Biblical and Nature Quotes in the Science Fiction Film Gattaca

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Gattaca is a science fiction movie produced in 1997 in the United States, which depicts a future society that considers the use of genetic engineering and reproductive technology to create human beings who are genetically enhanced. The physicians and scientists preferred to use certain genes to ensure that the individuals born through this technology possessed some desirable psychological and physical personalities to prevent the undesirable characters. Vincent Freeman is a man that the film narrates about, as he is presented as a man conceived without the help of reproductive technology. Freeman works to overcome the genetic drawbacks that he possesses compared to his advanced colleagues to achieve his career dream of traveling to space. Released by Columbia Pictures in Culver City, California, the movie was directed and written by Andrew Niccol on October 24, 1997. Additionally, the movie addresses the ethical issues surrounding biotechnology, genetic engineering, and gene manipulation, and it also demonstrates the argument over human genetic engineering research and insinuations. 
Two quotes are included in the opening credits of the film. These are 1) "Consider God's handiwork: who can straighten what He hath made crooked?" (Ecclesiastes 7:13) and 2) "I not only think we will tamper with Mother Nature. I think Mother Nature wants us to" (Willard Gaylin). These two contradictory quotes send the audience to develop an immediate questioning mindset. The first biblical quote is a representation that presents the idea of God's creation, which man should not tamper with, whereas the second once states that we should not only try to tamper with natural creations, but it wants us to do so. Through the quotes, the audience becomes immediately pondered on the morality behind the ideologies even without having the idea that the film is about human/genetic modification.
In the first quote, the audience is taken to the biblical perspective on creation, and God is the Supreme Being responsible for creation. Biblically, the movie creates a belief that God created everything perfectly and that we are not in any position to change that by perfecting it through science or any other way. In this quote, the audience can embrace an important characteristic of social norms being enforced in society. We can choose to embrace and appreciate God's creation by only caring for them as He instructed us to by giving us authority over His creation. In the film, God's creation only takes the course of natural births, but all that changes when technology is used to alter the uniqueness of every individual. Logically, the natural ways we become introduced to the world define human nature as God intended us to be. Changing that only makes us "copies" of the original and takes away our God-given uniqueness. The entire film demonstrates how science can be used to alter our uniqueness to make ourselves "better" and "presentable" to society, which is a contradictive way of defying God's natural creation. 
The second quote explains the possibilities and opportunities that nature has by giving us the idea of changing who we are to create who we wa...