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Hey, everyone. "Moriarty" here with some Rumblings From The Lab.
Not everyone thinks it’s a great film, but I’d be surprised if they did. I will say that there seems to be great enthusiasm for it in many cases, and I’m definitely dying to see if Spielberg has made something really special here.
Check this review out:
Greetings. Leo Crowe here. I’m a long time visitor, first time contributor. I had the privilege of attending a screening of MINORITY REPORT today. And all I can say is WOW! This is THE MATRIX of 2002!! After the highly disappointing (in my opinion) “Artificial Intelligence”, Spielberg is back on track!
It has been a pretty dreadful year at the movies so far. I was excited for “Spider-man”. Didn’t like it. I was excited for “Episode 2”. Didn’t like it. I was excited for “Windtalkers”. Didn’t like it. I was excited about “The Bourne Identity”. Didn’t like it. “Scorpion King”, “Bad Company”, “Scooby-Doo”, all slop. In fact, the only movies I’ve seen this year that I would watch again are “Insomnia” and “Blade 2”. Here are a few examples of the movies that I respond to so that you may get a better idea of my tastes in films. My favorite movies of 2001 were “Memento”, “Moulin Rouge!”, “Amelie”, “Donnie Darko”, “The Royal Tenenbaums”. My favorite movies of 2000 were: “Requiem for a Dream”, “Cast Away”, “Almost Famous”, “Virgin Suicides”, “The Cell”. My favorite movies of 1999 were: “Election”, “Any Given Sunday”, “The Matrix”, “Fight Club”, “Three Kings”. I would also like to mention that I am NOT a fan of “Blade Runner”. (I think it is slow-moving and boring.) If you agree with some of my tastes, you may get a better idea of my thoughts on MINORITY REPORT. If you don’t like the movies
that I like, oh well, I saw MINORITY REPORT and you didn’t.
MINORITY REPORT has an opening that will grip the audience right away and never lets up. It’s thrilling and exciting from the very beginning right until the very end. It’s roller-coaster ride. It’s a masterpiece. MINORITY REPORT is the kind of movie that’s so good, that you, like me, may just sit there in disbelief. I was expecting the movie to start to slow down, but it just doesn’t happen. What’s good about the movie? Everything. The direction is tight, the cinematography is jaw dropping, the editing is phenomenal, and the screenplay is fantastic! I’m predicting Oscar nominations for Cinematography, Visual Effects, Editing, Screenplay and maybe picture and director. (Hard to tell how Academy Voters will react.) But, I also predict that 80-85% of critics will like it. Indeed, I honestly
don’t know how anyone could not like this movie!
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MINORITY REPORT opens with random glimpses of a murder. The footage is heavily edited with lots of quick cuts, some footage is sped up, and other footage is in slo-mo. Some of the footage is also shown in reverse. (The audience is already hooked at this point.) We then find three “pre-cogs” (psychic-like) people with a gift for seeing murders that will occur. The pre-cogs, are kept in a pool of water and are hooked up with headgear that can record their predictions. When the “pre-cogs” get a vision of murder, the name of the victim and of the perpetrator are recorded. Lasers etch the peoples’ names on a wooden ball (It cannot be duplicated this way). Tom Cruise (John Anderton) and other pre-crime officers grab the ball when it comes down a coiled tube and begin to review the recorded images from the “pre-cogs”. This is one of my favorite scenes of the film as John Anderton (Cruise) stands in front of a clear window and begins pulling the holographic images across the screen. With the movement of his hands (also wearing special gloves) Anderton can quickly look at the footage in various ways. For example, by spinning his hand he can rewind or fast forward, he can also enlarge footage to see small details to help find out where the murder will take place. Soon, Anderton and the men have figured out, more or less, where the murder they’re watching will take place and rush to get to the crime scene before the crime occurs. (Like, I said, it’s pretty non-stop!)
Colin Farrell shows up as a detective looking for a flaw in the system. (Before pre-crime is nationalized, the government wants to know that it really is perfect.) We also learn that Anderton is grieving over the loss of his family, but we’re not quite sure of the what, how and why. We soon learn through a well done commercial that plays in the background, that in the years that pre-crime has been instated in Washington, D.C., there have been zero murders in the capitol city. The system is never wrong.
Soon, Anderton, himself finds that his name is on one of the wooden balls. He is in shock because he doesn’t even know the person who he is supposed to kill within 36 hours. He believes that he is being set-up and so he runs. Everybody runs.
For the rest of the film, Anderton is trying to clear his name while trying to avoid arrest. There is an excellent car chase scene and a very good fight scene between Anderton and his fellow officers who have the advantage of having rocket packs. There are also spiders who scan peoples’ retinas looking for suspects. Oh what will John Anderton do that his eyes are being scanned anywhere and everywhere that he goes?!
The title is a little difficult to explain but I’ll try. A “Minority Report” is the images collected from one of the pre-cogs that the other two disagree with. It is rare, but sometimes, one of the pre-cogs (they function as one essentially) interpret the events differently, but majority rules and the minority report is destroyed. Or is it? Could Anderton have a minority report? If so how can he get hold of it?
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Anderton is told that the minority report is kept within one of the pre-cogs’ minds, always the smartest one. “Whose mind?” One of the funniest lines of the film: (matter of factly) “The Female’s” (the other two pre-cogs are male). Anderton must break back into the Pre-Crime headquarters and somehow get the minority report from the mind
of the female pre-cog (Agatha). His eyes are no good, so he has an
operation done on the street. Yes, he has his eyes swapped out, but keeps his in a bag so that he can use them when entering certain otherwise restricted areas. There are some very good scenes where Anderton has taken Agatha out of Pre-Crime headquarters. She knows the future, so she can help him avoid being caught by officers. One scene set in a mall has Agatha telling Anderton to wait while officers close in. The suspense builds as she tells him to wait for the balloon man. Sure enough, just as the officers arrive and look out into the crowded mall, Anderton and Agatha are blocked from their sight by a vendor with a giant bunch of balloons! She also insists he steal an umbrella which also pays off. Don’t make me tell you anymore, just go see it!! P.S. Don’t let other reviewers on this site sway your decision to see this movie. Yes, the eyeballs rolling was a bit jarring, but it works. And as far as Anderton being able to access various security points with his eyes even though he’s a fugitive being tracked, Pre-Crime officers simply did not think he would be coming back. They never
had one of their own ever become a fugitve, there was no policy about how to change codes if one of the officers ever becomes a felon. Better yet, the movie’s so dense and packed with great stuff, you let little stuff like that go. I highly doubt this will ruin anyone’s enjoyment of this movie.
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What happens next I will not reveal. The movie is as exciting as movies get. It is never dull or boring. At 2 hours and 26 minutes, I didn’t want it to end. It will keep you guessing and will consistently surprise you.
The cast does a great job, especially Tom Cruise and Samantha Morton. Colin Farrell and Max Von Sydow are good as well. Peter Stormare is good as always as the shady eye doctor, and Tim Blake Nelson creates another memorable character out of thin air.
To answer a few questions, yes, you can see Cameron Crowe on the subway reading a newspaper, but Cameron Diaz is barely visible (I would never know it was her, if I hadn’t been told. You simply only see her eyes and her hair). The movie’s aspect ration is indeed anamorphic 2.35:1. John Williams score is excellent.
Yes, there is a “Daredevil” trailer attached. It’s a teaser, but
surprisingly, there’s a good amount of action footage already in the can. (It looks okay, I guess, but I think the costume looks goofy, like maroon leather (!) plus, I don’t like Ben Affleck at all.). There is also a teaser for “Solaris” (“From James Cameron and Steven Soderbergh”) in which a space station (?) moves across the outer space. (Also, a trailer for “Swimfan”. Blahaha! Most Unintentionally funny trailer of the year!)
What’s surprising about MINORITY is how it was supposedly rushed into production before the threatened actors’ strike. While watching the film, I was amazed at the detail. Obviously, Spielberg had been planning on doing this for a while, but everything is just so perfect. Which is hard to imagine, because “Episode 2” was so lousy and supposedly Lucas had been working on that story for 25 years or whatever. Even the effects in MINORITY REPORT, while not as plentiful, blow the effects from “Episode 2” away.
If you think I’m crediting Spielberg too much, know this, I think half of Spielberg’s films are overrated including “Jaws”, “Close Encounters”, “E.T.”. I think “A.I.” is a mess and so is “Hook” and “Amistad”. (I prefer Zemeckis actually.) However, I do like “Saving Private Ryan”, “Jurassic Park” and “Indiana Jones and Last Crusade” (“Raiders is a little to slow at spots, Temple of Doom” is just goofy). What’s his best film? In terms of pure cinema, enjoyment factor, excitement and technique, I vote…MINORITY REPORT. It filled with great ideas and possibilities. The pacing is exhausting. It does everything right and makes all the right moves. Spielberg is confident and has regained his ability to have his hand on his audiences’ pulses. He delivers here big time and we owe it to him to make this a big hit! MINORITY REPORT is without a doubt the movie of the summer, if not the year!!!
Believe me, everyone will be talking about MINORITY REPORT on Monday. It may not gross $56 mill, but it will have people lined up all summer. It’s that good. I already have tickets to see it again on Wednesday night.
Leo Crowe
(out)Or this one:
Hi Harry,
Caught a press screening of Minority Report this morning and thought I might as well send in my views on it.
The movie is very much a companion piece to last summer's A.I., also done by Spielberg and the gang (John Williams, Janusz Kaminski, et al.). The two movies share a similar atmosphere, right down to the atonal musical score and beautiful, high key cinematography.
Comparisons can also be drawn between Minority Report and Bladerunner, and not just because they are both based on Philip K. Dick stories. Harrison Ford and Tom Cruise could have easily been playing the same character - motivations, etc. are identical.
Though I enjoyed the film, I was a bit let down by a few elements of the script. Tom Cruise's character; John Anderton, wasn't developed as strongly as he should have been, and for the most part we only see one side of him. He's so instantly likeable and perfect from the onset, and comes out of the picture the exact same way - no character
arc and subsequently it's hard to sympathize with him. I wasn't as involved as I would have liked to have been.
The major twist can be seen coming from a mile away and, coming from me, that's saying something. I never see plot twists coming. Further, Spielberg ties everything together almost too perfectly at the end. We have the obligatory happy ending, with everything resolving itself as it should. For those of you who disliked the ending to A.I. - you'll love Minority Report's. For the rest of us, you'll be let down.
On the other hand, the effects and general atmosphere were stunning. This is one of the most beautifully shot films I've ever seen. Kaminiski WILL get an Oscar for this, mark my words. I loved the view of the future and was thoroughly entertained most of the way through. So what if it's a bit anticlimactic? It's still a fun thrill ride.
Though A.I. is a much better film (I can't help but compare the two, heheh), this will probably find a bigger audience and it's head and shoulders above most summer popcorn movies.
Thought I might as well bang off a short review. If you can use it, great, if not, ah well.
Oh oh - just remembered why I wanted to write this review. There is a moment in the movie where Tom Cruise gets angry at a box of cereal that is the absolute funniest thing in the world to see. Watch the movie if only for that.
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The Elusive Dogcow
And remember to drink your milk, eat your greens, and stay in school. Otherwise, Mr. T WILL take pity on you.Or, perhaps, this next one:
Hey Harry!
How you doing?
Your old pal ‘Triple B’ here, reporting from London’s Leicester square. If you remember, I sent you a review of Harry Potter late last year, and now I’m back with a brief word on Minority Report!
I TOO WAS AT THE London ‘Multi-Media’ screening on Sunday morning, along with my partner in crime ‘Little J’ (The KING of preview tickets!).
I gotta’ tell you Harry, I’ve been looking forward to this one for a long time now. Unlike seemingly the majority of audiences the world over, I fell in love with A.I. Hell, I actually thought it to be the best Spielberg movie yet, and certainly a classic for the ages.
In my opinion it showed an unparalleled technical mastery, that few directors can hope to match, along with a soul, and humanity that critics seemed to relish in ridiculing. To this day I find it deeply sad that any piece of art that chooses to display such a sense of warmth and emotion, can be received with such scornful cynicism. A.I truly touched me, in a way that few films have ever managed to do, and remains a true showcase for one of the worlds most gifted filmmakers.
It was with baited breath then, that I readied myself for Minority report. The great thing about early screenings such as these, are that one has very little idea of what to expect. Sure, I could have read the reams of spoilers online, but I chose to steer clear, and surprise myself. Sadly, by the time a movie hits theatres these days, the sheer mass of reviews, TV ads, and hype, ensures that most of a movies secrets are laid out for all to see (Attack of the Clones, and Spiderman are two very obvious examples).
In my opinion, against all odds, Spielberg has followed up A.I, with another very adult, very cool, and sublimely imaginative piece of state of the art, awe inspiring Sci-fi. How the guy managed to churn this baby out so soon after A.I, is honestly a mystery to me. The sheer wealth of ideas, and startling imagery that must seer through the guys’ head is nothing short of astonishing.
Like the opinion of the last reviewer, Minority Report, is in truth little more than a futuristic Fugitive yarn. Part Blade Runner, part A.I, part film noir detective caper, but all Spielberg. Firstly the imagery of Spielberg’s 2054. So many Hollywood directors treat CGI like a kid with a chainsaw. A hell of a lot of power, but no real idea of how to control it. Spielberg is oh so different. He chooses to use CGI as it should be used, as an effective means of delivering the story. Rarely gratuitous, but always with panache, the CGI used in Minority Report is much like that of AI. Simply a different standard to what we’ve become accustomed to.
Performances are mostly excellent. Cruise sizzles in the role of Anderson, and continues to prove that he can not only look the perfect hero, but also display an unusually wide range of emotions, that many of Hollywood’s ‘A list’ action stars still disappointingly fail to deliver. His remorse over his missing son Sean is a typical Speilberg tear jerking plot point, but thanks to Cruise’s delivery, it rarely feels hokey or out of place. Colin Farrell continues to impress as one of Hollywood’s most reliable actors, as he chews up the scenery with perfect malice and ill intent, and Max Von Sydow, perfectly cast as the old master, shows just what a screen legend he really is. Beautiful delivery.
Granted some of the character development falls a little short, but this is Tom’s movie, and we are rarely given an opportunity to forget it. Nor should we, as he manages to move the epic two and a half hour behemoth along with great enthusiasm and excitement.
Unlike the previous reviewer, I had no real problem with the humour. I disagree that it ever falls in to the boundary of outright slapstick. Granted, the comic relief may not be to everyone’s taste, but Spielberg is a master at delivering a touch of humour as a means of relaxing the audience, and Minority Report is no different. We must have each been in a different theatre, as everyone in the screening I attended, seemed to react perfectly to the gags.
I do however agree, that there are a couple of pretty serious plot holes that simply don’t make sense. In spirit of a spoiler free review, I won’t detail them now, but the previous review lists them, so go check em’ out if you want to ruin the movie for yourself (Needless to say I advise against it!).However, when you consider the subject matter of the movie itself, I forgave the movie of such shortcomings. Minority Report, like A.I before it, is an ideas movie. A concept movie rich in wonder, and imagination, delivered with great care and sophistication. To look to deeply in to the movies flaws, for me, kind of misses the point.
Blade Runner still shares many of the same problems, yet remains totally captivating thanks to the world it delivered us to. Minority Report for me exhibits the same depth of vision.
To tell more about Minority Report would ruin what few surprises you still don’t know. This reviewer certainly enjoyed himself, and I think that fans of serious Sci-Fi the world over will do as well. I have no doubt that critics will remain indifferent to the piece, and I have a suspicion that the box office will be less than stellar, in much the same way that A.I was received. I simply don’t think that many audiences will buy in to such a world, after gorging themselves on the sickeningly sweet, but rather unwholesome summer blockbusters. This will probably mean an end to such movies, at least for the time being, which for me would be a travesty of justice. Minority report stands as a perfect companion piece to AI. Great story. Great imagination. Great Director. Great film.
Until next time Harry, this is the Tubby Titan ‘Triple B’ signing off! Have a great Summer!Is it Friday yet? Can I see the film now? Please? Someone? ANYONE?!
"Moriarty" out.
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In the words of the emperor turned llama: "Bring it on"
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Jun 18, 2002 10:30:53 AM CDT
Hey Leo Crowe--Raiders "was too slow?" And how could you leave
by lance rock
Hard to believe you hold Last Crusade over Raiders.
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Do I need to say more!
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Maybe if you're a crack-addled member of the MTV generation, who thinks Michael Bay is a master of pacing. Good god, what the f@*! happened to attention spans!
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Jun 18, 2002 11:00:56 AM CDT
At last a summer movie to wash that AOTC taste out of my mouth
by porgy
Go Spielberg! Show Lucas how it's done! If only GL had kept on making movies like his buddy Spielberg, then AOTC and TPM might have been half way decent. Sigh. Okay, I'm all geared up for Minority Report - it can't come quickly enough! Woooohoooo!
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This is THE anticipated movie for me and I love Steve's work. I've read about two mediocre and about ten good reviews for the movie. NOT A SINGLE BAD ONE! People, stop worrying AND BITCHING ABOUT AOTC...let's just enjoy this one!
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Jun 18, 2002 12:02:51 PM CDT
I thank the reviewer for talking about the movies he likes/disli
by drath
because with the exception of his dislike for Affleck, I'm really not on the same page as him. I don't dislike him for his differing opinion, in fact I respect that he came out and just admitted he liked movies that others might not go for. I wish more "reviewers" would acknowledge as much, it really gives you a feel for the person's taste. I don't read Harry's long essays on how he got to the theater because, honestly, I'm not interested in that much info. This works nicely. Although now that he liked the movie, I'm not sure that's a good sign for me. I usually like Spielberg's stuff given time(except for Hook, that one just gets worse and worse). We'll see.
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Jun 18, 2002 12:08:28 PM CDT
You liked Any Given Sunday? You're kidding right? That was
by tarl_cabot
That was one of the shittiest movies I've ever seen. With "U-turn" and A-G-S, Oliver Stone has hit rock bottom. He's artistically bankrupt; He's Joel Schumacher's collegue now. Spiderman? What's wrong with it? What were you expecting? It's a comic book adaptation and it was loyal to it's source material-kicks the shit out of Blade 2 (I liked B2). Episode 2? It wasn't a letdown because after TPM I had moderate expectations and I was pleasantly surprised. It was a fun movie but not in the class of Episode V.
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Jun 18, 2002 12:14:22 PM CDT
General Custer: Ebert gave LOTR 3 stars-it was Roeper who didn&#
by tarl_cabot
FYI :P Ebert has made some lame ass reviews this year: dissing Spiderman and AOTC despite praising TPM (WTF?). He needs to be put out to pasture.
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I am thankful that the ratio for this film is 2.35:1 and not 1.85:1 like so many other Spielberg films. MR sounds brilliant. Can't wait. And what was that reviewer expecting from Spider-Man and AOTC. They were both brilliant.
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That's the ONLY way to explain some of his comments. "Raiders was a little too slow in spots." WTF??? And he feels that "Jaws", "Close Encounters" and "E.T." are overrated, but he likes "Jurassic Park". What are you dude, like 12 years old?? Hey Harry, how about some reviews by some actual FILM FANS and not the MTV Generation!!
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Ebert is a funny guy when it comes to his reviews, and I have found a formula for how to work with them. Basically if he DOESN'T like a movie his opinion can pretty much be dismissed, depending on his reasoning I guess -- he tends to give bad reviews to good, entertaining movies (e.g. Gladiator and Spider-Man) for really petty reasons and for any movie he SHOULD pan (say... Scooby-Doo?) his review isn't needed really, is it? We already know it will suck. On the other hand, I have discovered many a film jewel that I may never have bothered to look into because of his rave about it, and I find when it comes to glowing praise of a film I agree with him if I give the film a chance.
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I mean...he called it a friggin' masterpiece. There has to be some truth to that.
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Triple B? A small list of atrocities: (1) A.I. is the best Spielberg movie ever; (2) getting the name of the main character wrong; (3) delivering the following opinion: "but thanks to Cruise
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I have almost the exact same likes and dislikes as he does. I felt equally let down by Spiderman and EP2. Never really cared for Close Encounters or ET. Love just about every movie he loves. I wasn't interested in this movie at all until I read this review. Now I just might go see it.
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In the AICN chat room, I mentionned that I was disappointed by Minority Report because I was expecting a futuristic adaptation of "The Fugitive", and got a boring version of "The Running Man" instead. I meant to say "a boring version of "Logan's Run"". Slight difference. (The Running Man is a shitty adaptation of a Stephen King novel starring Arnold Schwarzenegger, and Logan's Run is an interesting and entertaining version of Minority Report.)
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or did that first reviewer come off sounding he had his head up his ass the whole time he was typing. Luckily, I only had to read his favorites and hated films paragraph before realizing I should skip ahead to the next reviewer. Blade 2 and Insomnia are his favorite films of this year? Oookayy then. Blade 2, while good in a kick-ass spooky sort of way, was no where near as entertaining as Spidey or Clones. Don't even get me started on Insomnia... One of the dullest, most predictable films of the year. Guess this guy subscribes to the like what the cool people are supposed to like club. The only reason Insomnia got half a rats ass worth of attention is because of who was in it, not because of what it was about. Bourne Identity, while granted, a very different film, was 10 times a better film than the latter. And I'm sorry, Moulin Rouge might have been one of the prettiest films I've ever seen, but it was also one of the stupedist films I've ever seen. It wasn't just me either... There were 5 girls in the group I went to see it with. They all felt the same way. Lastly, what kind of moron doesn't like Blade Runner. Blade Runner is "the" greatest sci-fi picture ever made. Nothing else is even close. It's the closest thing to perfect I've ever seen in a film. 'Course I know some people who didn't care for it because it wasn't exciting or action packed enough for them, but at least they respect the film for what it was. You have to at least respect the achievement. Okay, big final note: I'm looking forward to Minority Report. I liked AI... Thought it was visually stunning. Not one of Spielbergs best, but still. It was very moving. Biggest overrated Spielberg fest in my book? Saving Private Ryan. Thin Red Line was much better. (They both came out around the same time.) Black Hawk Down is much better. I tell you though, if it wasn't for one of the sappiest, most melodramatic endings in movie history, I would've felt a whole lot different about it. At least I'm pretty sure. That ending made me want to laugh out loud it was so bad. You shouldn't want to do that in a film that tense.
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Jun 18, 2002 3:24:43 PM CDT
I don't trust anyone who preferred Blade 2 to Spidey and AOT
by togmeister
At least Spidey had endearing characters and AOTC had a plot.
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Both make substandard movies that are eagerly praised by the easy-to-please majority of the fans of their respective genres. Like Lindenmuth, Spielberg should be put down not for what he's done so much as for what he's encouraged: the lowering of the standards for the moviegoing public. In case you don't know what I'm talking about Lindenmuth-wise, he's a hack shot-on-video horror director who has been almost universally praised for a terrible movie called Addicted to Murder, and he has followed up its success with a string of equally bad pictures. His reputation is limited to the kind of people who watch shot-on-video horror movies, but it is just as undeserved as Spielberg's. Addicted to Murder and Raiders of the Lost Ark fall into the same category: career-boosting snore-fests. Also, Raiders of the Lost Ark was indeed too slow-moving for its subject matter. As it had no subject matter, it shouldn't have given anybody a chance to focus on the plot or the characters. Of course, I got bored when he was being chased by the rock, so better pacing might not have helped in my case.
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AOTC has to be one of the most disappointing movies of the year. A load of bad CGI and cardboard characters does NOT make a movie, folks! Lucas made the mistake of making references to way better movies like Blade Runner, 5th Element and Gladiator - and only reminded us of how much better those movies were. At least MR has got its own style. Bring it on adn show these geek fanboys how to make an action movie.
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Jun 18, 2002 4:54:49 PM CDT
Halloween68: Good job-Black Hawk was way better than Saving Priv
by tarl_cabot
It had a lot of deep thinking cafe intellectuals stuck who take themselves very seriously (Sean Penn)in army gear getting shot at and suffering from the mayhem. Yawn. I'll take Black Hawk's Delta boys anyday-They WANT to be there gettin their war on! That movie was 10 billion times better than the vastly overated/praised "a beautiful mind". I called Spielberg's war movie "Saving Private Oscar" because I agree that ending was so forced and over the top. It seemed to be blatantly fishing for the golden boy and he paid for it too. Fucking "Shakespare in love"? WTF!?
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I guess that says is all.
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What happened to attention spans? A little show called Sesame Street -- filled with non-stop five and ten second clips. Because it was "educational", parents put it on for their kids, who then spent hundreds of hours getting zapped with lots of flash and little real info. It's no wonder so many kids lack the ability to pay attention when they first get to school.
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I'm risking being obstracized here, but I thought the same as Triple B: A.I. is one of Spielberg's best films since CEOT3K, if NOT his best yet. I'm tired of having to repeat why A.I. is more than just a typical Hollywood film. It seems that just about any young man/woman in his 20's - 30's who bashes A.I. praise Fight Club, which I found horribly overrated with the stream-of-consciousness Fincher-esque razzle-dazzle pseudo-profundity BS. Here's Captain VW's view of A.I. for what it really is about: http://www.aintitcool.com/tb_display.cgi?id=9475#314240 At least IMO Spielberg is back in form with A.I. after that jingoistic propaganda movie Saving Private Ryan. Here's hoping Minority Report will catapult Spielberg as the reigning king of A-list Hollywood directors who *does* care about top-notch movie quality that don't pander to the mass audiences like Disney/McDonald's do to customers and children (considering he made subpar piece of shit movies in the past Hook, The Lost World and a few others).
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Jun 18, 2002 10:27:50 PM CDT
I was looking forward to Moriarty's review...DIDNT LIKE IT.
by rumpieguy
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And another thing; "The Bourne Identity" was awesome, so shove it in your ear. And another thing, "Election" wasn't that hot either, me being the only film student who didn't think it was a cream dream. But still, at least I knew "The Scorpion King" would blow.
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Jun 19, 2002 2:22:51 AM CDT
Apparently someone familiar doesn't know what plot means
by pablojakaffo
Attack of the Clones had a LOT of plot. Plot consists of events that help keep the story moving. If there was no plot, then we'd have a film where it would be just simply a two person conversation piece. As for Attack of the Clones, it had more plot than most films out this year. And for any of you who thought the movie sucked, well at least it was better than "North." hahahaha
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Best ranked Spielberg films, starting with number one for best... Number 1) (brbrbrbrbrbrbrbrbr; drumroll) Jaws. Like you thought it would be any other. Number 2) Raiders of the Lost Arc. For pure entertainment value, nothing beats it. Number 3) Schindler's List. Wow. One of the most emotional films I've ever seen. Nearly everyone in the theatre was crying out loud when leaving. Number 4) Close Encounters of the Third Kind. Like it or not, this is the movie that started all the alien conspiracy movies and whatnot. I still get goosebumps when I see it. Number 5) Empire of the Sun. There's just something about this film. 'A little slow but very satisfying. Number 6) AI. Again, visually remarkable. Atmosphere and tone really do put you in an altogether different world. Plus, it's a Kubrick calaboration. Number 6 again) In a tie I'd throw out there Private Ryan... Even though I hate the ending, it's has some brilliant moments. After these I'd bring in the sequel Last Crusade. Then Jurassic Park. And then Temple of Doom. I didn't rank 'em because I don't think they're really in the same league as those others in flat out cinematic achievement. And sorry fellas. Sequels, except in some very special cases, really don't hold up against originals. A big part of this is based on originality. Sequels re-use the same material. Okay, did I miss anything? Anyone? ***Oh, and Tarl Cabot. People have told me that before with A Thin Red Line. But, I don't know what to tell you... I loved it. It's one of the most realistic war movies ever depicted. War isn't all gunfighting and explosions. A huge part of it is mental. Both during the combat, and during the down time where positions and logistics were being set up. These might not be the funnest moments to watch, but they were really and truelly always going on. The only thing I didn't like about ATRL is all the needless cameos. I'm a fan of the director, and I realized all the actors who were doing the cameos were fans of the director. All acted their parts very well. But I felt that when you first spotted the actor of the moment, it took away from the scene that was currently then being played out. But, luckily, this was only a few brief moments in a 2 and a half hour movie. I was also in the Gulf War, this came out not to long afterward. I could relate... So maybe I'm bias. 'Not sure. But I did like it. Thought it was much better than Spielberg's Private Ryan. Much more realistic.
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He believed it was an extremely well made film. Roeper however needs to get shot because he insulted every Tolken fan. He doesn't know a good movie when he sees one (except for AOTC and Spiderman).
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