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Minority Report (2002)
Pretty good for a mainstream sci-fi
Saw it at the cinema a few years ago & took the opportunity to watch it again last night. I think the futuristic feel of the city & appartments was very good. The technology to make adverts respond to individuals through retinal scans isn't really all that far away although I guess the bit that stretched it for me was the eye transplants. I supposed society will respond to that level of surveillance, but it seemed a bit basic compared with the level of technology of the time it was all set in.
Performances were solid, Cruise better than some of his films, but Morton screamed a bit too much for me. A good twist at the end and enough complexity to push it above the pre-teen "Battlestar Galactica" audience. As long as you're prepared to accept the concept of precrime without too much argument, then you'll be rewarded.
The Madness of King George (1994)
Faultless
Watched this again yesterday & once more was enraged at the injustice of Nigel Hawthorne missing out on the Oscar to Tom Hank's Forrest Gump that year.
An absolutely masterful performance from Hawthorne, matched by Ian Holm's doctor. The scene where the two of them meet for the first time is one of my favourites of all I have ever seen & always moves me.
The film never takes itself too seriously, and the cast is a veritable who's who of great British actors that Hollywood largely ignored. If you haven't seen this film, then I'd urge you to do so. Not many of you will fail to be impressed.......
Troy (2004)
Liked it.
One of those that I missed at the cinema, but caught at home. The big screen probably would have helped, but in all honesty I struggled to really fault it. I'm sure that students of Greek mythology would have had a field day picking holes in it, but it held my interest all the way through. Thought that the acting was OK but as I never really knew all aspects of the story then I was more into picking up the plot than being over focused on individual performances. Thinking back now, Paris was certainly "pretty" enough & Hector was certainly heroic...maybe Brad Pitt as Achilles was a bit of opportunistic casting, but I thought he was believable enough. The action scenes were good, and the violence was just about right without being gratuitous. I grew up loving big "sword & sandals" films, and now technology has jumped ahead in many aspects I'll look forward to introducing my boys to it when they're a little older.
Haven't seen Alexander yet - how do they compare?