A mediocre film with alot of nifty effects

Rating: 5/10 (27 June 2002)

Spoiler Alert After reading much of the praise for Minority report i tried not to be come overly excited, because very few movies ever live up to the hype. And I'm afraid this one didnt either. I was able to enjoy it while I was watching, but as soon as this film was over I started noticing just how poorly it was done.
The happy ending almost robs the story of any meaning. The viewer walks out undisturbed and unchallenged, because they know that the good guys will win... Why couldnt he have given alittle less sunny picture of the future, and reminded the viewer why we should guard against a policy such as "pre-crime"? Instead no one is really hurt from pre-crime, all is resolved in the end...... I mean WTF? I guess going over board to prevent terrorism is okay, because we'll wake up and realize a super strict policy against possible suspects isnt a good idea, and no one will really be hurt....
Well anyway, the storyline is so weak, and predictable they have to make the Fed look super evil. I mean they dont want us thinking he may be a normal person.. I mean normal people dont do bad things right....
Despite all this my main problem was that the characters werent really likeable, I think the writing was probably at fault here. The characters werent really life like, they didnt have distint personalities, or atleast we didnt get to see enough to become emotionally involved. Tom Cruise's character is only person we get to know abit about, and I really didnt feel all that much for him either.
Well I didnt hate this film, but I was more upset that a story with some meaning was completely ruined by poor writing and bad directing.
Well screw this movie, I'm going to go see Insomnia and About a Boy again.