My Minority Report review

My Minority Report review 

Intro: Mr. Spielberg (The director of this movie.) dropped the ball on this one.

Minority Report: This movie takes place in the year 2054 a police department called Precrime are arresting people for crimes they will commit in the future. One day one of the officers name John Anderton learns that he will kill someone that he doesn’t know. So he has to avoid precrime and figure out why he’s going to kill the person in question? How in the world was this movie well received and won awards!?! I’m sorry but having the idea of dealing with free will versus predetermination means nothing if the writers don’t do anything with those themes.

That’s one of the many things that bugs me about this movie, preventing crimes isn't the best thing for the movie to do social commentary on. First of all this idea is not new, second the Department of Justice didn't make a big deal about it until six years after the fact. Don't get me wrong just because an idea isn't new that doesn't mean it can't be thought-provoking but that's not the case here. We have one conversation about how precrime is stopping crimes and it’s terrible because precrime doesn’t give us a straight answer. 

Here's an example of how the conversation played out. 

 

Also, it’s missing the human factor, I mean how does the general public feel about Precrime only stopping murders, are the other crimes a big deal to them? Also are they happy that the people who were about to commit the crime are not getting the same punishment as if they committed the crime? Speaking of punishment in order for Precrime to get the information that crimes will happen they have to torture three Psychics, I’m sure the public might feel differently about Precrime if they learn that. The movie does acknowledge how the religious community feel about the three Psychics but the movie could have done more with that. Another thing that hurts this movie is the pacing, it gives the Star Wars prequels a run for its money. Plus, the movie looks bland due to a lack of color palette. 

The movie also has dumb moments in it for explain precrime has John Anderton cornered instead of rushing him they approach him slowly like he's a wild animal, why!?! The mystery of why John is going to kill the person in question wasn’t good because A the reason was foreshadowed and B there are smarter ways for him to avoid him. The only good thing about this movie is the future tech and this movie is almost accurate to the book it's based on. The bottom line is this is not a clever sci-fi movie it’s a chase movie for the most part. I would recommend this if you want a good nap.

Rating = Trash