BLADE RUNNER 2049
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- Ianbolton0
Not seen many negative reviews of this, even though I loved the film myself, here's one from a somewhat respected film review magazine: http://lwlies.com/reviews/blade-…
- wow, 2/5 while the kate winslet/idris elba gets 3/5!jpgjpg
- toemaas2
Saw it on the giant IMAX at Navy Pier. Loudest movie I've ever seen in my life. It was awesome.
- err1
Dat sex scene dough!
- Ramanisky23
Full Soundtrack
https://open.spotify.com/album/5…
- hotroddy0
SPOILER QUEStION _ Where in the original does it indicate Ford's character is a replicant?
- http://www.forcesofg…Ramanisky2
- the origami unicorn + unicorn dream is the main clue.inteliboy
- Gotta see the directors cut.pango
- autoflavour0
Rewatched the original last night with my wife as she has decided she wants to see the new one and couldn't remember the old.
comment at the end..
“I remember bladerunner being more like Tron meets Braveheart”
- robotinc3
I was really pleased that this film was able to be its own thing, without obvious studio interference. So tired of obvious fanboy masturbation of starwars (hey look the new one also has darth vader and the millennium falcon!).
Looks great, stands on its own but also builds on the story from the first. Amazing atmospheric scenes and mood. Having just watched the first one in the theater last week, I might like this one more.
- pango0
Holy shit it's a marathon!
- SteveJobs0
wouldn't mind a spoiler-free review from someone else who wasn't a fan of the first one (sorry)
- Ramanisky27
Fucking loved every second of it.
Fully immersed. And yes IMAX picture and sound was 100+++
popcorn and soda wasn't bad either.Blade Runner 2049
Arrival
Sicario
Enemy
PrisonersDenis Villanueve I salute you sir.
- Bullitt-1
Thought it was awesome. They created an original story which in turn helps this film hold its own rather than prop itself on the original. Liked the soundtrack was more atmospheric though, bit like zimmers work on Dunkirk, you can tell these were basically written back to back, possibly this first. It lacked though some of those amazing melodies from the original soundtrack, memories or green. I think he needed to invest more time on these soundtracks he’s talented enough to start a clean slate rather than use the source material from Vangelis, but that migh have been the studios call.
Not too many things I didn’t like *SPOILERS!!!!*
Product placement was made too obvious two particular scenes, peugot and Sony, the camara puts the brand in shot, not neccesary.When they took Deckard to their leader... felt like a James Bond movie. Jared Leto also acting like a fucking Bond villain didn’t help. I think they could have edited this film down to 2 hours removed most of Jared Leto and taken out the meet the replicant republic front, could have been executed better.
These are small details, I think the director might have stripped some of those back, wondering if this was a studio call, let’s not forget, the original (before the edits) was not perfect, in fact it bombed out I believe on its original release.
- inteliboy1
It's good. Really good.
Though the score is no Vangelis - generic Hans Zimmer instead. They make up for it with insane sound design and atmosphere... almost.
The style is a bit flat n dead as well - feels like nothing exists beyond the edges of the frame. That comment about wardrobe is spot on, bland and uninspired. There's a lot of those odd choices.
But it's an amazing film. I could nitpick it to death only due to being a sequel to one of the greats.
ps - AVOID any review or spoiler. It's a very simple (yet great) story, and can be spoilt in about three words.
- fadein110
No spoilers - best time to go for a piss in the film:
http://mashable.com/2017/10/05/b…
- dorfsman-1
I was cautious about disclosing too much above, as I'm aware many of you haven't seen it, but anyway, here goes.
Firstly I'd say the majority of the exterior shots are extraordinary, as the LWL review above mentions, I would have happily sat through two hours of just a narrative free roam of the landscape, taking it all in, it really is does look that good (apart from the interior shots which completely break the illusion with their stark lighting and sometimes cardboard set feel) however...
Shit, where to start? I guess at the most significant flaw, the plot. Avoiding spoilers as best I can, it is myopic, predictable, poorly paced and some of the core premises are just absurdly inept, very very daft. There's forced clunky parallels with the first movie and whereas, by accident or design, the original BR unfolded with liberal doses of ambiguity which, one could argue, really allowed some depth and interpretation to be added by the viewer, 2049 seems to suffer from the same problems as Prometheus where it just tries to explain and frame too much, and some pf this is to the detriment of the original BR which is just lamentable. Again, as some of the reviews coming out explain better than me, those main themes of humankind's relationship with technology, evolution, memory, what it is to be a sentinel being floating on a rock, existential angst tropes if you like, have been explored so effectively in other movies since BR such as Ex Machina, GITS 2: Innocence, Westworld etc; these works kind of took those ideas from the original BR and expanded and surpassed it, 2049 adds nothing to the mix.
Other frustrations...
The score. Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch's soundtrack lacks the nuance, subtlety and sheer beauty of the Vangelis original, the main motif being the belting, almost farting drone that sounds like listening to a Ducati superbike blasting past you in an underpass (the reality of hearing that in real life is probably pretty cool but here it just doesn't work).
The costumes just pale in comparison to the original BR designs with a total lack of imagination, weird juxtaposition and flair. Times now are very different to the early 80's of course (profoundly), but remember that the original BR had a huge, albeit gradual, influence of popular culture: film, literature, fashion, music, advertising; the original seemed to be crammed with visual ideas and inventiveness (not surprising when you look at the breath of talent involved) and I feel 2049 will be forgotten in months and its impact will be minimal.
I could go on and on (I love Gosling but his Batty/Deckard tortured character portrayal is really lacking, and Leto's Wallace is a poor substitute for Turkel's Tyrell etc) but I won't. I'm down, hugely disappointed. IMHO 2049 just didn't need to be made, it adds nothing to the original, adds no new ideas, adds nothing to the wider discourse around the moral quandary we're currently in in terms of our relationship with technology and where it is going. And lastly, it tells us nothing about ourselves, who we are, what it means to be alive, conscious, what it means to reminisce, to love, to live, the original BR seem to press all these buttons, to provoke, explore these themes, 2049 just doesn't come close.
Son i am disappoint: 3.5 out of 10
- looks spoiler heavy... !inteliboy
- Hmm, we could do with an edit button here, lol, I see this is full of typos. Soz.dorfsman
- Edit: BR had a huge, albeit gradual, influence ON popular culture (not OF)dorfsman
- I agree with you, but oddly think it was amazing. Need to digest though.inteliboy
- Interesting read and some good points in spite of the typos, I give this review 8.25/10yuekit
- yuekit I will give your side note a 10/10Ramanisky2
- While I agree on these points, I simply do not agree that each of these points is as impactful and detrimental to the degree you've presented them.monospaced
- In my opinion this is kind of a remake, and it hits all the same points as the original, but does them much better. I miss the ambiguity but also don't. Weird.monospaced
- autoflavour3
Believe the hype.. watched it last night.. fucking amazing
- Got tix for IMAX next week. Super stoked.DRIFTMONKEY
- IMAX experience was phenomenal!!!utopian
- Indeed it was ... 10/10Ramanisky2
- dorfsman-4
Just watched. It triggered me. Extremely disappointing.
- expand plsfadein11
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- A post and duck from dorfsmam.Ramanisky2
- See belowdorfsman