THX 1138 or Minority Report?

[billzfan]

I can only afford one right now. Minority Report is on sale for $15.99 and THX 1138 is $19.99. Which would you pick?

[benjaminh]

Originally Posted by billzfan

I can only afford one right now. Minority Report is on sale for $15.99 and THX 1138 is $19.99. Which would you pick?

I've seen both. I'd go with Minority Report.

THX is a weird, but thought-provoking, low budget downer by George Lucas.

Minority is a big budget blockbuster, based on a story by Philip K. Dick. It's more nuanced, in my opinion, than THX, and just plain more fun to watch.

Both are disturbing at times.

[Rizor]

I'd go with Minority Report too. THX-1138 is cool and is its own achievement, but it's very cold emotionally. Minority Report is much more entertaining and the disc looks excellent. It just has more replay value. I've owned THX-1138 and I think I've seen the extras more times than I've watched the movie.

[johnns]

I don't think either has a lot of rewatchability, although they are both good films. If you want visceral stimulation, choose Minority Report.

[aggienader08]

Hand down, without a doubt, Minority Report.

[42041]

Minority Report is a very good piece of entertainment and a stellar blu-ray worthy of your money.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Minority Report

It's coherent.

[Offender_Mullet]

THX-1138 is by far the more superior film. Like benjaminh said, it's weird and thought-provoking. The ending scene is epic. Also, his newly-added cgi is done well and didn't ruin anything like let's say adding a mouth to the Sarlac pit did.

Minority Report = typical late Spielbergian slop, which means a lot of fluff and almost zero substance, yet people still drool over it because of the director's name. I didn't like it in the theater so I gave it a second chance not too long ago and just don't care for it at all.

[shinseiRomeo]

Originally Posted by Offender_Mullet

THX-1138 is by far the more superior film. Like benjaminh said, it's weird and thought-provoking. The ending scene is epic. Also, his newly-added cgi is done well and didn't ruin anything like let's say adding a mouth to the Sarlac pit did.

Minority Report = typical late Spielbergian slop, which means a lot of fluff and almost zero substance, yet people still drool over it because of the director's name. I didn't like it in the theater so I gave it a second chance not too long ago and just don't care for it at all.

I haven't seen THX but I agree with Offender. I bought Minority Report from BB on sale for $10 (with the lenticular slip!) and was not impressed at all.

[Freekman]

They're both great films. Minority Report is much more entertaining, but THX-1138 is a much better film altogether. If I were you, I'd go with Minority Report just because it has more replay value.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

I have never understood people's interest in THX1138. It's basically 1984, but boring. I don't find myself thinking of anything when I watch it, other than I want to watch something else.

If you want chilling and thought provoking, then read 1984. It's basically a warning about extremest socialism (you know, communism), but can be seen as a story pertaining to any type of police state run amok. If you want to see these themes played out on screen rather than through pages, then pick up V for Vendetta--a much more interesting and original take on 1984.

[Freekman]

I have to admit, THX-1138 was pretty boring in the first half, but started to pick up during the second part.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

LOL That's when I always shut it off. I'm cool with the whole dystopian life in the city: The all white clothes, shaved heads, the apathy, the recorded religious propaganda. It's when they all get put in the cell and all the so-called philosophy begins that I lose interest. It's not thought-provoking because it is deep, or revealing some truth about the human condition, it's though provoking because it is cryptic and takes everything a person's got to try and see through it. I hate films like that. It's almost like the architect at the end of the Matrix. The first time you see that, you're either a faker saying something like, "Yeah, man. I get it. Really deep, baby," or a normal person that says something like, "What the hell did he just say?"

[Offender_Mullet]

lol @ The Architect from the Matrix/THX-1138 comparison. Oh come on. Now THAT is trying to make some long drawn-out b.s. philosophical rhetoric out of a paper-thin plot.....just like how Minority Report was. Ding ding ding.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

Originally Posted by Offender_Mullet

lol @ The Architect from the Matrix/THX-1138 comparison. Oh come on. Now THAT is trying to make some long drawn-out b.s. philosophical rhetoric out of a paper-thin plot.....just like how Minority Report was. Ding ding ding.

No, they're nothing alike, other than the "philosophy" they are spurting out is mostly a load designed into making the viewer think there is more there than there really is.

Minority Report could be seen as 1984 Lite. A sci-fi/fantasy flick that dabbles in the dangers of police-state tactics. There isn't a lot to think about in that film as it is all laid out right in front of you (almost spoon-fed you could say).

[Offender_Mullet]

That's what I meant but it was comparing how really thin the Martix was to Minority Report (adding to my "fluff and almost zero substance" quote). It's late and I'm probably not making much sense.

Well, seeing as I'm in the minority (har har) billzfan, if you want the popcorn movie, go with Minority Report.....even though it's lame. If you want the weird, almost arthouse movie (Lucas did make a student film of 1138 which I believe is on the special features), then go with what I suggested.

[BouCoupDinkyDau]

My vote's still with V for Vendetta and a reading of 1984.

Pick up MR for the visuals when it goes to $10 or lower.

[Aragorn the Elfstone]

Minority Report

[Bluyoda]

I'd go for THX-1138, as it is thought-provoking, and totally unique, and the last shot is one of the most impactful ever, also the new scenes make it look much better, and open up the scope of the film.

But, Minority Report is a more modern science fiction flick with more action and suspense, but I didn't like it at all.

It really depends on what kind of movie you are into.

[JTStarkiller]

I don't think you can go wrong with either (I actually think MR is Spielberg's best), but I'd have to give the edge to THX. It's just so wonderfully odd and different, and a complete contrast to Star Wars. Lucas really shines here.

However, if you dislike everything Lucas did with the Star Wars SEs, stay away from the director's cut of THX, which gets the same treatment. I didn't mind, but it's something to consider.