I was really surprised by how poorly this movie performed. My wife and I came out of it pretty thrilled with it. Seems like we don't get enough big-budget original (to film anyway) sci-fi movies these days.
Everything we humans do that is positive has the potential for misuse, misunderstanding or overuse. Life is a journey of learning and growth, and both genres of movies you mention can be useful in helping us improve. Our goal needs to be a world in which everyone is given the opportunity to thrive, to use their talents to grow and learn. Movies like this can help us see how even the best intended human creations can go awry.
One of the assumptions of Neo-liberalism was that elevating the smartest, most academically successful people would lead to a better society. The once celebrated American worker was shunted to the sidelines and abandoned. Many men who do dangerous and essential work have been sacrificed on the alter of finance capitol, their honesty, integrity and civic virtue ignored by an elite obsessed with the grandeur of The Golden Calf. Now confronted with the ugly face of late stage capitalism the public is desperately looking for an alternative to "The smartest guys in the room".
I was really surprised by how poorly this movie performed. My wife and I came out of it pretty thrilled with it. Seems like we don't get enough big-budget original (to film anyway) sci-fi movies these days.
Everything we humans do that is positive has the potential for misuse, misunderstanding or overuse. Life is a journey of learning and growth, and both genres of movies you mention can be useful in helping us improve. Our goal needs to be a world in which everyone is given the opportunity to thrive, to use their talents to grow and learn. Movies like this can help us see how even the best intended human creations can go awry.
One of the assumptions of Neo-liberalism was that elevating the smartest, most academically successful people would lead to a better society. The once celebrated American worker was shunted to the sidelines and abandoned. Many men who do dangerous and essential work have been sacrificed on the alter of finance capitol, their honesty, integrity and civic virtue ignored by an elite obsessed with the grandeur of The Golden Calf. Now confronted with the ugly face of late stage capitalism the public is desperately looking for an alternative to "The smartest guys in the room".