Movie Review: Minority Report

Self | 6-21-02 | Slicksadick

[Slicksadick]

Speiberg pulls of a winner, may set a new record for product placements, dark with great cinematography, consumerism run amok. Based on the Philip K. Dick short story set in 2054, the future is bleak, go long on Visine, the retinal scans get overplayed to the Nth degree. Eye popping special effects, Cruise control on the Lexus was breaking the speed limit. Squealberg changes pace in the blink of an eye. Strange (negative)Religious overtones worshiping the precogs in the Temple. Keep your retinas peeled durring the surgical recoverery scene, backgrond video shows a Fox promo for O'Reilly. I Cant believe Speilberg is a closet fan. Happily ever after ending lurches away from the previous pace. Visually stimulating, I give it a 9

[Slicksadick]

Comments?

[newcats]

Fox promo for O'Reilly. I Cant believe Speilberg is a closet fan

Ever heard of satire....parody?

[ChicagoRepublican]

I'm pumped for this movie. I liked Dick's short stories and novels and I enjoyed Blade Runner.

[Slicksadick]

Of course, I'm sure your right.

[Slicksadick]

I think he penned Total Recall as well.

[newcats]

He wrote quite a few great things, then lost it....his last few years were spent in and out of insanity and drugs. What a waste.

[LenS]

Yes, he did write it.

Of course, a writer's popularity with Hollywood increases after death -- no annoying writer to badmouth your changes to his tale. It increases even more when copyright protection vanishes -- Jane Austen, anyone? *g*

[E=MC²]

The following is extracted from the local paper's review:

Spielberg and his screenwriters, Scott Frank and Jon Cohen, pose questions that might annoy the flag wavers unwilling to carefully examine anything the Bush administration does in the name of fighting terrorism: Should government be given free reign when it comes to the tactics used to keep citizens safe? At what point do we shut down crime- fighting operations because of intrinsic flaws in the system(s)? Exactly how much of our personal freedom are we willing to trade away in the name of protection from perceived threats?

Sounds like spielberg is on a mission again to slam the right.

[Paul Atreides]

A little Blade Runner trivia; Phillip K. Dick wanted Victoria Principal, of Dallas, to play the part of Rachel. Ridley Scott, and I guess the producers, said no and went with Sean Young.

[Chairman Fred]

If I remember right, part of Dick's problem was multiple sclerosis. At least, I think that's what it was. Anyone else?

[cgbg]

his last few years were spent in and out of insanity and drugs.

The borderline between insanity and genius is a narrow one, and PKD certainly straddled it--and for more than the last few years! ;-)

What a waste.

Here we disagree. The "sane" PKD tried to write conventional novels in an effort to please the literary establishment. His "best" stuff was when we wrote what he enjoyed and didn't care what anyone thought. The late PKD is a bit "difficult" but it is his unique vision that is beginning to look like our world of the future.

How often have you listened to the "political correctness" of our day and wondered if you were asleep and having one really nasty nightmare--or a really bad acid trip? ;-)

[Slicksadick]

Speaking of drugs, hero is a functioning addict throughout the movie.

[Slicksadick]

Sounds like spielberg is on a mission again to slam the right
I think your right, "Attorney General" is mentioned a few times in a negative manner as the heavy directing the investigation of precrime.

[Crusader Rabbit]

I hadn't thought it possible to make a film of one of PKD's stories that I wouldn't want to go see. Then Spielburg got Half-Pint Pinto to play the leading role in this thing.

All I want to know is how many shots are there of people looking up? (Spielburg is addicted to that shot.)

[about the first 5 minutes of "Total Recall" is PKD's story "We Can Remember it for You Wholesale". The rest of the film is a clever effort at a story that is meant to seem like one of PKD's.]

[jimkress]

Should government be given free reign when it comes to the tactics used to keep citizens safe?

Should be restated as:

Should government be given free reign when it comes to the tactics used for the provision of all needs to its citizens?

And,

At what point do we shut down crime- fighting operations because of intrinsic flaws in the system(s)?

should be:

At what point do we shut down federal welfare and entitlement operations because of intrinsic flaws in the system(s)?

And, finally:

Exactly how much of our personal freedom are we willing to trade away in the name of protection from perceived threats?

should be:

Exactly how much of our personal freedom are we willing to trade away in the name of protection from life's disappointments or perceived inequities?

[Slicksadick]

All I want to know is how many shots are there of people looking up?
LOL I don't recall seeing people looking up, but they may have been there.

[WellsFargo94]

I don't want to see this. Probably because Tom Cruise is just annoying me these days, not sure why - overexposure and hype maybe?

Windtalkers was amazing!

[GeekDejure]

Keep your retinas peeled durring the surgical recoverery scene, backgrond video shows a Fox promo for O'Reilly. I Cant believe Speilberg is a closet fan.

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[John H K]

Windtalkers was amazing!

Did we see the same movie? Actually, much of it was so bad I couldn't even look. I'm not joking.

[Soul Citizen]

Award winning scene for the back alley body parts surgery.

Movie was very well paced.

Audience very attentive, great presentation.

True of the Big Brother implications for recognition software- near future/present parallels.

Overall a futurists delight.