Minority Report
2002 Directed by Steven Spielberg
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The system is perfect until it comes after you.
John Anderton is a top "Precrime" cop in the late-21st century, when technology can predict crimes before they're committed. But Anderton becomes the quarry when another investigator targets him for a murder charge. Can Anderton find a glitch in the system and prove his innocence before it's too late?
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I've always felt it loses some steam in the last half hour but it's a great film either way. Samantha Morton in particular is amazing in this.
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An ambitious and daring visionary experience crafted with breathtaking imagination and intelligence. Steven Speilberg's technical mastery and Phillip K. Dick's ingenious source material combine to create a immensely complex dystopian worlds that will dazzle your senses and challenge your mind. One of the best sci-fi thrillers of the last 20 years, Speilberg proves yet again that when giving more mature material he can work magic with it.
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"Who is he? "
"I have no idea! I've never heard of him! But I'm supposed to kill him in less than thirty-six hours."This film is definitely up there with Jaws and Raiders Of The Lost Ark as some of Spielberg's best, and also one of the most engaging sci-fi thrillers I've seen.
The depiction of the future, along with the production design and the technology they use, is all instantly believable, whilst being slightly terrifying at the same time (oh, hello retina scanners everywhere). Then there's the action scenes (jetpacksjetpacksjetpacks) and the acting, with Samantha Morton's Agatha being the highlight, that "RUUUUUUUUUUNN!" is genuinely spine-chilling.This really is one of the best sci-fi movies of the 00's, and probably one of Tom Cruise's best as well. Screw you, Oblivion.
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"Why'd you catch that?"
"Because it was going to fall."
"You're certain?"
"Yeah."
"But it didn't fall. You caught it. The fact that you prevented it from happening doesn't change the fact that it was going to happen.""John, don't run."
You don't have to chase me."
"You don't have to run."
"Everybody runs, Fletch."I've seen Minority Report a couple of times by now, but I haven't really seen it until tonight. I always found it an enjoyable film, but when you really look at it, it's one of the best sci-fi films out there. And appropriately enough, seeing and knowing what is going to happen in it doesn't change the fact that it's a riveting journey with unpredictable…
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One of Steven Spielberg's finest: a thrilling whodunnit that balances a plethora of genres, blockbuster spectacle and smart storytelling to create one of the most truly satisfying films of the noughties.
Arguably its one of Tom Cruises best roles, here he dumps his "Tom Cruise" routine for a hero morally flawed but emotionally committed to a system which is used against him that evolves into a climax that's not just twisty and exhilarating but arrives with an emotional wallop. A script by Scott Frank (Out of Sight, Get Shorty) and Jon Cohen is delicately plotted to up the tension and debates the idea of free-will versus determinism but it's also enriched with wonderful old-school pieces of dialogue that are reminiscent…
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Hadn't seen it since it first came out 10 years ago. Remembered hating its hybrid shiny/grungy future aesthetic and sub-Columbo whodunnitry. Reverse Shot's recent reconsideration of Spielberg's entire output made curious to watch it again. If anything, I disliked it even more this time. Every aspect of the production and plot feel over-engineered, with the admittedly wild premise of psychic slave-detectives continually undercut by generic and utterly outdated tricks of murder fiction, most egregiously when the killer gives himself away by accidentally voicing information that only he could know. ("I never said the victim died by DROWNING ... ") It also shares one of the common failings of high-concept sci-fi – almost every single fucking word of dialogue is basically…
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Una de esas muchas películas que son estropeadas por un final tópico y previsible y que no está al nivel del resto de la película. Spielberg no es un director distinto a la inmensa mayoría, parece que le aterra (y no solo a él) ofrecer un final innovador, distinto y que no sea "happy".
Este penoso final es el que me hace dudar si darle un 8 o un 9, eso sí, por lo que hace al resto del film no tengo que pensármelo, un rotundo 9 para una de las grandes de la ciencia ficción.
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It's alright. The first half is great, actually. It has a couple neat action scenes, an awesome presence, and a distinct visual style that is right up there with Spielberg's and science fiction's best. The second half gets kind of dumb, with a predictable twist and all. It's also about twenty minutes too long.
However, it is entertaining as a neo-noir thriller. Tom Cruise gives a great performance and even though he isn't able to fully immerse himself into the character, he still brings a great deal of tragedy and energy to the film. Colin Farrel is also quite good.
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A smart movie that's not as brave as the sci-fi legacy it draws from. There are a few great performances and a handful of standout scenes, and the script is remarkably lean considering the subject matter. But Minority Report shores up the story with biff-pow action scenes and unconvincing jokes without having much room for either. The ending also drags on past its natural conclusion. I know I'm not the first person to say that this movie should have ended earlier, at a darker or more ambiguous moment.
Minority Report feels like a sharp movie that got its edges filed down. I don't know if it was focus-testing or rewrites, or maybe Steven Spielberg just can't make a movie as good as Blade Runner. This is a movie I liked a lot when it came out. I've just seen better movies since then.
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One of the best sci-fi films ever made my personal favorite! I waited 11 years too long too see this ultra creative masterpiece!
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The plot may not stand up to the scrutiny of those infuriating "15 biggest plot holes" lists that have taken over cinematic critical thinking on the Internet (I may be working on an essay about this plague; if you watch a movie and all you can do is discuss the cohesion of the plot, you're doing it wrong).
Anyway, holy hell is this movie entertaining. This might be Spielberg's best pure action movie that doesn't have the word "Raiders" in the title. The 146 minutes move like a rocket, and the neo-noir framing was a new look for Spielberg. The filmmaking craft on display is dizzying, coming off like the ultimate cocktail of Kubrick and Hitchcock (the spider sequence is…
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Year 2002 for the Summer Blockbuster Challenge
I had till date never seen Minority Report from start to finish and had been very intrigued by it.
What I had heard from other sources was the way a possible future was presented in the film and how some of the technologies shown have become a reality. The detail to the world and the technology is simply astounding and what I appreciated most was the way users were target for advertising, working in advertising myself I appreciated it that much more.
The film keeps you on the edge throughout and at one point I did fell the film had come to an end and different ending it could have been, though this…
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I've always felt it loses some steam in the last half hour but it's a great film either way. Samantha Morton in particular is amazing in this.
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I feel conflicted.
Sci-fi is one of those genres where movies transcend books with no problem. Because ideas might seem cool on paper, but worlds don't truly come to live until they reach the big screen. And that's where Spielberg knocks it out of the park on this one. It obviously looks great and has awesome ideas for interfaces (Kinect and Illumaroom say hi) and apart from some iffy choices (even in 2002, it wouldn't have been too hard to imagine a world without USBsticks, however advanced) most of it holds up. Even the balls rolling down pipes still feels like the future.
Where Minority Report goes wrong for me, is mostly in execution of the story and the way…
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This review reportedly contains spoilers. I can handle the truth.