“For someone who was never meant for this world, I must confess I'm suddenly having a hard time leaving it. Of course, they say every atom in our bodies was once part of a star. Maybe I'm not leaving... maybe I'm going home.”
When I was a kid they showed us this movie in freshman biology. I had “Maybe I’m not leaving. Maybe I’m going home,” taped to my wall in my childhood bedroom.
The relationship between Vincent and Anton can make us understand the most dignified ways to succeed in life. Gattaca is the kind of film to remind us how every individual can be of equal value even if just in his or her own way.
Mine too, now at 36, God, who can deny the strength in humanity to overcome their limits. For that matter, what’s our limit? This movie fills me up with “something”.
Lessons for people that are born below average: - giving it 100% will get you half way - you’ll probably need to cheat the system in some way to get ahead - even after putting in everything you have, you’ll still need the help of other people to achieve your dreams. So surround yourself with the right people.
That line was the most profound & powerful of the film if you were a "Vincent" as a child. The symbolism of the silver medal turning into gold is the best visual. Truly there is no gene for the human spirit. Captures the metaphor of achieving one's dream through will, not accepting limitations imposed by society or your own fears & doubt.
POSSIBLE SPOILER: This movie had such a deep and profound effect on me. My life before this movie was filled with people treating me line an "in-valid". I didn't matter. What I had to say wasn't important. No one would believe that I could do what I wanted to do. I cry when I hear the music for the brothers swimming at night "I never saved anything for the way back!". The scene with Lamar towards the end and having just one person believing in you. This movie literally validated my life.
That one person is you. And that’s all you need. All you need is inside you. Took me military service, struggling premed years, and moving to a third world country to study dentistry and then come back to the states to do it all over again, to understand this. I simply couldn’t accept living the rest of my life as the worst version of my self. But it took everything. I mean everything. Sometimes I feel guilt for achieving so much. As if I forcefully broke through a program version of me that was meant to be. Felt like I broke through the matrix.
I understand you brother. On the hardest days I sometimes go back to that scene for inspiration. Always found the most profound moments in my life were simple moments where people said they believed in me. Now being mildly successful and having wealth, I wouldn’t trade those moments for all the money in the world.
Lamar knew who he was from the Start. But he supported him, cause, he sees the future of his son, that it’s possible, even if you'r not "perfect". Watch all the lamar scenes in the Film, you will see it. With little support, you can achive a lot.
What a beautiful edit! This is my favourite film of all time. It struck a chord so deeply within me that I can’t even explain, it’s so much more than just a dystopian sci-fi film.
The last line hits me hard, as someone who feels like Vincent, longing to be somewhere, but to leave is a bittersweet feeling, beautiful themes in this movie, and fantasic edit, truly one of the best
I can't believe this movie is over 25 years old. This was so much ahead of time. And I have tried hard to find, but none of the platforms Prime, Netflix, and Disney have this movie in their list..
Great tribute. If anything I could add is where at 6:08 the guy after saying you don't wanna miss your flight Vincent, says, for your info left handed men don't hold it with their right 😂
100%!! But the issue with this in the film is that a “perfect” society of designed kids would absolutely get rid of left-handers… it is such a pain in the ass being left-handed in a society designed for right-hand dominance
Yeah, this was me. Amazing how more people identify as Vicent then as Anton. Sure, I was the Vincent and my little brother was the Anton. My mother saw herself in him so she loved him. Since I didn’t look very much like her, she mostly forgot about me. As time went on, I understood something that was crushing as a child but liberating as an adult: I was on my own. Through years of hard work, discipline and sacrifice I made something of myself where my precious little brother ended in failure. Today I feel quite fortunate, actually. The lessons that an otherwise tough childhood taught me have made all the difference. Effort over talent .
May I just add one fatal flaw in your awesome video , just before Hawkes epic line which is so moving ,, is so because Loren’s line sets it up perfect . Fearing death and in a panic his final words are how are doing this Vincent how have u done any of this ? In other words how it can it be that a man does not fear death more than the fear of losing a meaningless kids game. The blood brother family bond makes the impossible possible a big bro saves his little bro again . Love and the human spirit knows no bounds .Blood being thicker than water , heavier and always stronger.
This was me. Lung scarred with tuberculosis, no company would hire me. Drifted from one dallar a day jobs in a third world country. The woman i loved, her family wont accept me. Ended up scavenging for food. Couldn't afford books. Would be chased by security guards for perusing books in a bookstore. Reading evrything i could, from old newspapers to refrigerator manuals. One day while working for a friend as a manservant, paid with food. I realized i could fake it. Faked it I did. Spent ten years in a company, becoming the best. Misspelled only one word in that time. Now i have what all men want. A cushy job. A trophy chinese japanese wife. But i can never wholly love these people. Who only sees the fake me.
you scorn people for minimising you based on their discriminatory perception of you and yet you do the same thing by calling your wife a "trophy chinese japanese wife"...
Phenomenal film. A modern classic. “Even you are gonna try tell me me what I can and can’t do now! For me this was Hunt and Law’s best work and would be Thurman’s but for pulp fiction.
Sometimes, something in your life triggers it when you take everything that you have in your life and focus it on the singular purpose. With such conviction, it doesn't matter what abilities you have; you will be exceptionally good at what you are doing because there is nothing else; it doesn't matter that your body starts slowly failing from overexertion; nothing is real anymore; nothing matters, only goal matters. You don't even have plans after achieving this goal because it's now the sole purpose of your life. It is beautiful in its simplicity. The only tricky moment is when the goal is achieved; you are still moving by the inertia, but you look back on the burned decades of your life and ask yourself, was it really worth it? Was it the right goal? The answer is better be "Oh Yeah!". So, choose your goals wisely if you are ready to put your life on it.
Beautifully explained & written 😊 I live by this ... but only one day at a time, knowing that getting home to solitude with my critters & garden is my own reward ... ready to overextended tomorrow (but only one day at a time) 🤪🇦🇺
Man this movies hit me in so many ways . Me being the weak lil bro while my older bro would always win and get acceptance by my parents. Now older handsome my oarents dont even recognize me. Fake to you make it you just never know
One of the best movies I've ever watched, and will ever watch, in my life. I live a pretty decent life (thanks 2 the Almighty) & this movie is excellent.
I don't know about your situation, but happy for you. Story of my life, but in my case wouldn't have happened without the help of people who could see beyond.
Phenomenal tribute! Just hearing the score again makes me emotional. I think you captured all the best moments and blended them together really well :) Hoping to see more videos from you in the future, especially something like Jacob's Ladder (1990) if you ever saw that and enjoyed it.
Can anyone tell me what happened to the actor Vincent Neilson. It's like he played the brother in this film and disappeared off the face of the earth. He was good in this but did he even make another film?
I love how they incorporate the quality of penis declination coincides with the decline of courage guts and stubborn human willpower.what’s betterthan having a million , having one in millions
Yes Movies will connect with human Emotions and dreams There is no Gene for Human spirit beyond Entertainment it will change the Evolution to create a magic in people who believe in hope remains beyond human Race valid invalid will prove
For every lowly millennial that struggled forward, knowing their generation got the short end but tried anyway only to realize that the game was rigged.. Never had anything but a dream, A stable life, one of happiness, one of peace, but couldn't earn enough, couldn't save enough.. And when asked by older generations, "why aren't you on your feet?" "Why aren't you someone, or something?" The millennial replied, "I never saved anything for the swim back, and you may not have either but you made it to the other side... I, never did... And I'm drowning...
