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Imagine a future where crimes are solved before they take place... Imagine if you were one minute sitting eating your breakfast and then were interrupted by several armed police officers running into your building, and arresting you for murder. Not a done murder, a future murder. How would you feel? You may have felt you were not capable of murder, it could have been a spur of the moment murder, it could have been a complete accident or maybe it was planned and done in cold blood. Whichever way the murder would have turned out, the fact is you are being arrested and imprisoned for something you haven't done... Yet not a single murder has occurred in six years.
Steven Spielberg draws you into yet another futuristic fantasy world. A world where cars run along magnetic tracks, and can be controlled by authorities, where advertising can identify you simply by a retina scan and remember your recent purchases and target your certain needs with products. A world where three genetically mutated "humans" are able to see murders in dreams and relay their thoughts to police authorities for them to act upon. A world where a criminal and victim are identified by lottery style wooden balls. And the world is fantastic.
Think of this world, where people are being deprived of great freedom, think of the ethics behind it. Would he have killed in the end? Have we got freedom to do whatever we want, or are our lives already written in a way which means it's not going to happen? Is it right to arrest someone for something they haven't done, even if they will do it? How can we be sure? So many questions so many possible answers, but John Anderton has full belief in the system... until it hunts it's own.
A vision reveals he is going to kill a man he's never heard of. He runs from the law. Everyone runs. He is sent on a desperate journey jumping "Frogger" style from car tops to another, escaping robotic spiders made to retina scan people; no matter what they are doing (making love, arguing, sitting on the toilet..). He wants to clear his name for a crime he has not committed. A crime that he has been set up for. What follows is one of the most fantastic science fiction films I have ever seen. The only slight moan I have to make about is the "pre-cogs" themselves who predict the future. The three of them seemed out of place in this beautifully possible future scenario. I don't think science can tell the future in this way... but I could be proven wrong.
The way the story was unraveled was fantastically skilled. It was one of those films where the whole story becomes untangled in a spectacular way. I can't really say more, you will have to see it yourself to see what I mean. It's one of those films you come out of with a smile on your face, and a mind buzzing full of questions and "woahs". I was dazzled and kept on the edge of my seat for the 2 and a bit hours I watched this for on Tuesday. Well worth my time.
One of Spielbergs best films in my opinion, since Jurassic Park. I think he's hit the nail on the head here. Bladerunner eat your heart out.
Steven Spielberg draws you into yet another futuristic fantasy world. A world where cars run along magnetic tracks, and can be controlled by authorities, where advertising can identify you simply by a retina scan and remember your recent purchases and target your certain needs with products. A world where three genetically mutated "humans" are able to see murders in dreams and relay their thoughts to police authorities for them to act upon. A world where a criminal and victim are identified by lottery style wooden balls. And the world is fantastic.
Think of this world, where people are being deprived of great freedom, think of the ethics behind it. Would he have killed in the end? Have we got freedom to do whatever we want, or are our lives already written in a way which means it's not going to happen? Is it right to arrest someone for something they haven't done, even if they will do it? How can we be sure? So many questions so many possible answers, but John Anderton has full belief in the system... until it hunts it's own.
A vision reveals he is going to kill a man he's never heard of. He runs from the law. Everyone runs. He is sent on a desperate journey jumping "Frogger" style from car tops to another, escaping robotic spiders made to retina scan people; no matter what they are doing (making love, arguing, sitting on the toilet..). He wants to clear his name for a crime he has not committed. A crime that he has been set up for. What follows is one of the most fantastic science fiction films I have ever seen. The only slight moan I have to make about is the "pre-cogs" themselves who predict the future. The three of them seemed out of place in this beautifully possible future scenario. I don't think science can tell the future in this way... but I could be proven wrong.
The way the story was unraveled was fantastically skilled. It was one of those films where the whole story becomes untangled in a spectacular way. I can't really say more, you will have to see it yourself to see what I mean. It's one of those films you come out of with a smile on your face, and a mind buzzing full of questions and "woahs". I was dazzled and kept on the edge of my seat for the 2 and a bit hours I watched this for on Tuesday. Well worth my time.
One of Spielbergs best films in my opinion, since Jurassic Park. I think he's hit the nail on the head here. Bladerunner eat your heart out.
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I thought they should wait till they did the murder first, then punish them, they'd be able to find them quickly wouldn't they?
It was very good but Blade Runner just ruled! I don't think it was as good as BladeRunner although I have only seen it once.
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My thought however, was that since they got rid of pre-crime at the end, murder levels would sky rocket again!
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My thought however, was that since they got rid of pre-crime at the end, murder levels would sky rocket again!
Imagine a future where crimes are solved before they take place... Imagine if you were one minute sitting eating your breakfast and then were interrupted by several armed police officers running into your building, and arresting you for murder. Not a done murder, a future murder. How would you feel? You may have felt you were not capable of murder, it could have been a spur of the moment murder, it could have been a complete accident or maybe it was planned and done in cold blood. Whichever way the murder would have turned out, the fact is you are being arrested and imprisoned for something you haven't done... Yet not a single murder has occurred in six years.
Steven Spielberg draws you into yet another futuristic fantasy world. A world where cars run along magnetic tracks, and can be controlled by authorities, where advertising can identify you simply by a retina scan and remember your recent purchases and target your certain needs with products. A world where three genetically mutated "humans" are able to see murders in dreams and relay their thoughts to police authorities for them to act upon. A world where a criminal and victim are identified by lottery style wooden balls. And the world is fantastic.
Think of this world, where people are being deprived of great freedom, think of the ethics behind it. Would he have killed in the end? Have we got freedom to do whatever we want, or are our lives already written in a way which means it's not going to happen? Is it right to arrest someone for something they haven't done, even if they will do it? How can we be sure? So many questions so many possible answers, but John Anderton has full belief in the system... until it hunts it's own.
A vision reveals he is going to kill a man he's never heard of. He runs from the law. Everyone runs. He is sent on a desperate journey jumping "Frogger" style from car tops to another, escaping robotic spiders made to retina scan people; no matter what they are doing (making love, arguing, sitting on the toilet..). He wants to clear his name for a crime he has not committed. A crime that he has been set up for. What follows is one of the most fantastic science fiction films I have ever seen. The only slight moan I have to make about is the "pre-cogs" themselves who predict the future. The three of them seemed out of place in this beautifully possible future scenario. I don't think science can tell the future in this way... but I could be proven wrong.
The way the story was unraveled was fantastically skilled. It was one of those films where the whole story becomes untangled in a spectacular way. I can't really say more, you will have to see it yourself to see what I mean. It's one of those films you come out of with a smile on your face, and a mind buzzing full of questions and "woahs". I was dazzled and kept on the edge of my seat for the 2 and a bit hours I watched this for on Tuesday. Well worth my time.
One of Spielbergs best films in my opinion, since Jurassic Park. I think he's hit the nail on the head here. Bladerunner eat your heart out.
Steven Spielberg draws you into yet another futuristic fantasy world. A world where cars run along magnetic tracks, and can be controlled by authorities, where advertising can identify you simply by a retina scan and remember your recent purchases and target your certain needs with products. A world where three genetically mutated "humans" are able to see murders in dreams and relay their thoughts to police authorities for them to act upon. A world where a criminal and victim are identified by lottery style wooden balls. And the world is fantastic.
Think of this world, where people are being deprived of great freedom, think of the ethics behind it. Would he have killed in the end? Have we got freedom to do whatever we want, or are our lives already written in a way which means it's not going to happen? Is it right to arrest someone for something they haven't done, even if they will do it? How can we be sure? So many questions so many possible answers, but John Anderton has full belief in the system... until it hunts it's own.
A vision reveals he is going to kill a man he's never heard of. He runs from the law. Everyone runs. He is sent on a desperate journey jumping "Frogger" style from car tops to another, escaping robotic spiders made to retina scan people; no matter what they are doing (making love, arguing, sitting on the toilet..). He wants to clear his name for a crime he has not committed. A crime that he has been set up for. What follows is one of the most fantastic science fiction films I have ever seen. The only slight moan I have to make about is the "pre-cogs" themselves who predict the future. The three of them seemed out of place in this beautifully possible future scenario. I don't think science can tell the future in this way... but I could be proven wrong.
The way the story was unraveled was fantastically skilled. It was one of those films where the whole story becomes untangled in a spectacular way. I can't really say more, you will have to see it yourself to see what I mean. It's one of those films you come out of with a smile on your face, and a mind buzzing full of questions and "woahs". I was dazzled and kept on the edge of my seat for the 2 and a bit hours I watched this for on Tuesday. Well worth my time.
One of Spielbergs best films in my opinion, since Jurassic Park. I think he's hit the nail on the head here. Bladerunner eat your heart out.
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