Report on Minority Report

Saw Minority Report last night and enjoyed it, but the more I think about it, the more plot holes and (shall we say) improbable events I recall. (The chase through a robotic automobile factory--in suburban Washington, DC?--is really over the top, for example.) The way Spielberg filmed it tends to hide a lot of the story problems while watching the movie, though. He used an impressionistic style, including blue filters and slightly overexposed film stock, which gives the whole story a dream-like quality, as if it was all someone's fantasy--or "pre-cognitive" reverie. Some excellent acting helps, too. There's a standard Hollywood/Spielberg happy ending, but it's worth seeing, I think, as are most movies based on Philip K. Dick stories (e.g., Total Recall). It will stay with you and make you think.