I think this is one of Cruise and Spielberg’s best. The twists, pacing, acting, plot…everything is top notch. I always think about the scene in The Gap because it ties in so well with something I deal with in my industry-privacy, cookies, online tracking, etc.
The most difficult part of deep mourning is the inability to communicate that depth to others. I believe THAT is what most imprisons people in their loss. It's what is responsible for parents breaking up after the death of a child; one parent (usually the mother) is trapped in that anguish while the other divorces himself from that pain. By one parent abandoning the other parent in that pain, it breaks their bond. If they hope to save their union, they must work through the grief together. The one grieving cannot escape or resolve any of it alone, at least not easily. The one avoiding pain cannot resolve the pain without submitting to it. The parents need each other if they hope to heal.
@@jthomann71 *As a straight white guy who now self identifies as a gay transgender woman of color* I approve of and stand in support with you *losing it once gender roles were assigned.*
AI Artificial Intelligence is indeed a different movie. It was actually a Kubrick project that he never felt able to make as filmmaking technology hadn't reached a high enough level to meet his exacting needs so Stanley handed over all the preparation work that he and his team had done by 1995 and Spielberg released it in 2001 - it was his last project before this one.
Tom Cruise will go down as one of the greatest actors ever. He just never phones it in, has hit after hit, and his commitment to sci-fi has earned him my complete respect.
The reason why some things were so bright was because it was us seeing things from agatha's perspective. You gotta remember she is spending her whole life in simple room with minimal lighting and no way for the eyes to better protect itself from sunlight. As a result, sunlight is a lot brighter so she can't handle the brightness. Another reason why they made things bright is to hide certain things. Rather than spend extra to create certain cgi add ins they instead just made certain spots brighter thus you can't see everything. It also adds to the sterile monotone color scheme as its so bright that colors are not perceptible as all you can see is white. Its only as you move into darkness that color becomes more visable. That is why some scenes show more color as the story gets more and more dark. This movie is important in other ways as its been used as a prediction of future technology. Facial recognition was not around yet when this movie was made. Its right up there with demolition man for best predictions of the future.
Just some minor points; there is no facial recognition in the movie, they use an advanced form of retinal scan which was already a commercial technology back in the 1980s. And demolition Man did not do a good job at predicting the future. There has been no restaurant wars and if anyone laughs at you for not understanding the three seashells it is only because that person is a huge movie nerd.
@@orangewarm1 How should I know? I don't need access to high security areas and the companies that used it might have moved on to other technologies like facial recognition or fingerprint scanning. But: "The first retinal commercial product, EyeDentify 7.5, appeared in 1985" Computer Business Review, 1998
@@orangewarm1 When she is moving about though then its particularly bright. Look up the mall scene and compare it to other spots. You will see what I am talking about. Look up the video and you will see what I mean.
The scene with Agatha guiding Cruise through the mall reminds me of the scene in Bourne Ultimatum where Damon guides Paddy Considine through the CIA agents.
Such a great film. Samantha Morton's performance in this is nothing short of outstanding. I was really surprised she didn't move on to be a much larger "star" than she did. Phillip K. Dick sure can write a story.
*Do androids dream of electric sheep?* Is one of my favorite novels by Phillip K. Dick. Although personally *I never dream of sheep electric or otherwise.* So I can answer that androids do not um... ahem you know what *let's just forget my previous sentence.* Anyhow Minority Report pretty cool movie am I right?
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski has worked on every Spielberg film since 1993's Schindler's List. On the one hand, their collaboration has resulted in some of the most creative shots in cinema history. But many fans definitely took notice of the less colorful look and heavy brightness of Spielberg's filmography since then. The easiest comparison is Indiana Jones 4 vs the previous three. I've always wondered how his films would've looked if Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049, Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Big Lebowski, 1917, etc...) was the Director of Photography instead.
Just to warn Shan, I, Robot is an amalgamation of sci-fi stories, only slightly inspired by Isaac Asimov’s book of same name. I love the movie though. Will Smith is so engaging, and the robot, played by “Wash” of Firefly, has so much personality for an android. I also think Shan should watch AI, I think it’ll pique his interest.
The color grading was a creative choice that worked whether or not you happen to like it. The last scene zooming out from the precogs is the only scene with standard color grading. That was a choice. The idea of a society dominated by the corruption of a precrime department goes well with unfocused/desaturated color grading skewed to the cold side. When precrime goes away amd the precogs are free, we finally get to see a scene with realistic and warm lighting.
A very similar movie that definitely stands on it's own (and I personally like a bit more) is GATTACA. It also is stylized, deals with determinism vs free will (or arguably potential), and has some great actors with equally great performances. I believe the acting in GATTACA however is much more deep and emotionally stirring despite the fact that its presented as very sterile. It's one of my all time favorites and I'd love to see your reaction.
I think the overexposure on the color grading was on purpose to reflect that the future is not truly certain and can be altered. Awesome reaction to a highly underrated film!
_MR_ is not my favourite Spielberg film, but it might be his finest hour as a director. The level of visual invention and narrative control is unreal. One of the things I like most about the movie is how well it captures the spirit of old films noir without trying too hard to ape the style through costume, cinematography or music. The eccentric performances of the bit players (particularly Tim Blake Nelson, Lois Smith and Peter Stormare) are straight out of movies like _Touch of Evil_ or _Kiss of Death._
Fun fact: the Precogs were named after 3 classic detective story authors: Agatha Christie (Hercules Poirot), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), and Dashiel Hammet (Maltese Falcon).
I love your channel because of your reviews... We can truly find out whether you liked a movie or not based on these reviews. So keep them going, please! We need them This movie is one of my favourite Tom Cruise movies. You can think about this story for weeks, months... It just gets you
The actor who plays Agatha is the same one who plays the anti-witch mission leader "Mother" in "Fantastic Beasts". Suggest you look into "Ruby, the Galactic Gumshoe" produced as serial radio plays by ZBS. They're based on Philip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", developed almost as doppelganger to "Blade Runner". Of course, it's not something you can do as reaction on UA-cam, but you may find it a personal enjoyment on your own time.
I watch the review section. I love to see your take on the movies and what you caught that I may have missed. Been here for a while and look forward to all you have planned for the future.
Philip Kindred Dick is one of my favourite writers (I have almost all of his work), so it kind of bothers me when movies based on his works are a bit off. By the way, all Dick's books are this unpredictable - I used to wish someone would make movie Ubik, or Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, but I don't think that would work out well today.
Word. Dick was actually commissioned to write his own screenplay to Ubik, which I've read. I think it would work excellent, maybe even better as a movie, because you could use cinema techniques to portray time moving backwards: It would start in 4k, then go back to 1080p, then to regular TV in 16:9, then to 4:3, then to B/W and finally to silent movie.
@@ILoveBees i mean, in today woke atmosphere. They fck everything nowadays, with forced multiculturalism, swap genders etc, but with minimum focus on the story and characters.
This is one of my fav movies, it has everything! I have the book for so long and haven't red it yet, I started it, but that was also nearly 20 years ago "Don't you ever say his name!" gets me everytime Thanks for this great reaction
01:12 Oh, definitely watch and react to _A.I. Artificial Intelligence,_ Shan! A lot of critics didn't really get it upon its release (Kubrick expectations). Neither did Roger Ebert, but after some urging, Roger revisited it, and added it to his list of *_Great Movies._*
Hey Shan, This vision of the future is so next level in this movie.------ From self-driving cars that use the sides of building to double as roadways.------ To interface teach that can scan your mind from their thoughts and on the flip side implant new ones to create fantasies. Flying police cars, roll up digital newspapers.------ Near-instant body part replacements, artificial body parts.------ And the list goes on and on.------ THe only one I would leave off the list is the constant eye scans.------ But our cell phones can do that trick to have us tracked, so were screwed either way.
This was originally going to be a sequel to Total Recall with Schwarzenegger reprising his role as Quaid, but this never happened, and Spielberg took over the project, making it into what it is now
I'm the same way with book adaptations, Shan. There are some movies that I haven't seen because I've wanted for decades to read the books first, and still haven't gotten around to it. 😆
This film diverges significantly from the Philip K. Dick story, which is not always a bad thing for either the film or the book. PKD was a creative genius for creating original stories, but they are usually just the broad outlines in short form. The screenwriters had to add a lot to make it feature length.
A.I., in my opinion, is one of the most underrated movies of all time. No, it's not entirely satisfactory, and it probably doesn't fully utilize the premise it lays out. But the world building is amazing. The fact that it's been practically forgotten about is the reason I consider it so underrated. In fact, you might be the first reactor I follow to react to it, if you choose to watch it. (Just please keep your expectations in check. The enormous potential of its premise really would've lent itself to a full miniseries, instead of just a single movie.)
A.I. is a fantastic film and one of Spielberg's best. It's ending was Stanley Kubrick's original idea too which some people have a hard time accepting, for some reason. It's a heart-wrenching vision of Humanity.
Thanks. A lot of the reactor creators I'm subscribed to have been hit really hard with copyright strikes lately so you're the only game in town it seems.
Yo, Shan. Firstly, since you mentioned it, I want to say that I always watch the review section and appreciate your thoughts, so don't skip on that. And yeah I agree with you about everything including the "criticism." I love the movie, but the exposure and especially the crazy grain/noise always distracted and annoyed me, too. It was on purpose, though. Spielberg specifically told Janusz Kamiński (his frequent collaborator cinematographer) to increase the overall grain to create "the ugliest, dirtiest movie" he'd ever shot. I get why he went for that, and I'd even say it worked, but it still distracts me.
Also, a hard-Science Fiction film from the same year as this one, definitely worth checking out is Steven Soderbergh's remake of _Solaris,_ with George Clooney. I feel like you'd really enjoy it, Shan. Some may argue you should see Tarkovsky's original first, and I wouldn't stand in their way. Both are extremely good films in their own right. But unless you want to do a Soviet film on your channel with English subtitles for the Russian language throughout, pull the trigger on the Soderbergh. You won't be disappointed. 😀
YES!!! Solaris is an amazing movie - and the Clooney one was superior, IMHO. I was in an LDR at the time and when I watched it, all I could think of was who this person I was in an LDR was. If my construction of them was really who they were. It absolutely floored me - after I finished watching it, I immediately watched it again. I'd LOVE to see Shan check it out.
Max Von Sydow's character is named Lemar Burgess. I can't help but wonder if that may be an homage to the author of "A Clockwork Orange," Anthony Burgess. Then again, i's a common enough name, I suppose. It might as easily be an homage to the harsh disciplinarian principal of my elementary school, Mrs. Burgess at L.O. Jacobs Elementary in Coon Rapids, Minnesota (Closed 2011).
One of those movies that flies under the radar a bit, but there's so much going on, there's time for genuinely traumatic scenes with Samantha Morton, but also humour (the almost throwaway moment when Tom crashes the yoga class), a big chunk of world-building, action, slick visual style, plot twists and sick-sticks.
Tom Cruise’s story arc on struggling with loss was brilliant. The pre-cogs were named after mystery writers. Dashiell Hammett, creator of Sherlock Holmes stories Arthur C Doyle and the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. Should read her novels. I knew Agatha was gonna grab Tom Cruise from the pool but Spielberg still managed to scare me!! Love how they used Schubert’s music when Tom was browsing the images early in the movie. John Williams thrilled his audience once again. He was inspired by the composer for Psycho and other Alfred Hitchcock films, Bernard Herrmann
@@shanwatchesmovies The _Star Trek: TNG_ TV episodes are far superior to the _TNG_ movies. Eps worth viewing: "Q Who" & "Best Of Both Worlds" are required viewing for _ST: First Contact._ Highly recommended: "The Inner Light" S4 "Cause & Effect" S4
Dissapointed, but not surprised, to hear how low the retention into the review segment is. Hope that doesn't bum you out too much; that's the bit I come here for, always enjoy your insights!
We all watched this in theatres.. such a mind @#$% w/ action and suspense. At the time our family usually eats at the nearby diner; we had a lot of discussions about free will, police state, guilty before crime... wow. These stories are the ones that are Spielberg worthy. Excellent.
Fun fact: Spielberg used a thinktank of specialists (scientists, tech leaders etc.) to envision what the world would look like in 50 years time. At the time the movie was made using retina scans for identification in the future made sense. The Human Genome Project (a worldwide effort to generate the first complete sequence of human DNA) was still ongoing after more than 10 years. Consequently, sci-fi didn't yet deal with it as a minor background aspect in their stories but rather as the major theme, often in the form of cloning or the consequences of 'designer babies', the movie Gattaca (which you already watched) being a great example.
Your reaction to Angel Heart convinced me to subscribe to your channel. If I might suggest delving into espionage & intelligence movies that no one else has reacted to yet(Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Good shepherd.)
There's a Woody Allen movie called Sweet and Lowdown, where Sean Penn plays a 1930s jazz guitarist, and Samantha Morton plays his mute love interest. You should see how emotive she can be with her face with NO lines. I think that's what Spielberg saw her in that led him to cast her in this.
I had no idea John Williams did this movie. It's a very different approach from his usual stuff that I prefer, but it wasn't bad music. It worked for the film. I just don't think I would listen to it on its own. Also, AI: Artificial Intelligence is definitely a pick for the future, although not everyone will "get it".
I totally agree with you about the annoying over exposed lighting. By the way, this movie leans on/borrows some tropes from classic private detective genre (just like Blade Runner did) - particularly Raymond Chandler novels (and the encounters with extreme types of characters in scenes). If you want to see where some of the inspiration for this movie comes from please watch: The Big Sleep (1946) Murder My Sweet (1944)
Fifth Element isn't really near future though, but a great film. Gattaca is great too, and Children of Men is simply amazing. No wonder the guys behind it went on to do The Expanse.
Spielberg made Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can within a short time span. An incredible and creative one-two punch. I like a lot of the little details in the future world of Minority Report, for example, how some people fear the pre-cogs or see them almost as deities. This future world has its own flaws and superstitions. It is an example of creative world building.
To answer your question if there are any movies that Cruise doesn't run in. I can only think of a few. The color of money, Eyes wide shut, Tropic Thunder (of course it's a relatively small role) and I believe Top Gun.
This film definitely provokes the thought of whether the future has happened yet even if you could see into the future through some sort of looking glass.
Actually a great sci fi very well developed world if not one of the best in cinema, only issue I guess would be pacing in the 2nd act, and a bit bumpy in the climax. The set up and first act tho is pretty darn solid.
For me Minority Report is really like only one other movie Die Hard 3. The fact that when I first watched either film I remember not really liking them. Although with each successive viewing over the years I found my appreciation gradually increasing. Now I consider Minority Report and Die Hard 3 to be certainly near the top of my favorite films of all time.
Shan.. Re. Your intro question- Yes, A.I. is worth watching. In fact it’s wayyyy better than Minority Report. A.I. is a brilliant sci-fi / drama masterpiece. Watch it. You won’t regret that at all.
Hey Shan, Fun FAct: Spielberg brought in futurists to accurately predict what technologies would exist in the future so they could be placed in the movie. Many experts have said that this movie is the most accurate prediction of the future ever created. ------Shan, AI doesn't even need to scan our eyes to sell us, they can just track our cell phones. So we beat their predictions to the punch.
Watch the 2009 and 2013 Star Trek movies. They're pretty great. The Spock-Kirk dynamic was nailed perfectly and their performances are super engaging. Both films look super gorgeous too! Trust me, they're absolutely worth it.
You have to see DUEL, Steven Spielberg's first film, it is a master class on how to make your first film with a low budget, using a reduced film crew, 1 truck, 1 car, 1 leading actor and the rest supporting actors for one scene each one.
From Steven Spielberg, you must watch "Amistad". One of his best. From Tom Cruise, you must watch "Vanilla Sky", directed by Cameron Crowe. My favorite from Cruise.
Precrime actually did work quite well, by preventing murders. It wasn't perfect though, as we found out. The human factors of it made it vulnerable, and sometimes alternate futures were possible. Perhaps every time? Just having an agent show up and have a 10 minute chat with the would-be murderer would likely solve a fair amount of cases. Sure, sometimes they'd still go back and kill their target, but the opportunity might have passed forever in some cases.
I also think the color grading and exposure were meant allow us to share John’s worldview, first desaturated and devoid of life to reflect the loss of his son, then overexposed when he is high or with his newly implanted eyes,
Absolutely fire sci fi film. Spielrg and Tome Cruise both do not disapoint. Based on a short story by Phillip K. Dick, (as is the movie Blade Runner), it was at first intended to be a sequel to Total Recall (also based on a story by Dick). The project went nowhere then Spielberg took the reign of it but stopped it to finish the movie AI (Artificial Intelligence) the Stanley Kubrick had start working on before he died. After AI, he took Cruise, Colin Farell and Max Von Sydow (the legend) and without a doubt made one of the best sci-fi thriller of the 2000's. The movie (like the story) asks tough question about determinism, free choice and should we act as if someone was guilty, if we know in advance what he will do? Deep questions indeed.
People who don’t stay for your review/commentary at the end are truly missing out! Love your channel.
^ THIS!!
You're reviews are top tier, people who skip them seriously missing out.
I think this is one of Cruise and Spielberg’s best. The twists, pacing, acting, plot…everything is top notch.
I always think about the scene in The Gap because it ties in so well with something I deal with in my industry-privacy, cookies, online tracking, etc.
The plot belongs to Philip K Dick
The scene where Agatha recounts the life Cruise's son could've had is one of the most heartbeaking I've ever seen.
The most difficult part of deep mourning is the inability to communicate that depth to others. I believe THAT is what most imprisons people in their loss. It's what is responsible for parents breaking up after the death of a child; one parent (usually the mother) is trapped in that anguish while the other divorces himself from that pain. By one parent abandoning the other parent in that pain, it breaks their bond. If they hope to save their union, they must work through the grief together. The one grieving cannot escape or resolve any of it alone, at least not easily. The one avoiding pain cannot resolve the pain without submitting to it. The parents need each other if they hope to heal.
@@chris...9497 You had me up till you assigned gender roles to it.
@@jthomann71 *As a straight white guy who now self identifies as a gay transgender woman of color* I approve of and stand in support with you *losing it once gender roles were assigned.*
AI Artificial Intelligence is indeed a different movie. It was actually a Kubrick project that he never felt able to make as filmmaking technology hadn't reached a high enough level to meet his exacting needs so Stanley handed over all the preparation work that he and his team had done by 1995 and Spielberg released it in 2001 - it was his last project before this one.
Tom Cruise will go down as one of the greatest actors ever. He just never phones it in, has hit after hit, and his commitment to sci-fi has earned him my complete respect.
Sucks he got pulled into Scientology.
Love this movie. It's one of those movies I always stop and watch when I'm browsing through the channels and see it on.
"I know it's a sci fi movie but I wonder if it leans more toward the thriller or the action aspect."
Yes.
"DON'T YOU EVER SAY HIS NAME!" Such a gripping way to do this line.
The reason why some things were so bright was because it was us seeing things from agatha's perspective. You gotta remember she is spending her whole life in simple room with minimal lighting and no way for the eyes to better protect itself from sunlight. As a result, sunlight is a lot brighter so she can't handle the brightness. Another reason why they made things bright is to hide certain things. Rather than spend extra to create certain cgi add ins they instead just made certain spots brighter thus you can't see everything. It also adds to the sterile monotone color scheme as its so bright that colors are not perceptible as all you can see is white. Its only as you move into darkness that color becomes more visable. That is why some scenes show more color as the story gets more and more dark. This movie is important in other ways as its been used as a prediction of future technology. Facial recognition was not around yet when this movie was made. Its right up there with demolition man for best predictions of the future.
Just some minor points; there is no facial recognition in the movie, they use an advanced form of retinal scan which was already a commercial technology back in the 1980s. And demolition Man did not do a good job at predicting the future. There has been no restaurant wars and if anyone laughs at you for not understanding the three seashells it is only because that person is a huge movie nerd.
@@sntxrrr where is this commercial technology?
Most of the time we're not watching things from her perspective.
@@orangewarm1 How should I know? I don't need access to high security areas and the companies that used it might have moved on to other technologies like facial recognition or fingerprint scanning. But: "The first retinal commercial product, EyeDentify 7.5, appeared in 1985" Computer Business Review, 1998
@@orangewarm1 When she is moving about though then its particularly bright. Look up the mall scene and compare it to other spots. You will see what I am talking about. Look up the video and you will see what I mean.
This movie is so underrated.
_Logan's Run_ (1975) is a must see Sci-Fi classic - for the _Minority Report_ fan.
The scene with Agatha guiding Cruise through the mall reminds me of the scene in Bourne Ultimatum where Damon guides Paddy Considine through the CIA agents.
I completely forgot that Neil McDonough was in this!
Such a great film. Samantha Morton's performance in this is nothing short of outstanding. I was really surprised she didn't move on to be a much larger "star" than she did. Phillip K. Dick sure can write a story.
It's odd that Hollywood hasn't mined more of Dick's works. There's so many great ones.
*Do androids dream of electric sheep?* Is one of my favorite novels by Phillip K. Dick. Although personally *I never dream of sheep electric or otherwise.* So I can answer that androids do not um... ahem you know what *let's just forget my previous sentence.* Anyhow Minority Report pretty cool movie am I right?
Cinematographer Janusz Kaminski has worked on every Spielberg film since 1993's Schindler's List. On the one hand, their collaboration has resulted in some of the most creative shots in cinema history. But many fans definitely took notice of the less colorful look and heavy brightness of Spielberg's filmography since then. The easiest comparison is Indiana Jones 4 vs the previous three. I've always wondered how his films would've looked if Roger Deakins (Blade Runner 2049, Shawshank Redemption, Skyfall, Big Lebowski, 1917, etc...) was the Director of Photography instead.
Director Lamar was correct about 1 thing. We don't choose our beliefs just like we don't choose what food tastes good or bad.
Always an interesting premise and Max Von Sydow always plays a good villian
Another excellent Sci-fi movie in regards to free will is I, Robot starring Will Smith….. definitely worth a watch and a review!
Just to warn Shan, I, Robot is an amalgamation of sci-fi stories, only slightly inspired by Isaac Asimov’s book of same name. I love the movie though. Will Smith is so engaging, and the robot, played by “Wash” of Firefly, has so much personality for an android.
I also think Shan should watch AI, I think it’ll pique his interest.
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Yeah, I love that movie I, Robot, and Pirate Steve from _Dodgeball_ was great as the robot Sonny.
It's amazing.
We're not heading towards a future with a surveillance state and targeting advertising.
We're already IN one.
The color grading was a creative choice that worked whether or not you happen to like it. The last scene zooming out from the precogs is the only scene with standard color grading. That was a choice. The idea of a society dominated by the corruption of a precrime department goes well with unfocused/desaturated color grading skewed to the cold side. When precrime goes away amd the precogs are free, we finally get to see a scene with realistic and warm lighting.
Commentary is my favourit part of your reactions!
Philip K. Dick the man was visionary and quite a few fantastic films have been based on his writings.
This one, Blade Runner, Total Recall, Paycheck
A Scanner Darkly from 2006
A very similar movie that definitely stands on it's own (and I personally like a bit more) is GATTACA. It also is stylized, deals with determinism vs free will (or arguably potential), and has some great actors with equally great performances. I believe the acting in GATTACA however is much more deep and emotionally stirring despite the fact that its presented as very sterile. It's one of my all time favorites and I'd love to see your reaction.
I think Shan did that one.
The review section is the best part!
I love you review section, it really sets your channel apart
I think the overexposure on the color grading was on purpose to reflect that the future is not truly certain and can be altered. Awesome reaction to a highly underrated film!
_MR_ is not my favourite Spielberg film, but it might be his finest hour as a director. The level of visual invention and narrative control is unreal. One of the things I like most about the movie is how well it captures the spirit of old films noir without trying too hard to ape the style through costume, cinematography or music. The eccentric performances of the bit players (particularly Tim Blake Nelson, Lois Smith and Peter Stormare) are straight out of movies like _Touch of Evil_ or _Kiss of Death._
Fun fact: the Precogs were named after 3 classic detective story authors: Agatha Christie (Hercules Poirot), Arthur Conan Doyle (Sherlock Holmes), and Dashiel Hammet (Maltese Falcon).
Cruise may be a wacko personally but the man is a phenomenal actor and he has a fantastic scifi movie track record.
I love your channel because of your reviews... We can truly find out whether you liked a movie or not based on these reviews. So keep them going, please! We need them
This movie is one of my favourite Tom Cruise movies. You can think about this story for weeks, months... It just gets you
So excited to see this video in my sub box. I know how much of a film buff you are so this should be very entertaining 😁
The actor who plays Agatha is the same one who plays the anti-witch mission leader "Mother" in "Fantastic Beasts".
Suggest you look into "Ruby, the Galactic Gumshoe" produced as serial radio plays by ZBS. They're based on Philip K Dick's "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep", developed almost as doppelganger to "Blade Runner". Of course, it's not something you can do as reaction on UA-cam, but you may find it a personal enjoyment on your own time.
I feel like Magnolia is one of the few movies I can think of where Tom Cruise doesn't run. lol
Tom's character does run in _Magnolia._ Away from himself.
I watch the review section. I love to see your take on the movies and what you caught that I may have missed. Been here for a while and look forward to all you have planned for the future.
Philip Kindred Dick is one of my favourite writers (I have almost all of his work), so it kind of bothers me when movies based on his works are a bit off.
By the way, all Dick's books are this unpredictable - I used to wish someone would make movie Ubik, or Three Stigmata of Palmer Eldritch, but I don't think that would work out well today.
Word.
Dick was actually commissioned to write his own screenplay to Ubik, which I've read. I think it would work excellent, maybe even better as a movie, because you could use cinema techniques to portray time moving backwards:
It would start in 4k, then go back to 1080p, then to regular TV in 16:9, then to 4:3, then to B/W and finally to silent movie.
@@ILoveBees i mean, in today woke atmosphere.
They fck everything nowadays, with forced multiculturalism, swap genders etc, but with minimum focus on the story and characters.
@@dacsus Ah. Yeah, you're probably right about that... :-/
This is one of my fav movies, it has everything!
I have the book for so long and haven't red it yet, I started it, but that was also nearly 20 years ago
"Don't you ever say his name!" gets me everytime
Thanks for this great reaction
The flaw in the system works considerably different in the original source story. Dick really likes tightening up his bogus science where he can.
I like this movie a lot. One of my favorite near-future fantasies. I also enjoy your analysis, always very insightful. Keep up the good work.
01:12 Oh, definitely watch and react to _A.I. Artificial Intelligence,_ Shan! A lot of critics didn't really get it upon its release (Kubrick expectations). Neither did Roger Ebert, but after some urging, Roger revisited it, and added it to his list of *_Great Movies._*
Hey Shan, This vision of the future is so next level in this movie.------ From self-driving cars that use the sides of building to double as roadways.------ To interface teach that can scan your mind from their thoughts and on the flip side implant new ones to create fantasies. Flying police cars, roll up digital newspapers.------ Near-instant body part replacements, artificial body parts.------ And the list goes on and on.------ THe only one I would leave off the list is the constant eye scans.------ But our cell phones can do that trick to have us tracked, so were screwed either way.
If I watch your reaction I will *always* listen to your review. In fact it's your enjoyable reviews that made me subscribe 👍
This was originally going to be a sequel to Total Recall with Schwarzenegger reprising his role as Quaid, but this never happened, and Spielberg took over the project, making it into what it is now
I didn't even know that... that's hard to imagine.
I love your reviews, man.
I think it’s crazy people don’t watch your review at the end, it’s my favorite part
I'm the same way with book adaptations, Shan. There are some movies that I haven't seen because I've wanted for decades to read the books first, and still haven't gotten around to it. 😆
This film diverges significantly from the Philip K. Dick story, which is not always a bad thing for either the film or the book. PKD was a creative genius for creating original stories, but they are usually just the broad outlines in short form. The screenwriters had to add a lot to make it feature length.
A.I., in my opinion, is one of the most underrated movies of all time. No, it's not entirely satisfactory, and it probably doesn't fully utilize the premise it lays out. But the world building is amazing. The fact that it's been practically forgotten about is the reason I consider it so underrated. In fact, you might be the first reactor I follow to react to it, if you choose to watch it. (Just please keep your expectations in check. The enormous potential of its premise really would've lent itself to a full miniseries, instead of just a single movie.)
A.I. is a fantastic film and one of Spielberg's best. It's ending was Stanley Kubrick's original idea too which some people have a hard time accepting, for some reason. It's a heart-wrenching vision of Humanity.
Thanks. A lot of the reactor creators I'm subscribed to have been hit really hard with copyright strikes lately so you're the only game in town it seems.
13:25 yes the one movie Tom Cruise doesn’t run is “A Few Good Men”
Great movie.. and your reactions are always amazing and well thought out. Keep up the great work.
Yo, Shan. Firstly, since you mentioned it, I want to say that I always watch the review section and appreciate your thoughts, so don't skip on that.
And yeah I agree with you about everything including the "criticism." I love the movie, but the exposure and especially the crazy grain/noise always distracted and annoyed me, too. It was on purpose, though. Spielberg specifically told Janusz Kamiński (his frequent collaborator cinematographer) to increase the overall grain to create "the ugliest, dirtiest movie" he'd ever shot. I get why he went for that, and I'd even say it worked, but it still distracts me.
I can’t believe only 20% watch your breakdown after. It’s always so good.
Also, a hard-Science Fiction film from the same year as this one, definitely worth checking out is Steven Soderbergh's remake of _Solaris,_ with George Clooney. I feel like you'd really enjoy it, Shan. Some may argue you should see Tarkovsky's original first, and I wouldn't stand in their way. Both are extremely good films in their own right. But unless you want to do a Soviet film on your channel with English subtitles for the Russian language throughout, pull the trigger on the Soderbergh. You won't be disappointed. 😀
YES!!! Solaris is an amazing movie - and the Clooney one was superior, IMHO.
I was in an LDR at the time and when I watched it, all I could think of was who this person I was in an LDR was. If my construction of them was really who they were. It absolutely floored me - after I finished watching it, I immediately watched it again. I'd LOVE to see Shan check it out.
Max Von Sydow's character is named Lemar Burgess. I can't help but wonder if that may be an homage to the author of "A Clockwork Orange," Anthony Burgess. Then again, i's a common enough name, I suppose. It might as easily be an homage to the harsh disciplinarian principal of my elementary school, Mrs. Burgess at L.O. Jacobs Elementary in Coon Rapids, Minnesota (Closed 2011).
Movie great👍
So is your passion on watching , comenting ,analyzing movies😊
Sorry i am german so is my english😀
One of those movies that flies under the radar a bit, but there's so much going on, there's time for genuinely traumatic scenes with Samantha Morton, but also humour (the almost throwaway moment when Tom crashes the yoga class), a big chunk of world-building, action, slick visual style, plot twists and sick-sticks.
Tom Cruise’s story arc on struggling with loss was brilliant.
The pre-cogs were named after mystery writers. Dashiell Hammett, creator of Sherlock Holmes stories Arthur C Doyle and the Queen of Crime, Agatha Christie. Should read her novels. I knew Agatha was gonna grab Tom Cruise from the pool but Spielberg still managed to scare me!!
Love how they used Schubert’s music when Tom was browsing the images early in the movie. John Williams thrilled his audience once again. He was inspired by the composer for Psycho and other Alfred Hitchcock films, Bernard Herrmann
Any chance you'll keep watching the STAR TREK movies?
Yup, very soon!
@@shanwatchesmovies The _Star Trek: TNG_ TV episodes are far superior to the _TNG_ movies. Eps worth viewing:
"Q Who" & "Best Of Both Worlds" are required viewing for _ST: First Contact._
Highly recommended:
"The Inner Light" S4
"Cause & Effect" S4
Dissapointed, but not surprised, to hear how low the retention into the review segment is.
Hope that doesn't bum you out too much; that's the bit I come here for, always enjoy your insights!
We all watched this in theatres.. such a mind @#$% w/ action and suspense. At the time our family usually eats at the nearby diner; we had a lot of discussions about free will, police state, guilty before crime... wow. These stories are the ones that are Spielberg worthy. Excellent.
30:39 The best part?
Fun fact: Spielberg used a thinktank of specialists (scientists, tech leaders etc.) to envision what the world would look like in 50 years time.
At the time the movie was made using retina scans for identification in the future made sense. The Human Genome Project (a worldwide effort to generate the first complete sequence of human DNA) was still ongoing after more than 10 years. Consequently, sci-fi didn't yet deal with it as a minor background aspect in their stories but rather as the major theme, often in the form of cloning or the consequences of 'designer babies', the movie Gattaca (which you already watched) being a great example.
Great react ion. I knew you would enjoy it. Great movie, and very fun ride.
Hi Shan.
If you liked this movie you should watch Memento as well. It has a similar buildup, directed ny Cristopher Nolan
Your reaction to Angel Heart convinced me to subscribe to your channel. If I might suggest delving into espionage & intelligence movies that no one else has reacted to yet(Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy and the Good shepherd.)
There's a Woody Allen movie called Sweet and Lowdown, where Sean Penn plays a 1930s jazz guitarist, and Samantha Morton plays his mute love interest. You should see how emotive she can be with her face with NO lines. I think that's what Spielberg saw her in that led him to cast her in this.
You should check out 'Enders Game'. Decent sci-fi movie based off a very good book.
I had no idea John Williams did this movie. It's a very different approach from his usual stuff that I prefer, but it wasn't bad music. It worked for the film. I just don't think I would listen to it on its own. Also, AI: Artificial Intelligence is definitely a pick for the future, although not everyone will "get it".
I totally agree with you about the annoying over exposed lighting.
By the way, this movie leans on/borrows some tropes from classic private detective genre (just like Blade Runner did) - particularly Raymond Chandler novels (and the encounters with extreme types of characters in scenes).
If you want to see where some of the inspiration for this movie comes from please watch:
The Big Sleep (1946)
Murder My Sweet (1944)
My favorite near future movies are Gattaca, Children of Men, and The Fifth Element.
Fifth Element isn't really near future though, but a great film. Gattaca is great too, and Children of Men is simply amazing. No wonder the guys behind it went on to do The Expanse.
Soo glad you liked the movie. One of my favorites.
Spielberg made Minority Report and Catch Me If You Can within a short time span. An incredible and creative one-two punch. I like a lot of the little details in the future world of Minority Report, for example, how some people fear the pre-cogs or see them almost as deities. This future world has its own flaws and superstitions. It is an example of creative world building.
To answer your question if there are any movies that Cruise doesn't run in. I can only think of a few. The color of money, Eyes wide shut, Tropic Thunder (of course it's a relatively small role) and I believe Top Gun.
Given your love of pyrotechnics, have you considered 'Backdraft' from 1991 ?
This film definitely provokes the thought of whether the future has happened yet even if you could see into the future through some sort of looking glass.
Actually a great sci fi very well developed world if not one of the best in cinema, only issue I guess would be pacing in the 2nd act, and a bit bumpy in the climax. The set up and first act tho is pretty darn solid.
Cruise + Spielberg = excellence. What a great movie, great performance from Cruise as usual. All round a great watch.
For me Minority Report is really like only one other movie Die Hard 3. The fact that when I first watched either film I remember not really liking them. Although with each successive viewing over the years I found my appreciation gradually increasing. Now I consider Minority Report and Die Hard 3 to be certainly near the top of my favorite films of all time.
Great review - this is a fantastic movie
The advertising reminds me of a futurama episode where they televise advertisements into your dream.
Shan.. Re. Your intro question- Yes, A.I. is worth watching. In fact it’s wayyyy better than Minority Report. A.I. is a brilliant sci-fi / drama masterpiece. Watch it. You won’t regret that at all.
Hey Shan, Fun FAct: Spielberg brought in futurists to accurately predict what technologies would exist in the future so they could be placed in the movie. Many experts have said that this movie is the most accurate prediction of the future ever created. ------Shan, AI doesn't even need to scan our eyes to sell us, they can just track our cell phones. So we beat their predictions to the punch.
I have always loved this movie. I'm surprised it is not more well known.
Rare jump scare on Sydow’s shot…and I saw it coming
Watch the 2009 and 2013 Star Trek movies. They're pretty great. The Spock-Kirk dynamic was nailed perfectly and their performances are super engaging. Both films look super gorgeous too! Trust me, they're absolutely worth it.
Were sunglasses illegal in the future?
You have to see DUEL, Steven Spielberg's first film, it is a master class on how to make your first film with a low budget, using a reduced film crew, 1 truck, 1 car, 1 leading actor and the rest supporting actors for one scene each one.
From Steven Spielberg, you must watch "Amistad". One of his best. From Tom Cruise, you must watch "Vanilla Sky", directed by Cameron Crowe. My favorite from Cruise.
You should watch Enemy of the State. You will like it.
Great reaction. Like you said, a fantastic film in pretty much every way. Probably the best Tom Cruise performance.
Fun fact: the hotel clerk is William Mapother, real life cousin to Tom Cruise. Personally my #1 favorite Philip K Dick movie adaptation.
“People don't have ideas. Ideas have people.”
Precrime actually did work quite well, by preventing murders. It wasn't perfect though, as we found out. The human factors of it made it vulnerable, and sometimes alternate futures were possible.
Perhaps every time?
Just having an agent show up and have a 10 minute chat with the would-be murderer would likely solve a fair amount of cases. Sure, sometimes they'd still go back and kill their target, but the opportunity might have passed forever in some cases.
Fantastic movie, great performances, amazing effects, decent twists and just still visually grounded
This is one of my favorite sci fi films. Such a great story by Philip K Dick and movie by Spielberg.
Yes Shan, there is a single Tom Cruise movie without his signature running scene. It's called Born on the Fourth of July. Ba dom tis!
YES!!! On of my all-time favorites!!! Such a great movie!
I also think the color grading and exposure were meant allow us to share John’s worldview, first desaturated and devoid of life to reflect the loss of his son, then overexposed when he is high or with his newly implanted eyes,
One word: Kaminski. That sort of overexposure with very blown out highlights is his signature.
Absolutely fire sci fi film.
Spielrg and Tome Cruise both do not disapoint.
Based on a short story by Phillip K. Dick, (as is the movie Blade Runner), it was at first intended to be a sequel to Total Recall (also based on a story by Dick).
The project went nowhere then Spielberg took the reign of it but stopped it to finish the movie AI (Artificial Intelligence) the Stanley Kubrick had start working on before he died.
After AI, he took Cruise, Colin Farell and Max Von Sydow (the legend) and without a doubt made one of the best sci-fi thriller of the 2000's.
The movie (like the story) asks tough question about determinism, free choice and should we act as if someone was guilty, if we know in advance what he will do?
Deep questions indeed.
One of my favorite PKD adaptations of all time.