BLADE RUNNER 2049
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- CygnusZero4-1
I watched the original again after having only seen it once like 10 years ago. It was ok. I liked it more than I remembered, but its still flawed imo.
Pretty amazing they got that done without the tech they have today, but the movie itself aside from the visuals is still kinda boring. There is so little story there, but its still stretched out over a while through what feel like endless shots of nothing happening. They tried to fill the space of these dead shots with no dialogue with these loud ass synths, which I guess helps, but there was way too much of it. It actually felt like they just duplicated many shots and sprinkled the same shots throughout the film lol.
So Im seeing the new one this sat. I keep hearing amazing things so I hope it doesnt disappoint.
- get ready ready for a 2:45:00 of synths and engine revving sounds ;)Ramanisky2
- I agree with "loud ass synths"...sorta like the overused Michael Bay or J.J. Abrams Lens flares.utopian
- I didn't mind the sound at all.
loved it.Ramanisky2 - I'm not sure you understood the movie if you claim the story isn't much.monospaced
- I always compare it to old western films. The silence says a whole lot...ShaneHolley
- Ramanisky22
Possible spoilers
- great vidutopian
- Thanks for sharing.nb
- Thanks Obamautopian
- You're welcomeRamanisky2
- face_melter8
Saw it earlier today. Great. Just fucking great from the second it started to the moment the credits rolled.
The locations and sets are mint and the scale of everything is boggling compared to the first film. Seeing it all in one go you get the sense that the characters are tiny, tiny, things in this massive city machine trying to hold onto something, any kind of feeling or emotion, to prevent them from being swallowed by it - like Robin Wright's character trying it on with K after a few drinks.
And yeah, I didn't know what to expect with the story but I thought it was superb the way it tied in with the original and pushed The New. No disappoints at all - apart from the garbage sound system in the cinema, the bass BRAAAANNNNNGGG's made the speakers pop. So I will probably see it again in a better theatre.
- The IMAX sound was unbelievableRamanisky2
- my theatre had crisp ATMOS and that shit sounded superbernexbcn
- Yeah, I was more of the mind of needing to see it on a big screen above all else. There's an IMAX at the Mall of Scandinavia, a short train ride from me.face_melter
- So I think i'll go there to get the full effect.face_melter
- The real IMAX is WORTH ITmonospaced
- monospaced3
One of the best movies I've seen. Wow. So glad I got to see it on a legit IMAX too. Nothing quite like that full frame 3story screen. And, thank you Hans Zimmer. That was epic.
- yup!utopian
- he says, your welcome monohotroddy
- :)monospaced
- CygnusZero4-1
Saw it last night. Visuals and sound were stellar. The story was stupid. Also, had they trimmed some of the fat off these long drawn out shots, this movie would feel better at 2 hours long. I liked it a lot but didnt love it, especially the last act. It was depressing and didnt live up to the first 2 acts.
They also failed to deal with the jared leto character. Just left him hanging for a sequel which probably wont even happen since the movie has been a huge box office flop.
- you went in wanting to dislike it, though ... your review of the first movie knocked on "shots with no dialogue with ... loud ass synths," which this one also hasdoublespaced
- Leto's character wasn't important - his actions were - Luv is by far the more central protagonist. Her and K are different sides of the same coin.face_melter
- pablo280
7.3/10
- Story: 6
Music: 7
Image: 9pablo28 - Story: 7
Music: 10
Image: 10utopian - Story: 9.5
Music: 10
Image: 10Ramanisky2 - Story: 6
Sound: 9
Image: 11
Don't shoot rockets and
then not finish him.ArchitectofFate - story: 4
music: 10
image: 9hans_glib
- Story: 6
- Fax_Benson3
I can kind of understand the quibbles with story and acting but I could have just carried on watching it, regardless of what was happening. Not even watching - just gazing at it rumble past. It is SO good to look at.
The light, the snow, the dust. Like Bluejam said - the glitchy Elvis scene is ridiculously good.
- Noggin0
Like this a lot. The original is still one of my favorites, particularly the Vangelis soundtrack.
I thought the music in 2049 was ok but the sound design was really good.
8/10
- sofakingback1
approved. carry on.
- fadein114
We talk to Territory Studio about creating screen graphics & on-set assets that shaped the look of this unique film
- monoboy3
The sound design makes this movie.
Very enjoyable. And just like the original, makes you ponder the realities of a dystopian future.
- Ryan Gosling plays a good replicant. Like in all his other movies.monoboy
- haha, he does indeedmonospaced
- lol at replicant comment hahaMiguex
- Miguex0
I want to get the concept art book from this movie, I saw "The Art of Blade Runner" on Amazon, but it looks like it's mostly frames from the actual film, was hoping more of the back end design.
Anyone knows if they released something like this already?
- https://cdna.artstat…
ok? :Dsted - perfect! :)
thank youMiguex
- https://cdna.artstat…
- Bluejam13
- just came in my pants.sofakingback
- Excellent. They *had* to have a model of the LAPD building - wouldn't be Blade Runner otherwise.face_melter
- wowGnash
- Man, that's pretty incredible!MondoMorphic
- Impressive as alwaysRamanisky2
- I'm always surprised when I see movies using real world models. When I saw that movie I was wondering about render times. Little did I know.CyBrainX
- So good.PhanLo
- Stunningspunji
- wow that's awesome thanks for sharing!sted
- ^ CyBrainX -- still common practice. Depends on the shot/budget/VFX sup/Production team etc.mugwart
- sted0
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- MrT0
Saw it last night after a tricky month avoiding reviews and general interwebs noise.
I absolutely loved it.
The pacing is superb, perhaps partly because it's such a contrast to the Hollywood cliché conveyer-belt. I wasn't sure about a back-from-the-dead ending though.
Visually it's stunning but *that* CGI was still not quite there for me. It's hard to be convinced when you know it can't be that person. It was in a new cinema so the audio was rattlingly brilliant, and the score is a perfect update.
Gap T-aside, it's nice to see Indy actually act again. Jared Leto is a bit maple-cured but otherwise all main characters are spot on.
I'm a huge fan of the original. And so the franchise begins...
9/10
- evilpeacock2
Saw it 2 weeks ago at the Seattle Boeing IMAX, the only "true" IMAX where I live, with the only rival being the full 70mm capable Cinerama. BR 2049 was specially re-formatted for the 12-story IMAX screen rather than being run at the wide theatrical aspect ratio, and it was my intention to see it the best way possible.
The steep IMAX seating worked really well with the giant flyovers; you feel like you're flying yourself because it feels like you're above the screen already.
The IMAX audio presentation is also pretty much unmatched; the booming, rumbling score and SFX were rumbling the whole theater but there was no clipping or distortion even when it felt like everything might just fall apart.
Definitely in my top 5 in-cinema experiences ever, just for the A/V experience alone. But all around my favorite movie this year. If you can, catch it at a full-on IMAX.
- mugwart6
I worked on this (and proud of that) but still but still can't bring myself to watch it. This is all my option but I couldn't get the change of the look and feel against the old one.
I have personal gripes with the set and wardrobe but it's mainly the difference from the lighting and the camera lens. Too flat and sharp, no roll off.
In case any legal's are reading this, people working on this project were lovely, as was the client and this is purely my cynical opinion!
I'm also bitter that Tom Hardy didn't get the part ;-)!
Really happy about the rave views though!
- I thought you did VFX in film industryRamanisky2
- It's difficult sometimes to pull away and enjoy a piece after analyzing it's flaws for what feels like an eternity.since1979
- What is it about wardrobe? (Seemed good fit -- lol but seriously...)Squiddy
- I'd agree some on the lens choice and lighting. Deakins did great and is one of my fave DPs nonetheless.evilpeacock
- Seriously, that police station was all high-key lighting. The original BR everything was dark, smokey, with deep contrast.evilpeacock
- Watch it. It's great. Like the original but better in many ways. See it before it's no longer on the big screen. Please.monospaced
- The change in look and atmosphere could have been better explained in-film rather than relying on (admittedly good) YT shorts.face_melter
- The fall of Tyrell and the rise of Wallace is a film in itself.face_melter
- yay I know you guys are right and I do genuinely adore Deakins but I don't know Blade runner is just perfect and what I saw didnt gel for me. Again not talkingmugwart
- against artistsmugwart
- I am a bladerunner fan, and after I watched 2049, I went back and watched the original again, and I still feel the new one is just as good.monospaced
- The original was great, and had its flaws. I would never say it was perfect. You know as much as anyone that every person working on 2049 was honoring the origmonospaced
- the new one didn't come even close to that end scene with roy batty.inteliboy
- that's true ... I just don't expect/want to have a recreation, and I thought 2049 had some pretty intense emotion as well as some thought provoking materialmonospaced
- If I had worked on this, and I was a huge fan of the original, and all the other people working on it were like-minded, I would see it once on the big screenmonospaced
- I hear you ... but I can't get over their lens choice...mugwart
- That is keeping you from seeing it? If you miss it in theaters you'll never see it the way it was intended. It's a really good movie. Lens isn't a deal breaker!monospaced
- he's trollingsince1979
- Safe space violated!Hayoth