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Ha Ha! You know, I wasn't expecting too much out of this film, but I was pleasantly surprised I will admit. Breathtaking visuals, art direction and the story goes somewhere. The acting is good, even with the one-liners and whininess of Anakin Skywalker. You know, overall, I think Hayden Christensen did a good job. I mean come on, admit it. He was fine. It was the whining of his character that bothered me. Whining about Amidala, whining about how jealous Obi-Wan was of him. I mean there is only so much I can take. I'm very thankful that the film is 142 minutes so all that was spaced out. Natalie Portman as Senator Amidala also gave a good acting performance. She wasn't to bit*** and you saw enough of her to be satisfied. What I didn't like about her character was that she was so reluctant to give in to Anakin. Even though it was obvious that she wanted him. I mean come on! Ewan McGregor as Obi-Wan was good as usual...I wasn't expecting anything less of him and I wasn't left disappointed. Same with Samuel L. Jackson, whom I like, but whose character and battle scenes are short-lived. I kind of wanted to see more of him. You saw him enough I will admit, and he interacted well with the other characters, but I wanted more of him as well as Yoda. Despite all that, which seems more than enough to hate the film, the action and the quasi-romance scenes make up all together. I've seen it twice and I plan on seeing it again. Period.

Keep it up, Lucas!

My sweet Buddha! This is easily one of the best films I've seen all year. With a excellent woven plot, breathtaking visual effect...by ILM of course, and a good cast with good acting...like Roger Ebert said, "This is why we go to movies." My mouth dropped at the visual effects, the grisliness of some of the violent sequences, and finding out who actually framed Tom Cruise's character. I won't give anything away...but I was actually surprised!

Steven Spielberg is my hero...and always has been. After the ridiculiously underrated A.I. Artificial Intelligence, he goes back to the helm for Minority Report.

I wouldn't mind living in this vision of America 2054, but I don't know about the Precrime part. The only thing good about it is that it solved the murder problem in the D.C. area...which is obviously good.

Anyway...if you haven't seen this film, you are missing a very wonderful treat. Roger Ebert, Leonard Maltin, Joel Siegiel, USA TODAY, and many other national newspapers agree that this is the film to see!

The 74th Oscars was a very good one. Whoopi's work as EmCee was very funny, and light. I personally loved her last apperance, which garnered some frigid reviews due to coarse language and salacious jokes, but that's fine. The audience seemed to like it. Halle Berry, Denzel Washington, Ron Howard, Woody Allen, and Sidney Poitier made this an Oscar telecast to remember.