i saw minority report today

[amelia]

the story was good

tommy did a great job

the special effects were super

but..i wasn't THAT impressed...i expected to be more impressed by it...i guess summer blockbusters have a higher standard to entertain..or something..

has anyone else seen it? what was your opinion?

 

[Spinaroonie]

I dedicate this first post to Tom Cruise's braces!

 

[Private Vasquez]

I thought it was fun in a mindless sorta way. It was somewhat predictable for me, but not so much so that it ruined it.

It was neat, but nothing to write home about.

 

[Gamelover221]

So...is it worth seeing in theater? Or should I wait for video?

 

[teddybear4play]

I thought it was pretty good. I was expecting a big clunker like A.I.

Though my problem was my idiot friend misread the time on the ticket and we showed up a few minutes after the movie had already started. So the only seats were right down in front, and I had to crane my neck for 2½ hours.

But the effects were cool. I want some of those hand-mover thingies. Those are sweet.

TB4p

 

[medjay]

Philip K. Dick stories seem to translate well to the big screen. Blade Runner, Total Recall and now Minority Report.

Maybe I'll actually read some of his stuff.

 

[amelia]

Though my problem was my idiot friend misread the time on the ticket and we showed up a few minutes after the movie had already started.

the exact same thing happened to me! we missed like the first five minutes...which drives me nuts..i'm a total "on time" person

 

[ilovewriting]

the story was good

tommy did a great job

the special effects were super

but..i wasn't THAT impressed...

I have not seen it yet, however that is EXACTLY what i predicted it would be like. Thanks for your comments, i wont go see it now you have confirmed my suspicions.

 

[Laurel]

I saw it today. Could've stood a bit more editing, as some scenes were waay too long and others were unnecessary. Everyone I know talked about how "dark" the movie is, but I didn't find it to be that dark. In face, I thought the ending was kinda schmaltzy/happy/cheesy. Definitely not of the caliber of Brazil or 1984. It's plagued with the sort of inconsistencies you find in movies about cops & the future (i.e. one minute they can track him down in seconds; the next he can drive hundreds of miles unnoticed). Also, there's a lot of effects for effects sake, which lengthen the movie for no purpose. That said, it's visually appealing and it keeps you interested all the way through. It's not a brilliant movie, but certainly not a bad one. Worth seeing in the theater.

 

[Mellon Collie]

In face, I thought the ending was kinda schmaltzy/happy/cheesy.

Laurel, you're on a roll.

 

[Laurel]

Kaiser or poppy seed?

 

[SXCRgirl]

I saw it today. I thought it was entertaining and worth seeing on the big screen. The effects were great and I think something is amiss when you see it on DVD. I'm not a big Tom Cruise fan so the acting was okay.

I preferred the Bourne Identity over this one. Mmmmm... Matt Damon.

 

[Susano]

Philip K. Dick stories seem to translate well to the big screen. Blade Runner, Total Recall and now Minority Report.

Maybe I'll actually read some of his stuff.

Do it! Some of the best short stories ever written. I like Faith of our Fathers, War With the Fnools... hell, all of them. His novels are good too. A Maze of Death, Solar Lottery, and of course Man in the High Castle.

 

[ZIP CODE]

*****I'VE BEEN STARTING TO THINK THAT SPEILBERG IS INSULTING US WITH HIS MOVIES LATELY.

There are too many obvious inconsistancies in his stories.

***For instance :

Jurassic Park - The scene in which the T-Rex shoves the car over the ledge and it falls down into the tree. Okay...where did the ledge come from? The scene before it shows a lamb tied to a pole on the other side of the fence. And when the T-Rex breaks through the fence, there's no ledge or anything.

Minority Report - People see the future. Murderers kill the victims. Tom Cruise stops it from happening. So murderers didn't kill. So wouldn't the albino psychic people in the water see what actually 'is' the future instead of what happens when the cops intervene?? What's going on? And what about that crap about, "You can still choose". What?! If someone sees the future then that's the damn future. What ever you choose should be what the psychics see in the first place.

***I think Steven Speilberg thinks we're all idiots who are only interested in special effects. He thinks, "Hey, if I through a lot of CGI creatures and nothing-to-do-with anything scene about eye transplants...everyone will completely forget the fact that the plot doesn't make sense.

DAMN IT!! I'M INSULTED!!

**Much like George Lucas and the new Star Wars movies. (I did enjoy the second one) but he goes completely overboard with the CGI crap. It's like he forgot that his first triology which started in the 70's didn't have any CGI at all! And it was great!!

Anyways....that's my two cents.

Love Zip Code

 

[Spinaroonie]

*****I'VE BEEN STARTING TO THINK THAT SPEILBERG IS INSULTING US WITH HIS MOVIES LATELY.

Yeah. He thinks that a space alien would like earth candy! What a retard!

 

[tortoise]

Definitely not of the caliber of Brazil...

Best move EVER.

(said in Simpson's Comic Book Guy voice)

I have the 5 DVD Criterion set, which I highly recommend.


"Care for a little necrophilia?"

 

[427cobra]

the story was good

tommy did a great job

the special effects were super

but..i wasn't THAT impressed...i expected to be more impressed by it...i guess summer blockbusters have a higher standard to entertain..or something..

has anyone else seen it? what was your opinion?

was it my imagination or did the movie look a bit hazy and out of focus

 

[SadnonMage]

RE: Minority Report

I was considering seeing this film on the big screen......But I'll wait and just see it on my 27" one.

I never saw Blade Runner in the theater, but it is one of the most impressive videos I own(director's cut of course).


SM

 

[amelia]

i'm glad i saw it on the big screen...it wasn't a bad movie..it was just a little disappointing...

 

[Laurel]

Best move EVER.

(said in Simpson's Comic Book Guy voice)

I have the 5 DVD Criterion set, which I highly recommend.


"Care for a little necrophilia?"

Absolutely. Terry Gilliam is a god.

"Confess quickly! If you hold out too long, you'll jeopardize your credit rating."

 

[ZIP CODE]

Re: Re: i saw minority report today

was it my imagination or did the movie look a bit hazy and out of focus

It wasn't your imagination. Speilberg used this same filming technique in the movie Saving Private Ryan. It gives the film a not-so-filmy look. It made sense in Private Ryan, but in a futuristic sci-fi action thriller, it's all about trying to have style.

Has anyone else noticed that Speilberg is trying to be Kubrick in this movie? I guess he liked doing A.I. a lot.

Zip Code

 

[Shaq]

Kaiser or poppy seed?

Kaiser if you want a quality roll

Poppy seed if you know you're going to fail a drug test and you need a good excuse

 

[tortoise]

Braaaaaaaziiiiiiil

Absolutely. Terry Gilliam is a god.

"Confess quickly! If you hold out too long, you'll jeopardize your credit rating."

I could watch it 1,000 times and never get tired of it. The visual style is amazing, of course, but thing I really noticed the last time I watched it was the brilliant casting. Every single person completely OWNS their role, to the extent that you couldn't possibly see anyone else playing it. Jonathan Pryce IS the befuddled dreamer Sam Lowry. Ian Holm IS the jittery Kurtzmann. Katherine Helmond IS the self-obsessed Ida. DeNiro IS the stoic heroic Tuttle. Bob Hoskins IS the Central Services repairman ("Do you have a 27B stroke 6?" "Not... as such."). Michael Palin IS the smarmy Jack. Kim Greist IS the gritty but angelic Jill Layton.

Sorry. Got carried away. I just fucking love that movie... LOL.

 

[medjay]

Re: Braaaaaaaziiiiiiil

I could watch it 1,000 times and never get tired of it. The visual style is amazing, of course, but thing I really noticed the last time I watched it was the brilliant casting. Every single person completely OWNS their role, to the extent that you couldn't possibly see anyone else playing it. Jonathan Pryce IS the befuddled dreamer Sam Lowry. Ian Holm IS the jittery Kurtzmann. Katherine Helmond IS the self-obsessed Ida. DeNiro IS the stoic heroic Tuttle. Bob Hoskins IS the Central Services repairman ("Do you have a 27B stroke 6?" "Not... as such."). Michael Palin IS the smarmy Jack. Kim Greist IS the gritty but angelic Jill Layton.

Sorry. Got carried away. I just fucking love that movie... LOL.

Given Terry Gilliams track record for making good and successful movies you'd think he would be able to get a budget.

He's spent that last couple of years trying to find a studio to finance his adaptation of Neil Gaiman's Good Omens but the project has been indefinately shelved because no Hollywood execs trust him to create a blockbuster.

If he didn't prove himself with 12 Monkeys then I guess he never will.

 

[AzureAngel]

In terms of pure enjoyment, I really did enjoy the movie. I don't think it's one of my favorite movies, but I was very much entertained throughout it. There were holes in the logic, various little this and thats, but I if I sit and look for these things I won't enjoy any movie.

Movies are often about storytelling. Storytelling's about entertainment - occasionally learning some sort of lesson. Most stories I hear/read/view require some suspension of logic. There's the choice to be the sort that says, "Excuse me? That's ridiculous for this reason," or the one to just let it slide and be entertained in spite of the flaws.

If I were to actively look for the flaws while watching movies, I worry how much I'd feel like I wasted my money. Not that there aren't some flicks where you're just slapped with the illogic. I don't feel that Minority Report was one of those movies. I see the "HOW DO PSYCHICS SEE THE MURDER WHEN ITS STOPPED" point, but really. I'm not a psychic/precog, I don't know how it works. I know how it's supposed to work according to theory and other stories. *Shrugs.* I could throw together a counter-theory for how it works, or how it works in this movie/story.

Look at it kind of like the use of magic. In some movies, people have to do a ritual to cast a spell, some have to just say some words, some don't have to do any of that at all. In some people draw on a magical force within themselves, others they draw it from their environment, other from gods. Can you really sit there and say, "NO THATS NOT HOW THIS FICTICIOUS POWER WORKS!@#" ? It's a different idea on how it works, a different system, just let it be and enjoy.

I can't justify a Spielberg to Lucas comparison. The last two Star Wars have been so phenomenally horrible it's not funny. Granted, A.I. sucked, too, but even that was better than Episode 2. Usually, Spielberg movies at least entertain me, even if there are flaws in it.

I don't even know why I typed this much. I'm bored and I need to shower. I think it's that I was personally very entertained by the movie and would hope that people don't go see it for more or less minor reasons. Rawr.