Duh, people!

Rating: 8/10 (13 July 2002)

I've been reading the reviews, and frankly I got *real* sick of people writing a review for a movie they obviously knew none of the background to. I believe one person said it was "cliche entertainment," that it's all been done before. No way, really? Probably because there was a TV movie done back in 1988. Or that it was a book long before then. Did it EVER occur to any of these people that it's the OTHER movies which are cliched, and that this one is trying to pay at least a little homage to the guy who invented a lot of this? Forget Tom Clancy. Ludlum's been writing this stuff longer.
But, I got a similar vibe from people about "Minority Report," too. It hasn't occurred to 98% of the viewership that it's based on a story written, what, 40, 50 years ago? PKD is the *man*. He's the reason the twisted plot is so popular now. I hate idiots who write without understanding.
I dig this movie. It's fun. Sure, it deviates from the original story, but oh well. That was written way-back-when, and it's been updated a little. And, much as I never really cared about Matt Damon at all, I think he did a pretty decent job with this character. Thumbs up.