I went and saw Minority Report today down at the Alamo Drafthorse. Had one of my friends get me in to see it for free. Evidently, I went at just the right time because when I came out of the show there was a line queued up for the next showing.
Was it good?
Yes, it was very good. Though, I think Spielberg is a little bit too eager to make a happy ending out of everything. It seemed a little bit tacked on to what was really a pretty dark story. It’s true that Philip K. Dick often adds some note of optimism in his work, but not in the same way that Spielberg did. One thing, I really liked about Minority Report was all the details of the future. It wasn’t too clean or perfect. It had a lot of little things in common with Blade Runner. The black market in eyeballs, using machines to closely examine crime scene evidence. I really liked this movie. It’s nice to see some more of Dick’s ideas brought to the silver screen.