A 'Report' on the best film of the half-year/ movies of the second half of 2k2

Rating: 10/10 (23 June 2002)

Steven Spielberg returns to greatness with Minority Report. After slacking on the job with his films in the last decade, the man who once showed the world movies made by a genious director has finally returned from a decade of slumber. In Minority Report spielberg unites with Tom Cruise, who here is at his best to produce a masterwork futuristic science fiction/film-noir. Having viewed The Maltese Falcon and The Big Sleep for ideas Spielberg had crafted the best film-noir mystery to come upon the big screen since Christopher Nolan`s masterpiece Memento. Creating dazzling chase scenes mixed with a mystery, Spielberg as a director is at his best. Tom Cruise plays John Anderton,a grieving father who had lost a son 6 years earlier. John is the head of a pre-crime unit in the district of columbia,the year 2054.When John sees a vision from 3 precog units who are psychicly able to see crimes of murder that will happen in the future he goes on the run. The futuristic setting is very reminicent to, but not as dark as Blade Runner,cars move along the sides of buildings, and people can get their eyes surgically replaced with a new pair for a couple thousand dollars on the street. John believes that he was framed by Ed Witwer played by Colin Farell and must find the man that he is supposedly going to murder within 72 hours while also eluding capture on behalf of his former associates. I will not going to go into detail about the plot here. Minority Report is a wonderful film, a masterpiece of a blend of sci-fi/film-noir. Steven Spielberg has a reference to his late friend Stanley Kubrick with a scene or two symbolic to Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange and a scene reminiscent to Tom Cruises character in Vanilla Sky. ****
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NOTE: The first half of 2002 has almost wrapped up and what a half year it has been and what a second half year is to come.... The best films of the half year have been... 1.Minority Report 2.Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust --- truly recommended 3.Insomnia 4.Metropolis(animated japanese version) 5.Panic Room 6.Y tu mama tambien 7.Frailty 8.Spiderman(only good because of the comic book roots and the cgi) 9. Brotherhood of the wolf
note: while all of the 9 films above have been the best of the 1st half of 2002 only Minority Report (a masterpiece),Insomnia,Vampire Hunter D, and Metropolis will likely be on my top 10 by the years end.
2nd half of 2002 promises to be a great half indeed to finish off the greatest (in my opinion)film year in the last decade...
some films of entertainment include... Austin Powers in Goldmemeber,Abandon,Reign of Fire,Die Another Day,XXX,rob zombie's House of 1000 Corpses, other good films will be... 1.feardotcom 2.full frontal, 3.Ecks vs. Sever 4.Ghost ship 5.8 Mile then the best of 2002 that will be oscar racers will be ... (not in any order of best)... 1.One Hour Photo 2.Gangs of New York 3.Road To Perdition 4.Solaris 5.Catch me if you can 6.Red Dragon(the prequel to silence of the lambs) 7.Lord of the rings:The two towers 8.Signs 9.the rules of attraction (the child pulp fiction so to speak) 10.Confessions of a dangerous mind
note: Minority Report should definetly be up for an oscar in the 'Best Film' category.