All are created equal

Kendall 2022-03-22 09:01:14

In the process of watching this movie, I was always in a very anxious mood. Along with the protagonist, I would raise my heart to my throat at every critical juncture. I was as nervous as him, and it seemed that I was also suffering at the same time. huge psychological pressure.

I don't know if others will feel the same way, but for me, living in this magical country has always had a very serious "lack of identity". I'm not me, I'm me if I have an ID card, I'm me if I have a real estate certificate, I'm me if I have an education certificate...

Speaking of which, I think that every time I go to the bank in the past two years, I'm still a generation ID card, and the second-generation ID card has not been implemented due to the problem of household registration. Every time I am treated as a second-class citizen and a black person and checked over and over by the rigorous eyes on the other side of the counter, I always have a feeling of being a thief. It seems that at any time, he may be framed by a team of SWAT officers who rushed out next to him and sent to a small dark room.

Of course, I just don't have a second-generation ID card, and when the ID number was occupied, I left a non-personal photo in the second-generation library. What?

Really. This society has gradually come to this point, all your experiences are not necessarily you, but your files in front of him are you.

There is a very classic universal value of modern civilization in American dreams: "Every man are created equal." This sentence also lingers in my ears repeatedly. It is believed that this film is also expressing the same idea: when a hierarchical society has formulated a series of regulations for dividing human beings into three, six and nine, this deeply rooted concept of equality is seriously challenged. In this process, Having the courage to challenge the system and defending one's own power has become something very human beings can do.

It was very depressing during the viewing process, but it deeply penetrated my heart. I haven't felt this heavy for a long time. This is probably the most in-depth "inspirational" label of all the movies I've seen.

The part of the brothers swimming in the sea was very shocking. To borrow a sentence from another movie "Lavender": As long as you breathe hard, you can see miracles.

Last year, when I encountered a bottleneck in my studies and switched to swimming, I repeatedly emphasized this sentence to myself. After all, I went through that road, and I also gave this sentence to my current self.

Yes, as long as you breathe hard, you will be able to see miracles.

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Gattaca quotes

  • [last lines]

    Vincent: [voiceover] 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.

  • Vincent: Is the only way you can succeed is to see me fail?