in re-watching this movie, my initial evaluation was turned on its head. originally, i had previously glossed over the film as only above average summer fare. i've decided that i was wrong. the movie is not only entertaining but also scary, intelligent, surprising, and wonderfully constructed. plus it co-stars tom cruise's forehead vein, which has never been displayed so prominently or vividly. i've elevated minority report to my "best of the best summer blockbusters" list. the combination of philip k dick, spielberg and cruise won me over.the role of agatha (played by samantha morton), the female precog, was originally offered to cate blanchett and jenna elfman. jenna elfman turns down movies? really?
see jackie (chan) run, see jackie jump, see jackie kick ass. in this case, the jackies are a pair of french daredevils/stuntmen named david belle and cyril raffaelli. if you saw the old nike presto commercial featuring a guy jumping off of rooftops and shimmying spiderman-like up walls, you already know david belle. he's the founder of an urban sport called 
bridging the gap between star wars episodes two and three, clone wars is a series of three minute episodes detailing all the cool parts that the movies left out. like you know, the action. while there's hardly enough dialogue to figure out what's going on, you don't really miss out on anything because the fast and furious pace of the cartoons pushes you along to all of the fighting scenes. it's no surprise that george lucas was only nominally involved in this project, because the clone wars are superior to the prequels in every way.
having missed out on every 80's classic, i'm on a mission to watch them all. my question after having seen heathers, pretty in pink and now sixteen candles is: why does it seem like 80's teen movies had better dialogue than today's teen movies? did teens get dumber? or are our teen movies just inferior? it's not like sixteen candles had a great plot or great acting, but the dialogue was better. and the characters are more likable, well-rounded, memorable, and easier to relate to. watching sixteen candles made me sad and melancholy. is that supposed to happen?
doug liman (swingers, go) drops another excellent movie. even though much of the success of this movie is due to the beautiful brad and angelina pairing, some of the acclaim must fall on the director right? whatever. angelina is beyond hot. brad is um, hot. the movie itself is good enough to be enjoyable and never terrible enough to become distracting. mr and mrs smith will probably be the best mindless fun of the summer.