Rating: 
Summary: Not good.
Review: After seeing the horrible AI last year I thought I would give Steven Speilberg another try. I wish I had never went to go see it. Most of it was just explaining and this movie had a very thin plot, WOW they could get criminals before they did the crime Big Deal. This movie is for the future types only and I would not recommend this to anyone who just wants a good movie. Please Hollywood just make a good movie again!
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Summary: So good-There are no real words to describe how good it is
Review: Oh, my god. When i went to the theaters to see this, i was expecting a good film about the future. I was wrong. This isn't just a good movie. It's the best movie ever made! It was directed by Steven Spielberg, a famous director, and one of my favorite.At the beggining, you feel it wont be so good. It is kind of confusing because they show how they work the pre-crime system. So it is kinda weird. Then, they add details, of course, he doesn't waste any, every detail is important(except for when sometimes he adds a little laugh in). That reminds me of another thing. It doesnt seem like a funny movie, but it is hilarious. I mean, every movie has maybe at least one laugh, but this one has one laugh, then you think it's over, but there is more, and they keep persistant with the laughter. After that, they add the plot, which is quite interesting. Then, the action begins, with the 5/5 star special effects, and the story. The ending, one of the best parts, was awesome. It kept rolling on and on, until the spectacular finish because of the smooth way it ended and all the other wonderful suff. Overall, the acting was good, the action was good, the plot was good, the story was good, the special effects were good, you get the picture. Instead, i give it 1000 stars(I would if i could.)
Rating: 
Summary: A Middling Adaptation
Review: Is 'Minority Report' worth seeing? Well, here come some arguments for and against...
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The look of the film is enticing, but imperfectly so. The art direction appears heavily indebted to 'Blade Runner'. Interiors are often blighted by fog or dust, and a few scenes boast the obligatory rainy exterior - the colour palette seldom veers from blues, greys and browns. All very well, but fairly cliched. The CGI effects are at times convincing, but often have a glossy artifical quality that gives the film a surface reminscent of a video game, rather than of reality. The anticipated technology showcased is interesting, although the advantage of cars being able to run down the side of buildings is highly questionable, and the manipulation of digital information via body movements (as opposed to a keyboard or mouse) becomes unintentionally laughable, with Tom Cruise looking more like an unco-ordinated martial arts novice than a competent computer operator. Also, some of the technology appears highlighted for its own sake, adding many minutes to an already overly long film.
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The actual core of the plot is intriguing. Of course, one can thank Philip K.Dick for this, not the film-makers. The idea that a person's actions are predictable, that the future is predetermined and can therefore be accurately 'seen', granted a suitable instrument (in this case, mutant clairvoyants), is explored, and ultimately questioned - where, after all, is there room for free will in such a scenario? In 'Blade Runner' (Dick's original story being, 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?') the focus was on issues of personal identity, and the strength of this earlier film lay in not providing didactic would-be answers, but in showing how to think about the idea in several ways. Unfortunately, Spielberg contracts the discussion in 'Minority Report', so that a moralistic conclusion is drawn - as in so many of his previous films he tells the audience what to think, instead of trusting or helping them to think for themselves. Still, for all that, the premiss remains interesting.
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As an action film or thriller, it works well for approximately two hours, only to have a predictable half-hour long coda that comes close to ruining the entertainment experience. The acting was uniformly poor, and when a great actor like Max Von Sydow delivers a poor performance I think one can legitimately blame the director. Tom Cruise looks good running, but copes less well with cerebral activity, and finds any portrayal of complex emotional states impossible - this would amount to a severe criticism were it not for the fact that he spends most of his screen time running, jumping, or at least walking very quickly. The others actors are all forgettable.
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If you are expecting a science fiction film of the calibre of 'The Matrix', or 'Blade Runner', or Aliens, then you will be disappointed. However, if you set your sights lower, and recall the standard of Spielberg's recent work, then your expectations may well be met - who knows, even surpassed.
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Summary: Only seen the first five minutes...
Review: but they were intense! Although I can't pass judgement on this film yet, it looks like a work of striking visuals, startling originality, and rare emotional depth. As I said, I haven't seen it yet, but it must be seen in a theater to feel Spielberg's operatic intentions. Rated PG-13 for some violent images.
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Summary: A Clockwork Triumph
Review: It is 2054. In the past several years the murder rate has dropped to zero, which is attributed completely to the setting-up of the Pre-Crime Unit which can stop homicides before they actually happen. The unit, headed by John Anderton (skillfully played by Tom Cruise) is operating solely on an experimental basis, its permanancy to be determined by a voter referendum. The Pre-Crime Unit utilizes the precognitive powers of three individuals (aptly called "precogs") who are wired-up while floating in a pool of water in a seemingly unconscious state. Everything seems to be going well until the precogs predict that Anderton will within a short period of time murder a man who is a complete stranger to him. The question is whether Anderton is being set-up by an overly ambitious rival who supposedly coverts his position and his power. Anderton learns that the only thing that can save him is if one of the precogs has filed a minority report, dissenting from the other two precogs' belief in the absolute certainty that he intended to commit the crime. "Minority Report" works on many levels. It works as a non-stop action/thriller. It works as a whodunit. It has enough futuristic gadgetry to satisfy any science fiction fan. Like Stanley Kubrick's great "A Clockwork Orange" it addresses society's role and responsibility in dealing with the public's fears of violent criminals. In "A Clockwork Orange" the public's right to safety versus an individual's (read "criminal's") freedoms of choice are dealt with. In "Minority Report" the lynch pin of our criminal justice system, the "reasonable doubt" doctrine is called into account.
What gives this incredible film its special resonance is the tragic, personal loss suffered by the Tom Cruise character, which may or may not give credence to whether or not his character intends to commit this murder. Of particular note in the film is Samantha Morton's touching performance as Agatha, who is one of the procogs. She brings a sensitivity and pathos to the role that makes her as much of a victim of society as any of the film's intended murder victims.
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Summary: a credible future
Review: i found this to be a very good and credible flick. i was unnerved, as usual, by the plethora of product placements in the film, but as a vision of the future it seemed very real.
cruise did an admirable job of acting but this was a bruce willis film. all of the characters in the midst of the drama were a bit too young, and i had a bit of difficulty swallowing the DOJ character, witwer, duking it out with anderton. the tension between the two of them was a touch too boyish to carry the implied weight of the attorney general and a national policy. on the other hand, one could definitely sense the evolution of policework and the noir parallels in a world realized optimistically. if cruise' anderton is the future's rendition of the drunk detective stung, then there's much to look forward to. i think speilberg has shown a remarkably deft hand in his portrayals of the future in what otherwise might have been a stock story of police and political corruption. the back alley surgeon, the sex-shop hacker, the cynical jailer, the reclusive scientist, the psychic herself - all of these characters were cliche timebombs waiting to explode eggs all over spielberg's face. yet he pulled them all off wonderfully, combining the right amount of futuristic powers at their control with their very human and lived-in personalities. i was gratified to see one prediction not come to fruition with regard to the 'one eyed king'. i think i'd seen enough eyeballs for one flick.
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Summary: Spielberg in decline
Review: Spielberg has obviously bought into the Hollywood mindset that the more gore, the more gross you can be, the better. What happened to his great storytelling ability?! What a disappointing movie. If you like graphic violence, if you enjoy watching snot dripping and people eating rotting food this movie is for you. And if you believe we will be driving cars up and down the sides of buildings in 50 years, you will believe this unbelieveable movie.
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Summary: Why all the human fluid and gore, Spielberg?
Review: Saw the movie yesterday. Sorry, but I thought it lacked something - perhaps editing? The storyline was fairly good, improbable for 50 years from now, but it was interesting and great special effects, Spielberg. Tom Cruise was not thumbs up or down, kind of medium; I still prefer his acting in Born on the 4th of July (where's that Tom?). What I really get annoyed with is going to a movie and seeing human fluids dripping, being expelled from different orifaces;, i.e., nasal passages, mouths, etc. Eyeballs covered in blood contained in plastic baggies that have to look so real one needs to look away. You know, things like that. I'm not up to this, but many are, so it's a free world. I nearly walked out when the nose was draining yuk from the sadistic opthalmologist who was changing out Tom's eyes. I looked at my husband and said, Well, husband, shall we walk out now? But since there were only 4 of us in our small town theatre, thought it best not to and actually was pretty happy with the rest of the movie, plus the theatre owners have the best popcorn in town. Beyond the middle of the movie where most of the yuck special effects end, it is fairly intelligent viewing. There are some flinchy parts in that I found myself jumping in my seat a few times, so that was kind of interesting - totally wasn't prepared for those - good job, Spielberg. I am very picky about what I watch - there needs to be a good story, good dialogue, great editing and to heck who's in it, just so there's good acting. I wouldn't see it again, and I wouldn't recommend it. But then, that's me and my prejudice to the projection of bodily fluids, oh, which also includes blood.
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Summary: Twisting, original and very clever
Review: Anyone who had any doubts about Spielberg having retained his genius can rest easy now. Here, in this one film, he has won back any credibility he could have lost in anyone's eyes, though he never lost any in mine. Minority Report is a stunning movie, with an intricate, truly original script, flawless directing and an excellent array of supporting actors and actresses to Cruise's well-acted lead. The story is set around Cruise's character, a man who works for the new anti-crime unit in Washington DC in 2050. Science has now advanced so that people identity's can be identified by scanning their eye, and furthermore, a system has been devised to predict murder's before they happen. The system works by harnessing the power of three children of drug addicts who see murders of the future in their dreams. But is there a flaw in the system? This very question is brought to the forefront when the system shows that a soon to be committed murder is to be perpetrated by no less than Cruise's character himself. Suddenly everyone is out to get him, and it is a race for him to try to prove his innocence. Yet he has no time to do so, as he will be locked up the second he is arrested. He has to avoid committing the murder. In a twisting thriller of a movie that will keep you guessing with every turn of events, he attempts this, and in the process uncovers some very deep secrets. Want to know more? Go and see it. 5 stars.
Rating:
Summary: ..a mediocre ride...
Review: After viewing this film adaptation of Phillip K. Dick's short story of the same title, I wondered whether the science fiction master would be turning in his grave. The film certainly managed to retain the original story's major themes: fascism, pre-cognition and the nature of reality, however, in true Spielbergian fashion, sentimentalism was given center stage, with a surprising successful attempt at film noir. Again, Spielberg managed to pilfer a piece of literature and shape-shift it into a postmodern hodge-podge of suger a spice and everything nice, with a little Disney thrown in for good measure. I can hear PKD's coffin creaking as I write... To be fair, over the last decade, Tom Cruise has shown that he's quite aware of his limited range as an actor, and since his exceptional performance in 'Born on the Fourth of July', has been hard pressed to bust through his artistic bounderies. This is, of course, commendable. That considered, though, his performance in ~Minority Report~ is, well - average. He did the job - but just... Many reviewers have called the arrival of Spielberg's latest as 'timely'. That is to say, considering our current civil and political climate, the Bill of Rights being jettisoned in the name of 'national security', the creation of a 'pre-crime' police force is more real than fiction. We've been warned for years from George Orwell's '1984' to PKD's 'Minority Report', about how easy it can be for a Western democracy to fall into fascism. Let's call a spade a spade: Spielberg has merely piggybacked on the shoulders of these true prophetic giants. That said, ~Minority Report~, taken at its superficial level, is an entertaining experience, which will keep the children rivited to their respective chairs. Admittedly, there are moments in the film, particularly on the editing side of things, which should recieve a few nods from the film industry. Overall, though, there is nothing remarkable about this film, and it should be taken for what it is: a mediocre ride in a schmaltzy theme park.
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