# Movies you've seen recently (Part 2) **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** movies\ **Created:** [August 27, 2024, 5:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288 "2024-08-27T05:10:46Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 268
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 1:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5344 "2026-04-20T13:25:11Z")
I was struck by the acceptance of eye scanners throughout the city. The police raid used Spiders to forcefully ID everyone in the building. Scary stuff and very dystopian. It’s interesting that a 2002 movie predicated targeted ads at the mall. The film story used eye scanners. _Good morning John Anderton_ and today our smart phones _can trigger_ targeted ads at a store. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5345 "2026-04-20T16:42:28Z")
> [@blondebear](#): > > [“Emergency! Everybody to get from street!!!”](https://youtu.be/QGgJPmOUmDU?si=kh968Sj3uaPbVAbs&t=25) is my custom timer alarm sound. Perfect! We quote this line all the time. ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5346 "2026-04-20T16:47:27Z")
> [@aceplace57](#): > > **Minority Report** 2002 Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, and Max von Sydow. > > There were too many shiny details to absorb in the first twenty minutes of the film. I was reminded of _Blade Runner_ which also has a conspiracy placed into a futuristic society. Well, they’re both based on Philip K. Dick books. He’s an author I love, but I wasn’t crazy about how _Blade Runner_ was done. I haven’t seen _Minority Report_ because I find Tom Cruise just awful as an actor. Can’t watch him. _A Scanner Darkly_ is another Philip K. Dick book made into a movie. I thought that one was pretty good, although the technique of how it was filmed was a little distracting. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:02pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5347 "2026-04-20T17:02:28Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I enjoyed _La Jetee_ a lot when I first saw it in high school. It really packed a punch for me. When I saw _Twelve Monkeys_ much later, I enjoyed it for what it was, but it was similar to me how the impact of the short story _Flowers for Algernon_ was attenuated in the full length feature movie _Charly._ Oh right, I agree. **La Jetee** involves you in the event. The thing you are seeing may be a dream or it may be real, it might be the past or just a false memory. You are the main character in the film. **12 Monkey’s** is _about_ the feeling **La Jetee** gives on one person and it is all certainly happening. Everyone should see both. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:07pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5348 "2026-04-20T17:07:43Z")
> Minority Report 2002 Tom Cruise, Colin Farrell, Samantha Morton, and Max von Sydow. I love that film, have seen it many times. You mention a conspiracy, (spoilered) I’m not sure I’d call it that? Isn’t it essentially just von Sydow’s character that engineers Anderton’s arrest? ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5349 "2026-04-20T17:10:31Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > I haven’t seen _Minority Report_ because I find Tom Cruise just awful as an actor. Can’t watch him. Tom Cruise bugs me too, but Minority Report is fantastic. It’s worth trying it to see if you can get past him. He isn’t typical smarmy Tom Cruise – I think he smiles only once in a flashback. > [@](#): > > _A Scanner Darkly_ is another Philip K. Dick book made into a movie. I thought that one was pretty good, although the technique of how it was filmed was a little distracting. The list of Philip K Dick books made into movies and TV shows is long, although in many cases the adaptations are very loosely connected to the source material. Some of the better known: - Total Recall (1990, 2012) based on “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” - Paycheck (2003) - The Adjustment Bureau (2011) based on “Adjustment Team” - The Man in the High Castle (2015 TV series) And currently in production, _The Future is Ours_ Netflix series based on “The World Jones Made”. ---
**Author:** ![iamatractorboy](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/iamatractorboy/32/21261_2.png) [@iamatractorboy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/iamatractorboy)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:13pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5350 "2026-04-20T17:13:04Z")
I’ve never got the general hate for Cruise. I think he’s a fine actor. He did his ‘character’ stuff earlier in his career (generally speaking) which shows he is pretty convincing when he wants to be. And the latter day action stuff (specifically MI, obviously) is spectacular and really doesn’t need him to do anything more than he does in those. His stunt and action work are peerless. ---
**Author:** ![Sitnam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/6a8cbe/32.png) [@Sitnam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Sitnam)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:18pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5351 "2026-04-20T17:18:27Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > - The Man in the High Castle (2015 TV series) > > And currently in production, _The Future is Ours_ Netflix series based on “The World Jones Made”. This is a wonderful and important book. All Americans should read it not because of some dire Fascist Dystopian warnings, but because in our national conscience we have never felt conquest and that had and does have implications to our foreign policy. I’d like to see the show, but am worried the delicate profound bits will be covered in Swastikas and Hugo Boss. Is this what Heinlein fans feel like? ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:35pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5352 "2026-04-20T17:35:05Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I’ve never got the general hate for Cruise. I think he’s a fine actor. He did his ‘character’ stuff earlier in his career (generally speaking) which shows he is pretty convincing when he wants to be. And the latter day action stuff (specifically MI, obviously) is spectacular and really doesn’t need him to do anything more than he does in those. His stunt and action work are peerless. I agree with all that. ---
**Author:** ![Dewey\_Finn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dewey_finn/32/4222_2.png) [@Dewey\_Finn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dewey_Finn)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5353 "2026-04-20T17:37:43Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > Tom Cruise bugs me too, but Minority Report is fantastic. It’s worth trying it to see if you can get past him. He isn’t typical smarmy Tom Cruise – I think he smiles only once in a flashback. The big question is does Tom Cruise run in this movie? Because that’s not something you typically see him doing in a movie. > **[THE Evolution of Tom Cruise RUN 1981-2018](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3aloOiE3B1I%2F)** > > Every Tom Cruise running scene in every Tom Cruise movie, the evolution of Tom Cruise run.Subscribe to TheEvolutionOFF for daily awesome content. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5354 "2026-04-20T17:38:49Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I love that film, have seen it many times. You mention a conspiracy, (spoilered) Yes, it is revealed that one guy is responsible. But Anderton didn’t know that in the beginning. It is an interesting dilemma that the system Anderton strongly supported suddenly turned on him. ---
**Author:** ![commasense](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/commasense/32/3017_2.png) [@commasense](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/commasense)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:39pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5355 "2026-04-20T17:39:46Z")
I felt he really moved beyond his early, “pretty-boy” roles with _Born on the Fourth of July._ I was very impressed with his acting chops in that performance. ---
**Author:** ![Maserschmidt](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/maserschmidt/32/18829_2.png) [@Maserschmidt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Maserschmidt)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5356 "2026-04-20T17:48:17Z")
He had _Magnolia_ and _Eyes Wide Shut_ come out the same year, 1999, and he was great in both. It’s been pretty much all action films since then, but yeah, he can act. ---
**Author:** ![Tamerlane](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/tamerlane/32/7602_2.png) [@Tamerlane](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tamerlane)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5357 "2026-04-20T17:49:16Z")
> [@iamatractorboy](#): > > I’ve never got the general hate for Cruise. I think he’s a fine actor. I think he is as well, but he isn’t generally a chameleon like Gary Oldman. He’s more often a Humphrey Bogart - commonly playing a variant of himself. Cruise is often playing a handsome, confidant, toothy guy who flash a wide, smarmy/rakish grin at some point. If for some reason that triggers a negative reaction in you, it’s pretty easy to become a non-fan and dislike those roles. I’ve met people who likewise couldn’t stand Bogart. I’m that way with a few actors myself, like Michael Pitt (he always seems so greasy 😬). Also he is well-publicized as on the one hand as a.) being very polite, professional and respectful on the job, but also b.) being a seriously hardcore Scientology nutter. That has an impact on people’s perceptions Anyway I’m a Cruise agnostic. I think he’s actually talented, but completely understand people who disdain him. ---
**Author:** ![Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/elmer_j.fudd/32/1211_2.png) [@Elmer\_J.Fudd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Elmer_J.Fudd)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 5:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5358 "2026-04-20T17:53:23Z")
I think the dislike of Cruise has more to do with being the poster boy for a dangerous and exploitive cult than it does his acting. ---
**Author:** ![TroutMan](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/troutman/32/6721_2.png) [@TroutMan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TroutMan)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 6:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5359 "2026-04-20T18:05:20Z")
It’s a little of both. I don’t like him as a person because of the cult thing and his (older) media personality, with BS like jumping on the couch over his girlfriend while treating her like shit. And I don’t like the smug persona in his older movies (Top Gun, Risky Business, Cocktail, etc.) that still sometimes peeks out in his other roles. And despite that, I still end up liking most movies he’s in, so evidently he doesn’t bug me _that_ much. I _am_ a big fan of his running. Almost every actor does that pseudo-run, where you’re trying to move faster than a walk and look like you’re running, but not really break a sweat. Cruise goes balls-out like he’s actually running a race. ---
**Author:** ![CalMeacham](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/calmeacham/32/35_2.png) [@CalMeacham](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CalMeacham)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 6:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5360 "2026-04-20T18:36:10Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > The list of Philip K Dick books made into movies and TV shows is long, although in many cases the adaptations are very loosely connected to the source material. Some of the better known: > > - Total Recall (1990, 2012) based on “We Can Remember It for You Wholesale” > - Paycheck (2003) > - The Adjustment Bureau (2011) based on “Adjustment Team” > - The Man in the High Castle (2015 TV series) > > And currently in production, _The Future is Ours_ Netflix series based on “The World Jones Made”. You left out _Screamers_ (1995), which is a pretty good adaptation of Dick’s story _Second Variety_. Ignore the stupid advertising campaign. Starring Peter Weller. A lot of people think the “flash forward” scenes in the original _The Terminator_ owe a lot to “Second Variety”, too. I have to agree with them. ---
**Author:** ![Wendell\_Wagner](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/w/8491ac/32.png) [@Wendell\_Wagner](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Wendell_Wagner)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 6:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5361 "2026-04-20T18:42:16Z")
> [@TroutMan](#): > > And currently in production, _The Future is Ours_ Netflix series based on “The World Jones Made” This is (apparently) a complete list of all the stories and novels by Philip K. Dick made into movies or television shows so far: > **[List of adaptations of works by Philip K. Dick](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_adaptations_of_works_by_Philip_K._Dick)** > > Philip K. Dick was an American author known for his science fiction works, often with dystopian and drug-related themes. Some of his works have gone on to be adapted to films (and series) garnering much acclaim, such as the 1982 Ridley Scott film Blade Runner, which was an adaptation of Dick's 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, released three months posthumously. The only adaptation released in his lifetime was a 1962 episode of the British TV series Out of This World, based on... The Future Is Ours, based on _The World Jones made_, will soon be released (although it’s not clear how far in production it is at the moment). The people making it come from many places around Latin America. Presumably the English-language translation of the series will be show on Netflix at some point: > **[Netflix Announces 'The Future Is Ours,' a Dystopian Limited Series Starring...](https://about.netflix.com/en/news/netflix-announces-the-future-is-ours)** ---
**Author:** ![Red\_Wiggler](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/red_wiggler/32/13190_2.png) [@Red\_Wiggler](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Red_Wiggler)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5362 "2026-04-20T19:54:13Z")
Aside from the Scientology ick factor, some of the disdain for Cruise might stem from a few formulaic movies early in his career. _Top Gun, Cocktail, Days of Thunder,_ _Far and Away, The Color of Money,_ even _All the Right Moves_ – confident young man suffers setback, often as a consequence of his own ego and actions, sees the light and perseveres to success at the end. In an old stand-up routine, Tom Arnold had a bit where he recently saw a Tom Cruise movie: “you know, the one where he plays a young cocky guy.” But a lot of his work is really good. Loved him in _Risky Business_ and in his hilarious supporting role in _Tropic Thunder._ ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [April 20, 2026, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288/5363 "2026-04-20T19:55:21Z")
I just wacthed _Foodfight!_, which is best described as the animated movie equivalent quality-wise of the story “Eye Of Argon”. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=267) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/movies-youve-seen-recently-part-2/1006288.md?page=269)