From start to finish, I almost looked at Ethan Hawke with loving eyes! The film says: "For people with good genes, success is easy to achieve, but it doesn't mean nothing is foolproof. Besides, genes have nothing to do with fate." Therefore, the real Jerome's good genes failed to defeat fate and became a millionaire "One Lost".
However, does genes really have nothing to do with fate? Judging from the social background in the film, when a person is born, his fate is defined by society because of the quality of his genes. Children with good genes will be valued, encouraged, and given more love from the family. And people with genetic defects will be denied even going to school. The genetic defect is like a curse that pushes the person to the edge of society all the time.
Vincent is a special case. His inner desire makes him brave to break through the shackles of genes and boldly reach out to touch the stars. He looks gentle, cautious in his words and deeds, but his heart is burning with a raging flame of dreams. It was this kind of energy that was deeply embedded in his chest that inspired him to choose to cut his bones to increase his height. He took fake urine, fake fingerprints, fake blood, and fake hair every day, escaping security checks again and again. Willing to live carefully and be a pretender.
The most distressing scene was the morning Vincent woke up at Irene's house. When he saw his falling hair, he instantly changed from panicked. Every strand of hair is a flaw, and every strand of hair can turn oneself from an elite into an In-valid flawed person. Years of concealment made him vigilant about any hair and dander falling off his body. So he ran to the beach, picked up a rock, and rubbed it hard on his body. It must be painful to scrub the body with a stone, right? But only this kind of cleansing can make him feel safe and obliterate all the small flaws that prevent him from realizing his dream. He has done this kind of thing for many mornings, but he used to be in the bathroom, this time by the sea, washing with a stone he picked up. Very embarrassed.
Seeing the last half hour, I was worried about Vincent all the time, for fear that all the pain and pressure he had endured would be in vain. But Irene and the doctor who did the test helped him. Some people say that Irene forgiving Vincent is the power of love, but there is a reason behind it. Because she is also a person who has experienced genetic discrimination, and the genetic code that the risk of heart failure is too high has blocked her flying dream. Vincent's fighting spirit touched her and made her see the possibility of breaking through genetic defects. Of course, she must have seen Vincent's hardships.
So it's a sci-fi movie, and it's also a movie about dreams. As Jerome said, "I just gave you my identity, and you shared your dreams with me."
The moment Vincent took off, it was the moment when the personal will prevailed over the genetic will.
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