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Advantages: Good storyline and vision from a world class director
Disadvantages: Predictable ending and soft-light focusing throughout

I purhcased 'Minority Report' the other week for a number of reasons - 1 - It is sci-fi. 2 - I hadn't seen it 3 - It was based on a short story by Philip K. Dick 4 - Spielberg directed it 5 - It was cheap (I am and will always be a tight-fisted Yorkshireman) For those of you unaware of the fact Philip Kindred Dick is a phenomenal author of numerous science fiction stories, some of which you will already know - the Ridley Scott film 'Blade Runner' ...
...Sheep?' and 'Total Recall' was based on his short story 'We can Remember it for You Wholesale'. Anybody out there with a brain will already know who Steven Spielberg is so I won't patronize you with HIS credentials. The film is set in the year 2054 where a future without any crime is almost upon us. Detective John Anderton (Tom Cruise) is the drug-using head of the 'Pre-Crime' unit in Washington DC where murder has all but been eliminated. Three ... Read review

Advantages: Greatest sci-fi movie of all time. Need I say more?
Disadvantages: Slow pacing and thoughtful qualities may be a little tiresome for some.

BLADE RUNNER Blighted by an arduous shoot that led to t-shirt wars between an unsympathetic American crew and its English director; a frosty relationship with Tandem pictures; a considerable misjudgement in releasing the film with a dour voice over narration and happy ending following mediocre preview sneaks in Denver and Dallas; and the fact it followed on the boot heels of Spielberg's wonderful ET, you would think it amazing that Blade Runner ...
...screens 10 years later. However, Blade Runner isn't just any other film. The opening shot alone defines the movie as something rather special, even if to admire simply as a piece of art. But there was always much more boiling under the 'layered' surface - something the critics didn't originally catch on - which has since proved that Blade Runner is perhaps the greatest science fiction movie ever made. Thank the monkey lords for sci-fi geeks and VHS, ... Read review

Advantages: Entertains
Disadvantages: Does get abit boring in some places

What I personally enjoyed about I Robot is the opening seen of Will Smith in the shower, but I would. Throughout this film I thought that Will Smiths (Detective Del Spooner) performance was excellent, along with supporting actress Bridget Moynahan (Dr. Susan Calvin) just made the film. Both their performances complimented each other. The special effects all the way through this film are phenomenal, they are so realistic and very imaginative, companied ...
...just makes the film so individual and entertaning, it is a must see movie. The only problem that I found within all the special effects, characters and of course the classic sound track (with songs by people you will know who ever you are) is that its a film where you cannot watch it over and over again in a short period of time, you do have to leave it for a couple months before you can rewatch it and not get destracted by anything else. I would ... Read review

Advantages: Good charecters and special effects through out
Disadvantages: none

...three great films. I, Robot is the most recent of the three films and is about Detective Spooner (Will smith) trying to work out how Dr. Alfred Lanning (James Cromwell) died. The film opens with a description of the three laws of robotics that say that a robot cannot harm a human being, it must obey all commands unless it conflicts with the other two laws and that i can defend its self unless it conflicted with the other two laws. Then the opening ...
...is the sound track to the movie. The film is all about Will Smiths struggle to prove that one of the robots did actually kill Dr Lanning. Robots carnt feel emotions but Dr Lanning the founder of USSR the robotics company that makes the robots created one that could and he was called Sonny and was played by Alan Tudyk. Sonny was at the hart of the investigation and Will smith spent the entire movie trying to prove he was guilty. All in all it is ... Read review

Advantages: Two brilliant DVDs!
Disadvantages: Check out whether you can get them cheaper separately...

...satisfying way). I watched Minority Report by myself. Riveted. And loved it. What more can I say? Well, I guess I can say that I watched I Robot with hubby, and we both cried. So I can recommend both of these films - and it seems really logical to buy them together. If you're a girl, you can have a night in with your lad and impress him with your choice of films. And you will like them too! :o) If you're a lad, you can start to convert your partner ...
...and hold her interest. (If you are trying for a conversion, don't be afraid to cry. It's very attractive in a man - trust me!) Best watched with a good red wine and a pizza (and a box of tissues….) Just before you buy - make sure you can't get the films cheaper separately, now that they are a few years old. ... Read review