Saw Minority Report last night, and I must say I liked it quite a bit. I won't post any spoilers or anything here, I'll just say that you should see it on the big screen and be dazzled by the effects.

I will talk about future movies in general, though. Why is it that every movie about the future involves needless technology that is "cool looking" but not really functional? In this movie, for instance, they fly around in a helicopter looking thing but it is tall and spiraled like a snail's shell. This looks cool, but is this really an efficient design for holding people and equipment? This pales in comparison to the means by which the psychic folks relay the identity of murder victims. It is done through the intricate three-dimensional carving of a spherical block of wood. In the movie they claim that this is to ensure that no tampering is done, but I'm sure there are easier ways. It looks cool but serves no real purpose.

Is this our future? Are we doomed to be surrounded by products that are futuristic-looking but unwieldy? The answer is yes.