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In Time: Don't Waste My Time
By Rosalinda Flores-Martinez
The concept of the movie
"In Time" is done with sheer style, updated with today's modern
technology.
The idea of codes is dynamic. See how science-fiction opens conduits to
discovery and innovation.
Imagine arms with life
codes like the candies and stuff you buy from the supermarkets. Imagine your
arms scanned to get the things you need. Your payment is the time that's left
for you to live by (the time you need to live). Time, as the basic resource is
well portrayed in the movie to be so prized, but never paid well for the poor.
Those that control the
system can't run anymore, their faces a false sophistication melting like wax.
In another aspect, it
shows us thoughts about life, profusely. There is a vivid picture of
capitalism, where only a few groups or individuals own lands, businesses, and
means of production.
It also shows mayhem by
chance in the ghettos, where those who have got more are robbed by bad guys.
With social implications, the ghettos are a minority group (check history).
A contemporary scene
becomes evident, in the supply of commodities (coffee and food in stores)
restricted to a few, though demand is high because of the high cost of living
brought about by rising costs in all the time zones (only the rich can afford).
In the end, two young
advocates Will Salas and Sylvia Weis (from divergent zones), collaborate and
work together to find solutions to uphold the living conditions of the people
and to correct the systems, like what Robin Hood does (but no arrows now, only
guns). Also, kids of hope shine in their innocence to bring forth more life
time to their degenerating zones and one generous senior (victim) offers his
centuries (life), for the hope of change and progress believing in the kind
heart and blood of Will Salas. The old man wrote in the glass window,
"Don't waste my time."
Moreover, 25 years old establishes
an age of responsibility in every form and any form of life. One is supposed to
start earning trust from elders, parents and community from the good work lived
and served, especially for the under privileged.
But then, the
impossibilities! No time; no future can alter man's death or creation, except
God who gives and takes life.
But maybe, if fiction.
All in all, "In
Time" is thumbs up!
Among others, Justin
Timberlake (Will Salas), Amanda Seyfried (Sylvia Weis), and Cillian Murphy
(Raymond Leon) star in this film. It is directed and written by Andrew Niccol.
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