Downsizing

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I was intrigued on its premise while watching the micro-utopia fantasy, but it left a sour picture in my mind afterwards. Like Freija said, it just didn't go where I was expecting either.

"Downsizing" has some similarities to the film "The Congress" (2014) which also takes place in a near future. The technology can turn humans into their own avatars, unleashing infinite computer-generated and cartoon doppelgangers, so that the "original" is completely lost in the replications. Through technology, humanity has chosen obsolescence. Unlike Downsizing though, "The Congress" pushes its initial premise into the outer reaches of possibility...so far out there that the entire second half of the film is animated.

The writer/director also from Omaha, Alexander Payne (Alexander Constantine Papadopoulos) studied Spanish and History at Stanford. Maybe his new film "The Holdovers" (also starring Paul Giamatti) I'll like better.

My Kung fu ad blocking on YT is still working, at least for now.

I don't like comedies, and I despise romance movies. I do like movies that get the gears moving.

What I like about this movie is that it got me thinking. Not just about the possibilities, but about the realities. 

We are our own worst enemies. We don't have to worry about the enemy at the gate, as much as we should be concerned about those that are locked inside the manor with us.