the ending is ambiguous anyway. you could say when he gets "halo'd" that is the last time we see anderton. the last 20 or so minutes is him dreaming in his coma.
OH please!!! This ending would not have given Phillip K. Dick's story any credibility. Even though the film deviated from his story, it HAD to be proven that the Minority Report was indeed intercepted and the whole thing put in place by Lamarr Burgess (who, I know, isn't even a character in the short story). Your idea would have made this a non-movie event!! Hisssssssssss!
@pacific707 I haven't read the book so can't comment from that aspect. But i felt the "happy ending" just too sickly. The film was so dark up to this point... and i was on the edge of my seat shouting "Kill the child murderer!", but when it was unveiled to be a conspiracy etc... i felt let down. It was almost a Bobby Ewing in the shower moment for me! LOL...
Don't be so bad to Spielberg. He actually directed a bunch of the very best films in the world. And at least one isn't sugar-coated at all (Munich, 2005). Pick rather some really bad directors like Michael Bay.
@anotherdisc I love Spielberg! I just think as he has got older... he has made some bad decisions! The endings to this, War of the Worlds, A.I. and Indy 4 just build my case. He needs to get back to the Raiders, Jaws, and ET days! My god the guy was THEE master film maker... sadly not so much these days... although i kinda blame Lucas for Indy 4... what a pile of poo that was!!
I think the movie was this way because, being bound by fate and predictability to be too unsettling for the audience's ( and Steven Spielberg's) minds.
It shouldn't have necessarily ended this way, but it should have ended with either Anderton killing or being killed.
Blah! Blah! Blah ... keyboard directors mostly suck! Don't quit your day job!
oganmy9 7 months ago
the ending is ambiguous anyway. you could say when he gets "halo'd" that is the last time we see anderton. the last 20 or so minutes is him dreaming in his coma.
oldirrtydoogz 9 months ago 3
OH please!!! This ending would not have given Phillip K. Dick's story any credibility. Even though the film deviated from his story, it HAD to be proven that the Minority Report was indeed intercepted and the whole thing put in place by Lamarr Burgess (who, I know, isn't even a character in the short story). Your idea would have made this a non-movie event!! Hisssssssssss!
pacific707 1 year ago
@pacific707 I haven't read the book so can't comment from that aspect. But i felt the "happy ending" just too sickly. The film was so dark up to this point... and i was on the edge of my seat shouting "Kill the child murderer!", but when it was unveiled to be a conspiracy etc... i felt let down. It was almost a Bobby Ewing in the shower moment for me! LOL...
fraught 1 year ago
No, this ending sucks. There is nothing "balls grown" about it.
fatsomamacheese 1 year ago 2
I know Steven Speilberg(Ok, I really don't). Steven Speilberg is a friend of mine(ok, he's really not). You sir are no Steven Speilberg :)
toordal 1 year ago
wowowowowowowowow that was bad
poofy917 1 year ago 2
Wow this ending is really better than Spielberg's...NOT.
Szilagyicsabaistvan 1 year ago
No way. I would have asked for my money back is the movie were like that...
ukrainesov21 1 year ago 2
Don't be so bad to Spielberg. He actually directed a bunch of the very best films in the world. And at least one isn't sugar-coated at all (Munich, 2005). Pick rather some really bad directors like Michael Bay.
anotherdisc 1 year ago
@anotherdisc I love Spielberg! I just think as he has got older... he has made some bad decisions! The endings to this, War of the Worlds, A.I. and Indy 4 just build my case. He needs to get back to the Raiders, Jaws, and ET days! My god the guy was THEE master film maker... sadly not so much these days... although i kinda blame Lucas for Indy 4... what a pile of poo that was!!
fraught 1 year ago
Just because the ending isn't depressing doesnt mean it's "sugar-coated" he just likes to end movies on a good note.
MountDoomPictures 1 year ago
No, this is how a film student should have ended it...
zeroinfinit 2 years ago 6
@zeroinfinit LOL! True! ;-)
fraught 1 year ago
More importantly, you couldn't have pre-cogs.
You can't force someone into a life of involuntary servitude/slavery. It violates the 13th Amendment.
Everybody's due process rights are being violated in this movie. They should have addressed it to make it more believable.
socalcraigster 2 years ago
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MikeUptonLtd 1 year ago
This would not be murder, but voluntary manslaughter.
socalcraigster 2 years ago
You can choose
brfswigcham 2 years ago
If it makes you feel any better, there's an interpretation that everything after Anderton is placed in containment is just an illusion.
It was precisely wishy washy for that reason. Although that might be reading too deeply into it.
ilovethepighat 2 years ago
So are we talking a 'Total Recall' moment? As everything that happens after Quaid (Arnie) goes into the Rekall Device is just part of his dream.
Regardless... it should have ended this way. :-)
fraught 2 years ago
basically
I think the movie was this way because, being bound by fate and predictability to be too unsettling for the audience's ( and Steven Spielberg's) minds.
It shouldn't have necessarily ended this way, but it should have ended with either Anderton killing or being killed.
ilovethepighat 2 years ago
Also, the movie kept changing what the precogs detected.
Apparently they detect suicides and what the precops trip over.
I thought this was one of Steven Spielberg's better movies though.
ilovethepighat 2 years ago