A while ago I discussed having seen Minority Report and being pleasantly surprised by what I saw. Jess kindly informed me that I was wrong: that the film is pants. We decided that it is probably because I haven't seen that much science fiction that I found it good.
But I've been thinking about this, and I have actually seen sci-fi, not much, but still more than I initially wanted to admit to. And I like a lot of it. What I think, then, is that I watched Minority Report not as a sci-fi-film, but as a big, dumb studio production, and in this category it is not bad at all. As a sci-fi film it may lack...plenty of things.
It's about getting used to shit. One day I found myself saying (out loud!) that the new Appleton-single wasn't all that bad. But it is! It's just because I've gotten so used to the Pop Idols, Pop Stars, singing Big Brother-members, reality TV rejects, Atomic Kitten-y crap that the media are overflowing with at the moment, that anything - ANYTHING - that is different immediately becomes good.
I still like Minority Report, though. Still think the ending sucks. Just don't call it science fiction.
posted by charlotte at 20:03 - comment