A plot with Sci Fi!

Rating: 9/10 (16 July 2002)

I go to a movie to be entertained and, most times, I admit it, to escape period. And I love good special-effects Sci Fi movies for that very reason. So I do not get all bent out of shape like some when when an episode of Star Wars or Men in Black doesn't produce a script that causes my mind to yearn for Hitchcock, Orsen Wells, etal. Minority Report, set in the mid-23rd century, moving along at a rapid pace had some very good Computer Generated Imagery yet different than a lot of CGI. The effects were were almost "natural" or should I say well integrated into the movie or better yet, incidental to the story-line. I can credit that on a plot that centered my attention on Tom Cruise's character and one mind-blowing assumption about crime prevention gone wrong to his detriment. I give some credit to Cruise not over acting yet maintaining the tension and helping me care for the character. The Oscar however goes to Mr.Spielberg's direction who had the action moving at such a nice clip that the CGI was just part of the story not something that caused me to stop and think, "how did they do that?" The bottom line for me was I got Sci Fi with a plot. I did not give it a 10 but I did give it a 9. This is not an Epic giant budget mind blowing original Star Wars that you watch 8 or 9 times seeing something new each time. But you could watch this 2 or 3 times and see new stuff. Peace.