I loved this movie for many reasons.  From an artistic standpoint it is great : the clean, crisp visuals, the very smart melding of futuristic with retro styling, the use of flashbacks and narration.  From a sci-fi standpoint it is equally great : A semi-dystopian near-future where genetic perfection is not only possible through unnatural selection, but is considered the standard.  But what I love more than anything about this movie is the message I take away from it, which can be true in any story, fiction, non-fiction, future, past, or present.  And that message is that persistence, desire, and a will to achieve can prevail against all odds.  I especially enjoy this message because it is so true.  Yes, we do all see the best looking, most athletic, most intelligent, most priviledged among us given a huge head start in life, but how many like "Eugene" do we see in life?  There are many, those with all the tools to succeed, but cannot use those tools, or choose not to use them because of a lack of desire or motivation.  Then there are the "Vincents" of the world.  Not particulary advanced in any way, and even with physical flaws that could easily hold them back.  But they have the desire, they have that fire burning inside them to accomplish their dreams.  In this movie the barrier just happens to be genetics, but in real life it can be many other factors...you may not be the smartest, or have the greatest physical prowess, or be the right race, the right ethnicity, or know the right people in high places, and so many of us in those positions resign to that fact and go about our so-so lives.  The Vincent character shows that special kind of person who can overcome these barriers and realize their dreams.  It is an inspiring story.