Minority Report

Tuesday Couch Potatoes' topic this week is about movies based on books. I choose a movie based on a Philip K. Dick short story, Minority Report. The story is is about a cop in the future working in a division of the police department that arrests killers before they commit the crimes courtesy of some future viewing technology. John Anderton has the tables turned on him when he is accused of a future crime and must find out what brought it about and stop it before it can happen.

This movie is a perfect blend of action, suspense and thrills . The plot is intelligent and fresh. Tom Cruise is fantastic, Colin Farrell is amazing, as well as Samantha Morton. Spielberg again proves that he is the master of cinema. A truly great director. I'll agree, the ending was a little too happy, but not worth complaining about. This film is simply a entertaining and yet realistic glimpse of what our future may look like, as advertising becomes more advanced and intrusive. The film creates many moral questions and issues, and should leave you thinking. Is being arrested for doing something you actually haven't committed yet fair? It is worth seeing again and again. I can say it is one amazing movie.