cinema_lover97

A true overlooked and misunderstood gem. The end reveal was far from anything I came up with, but it didn't feel like a betrayal as many people thought. A truly well made movie with amazing editing and scene transitions, the cinematography was beautiful. The director got successful in his attempt of at least making me feel disoriented with those editing choices. Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts were very good in their roles, but Ryan Gosling was the standout for me. Just give this movie a try even if you end up hating it.

The concept and its handling that made the film great also required for me to suspend my disbelief over a certain aspect of the story, which I did happily, because of how much I fell in love with this film. I was not expecting it when I started watching it, but by the end I was completely emotional.

The topics of Eugenics and Genetic Identification were handled well, and I was quite frightened with the suggested outcomes of it because I can see it becoming a reality in future. But, I also think that the writer and director Andrew Niccol (Please make good films again) took the concept too far and made some results of it look too absurd and implausible. However, I love sci-fi films and I am always prepared to suspend my disbeliefs to let me loose myself in the wonder of it.

Every actor was great, but the performance and the character of Jude Law steal all my praises. The direction was good and the cinematography by Slawomir Idziak was phenomenal. One of the best looking films of the 90s. The whole second half of the film kept me on the edge. This film also proved that you don't need a loud outburst of musical score to make a scene or situation, tense or frightening. The reveals worked for me because I didn't see them coming.