interesting 'blue moment' sci-fi

Rating: 8/10 (11 October 2002)

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philip k. dick has been a popular writer to be used for a script, some of the movies turning out good, some not so good. i was a little afraid about tom cruise getting the lead role for minority report, but luckily he didn't blew it. but still, something tells the fact that the side roles were much more memorable, for example agathea the freaky woman and peter stormare's crazy dentist character. max won sydow was downright lame in his role, and the woman playing cruise's wife had no purpose whatsover there, but sure she has to be there. the other cops were pretty good actors, except for the wuss in the tank with the freaks. colin farrell is starting to get to my favorite actors list (like i had one), he's excellent as the annoyingly eager detective. tom cruise is, well, tom cruise. maybe a little better, older, not so cocky tom cruise.
steven spielberg, in my opinion, is starting to move into another level of directing. his latest films a.i. and minority report have been interesting, both up until the last 20 minutes or so. stevie is just too optimistic, otherwise okay, heh.
i can't say enough about the beautiful cinematography, which fits more than well into a dickian world. the special effects are splendid, i especially liked the scene where cruise jumps from a car to another. and the best thing is, the computer graphics don't steal the movie, but serve a purpose well.
the plot was clear and somewhat predictable, and after seeing the movie i started wandering about a few things. first, how was the murderer able to murder the detective without
the machine giving any balls? i understood how he spoofed the
first murder, but not the second, the eye detection system. do you think sunglasses, contact lenses and blinking your eyelids will become illegal in the near future, steven? third, the miraculous thinking metal spiders that didn't fit into the movies near future theme at all. they were more like, oh i dunno, 3054's?
a beautiful film to watch and listen, features action, drama and darkness, just, if you'd add a little unpredictability, then we might use the recepy again to make one helluva movie. watch out for some crazy fast dialogue and background gimicks by the way, there are some funny moments that go by as fast as in the simpsons.
a surprising film in a sense that i can really recommend it for anyone to see.
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