Gattaca (1997) is one of those movies that never really made a big splash at the box office or achieved mainstream fame, yet, is probably one of my favorite movies of all time. Aside from the beautiful musical score, it illustrates many extremely powerful messages, with the most important being: you are the authority on what’s possible.
There are many great quotes throughout the film, but their true impact is within the context of the storyline. Quoting them on their own doesn’t do them justice, however, there are a couple that hold up…
“It was the one moment in our lives that my brother was not as strong as he believed, and I was not as weak. It was the moment that made everything else possible.”
“I was now a member of a relatively new and particularly detested segment of society; one of those who refuses to play the hand that he was dealt. I am most commonly known as a borrowed ladder, or a de-gene-erate.”
This movie mainly deals with the power of determination and willpower in a dystopic society heavily involved with eugenics. If you are looking for entertainment and inspiration at the same time, I would highly recommend you watch this movie. If you don’t have 1 hour and 46 minutes, then maybe you’ll enjoy this short video synopsis that sums it up very nicely…
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