Good Movie

Rating: 8/10 (30 April 2007)

I liked this movie; I believe its main criticism is directed at modernity and its blind faith in rationality and science. It reveals the consequences when groups and individuals make rational logical decisions over morality and human dignity. The government in trying to keep order treats the illegal immigrants and opposition groups horribly. Not unlike how the USA and other liberal democratic nations treat suspected terrorists today. However it also shows the fugges as committing the same error exemplified best by the murder of Julian Moore and Michael Caine. This is reminiscent of the current question among socialist thinkers, of whether a revolution should suspend individual democratic rights in order to facilitate its ultimate goals. History has shown however that a temporary rule of the proletariat leads to a dictatorship over the proletariat. I like how the film makes note that science does not have an answer to why the women of the world have become infertile. I am reminded here of recent writers who criticize that scientism (the belief that science will solve all social problems) plagues modern societies and is founded on myth. However Caine's speech alludes that the problem is most likely a result of modern societies disregard and domination of Mother Nature. Overall a good movie as it grapples with ideas and problems that societies will have to face in the coming years.