Enjoyable but no Blade Runner

Rating: 7/10 (25 February 2003)

Certainly some negative comments voiced here are pointless and probably intended to wind people up. However, this is not a reason to go over the top in response with praise for this movie.
This is a beautiful film, no argument. Speilberg knows how to frame a shot better than anyone and his cinematography is stunning. However, it suffers (like AI before it) from a forced injection of sentimentality and slush at the end, a very guessable plot (and this from someone who usually fails to guess; the old chap was just so obviously up to no good), and -- most importantly -- excessive media hype, which led the viewer to expect another BLADE RUNNER.
After coming out of the cinema I gave it a 6/10 (good; above average) because of the latter; now some reflection and a viewing without preconceptions pushes me more towards 7/10 (very good; excellent, but not an all-time classic).