It has a fascinating “Rip Van Winkle” quality. Spielberg had to know there is nothing new to the SF ideas he’s pondering and that media/news culture doesn’t work the way the film depicts anymore. It seems to be taking place in an alternate present (and it is the present; there are smart phones that stream video and a casual mention of A.I.). It also feels like it’s only part of what was supposed to be a much longer film. But in spite of all that I was absorbed the whole way through. Nobody does this sort of voluptuous, cinematic storytelling anymore and it will be missed when it’s gone.