@pinklefoo]

Great movie, no one reacts to this movie and it's one of my favorites.

[@MarshaLove0723]

This film is a favorite of mine. ❤️

[@susanmaggiora4800]

When he opens the card & sees the lock of hair😭😭😭

[@FreemanicParacusia]

The deleted scenes and the “coda” that was meant to go at the end are very much worth seeing as well. I’ll see if I can find a youtube link and edit it into this comment. EDIT: Link kzbin.info/www/bejne/qXScl2yIm8aqmck

[@AlandaParker]

Those were so good! So Caesar the janitor did recognize him 😭 That was beautiful. The part were the parents were making the kid straight 🥴 I mean you're literally sitting there having your baby constructed IN A LAB what does it matter if your kid can't reproduce "naturally" 😂 People are so backwards. The coda was spot on

[@Deception975]

The title of this movie uses the four letters of the DNA "alphabet."

[@tanimal3964]

In scientific naming "eu" is Greek for good or well. Eugene's name literally mean "good DNA"

[@goldenager59]

An amusing coincidence? Or a sly Easter egg? U B D 👨‍⚖️.

[@agenttheater5]

This was the original ending, think they should have kept it? Apparently the trial audience felt it was too on the nose kzbin.info/www/bejne/nJ6YfHSHo6uafqs (Notte, it's never actually been confirmed whether or not Lincoln had Marfan syndrome, but it has been confirmed that he had chronic depression. JFK however did have Addison disease).

[@AlandaParker]

yeah someone else linked this with the deleted scenes! I thought it was a spot on summation of the major themes. For me it wasn't necessary but a beautiful reminder

[@yvonnejaime1266]

❤❤ Uma Thurman and Ethan Hawke were together I think when this movie was made. They were in love and it shows in the movie. I love Maya Hawke she looks like mama. I hate needles.

[@BMWfan86]

The first time I watched this movie was in 10th grade bio class. We were learning about punnett squares at the time.

[@bradn6310]

One of the best sci fi movies ever!. Great premise/story telling added with a killer soundtrack and great cast. I was 16 when I first watched this movie. I got Blade runner vibes. Am I alone? Def gave this movie a shot cus I was still am a fan of sci fi and Ethan Hawk. I went in not knowing what to expect and came out with so many questions about our future 😲🤔

[@TJKoland]

I like to think that the pianist was someone who was a natural birth, and came out "deformed." But then exceeded the expectations put upon him. If anything, that's the moment where we see that Uma's character has an appreciation for people who defy what they were intended to be in life. That she could believe in someone's spirit more than their genetic potential.

[@goldenager59]

Author Harlan Ellison (never guilty of suffering foolishness gladly OR keeping his big mouth shut about it) hated the term "sci-fi"; he said it sets the back teeth to aching. (He also said it was pronounced "skiffy".) He much preferred the term "spec-fic" - for "speculative fiction", as not all such stories make that much use of hard science. He further went on to define "sci-fi" thusly: "If it goes bangity-bang in space; if it throbs and screams and breaks out of its shell with slimy malevolence; if it seeks to enslave your body, your mind, your gonads or your planet; if it looks cuddly and beeps a lot, it's 'sci-fi'."* He concluded by asserting that sci-fi "is to science fiction what Attila was to good table manners". And, as a lifelong fancier of science fiction in many forms, I find, in maturity, that I must agree. I never came across an account of what he thought of Gattaca...but I cannot see him responding to it in any way negatively. This is one of the deepest, most beautifully-filmed, and well-mapped-out speculations of our future that I know of. The level of invention is dazzling (terminology in particular), the characters are well-defined by the start of the third act, and we care very much about what happens to many of them. It also happens to be horrifyingly believable. Ellison said that his favorite SF movie of all time was Ralph Nelson's 1968 film Charly, based on Daniel Keyes's beloved novella "Flowers for Algernon", about a mentally retarded man who is given a shot at the title of super-genius with a new surgical procedure. (Cliff Robertson essayed the role so well that he got the nod from Oscar as Best Actor, that Year.) For Ellison, Charly was a top-notch example of what *good* science fiction does at its best - presenting us with a story where Science is an aspect of culture that clearly impacts the lives of PEOPLE. And it is always people that form the core of any good story, not the number of detailed plastic models that go up in explosions. To my way of thinking, Gattaca belongs squarely among that rarefied company of films** in which Charly securely rests, and I am deeply grateful to Mr. Niccol, Mr. Hawke and all others who had hands in presenting this tale to us. It is one of my favorite SF films, and a favorite recourse when arguing on behalf of the First Amendment. *As delineated in his introduction to OMNI Screen Flights/Screen Fantasies (Doubleday-Dolphin, 1984). **Other films singled out by Ellison as ideal for an SF film festival are Seconds (d: John Frankenheimer, 1966) Wild in the Streets (d: Barry Shear, 1968), and Yellow Submarine (d: George Dunning, 1968), which is technically brilliant even if not a story involving science (though it does...a little bit). Also recommended: (1970) The Mind of Mr. Soames (1971) A Clockwork Orange THX 1138 The Andromeda Strain (1973) Sleeper Fantastic Planet The Last Days of Man on Earth (aka The Final Programme) (1974) Young Frankenstein Dark Star The Terminal Man (1975) A Boy and His Dog Picnic at Hanging Rock (1977) The Last Wave (1978) Invasion of the Body Snatchers (1979) Alien (1980) Star Wars:The Empire Strikes Back Mad Max Altered States (1981) Time Bandits Raiders of the Lost Ark (1982) The Road Warrior E.T. - The Extraterrestrial Poltergeist Blade Runner (1983 - ) Zelig and many more 🎭 🎬 🎥 🎞️ 📽️ 📺 📼 📀 🖥️ 📱 🌌👏😎👏😎👏😎👏😎👏😎🌌

[@anamargaret5462]

OMG you are absolutely hilarious! I love this movie and loved your reaction 🙌

[@AlandaParker]

It has so much goin for it, and who can deny Uma! And thank you!! 😄

[@frederickmiles8815]

My all time favorite movie.