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Summary: definitely original
Review: Most movies set in the future are extremely hokey in my opinion, but not this movie. As the production notes state, Spielberg wanted believable and conceivable ideas for the future. That is what makes this movie fun to watch. The only thing wrong with this movie is the whole "pre-cog" thing... 3 people sitting in water can predict the future cos of some experimental drug? Still a very entertaining movie to say the least. It will keep you interested the whole way through. At least this futurist Spielberg movie is more fun to watch then the snoozefest A.I. Artificial Intelligence.
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Summary: original
Review: this movie is really good. Kind of feaky if you watch it alone. The story line is original. There is some action but there is also a plot, unlike some other movies. Its worth buying.
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Summary: "Can you see?" I can't stop seeing!
Review: I can best sum this film as a police thriller in the future. Its story line in itself provides an entrancing mixture of suspense, thrills, and action (all naturally embellished by Speilberg's direction). But there's more to this film than that.The entire movie is filmed with monotonous colors (except for one flashback scene). There are many gray, black, white, and blue colors (similar to the way "Payback" was filmed). I wouldn't doubt that the coloring of the film adds an artistic level to it, and perhaps highlights some important motifs. It also makes the future world appear darker and gritter, despite the effects of excessive commercialization. There are other interesting motifs involved, including water (water water everywhere!) and eyeballs (many closeups of eyeballs, not to mention the fact that the main character gets new eyeballs installed in his sockets). There are a lot of interesting devices in the film that gives it cinemagraphic depth. The film's ideas of the future in themselves are interesting, particularly since they are derived from a compilation of minds. There are holograms everywhere and retnail scans everywhere. Privacy is starting to become abolished. Genetic technology was discussed briefly. There are many other aspects, but the most abundant seems to be the role of visual graphics. Holograms and motion video have become a part of daily life - everything is in motion. People can even manipulate the video images with their hands, as if they were orchestrating them in a holographic orchestra. The characters of the film are fairly well developed. I found the most interesting characters to be the 'precogs' who can detect murders before they happen. They remind me of the guild navigators from "Dune," only the precogs are more emotional and traumatized characters. Overall, I found this to be a very enjoyable film, perhaps even the best Speilberg film of them all (it is certainly my favourite Tom Cruise film). It's visions of the future, characters, and story have stuck to my brain like an echo. I can't help but to see it again...and again...like an echo...
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Summary: Boring report
Review: I can't believe that's a Steven Spielberg film, if you're expecting action in this movie, forget it immediately ! The theatrical trailer is all that you've seen. Only a few minutes of action compared to over 120 minutes of tedious conversation, the film ends with a simple suicide of Max Von Sydow, that's too much ! Dts sound or not, it isn't helpful when the story line is boring.
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Summary: Great movie, blah special features disc.
Review: "Minority Report," which works as a mystery, a sci-fi film and a pretty damn exciting adventure film, one of the best films of 2002. It is, at different points, thrilling, creepy, funny, confusing and inspired. The acting is great, for Tom Cruise, in some of the scenes mourning his son, escapes his usual bravado to show some of that talent he so rarely gets to show in an action film. Max von Sydow, Colin Farrell, Tim Blake Nelson, Samantha Morton and, particularly, the scene-stealing, brilliant Lois Smith also give compelling, supporting performances. The plot is labyrinth, and the payoff is, for the most part, rewarding, though the ending could've been a bit less conventional. (Why, after such a wacky ride of a movie, are we left with a chase through the annals of a hotel? And what is with that ultra-happy ending? I hear there's a theory that part's all faked, but I think that theory's a result of some disappointed moviegoers.) My main complaint with the DVD packaging is the extra supplemental disc. Why create a whole second disc and put so little compelling information on it? The documentary is, mostly, Cruise and Spielberg patting themselves and each other on the back. It doesn't delve too much into the actual crafting of the movie's plot or story. It just presents it, point blank, as "We wanted to work together, and we found this script." The mechanics behind the film are inspired, and I wanted to know more. I wanted commentary tracks. I wanted how-to stories about the plausibility of the future gadgets. I got a 20-minute movie about how brilliant Spielberg is. I got a four-page essay on the film work of Tom Cruise, which I already knew about. I love the movie. Give me the good stuff about it.
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Summary: I'd need an entire fleet of trucks...
Review: ...as many as I could find just to drive through SOME of the many holes in this plot.
For the life of me I can't understand why this film has been so well received critically.
My wife and I discussed this film's failures for two full days after viewing it. Once a conversation would begin it would lead us into more "well what about this" and "how did that" type of threads.
Certainly the film was interesting to look at, but was ultimately only swiss cheese.
Glad my copy of the Blade Runner DVD arrived a couple of days ago. I could always watch The Matrix again, too. Two films of which I never tire.
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Summary: Gripping
Review: I'm a Tom Cruise fan, but am able to distinguish his good films from the bad. I loved this movie for its creativity, ingenuity, and uniqueness. Many movies nowadays are altered reincarnations of other movies that don't differ much. It's refreshing to see a movie with a unique, and interesting concept. The movie does require one's attention so that much isn't missed, but overall, not too bad to follow. As far as any plot holes that one may complain about, they're insignificant issues that can be dismissed without taking away from the overall plot of the movie. I was torn when I saw A.I., so it was refreshing to enjoy this Spielberg film. Loved it!
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Summary: Not a great movie, but something to watch.
Review: First thing... when we first see DC of the future (only about 50 years) the vast majority of the city is "futuristic" including streets for automated vehicles, rounded buildings we've come to love in futuristic movies, retinal scanners, walking talking holograms, etc, etc. Mankind did all this in about 50 years? What a jump.
As for the film, I'll give you that it does have plot holes. The eyeball trick to get Cruise into the police station after he got "convicted" for murder did make me wonder. I mean, granted, all access was given because the computer recognized his retina. But wouldn't someone recognize his face?
This wouldn't be a buy type movie. ...
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Summary: Among the best of 2002
Review: I remember the anticipation. This summer, I couldn't wait to see my favorite director's new movie. I was positive Steven Spielberg wouldn't let me down, but I never expected so great a result. Minority Report is one of 2002's best movies, and besides Schindler's List, it's Spielberg's best movie yet.
I was going nuts man. My armpits were sweating and I kept moving around in my seat and bothering my friends sitting around me. I mean, at this movie, the crowd functioned as a whole. Everyone went AHHHH at the same time, everyone shifted their bodies in disbelief at the same time, and everyone shut the heck up at the important parts. Seeing Minority Report on opening night was a truly memorable experience.
Everything about Minority Report is truly imaginative. The setting is the year 2054 in Washington D.C. Thanks to a new system called Pre-Crime, there hasn't been a murder in years. The head of the Pre-Crime unit is John Anderton (Tom Cruise). Not long into the movie, Anderton is accused of the future murder of a man he's never met. So, the chase begins. This would be easy to take in, provided we knew Anderton would be innocent. But, you have to wait until the deadline to find out.
As unbelievable as many of the scenes in Minority Report seem, the realism is amazing. Of course, it's the future, so the world has advanced in many different ways. There's all kind of high-tech vehicles and guns, but not once did I say, "that looks fake." I just sat and watched. I was stupefied. Minority Report is a movie with incredible special effects, yet the movie is so darn good that they don't distract you. Here is a movie that doesn't make one mistake. It's not just excellent suspense and action; it's powerful drama. Minority Report is twisted, on-target, and beautiful.
This is one of the best movies of 2002.
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Summary: should have been a winning combination
Review: Let's see, Philip K. Dick, Tom Cruise, and Stephen Speilberg... should have been a winning combination. Spielberg has brought us some of the greatest movies (Jaws, Raiders of the Lost Ark, Close Encounters), and it is safe to say that he is one of contemporary America's greatest filmmakers (certainly one of the most influential), but with Minority Report he failed to reach the greatness found in his previous movies. Tom Cruise is one of our biggest box office draws, and with good reason, he's a great actor. But Cruise has always been stronger in dramatic roles rather than action roles (compare Magnolia with Mission Impossible). And Philip Dick is one of our greatest science fiction writers--ie, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep. I haven't read 'Minority Report' but it has an interesting premise: in the near future 'Precogs' see murders before they happen and the PreCrime Police arrest the perp _before_ the murder takes place (which causes the philosopher in me to ask all kinds of questions), but a mistake is made, and the chase begins. Unfortunately the movie is predictable from the beginning all the way through to the end. The effects, which were touted as magnificant, were good, but nothing like what you find in The Matrix or the Lord of the Rings. It's an entertaining film, one I'd say rent and watch, but I'm not sure about purchasing the dvd. This movie could have been so much, great writer, great actor, great director, but in the end, it simply fizzles.
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