It evolves in an uncontrolled way, just like the hybrid the scientists created. As Chaos Theory explains, small variations in initial conditions renders long-term predictions impossible. However, in turn, they make a lot of 'human' errors along the way where their emotions come into play. They try to approach the creation of this hybrid being with an objective mind - purely for the sake of science. Elsa and Clive make a lot of mistakes and poor judgments throughout the film considering how 'brilliant' these scientists were supposed to be. Throughout the film, you could see the evolution of all the characters that contributed to the final climax of the film. The hybrid starts off looking quite alien, but evolves into looking quite human-like (probably due to budget constraints, as well as done to help the viewer identify and empathize with the creature) with legs immediately reminding me of the aliens from The Arrival (1996). The character's themselves were even named after pivotal actors in Bride of Frankenstein (Colin Clive and Elsa Lanchester), an homage to one of the great creatures of Science Fiction films, and a source of inspiration to the director himself. Malcom from Jurassic Park ("but your scientists were so preoccupied with whether or not they could, they didn't stop to think if they should. The overarching narrative parallels the sentiments of Dr. Without giving too much away, this tale reminds me a lot of Jurassic Park. After seeing the movie, you'll probably realize you've seen this movie and premise before. I appreciate the effort, but at the same time, I felt the film required some serious suspension of disbelief on the part of its viewers to really swallow some scenes and resulting relationships. They do some despicable things, but Natali oft times tries to explain the character's background to justify certain actions. (The man is whip smart, and it showed through his handling of the Q&A session after the movie). I credit Natali's writing with this emotional tug-of-war, because he was able to explain the motives of the characters without giving too much away and forcing the pacing to lag. The main characters, Elsa and Clive (played by Sarah Polley and Adrien Brody, respectively) were both likable and detestable, and yet all the time believable throughout the film. Like Cube, I found that this movie was able to set an atmosphere that was almost palatable throughout the film. I've been a moderate fan of his work since his eerie and claustrophobic feature, Cube. I was privileged enough to catch a screening of Splice last night that headlined the director Vincenzo Natali as a special guest.
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