No pun intended - actually one might say puns. But let's not get ahead of ourselves! What is life or a movie if we skip stuff - if we are made to fast forward? Or go back? Time and age wise! There are a lot of questions the movie is asking - very obvious ones (should we sacrifice so called regular folk to enrich our culture with geniuess? Make them live longer?) ... but I would argue that it doesn't really answer them ... it does go off into different directions.
That all being said, this is an intriguing concept ... try not to get hung up on ... well technicalities (again sorry for the pun). This is meant to be ... well meant to be entertainment first, while also giving you food for thought. What would you do? And does every technology benefit the rich? Who can be deemed ... well unnecessary? Isn't every life worth something? Still if someone would want to give away ... there is a whole bag of issues there. One being that person may change their mind ... no backsies I assume.
I like that the filmmakers took a chance and went for it. With Kostja they have a very charismatic lead ... he walks a very line about what he wants, about being a fighter for justice ... and trying to handle what his significant other may want ... all the while playing god of sorts ... there are many twists and turns ... some make more some make less sense ... just suspend your disbelief ...
That all being said, this is an intriguing concept ... try not to get hung up on ... well technicalities (again sorry for the pun). This is meant to be ... well meant to be entertainment first, while also giving you food for thought. What would you do? And does every technology benefit the rich? Who can be deemed ... well unnecessary? Isn't every life worth something? Still if someone would want to give away ... there is a whole bag of issues there. One being that person may change their mind ... no backsies I assume.
I like that the filmmakers took a chance and went for it. With Kostja they have a very charismatic lead ... he walks a very line about what he wants, about being a fighter for justice ... and trying to handle what his significant other may want ... all the while playing god of sorts ... there are many twists and turns ... some make more some make less sense ... just suspend your disbelief ...