Continuing our string of sci-fi movies will be Minority Report, a Steven Spielberg movie starring Tom Cruise and Colin Farrell. Although more-or-less an action movie, this film received some of the best ratings of any 2002 film and won numerous awards. The film takes place in 2054, where it seems we have developed the capability to predict murders before they happen. The style of the film has influenced many subsequent science fiction movies. From a discursive standpoint, the movie’s major theme centers around a complex look at the free will vs. determinism argument.
Things to watch for and think about:
- Free will vs. determinism
- Are the PreCogs seeing the future, or just one version of the future?
- How is the future in this movie utopian? How is it dystopian?
- Differences between its setting and style compared to Children of Men
- Is it possible that the act of accusing someone of a murder could begin a chain of events that leads to the slaying? (this question from a well known film critic)
- What actually happened to John at the end of the film?
- Does the film deal with the issues that it raises? What are we supposed to take away at the end?
You can watch the trailer for the film below. You might need the Flash plug-in to see it.
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