Gattaca Film Analysis

GATTACA was a movie about genetically modifying people. Vincent Freeman was an aspiring astronaut. He had always wanted to go into space but his health issues made that dream impossible. His brother, Anton, was a genetically modified child. He was stronger and was promised to live a longer life than Vincent. Vincent tried everything to get into space but the farthest he could get was a janitor at the space station. One day he found someone that could help. This was a guy that could help Vincent change into another man, Jerome Morrow. According to Brendan Gallagher, GATTACA predicted the future of genetic discrimination. GATTACA also predicted the future of in vitro fertilization. For years, doctors have been trying to help infertile women get pregnant. GATTACA talks about how Anton was a genetically modified child. He was born without any heart abnormalities or anything that could stop him from doing what he wanted. The last thing that was nonfiction in GATTACA was when the director was killed and they tested a hair follicle to find out who the “suspect” was. This is something that is happening at police stations all across the United States today. This movie was meant to be science fiction but some things that happened in the movie are happening now, or they will be happening in the near distant future. This movie may be true in some …show more content…
We have many people in the world who are using in vitro fertilization today, including people in Cherry County. I feel as if our world could become genetically discriminated. Athletes could be at the Olympics simply because they were genetically modified before they were born. This could be a bad and good thing. For instance, if a human were to be born with a genetic disease it could be changed before he/she is