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Summary: Interesting and compelling story...doesn't quite gel.
Review: I'm not a big fan of Tom Cruise. His acting often seems forced and overly intense. But, for once, he stars in a movie that uses his limited skills properly. Minority Report is a good movie and kept me interested the whole way. But it's not a keeper. If one can accept the premise that the future can be known, it makes it a lot easier to buy into the plot. There are a few nifty twists, but also a lot of predictable outcomes. Some of the futristic scenery and gizmos are fun, but it didn't add up to a story that moved me. Worth watching once.
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Summary: Put This Film Up There With The Greats
Review: I wandered into a theatre last July 2002, and enjoyed a spectacular treat: one of my favorite Sci-Fi authors (Phillip K. Dick) coupled with one of my favorite directors (Steven Spielberg). I was completely unaware of the production of this film, and was caught off-guard by the grainy, melting 20th Century Fox intro ("What is this?", I wondered, "Some kind of 20th generation print?").The film is grainy and the effect is completely surreal, and the director took a real chance going ahead with it. But the effect sets the film right into the cheap, metallic, totalitarian scenario it belongs. It gives the impression that there is something very wrong going on, and there is! Put this film on the shelf with the Sci-Fi greats like "The Day The Earth Stood Still", "Forbidden Planet", "2001" and "A Clockwork Orange" (hmmm, I think I just put "12 Monkeys" there too). It contains a clear warning of what we could become, and the delivery of the message is just beautiful.
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Summary: The Minority Opinion
Review: The first collaboration between director Steven Spielberg and actor Tom Cruise left me with such mixed feelings after seeing the film in theaters, I decided to give it another look on DVD. Based on a 1956 short story by author Philip K. Dick, MINORITY REPORT presents us with another look a possible future. Wasington D.C... It is fifty years from now, crime has been eliminated, thanks to the Precrime Division. Detective John Anderton (Cruse) is the man in charge, who along with his team, uses the gifts of 3 psychic beings, to predict crime before it happens. Once the team has the information, they spring into action and stop the perpetrators. This system is flawless...until Anderton is accused of planning a murder, that he knows is not possible . Now, on the run, he has 36 hours to prove his innocence, and find out who among his allies, is out to frame him. The "mystery" at the center of the film is not very hard to figure out, given what clues are presented as the story unfolds. Since there's not much suspence here, for me the story looses its thrust There's some ok action sequences in the film, but nothing that was shown here, wowed me. This is Spielberg after all. Cruise is fine as the man on the run. But the best performance in the film is given by actress Samantha Morton as the psychic Agatha-wow-As for Spielberg, he seemed to use left over tricks from A.I. to finish this film. The films may differ in story but the end of Minority made me feel the same way, even after a 2nd viewing, as A.I. did. Cold. Rather than entertained The main extras on the bonus features disc are a series of documentaries that focus on different aspects of the film. It is my opinion that viewers would have been better served if these were put together for a long feature rather than sectioned off. Having said that, they are well produced and informative just the same. The archives section of the disc has the usual theatrical trailers, production notes, cast and crew information, production ideas, and storyboards Not as great as some have suggested but worth a peek
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Summary: Spielbergian ending strikes again...
Review: Despite the unfortunate fact that the villian of the movie can be determined within the first 15 minutes, this is an excellent flick that caters to my personal Johnson of time travel. The implications of knowing the future and the paradoxes created by altering the forseen are wonderfully explored - until the last 15 minutes. At that point, what I like to call the "Spielberg AI Complex" sets in and the movie wraps up all of the loose ends in a happy fashion. Everybody gets what's coming to them and all is right with the world. It's all a little too Disney for my taste and seriously detracts from what could've been a top-10 all time film.
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Summary: Simply put; "Minority Report" is spectacular..
Review: I just bought the movie on DVD today, and as soon as I pressed play I was glued to the couch. To be somewhat blunt, I was saturated with intrigue within the first 10 minutes. The visual effects are astonishing, the plot is so thick and complex it makes your head hurt. Every aspect of the story is flawless, and the acting is excellent. Every time I thought the movie was slowing down, it would at any given moment jump back into a whirlwind of action and mystery. You never fully understand the whole plot until near the very end, but watching the entire film to find out what's going on is most certainly worth the time. I was skeptical of this movie before I saw it; everyone I asked about it said it was disappointing. Personally, I think it was marvelously impressive... a *MUST-HAVE* on DVD.
Kudos to the entire cast and crew that assembled this masterpiece.
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Summary: It's cold out in space
Review: Here's the formula for Minority Report. Take the sad, frigid ambiance that permeated Spielberg's last flop, A.I. Add a "name" lead actor, Tom Cruise. Blend in a little action, not too much though. Borrow photographic techniques from highbrow horror films: shoot in chilly blue and white hues, blur the focus a bit. Shock the viewers with plenty of lurid clips suggestive of snuff videos. Finally, to keep the audience grounded, throw in some elements the masses can relate to: moralizing against technology, plus a whodunit plot twist. The end result is an intelligent movie, very much in Stanley Kubrick style, but lacking the grandiose vision of Kubrick. What's left is a depressing, creepy, brutal, ultimately sad and very very lonely experience. The darker side of Spielberg is shining through in full force. Like a diamond lost in space, its light is cold and lifeless.
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Summary: Undoing the future before it happens
Review: Perhaps I'm in the minority on this, but I find Minority Report to be one of the best adaptions of a Philip K. Dick story. It rivals Blade Runner but is just as flawed as that classic film. The flaws are primarily in the story department. There's enough holes in the plot to drive a car through and coincidences that reek of cheap storytelling. Despite this, the film is successful because of the premise, the basic plot, the well written characters and Spielberg's sure handed direction. What's gratifying is the fact that Spielberg doesn't dumb down the basic story. The screenplay by Scott Frank and Jon Cohen isn't as interesting or sharp as one that might have been written by Harlan Ellison, but it still manages to be relatively faithful and stake out new territory. The visual effects are stunning and the storytelling style is more akin to Kubrick than Spielberg. It's clear that Spielberg's collaboration with Kubrick has had an impact on his style. Unfortunately, Spielberg still feels compelled to wrap up everything neatly with a feel good ending. The film goes on too long by about 15 minutes. It really should have concluded after the showdown between Cruise and the bad guy. Despite its flaws, Minority Report signals new maturity and depth for Spielberg as a film director. It's a powerful piece of work that hammers the message home a bit too hard, but still manages to capture your interest and imagination. The DVD transfer is one of the best I've seen lately. The extras are nice and include a discussion with Cruise and Spielberg about the making of the film and their perception of its meaning. The archives section includes production concepts, photos and gives you a sense of the evolution of the film from script to screen. The section discussing the visual effects by ILM are interesting and show areas where they've broken new ground again. The most important thing, though, is the story. It's well told and gives Dick credit (unlike Blade Runner which didn't credit Dick until the end of the film or Total Recall which used Dick's story as a starting place for a routine unimaginative action/adveture sci-fi flick)where it's due. I believe he would have been happy with the film as it ably reflects many of Dick's themes about the definition of self, paranoia and the flimsy nature of the reality around us.
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Summary: really good movie, very lame DVD
Review: For some reason, the lighting on this DVD doesn't match the movie shown in the theatre. All of the light colors are amplified to a very bright white and the darker colors are hidden in black shadows. Everything has an intense aura and anything that light strikes becomes a bright white spot on the screen. Background objects and occasionally even faces are hidden by this effect making the movie almost impossible to watch. It seems unlikely that this was an accident. It might be an attempt at art where the viewer gets to use their imagination to fill in the void of intense whites and shadows that occupy each scene...what an unfortunate loss of an otherwise decent movie. Maybe a cleaned-up, watchable version will surface somewhere.
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Summary: spielberg gets darker
Review: Steven Spielberg has always been good at action movies. Minority Report makes up for the sci-fi flop which was AI (note: not entirely spielbergs fault since the original guy writing it died halfway through and he was forced to try to piece it together) In the near future crime can be predicted. By using three psychics who are electronically tapped of info, police forces and detectives can intercept and arrest criminals before they commit the crimes. The Crime prevention lab is in it's testing phase. It has already cleaned up D.C. and now they want to unleash this new breakthrough to the world. But one thing isn't certain: how foolproof is this system? And is it ethical to lock up people for crimes they havn't commited yet? When Tom Cruis's character is framed for a murder he won't commit, he begins a long and confusing web of action, adventure, deception and remorse. Like all Spielberg films, you are sure to be impressed by his storytelling and imagery. The good news is that the movie's special FX are more subtle and downplayed in the backgrounds than the overwhealming monstrosity's of Star Wars I and II. This is not to say that there isn't alot of eyecandy, just that it's better! the bad news is for people who do not like detective genre movies. Stay away from this. It is a detective movie. As a sherlockian fan i found myself trying to unwravel the pieces one by one before i found out. It is a great movie with twists and turns and nonstop action.
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Summary: Very Good Movie....Entertainment value: 5 Stars.
Review: Since watching Tom Cruise in such films as "Interview with a Vampire", "Eyes Wide Shut", "Jerry Maguire" and, especially, the incredible "Magnolia".... I changed radically mi opinion about his acting ability and his screen persona. He's turned into a very good actor, indeed and this movie is no exception. This movie is 100% excellent entertainment and overwhelming special effects, with a very good plot too! I must note that the pacing is very fast, so, if you blink, you'll get lost...you get a lot of information right from the beginning. The storyline focuses in Washington D.C. circa 2054, when the Pre-crime Department Organization, is on the verge of going nationwide, because up to the moment it has only been enforced in tha capital city. This Department has succeeded in ending crimes, because they capture criminals(-to-be) before they commit them. In order to achieve such perfection, the system lays on three "precogs", human beings connected to machines, like sort of living "Oracles", who can "predict" murders, thus preventing them. But then, something goes wrong.... Excellent performances too by Samantha Morton (as the only female "precog"), who, among other movies, previously had excelled in a 1990's british version of the classic "Jane Eyre"; her acting is absolutely superb...in the category of such excellent actresses as Tilda Swinton and Cate Blanchett; and by Max Von Sydow, as the aging head of the project. I liked this movie very much, as Spielberg's previous "A.I." it's sci-fi of very good level.
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