Could it be a Screenplay Problem?

Rating: 2/10 (14 March 2003)

*spoilers*
Minority report was an okay movie for the first while. The last act really bombed. Why? I suspect it had to do with a hasty screenplay rewrite. I'll bet anything that in the original draft of the screenplay, the man in the hotel room (Crow) really was the man who abducted our hero's son, he is shot dead on purpose, and the movie ends darkly. Spielberg could not allow such a dark ending, so he ordered a hasty screenplay rewrite that tacks on an absurd fourth act, complete with jarring plotholes.
Think about it. If the movie ended in the hotel room, without the lame conspiracy plot, all this movie's plotholes would be gone. This is just another example of the way that Hollywood wrecks movies. You couldn't possibly have a mainstream summer blockbuster if the main character was actually a murderer. If the movie stars a criminal and has a sad ending, it would make less money. Mom, Pop, little Billy and Spot wouldn't understand that. They don't like criminals. They like happy endings. So it's worth it to ruin the story by adding a poorly thought out and overly long fourth act.
It's disgusting. Yet another symptom of what's wrong with America.