I would honestly give this movie four stars of four...it's an interesting story, had sweet CGI, and the acting was under par (remember, under par is better than par).

I can't wait to play the video game!!! I want to catch some "pre criminals"~!!!

Sooo...again ****/**** SWEET FLICK!

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Or like many people, find it all too boring for words. I wonder what life would be as a critic, just how many critics go nuts and think all movies are crap and boring after a while?

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Seems like Spielberg's newer films are taking on a different feel than his older ones.

I really thought that the photography was beautiful. It seems like Spielberg really wanted to make this picture in black and white, like most of the other great film noir movies. Also, every single frame of this thing is packed with massive amounts of information. That's so cool.

Also saw the HBO first look at the film today. The design for the film was done by a think tank of futurists, to give it a look as if this stuff really could and will exist in 2054. Speilberg doesnt want this to be classified as sci-fi, but rather a futurist-adventure film.

Well done.

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I'd probably give the film a 3.5 out of 4. Up until he kills Crow, I would have given it closer to a 3.95, but everything after that point was a bit too formulaic. Think about how many movies you have seen where the where the bad guy almost gets away with it, until he makes that slip and mentions a detail that he shouldn't have known. Also think about how many movies have the good guy confront the bad guy by playing video of incriminating evidence at a gathering where everyone can see.

Then there is also the patented Spielberg, "the movie should be over, but I'm going to keep going" ending. Fortunately this time it was only a minute or two long, not 20 like in Shindlers List.

Maybe it's hubris to think I have a better way to end the film, but I really think it should have ended with the killing of Crow, and no hint that Crow was a plant, he was the real killer. This would have introduced some very interesting brain wrapping conundrums about the nature of causality, since the event in the future, and knowledge of the event in the future, is what causes the series of events that lead to that future. As it stands now, "the nefarious plot" is what causes everything.

None the less, this is one of Spielberg best endeavors in a very long time.

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AFAIK, Kodak VISION Premier Color Print Film 2393 was used to make most of the prints, and processed through the Technicolor ENR process to achieve the unique "look" that Spielberg and Kaminski wanted.
http://www.cameraguild.com/awards/kaminski.html
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/aug98/saving/pg1.htm
http://www.theasc.com/magazine/jun98/lumin/pg4.htm
http://www.kodak.com/country/US/en/motion/story/cinematographers.shtml

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10 years ago, Harrison Ford would have played Tom Cruise's role.

That would have made for one excellent film.

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I do feel though, that the last ten minutes caters for Joe Average way too much. Before the rooftop scene, I would have given it 8/10. The ending brought it back to a 7/10.

Still, more films like this and we're back in business.

Also. read today that this is Tom's 9th successive no. 1 opener. That is one amazing record. He has always been a great actor, but every now and then he shows he is one of the greats.

John

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Too much of the rest of the film is given over to a romance between Padme and Anakin in which they're incapable of uttering anything other than the most basic and weary romantic cliches, while regarding each other as if love was something to be endured rather than cherished. There is not a romantic word they exchange that has not long since been reduced to cliche.

No, wait: Anakin tells Padme at one point: "I don't like the sand. It's coarse and rough and irritating--not like you. You're soft and smooth." I hadn't heard that before.