Minority Report

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

My new goal is to agree with you as much as possible.

A worthy goal that all should aspire to.

[Deebs]

Minority Report sucks.

How am I doing, GD?

[JWBear]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

My new goal is to agree with you as much as possible.

Including voting for Obama? Good man!

[innerSpaceman]

And I LOVE Minority Report.

Though I didn't when I first saw it. First, the trailer had given away all but one of the action setpieces, definition of "Spoiler." I also was bothered that the whodunit was obvious, when what was not-so-obvious was that the movie is a prime example of style over substance.


It's a brilliant homage to noir filmmaking, with no less hackneyed a plot than the myriad films it salutes.


I loved the blue/white, washed out cinematography and art design that perfectly conveyed both Noir and Future, capturing the essence of Philip K. Dick's mileau.


I even, lord help me, enjoyed Tom Cruise's performance, was enthralled with Samantha Morton's, and don't much care if Colin Farrell reads the phonebook. Spielberg's proficient directorial flair was on display throughout.

It had a neat sci-fi, moral-dilemma gimmick concept, and a fun Noir film wrongly-accussed man-on-the-run plot. Well-executed in every department. I daresay far better than most of the films it cribbed from.



I have no idea what's not to like about this movie ... except, of course, that I didn't much like it when I first saw it. I'm glad something persuaded me to give it a second chance. It's easily one of my favorite hundred films.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by JWBear

Including voting for Obama? Good man!

Let me rephrase.

For rhetorical purposes of bringing GD pain, I will pretend to agree with GD as often as possible.

[mousepod]

GD - my guess about our respective feelings about Tank Girl:

You saw the movie cold. For what it was, a schticky, silly mess of a post-apocalypse fantasy flick, it might not be too bad.

I saw the movie after having been a HUGE fan of the comic book. The original Jamie Hewlett/Alan Martin was fantastic, unlike any other comic I'd ever read. The movie was not only a crappy adaptation, but singlehandedly killed a potential franchise. I wept.

[Mousey Girl]

Minority Report is one of the many dvds that I own, but have yet to watch.

[Tref]

I love MR. Indeed, when my neighbor and I get together and play scenes from our favorite films (see recent MM thread) we always play one or two scenes from MR. I would say, from the moment the ball rolls out inscribed with John Anderton's name to the moment John drives away from the bad guys in the new car there is not a single dull moment; and some of the very best actions set pieces in any movie I have ever seen.

And I am a guy what loves action movies. My first question when recommended a new movie: does it have karate?

[mousepod]

Why I still subscribe to The New York Times:

'Minority Report,'' [is] a muscular and dense exercise of skill and verve.
... 'Minority Report'' may be the most adult film Mr. Spielberg has made in some time. It's about the bloody blurring of passion and violence: a compassionate noir.

'A.I.'' is the best fairy tale -- the most disturbing, complex and intellectually challenging boy's adventure story -- Mr. Spielberg has made.

"Tank Girl" is a comic-based movie with the flashy pop style of a real comic book, but that's a mixed blessing. It's a comic book that takes an hour and three-quarters to read, for one thing. And its storytelling isn't moved forward by anything better than an occasional need to turn the page.

[Alex]

I enjoyed Minority Report well enough until the end. When the big cover up is revealed the logic of it is so flawed that it destroyed the entire movie for me (story wise).