"Minority Report" is a 2002 sci-fi, action and thriller movie by Steven Spielberg, starring Tom Cruise as John Anderton. Its length is 2h25. It is set in Washington DC in 2054.
The introduction scene is absolutely intense, throwing the audience straight into action. It is quite confusing on purpose, both in plot and in visuals, with use of fisheye and anamorphic lenses. Throughout the movie, the dominant colors are white and black, common in science fiction movie. There is also ample use of a blue filter, also characteristic of the genre. John's depth of character is not outstanding but okay enough, and the supporting characters are sufficiently interesting to keep the story going. The plotline is very well put together with a course of action that is exciting and ever-evolving. John's search of the minority report is a very interesting self-feeding loop of doubt and trust. It is a smoothly paradoxal way to motivate the character's actions. The future in this movie is described with varied details for how things will be, even showing machines that weren't even close to existing in 2002. No detail is left behind. This writing of a fictional future is the most incredible thing in this movie for me. For a sci-fi movie, the plot is rather original as it does not deal with robots or Al. It rather explores the dichotomy between the flawed human and perfect machine, but in a way that wasn't done before, inventing a human born from a drug addict that is transformed into a bio-machine and can predict the future.
This movie however has a few dark spots, starting with a big plot hole in my opinion; what dictates what is seen by the Precogs: is it a person's vision? why is it exterior to the scene? why this angle and framing? Also, there is obvious product placement!!! Aquafina, Nokia, GAP, Lexus, Bulgari, Guiness, Ben & Jerry's, Pepsi... are the few that I took time to write down! Did this movie lack funding or something? Moreover, there is a quite ridiculous scene in the movie: when the agents try to catch John in the building. It is oddly comedic, and it just doesn't work. Earlier I was talking about visuals and colors, and in this movie, there is a very odd use of overexposure, which I don't really like as I don't feel like it is motivated.
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