The Island

Venue: My room
Release Year: 2005
Length: 136 minutes
Director: Michael Bay
Language: English (plus a Latin word)
Rating: 5/5 (I would watch it again, I would love to discuss it, and I would possibly buy it)

It was a surprisingly good film. After seeing so many excellent international films my opinion of Blockbuster hits was not as high, but obviously Hollywood can still make the occasional awesome film. I found the plot to be very similar to a Robin Cook book I read a couple years ago. They found this species of monkey that was so similar to humans that they could transplant the organs. Unfortunately, humans are smart and so are their apish counterparts so the monkeys started killing the workers and eventually took over their island. But back to the film, it has a very good storyline, well thought out and planned. It was cool to see Mr. Laurent turn good. The cast was excellent; I like Ewan McGregor, Scarlett Johansson, Steve Buscemi, and Sean Bean. The cinematography and special effects were also amazing. Overall it did a good job of being a typical Hollywood Blockbuster, a thought provoking film, and it left me with the desire to live my life in a better way. I think the film displayed the innate human ability to think creatively and learn quickly. I can definitely see how it was meant as a politically charged film, extremely anti-cloning. Morally, I’m not exactly sure where I stand on the issue of cloning. I can see how it will have a great impact on medicine in the 21st century however I can also see that it will be misused. The way I see it, murder and adultery are the two worst sins because they play with God’s power of taking and giving life. However, in God’s eyes medicine is probably one of the best professions. Christ’s mortal ministry was full of healing the sick and that is a very good, Godly thing to do. Unfortunately I am not quite sure where the line is. I do not think we are able (or God will let us) cross the line to attempting to recreate His power. If we do cross that line I’m sure it will result in a similar situation to the tower of Babel. That is a scary thought that I haven’t heard anyone mention before. I wonder if it is original. I believe cloning to a limited extent is good, all the way up to actually cloning human organs. I also believe that actually cloning a whole human being is wrong. I cannot see any valid situations where it would be desirable, necessary, and moral. While cloning is a good idea, it should be kept in the hands of those who will use it responsibly otherwise something terrible will happen.