(for reference, this was the exact frame that hit me in the tear ducts)
Watched tonight: Gattaca
I’ve been putting this one off for a while. Instant impressions:
- The score, by Michael Nyman, is brilliantly consistent.
- A lot of powerful repetitions (the swim, the hair, the protagonists) somehow never came across as too laboured.
- Uma Thurman didn’t lend much to the film. Though that might just be because I’ve always found Uma Thurman to be a really weird-looking person (and not a very good actor).
- There is this weird point, about three minutes before the end, where I cried at the slightest facial expression from Ethan Hawke. I hadn’t been convinced of his acting ability up to that point, where I was crying.
- This film could have had some really obvious lines about exceeding your own potential and being the Best That You Can Be, but it (more or less) avoided them.
- Jude Law was brilliant in this, and should play more understated supporting roles. (Watson doesn’t count.)