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This movie that I really tell you has left me extremely moved and wow that are many movies I've seen so far in my life, focuses its attention on a world where the ozone layer has collapsed and as the main character Finch says "It has become a Swiss cheese", this makes radiation levels so high that nothing survives on earth because during the day it is impossible to expose yourself to sunlight and radiation without your body is consumed burned by UV rays. In addition to this, there are a number of other atmospheric phenomena such as dust clouds and hurricanes that make outdoor survival almost impossible.
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The film opens with a man in a radiation suit searching the streets and establishments for some food and sustenance is precisely here where the striking part of the script begins when the man who travels the city in search of food in the company of a Robert gets some cans of dog food and although you think it will be his dinner you discover that it is for his pet dog a pet that he has well sheltered in the shelter where he lives, When you return to this place you discover that Finch is a scientist who not only has this dog but also works on an android whose design has only one goal "to take care of the dog in the best possible way when he is no longer there".
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Let me tell you that the film is really a masterpiece because it deals with that sensitive subject for us, those of us who still have some humanity in our lives, about the value and responsibility we have when another life depends on ours, when we face reality in the certainty that we are going to disappear leaving that helpless being that we know cannot fend for himself. Beyond a sentimental drama, it is a questioning from the existential, the development of the android is a way to extend not his life, Finch's, but to create a new life to ensure the welfare of that faithful friend. We could even think that this scientist will try to perpetuate himself in the memory of the android who decides to call himself Jeff, but not instead gives him the tools to make the right decisions through the commands "initiative needs reason" and "mistakes can cost us our lives".
Finch shows all the good and bad that we have in our own existence as the life of the being is full of contradictions that have led him to his self-destruction and that of his environment, it is about understanding that beyond what you have done with your life you should always think about the good you can leave in the lives of others. Finch a film without lavish special effects without expensive and dazzling locations gives us a simple, elegant and beautiful photography in his scenes full of signs that awaken our conscience. A story well told and developed without loss in any scene to the point that you will not be able to stop watching it for a second. As for the soundtrack if you are like me who appreciates good music I must tell you that in this film there is only one song that opens and closes the entire film and it is America Pie by Don McLean 1971 version, otherwise as for the incidental music and effects was in charge of Gustavo Santaolalla, I can tell you that with American Pie sounding you really get to understand the feelings of the protagonist.
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Once again, Tom Hanks in the movie Finch gives us a story that we could compare with the castaway and the terminal where beyond survival and loneliness because of the bad actions and decisions of people give us a lesson of faith and hope when he shows us that if your life is about to end and you really want to do something significantly good give a chance to move forward to another being, give life, give opportunities and create spaces where someone can be happy even if you are no longer there. Finch is a movie you definitely have to see.
