Another way to watch minority report

Logically it's horribly flawed: von Sydow's character could not possibly hope, merely by paying a guy to hang out in a hotel room with incriminating photos, to set in motion an eventual murder whose prognostication would lead to its being committed. The paradox is a closed circle with no genuine causal impetus. Had Cruise's character been given more conventional leads prior to his crime's being "pre-coged", the premise might have been believable.

That said, I think this was a sort of return-to-form for Spielberg. It was a very well filmed and well-paced thriller, and for that I liked it. And while there's something dissatisfying to me about the second half, I think the better "reading" of the film is one in which its denouement is actually a Brazil-like dream rather than reality. It's not fresh, so I don't remember exactly, but there's some line about the criogenically frozen criminals having pleasant dreams, and I think the suggestion is clear that it's quite possible that the tidy happy ending of the film is just that.

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Topic - Duncan Shepherd on I, Robot -- Hilarious... - clarkjohnsen 07:41:39 07/22/04 (12)

Sorry, but it wasn't that bad, Shepherd's opinions notwithstanding; how about your's? - Audiophilander 10:22:08 07/22/04 (9)

Minority Report - great, I, Robot - v. good, MIBII and WWW - horrible.(nt) - mkuller 21:55:18 07/22/04 (7)

Re: Right on! - rico 02:38:46 07/23/04 (0)

With the exception of Minority Report, we're pretty much in agreement. - Audiophilander 22:55:08 07/22/04 (5)

Another way to watch minority report - Bulkington 09:53:40 07/23/04 (4)

Hi Bulkington. Please tell me what you think... - orejones 11:28:16 07/23/04 (1)

Huh - Bulkington 06:59:21 07/26/04 (0)

The whole eyeball thing was over the top and so implausible as to be laughable. - Audiophilander 10:39:54 07/23/04 (1)

Good crits. - Bulkington 13:22:59 07/25/04 (0)

Re: I, too, enjoyed it - rico 12:04:29 07/22/04 (0)

I was tired and slept through the final 15 minutes . . . - albee33 08:22:53 07/22/04 (1)

Wish I could say that about Harry Potter II and LOTR II. nt - clarkjohnsen 13:23:22 07/22/04 (0)

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Another way to watch minority report - Bulkington 09:53:40 07/23/04 (4)

Hi Bulkington. Please tell me what you think... - orejones 11:28:16 07/23/04 (1)

Huh - Bulkington 06:59:21 07/26/04 (0)

The whole eyeball thing was over the top and so implausible as to be laughable. - Audiophilander 10:39:54 07/23/04 (1)

Good crits. - Bulkington 13:22:59 07/25/04 (0)

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