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In Reply to: Saw Minority Report yesterday....... posted by EdM on June 23, 2002 at 08:06:31:

Spielberg's Minority Report was a pedestrian effort directorially. The obligatory fight sequences were lame, the script was forgettable, plot holes you could drive a truck through- Spielberg's bread and butter.
The story raises some interesting, important and topical points about the nature of crime and justice- and then sets about completely ignoring them.
Ultimately the film's conclusion is Hollywood at its worst.
His vision of the future is easy to criticize, but good science fiction is never really about gadgets- as PK Dick proved time and again, the "science fiction" provides the opportunity for an author to explore and discuss issues in our present or our past- without the constraints or mundane trappings that "normal" literature demands.
It would have been interesting if Spielberg was capable of really challenging an audience with serious questions about justice, instead of assuming the audience needs to be "entertained" by SFX and childish plot devices.

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I didn't ask for a refund, and I didn't fall asleep. There's 2 positives for you......