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Summer Movies 2002 -- Minority Report

Posted By: Stephen, on host 68.7.171.9
Date: Sunday, June 23, 2002, at 13:48:08
In Reply To: Summer Movies 2002 posted by Sam on Monday, May 13, 2002, at 16:53:08:

> June 21 - Minority Report
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> Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in a movie based on a Philip K. Dick novel. The idea is, in the future, the police force can learn of crimes before they happen and arrest the perpetrators for crimes they would have committed had they not been arrested first. Cruise plays a cop who suddenly finds himself a wanted man. I'm lukewarm on Tom Cruise, but Spielberg is The Man.

I saw this last night. I'm a huge fan of PKD but the movies based on his work have a tendency of not being too hot (excepting Blade Runner, of course). To compound things, Minority Report is my favorite PKD story, so I was particularly interested in how it would be adapted. Like Sam, I'm leery of Cruise and I wasn't nearly as hot on Spielberg after the horrible experience of AI last summer.

Despite all of these reservations, I dug the movie quite a bit. Certainly the most interesting movie this year and it has inspired quite a bit of thought in me. I like the way the story handled some of the implications of the set-up a bit better than the movie (which sort of glossed over some things), but it was a very worthy adaptation and a great film in its own right.

I also have this weird suspicion it may beat Star Wars and Two Towers for the Visual Effects Oscar this year -- the integration of the CGI into the phenomenal design of the world seemed both fantastic and completely plausible at the same time. Quite a feat.

As I said, however, I have some problems with some points raised by the screenplay that I don't feel were entirely resolved. I'm a bit more reserved in my praise of it than I was last night. It was definitely a great experience, and I'm hoping that perhaps a second viewing will clear up some of my problems (if anyone happens to see it and like it, I strongly reccomend the original story, which can be found in a number of collections of Dick's work).

Stephen

P.S. That this movie got rated PG-13 is quite surprising to me, in that it contained a few scenes which I found disturbing. I can't imagine that a child would be able to handle it. It's amazing how your film will get rated "R" the instant you mention sex or drugs in any sort of explicit manner, but violence is always cool.

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Message:	> > June 21 - Minority Report > > > > Steven Spielberg directs Tom Cruise in a movie based on a Philip K. Dick novel. The idea is, in the future, the police force can learn of crimes before they happen and arrest the perpetrators for crimes they would have committed had they not been arrested first. Cruise plays a cop who suddenly finds himself a wanted man. I'm lukewarm on Tom Cruise, but Spielberg is The Man. > > I saw this last night. I'm a huge fan of PKD but the movies based on his work have a tendency of not being too hot (excepting Blade Runner, of course). To compound things, Minority Report is my favorite PKD story, so I was particularly interested in how it would be adapted. Like Sam, I'm leery of Cruise and I wasn't nearly as hot on Spielberg after the horrible experience of AI last summer. > > Despite all of these reservations, I dug the movie quite a bit. Certainly the most interesting movie this year and it has inspired quite a bit of thought in me. I like the way the story handled some of the implications of the set-up a bit better than the movie (which sort of glossed over some things), but it was a very worthy adaptation and a great film in its own right. > > I also have this weird suspicion it may beat Star Wars and Two Towers for the Visual Effects Oscar this year -- the integration of the CGI into the phenomenal design of the world seemed both fantastic and completely plausible at the same time. Quite a feat. > > As I said, however, I have some problems with some points raised by the screenplay that I don't feel were entirely resolved. I'm a bit more reserved in my praise of it than I was last night. It was definitely a great experience, and I'm hoping that perhaps a second viewing will clear up some of my problems (if anyone happens to see it and like it, I strongly reccomend the original story, which can be found in a number of collections of Dick's work). > > Stephen > > P.S. That this movie got rated PG-13 is quite surprising to me, in that it contained a few scenes which I found disturbing. I can't imagine that a child would be able to handle it. It's amazing how your film will get rated "R" the instant you mention sex or drugs in any sort of explicit manner, but violence is always cool.
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