BLADE RUNNER 2049
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- Bluejam4
Blade Runner 2049 first social-media reviews posted, Denis Villeneuve’s movie heralded as 'masterpiece'
http://www.independent.co.uk/art…
(Spoiler free article)
10 days to go ...
- dopepope1
I just realized I’m friendly with the guy who made those posters that you guys ripped apart a few posts up.
- share the linkimbecile
- https://www.instagra…dopepope
- we've had conversations online about 3D and zBrush and stuff. Never met in person tho. Seems really friendly and cool.dopepope
- nothing wrong with criticism. Steve has chops.Hayoth
- slap him for us ;-)mugwart
- Got to give him credit for the Moonlight poster. https://scontent-lga…CyBrainX
- 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
- SteveJobs1
first off, not a fan of the original, but perhaps could try rewatching it
this film is the type that will come to mind when i think of a cinematic experience. i didn't care much for the characters but i was intrigued by them. the film took me somewhere and i was fascinated everywhere i went.
somehow harrison ford felt too much like harrison ford in most recent films with his awkward frame protruding through his heather grey gap t-shirt (seriously wardrobe???), so his entrance pulled me out of the experience momentarily, but it was really only a sensory experience I'd latched on to so it wasn't jarring.
one thing i was impressed by was the cgi of the girl. there were only minor tells (apart from the obvious), but compared to the work in star wars this was near perfection.
rating: would netflix again one rainy lazy sunday afternoon or have on in the background while working (insert shrug emoji).
- CGI of which girl??
The giant naked hologram?Ramanisky2 - sorry, cgi remake (was trying to avoid spoilers)SteveJobs
- spoiler image:
https://typeset-beta…SteveJobs - I actually thought they used a lookalike actress for that didn't come off as CGI to me. Hmmmmm.Ramanisky2
- spoiler alert
took 1 year to do ...
http://bit.ly/2wLEOT…
was very impressiveBluejam - i wondered that too, but the likeness is near identical.
https://www.bustle.c…SteveJobs - wow they did an amazing job on that
I was totally sold on a lookalikeRamanisky2 - and I completely forgot about my
Black Mirror girl ...
https://pbs.twimg.co…Ramanisky2 - Black Mirror? She's from Halt and Catch Fire.monospaced
- she was on the San Junipero episode
http://nerdist.com/w…Ramanisky2 - haha nicemonospaced
- CGI of which girl??
- Ramanisky22
Possible spoilers
- great vidutopian
- Thanks for sharing.nb
- Thanks Obamautopian
- You're welcomeRamanisky2
- Bluejam0
Trailer 2 - the action version
- *goosebumps, although I stopped watching 3/4 through - I don't want to see too much.detritus
- is jared leto trying to do an impersonation of (or is he) Eldon Tyrell?
And not sure on Gosling's monotone voiceBluejam - gosling is monotone in every movie he's in. wooden actor. the new sam worthingtonCygnusZero4
- I can't watch it. I shouldn't be in here at all. I want to go into the cinema with absolutely no idea what it's going to look/be/sound like.Fax_Benson
- The sense of scale is amazing and the themes of colour and repeating patterns are incredible.face_melter
- SteveJobs1
- To me he always looks like he's getting ready to say, "Get off my plane!"bulletfactory
- "No ticket"yuekit
- haha - even betterbulletfactory
- hahaha https://www.youtube.…prophetone
- "i want my family"
https://www.youtube.…cannonball1978
- imbecile2
How MPC recreated Rachael for Blade Runner 2049
- fadein114
We talk to Territory Studio about creating screen graphics & on-set assets that shaped the look of this unique film
- 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
- Bennn-1
Dont read any reviews dont watch any teasers or trailers.
If the reviews are super good, your expectations will be super high...
- ... he says on page 3 of the thread, after everyone's seen all the teasers and trailers.Continuity
- [Bennn stating the obvious again]imbecile
- Never forget the universally good reviews for the lame ass Force Awakens.fadein11
- That's not the reason not to watch trailers but avoiding spoilers is aways mandatory.CyBrainX
- I got offered $2000 to write good reviews on qbn. I refused.Beeswax
- Bluejam0
prequel short film number 2.
fuck yes.- yes!OBBTKN
- Nice to see Dave Bautista starting to have some serious acting chops. Hope he gets more worthwhile roles after this.face_melter
- The character he plays seems really decent. Looking forward to the movie.PhanLo
- Seems generic and predictable? Also not into the digital look of it.inteliboy
- hans_glib1
lolol can ryan gosling do anything but that hard stare? he's the new charles bronson
- I'll take his hard stare over Ford's perpetual deer-in-headlights mugging.Continuity
- Would you compare him to charlie b? It's like calling Hayden Christensen - darth vader...ArchitectofFate
- would you really take Ryan Gosling over Harrison Ford?CyBrainX
- OBBTKN1
"Blade Runner 2049. Hard movie to thread. So much story is told in extended shots of the hero traveling through environments by himself, saying nothing to anyone."
Full thread: https://twitter.com/andykhouri/s…
Interesting read
- Bluejam1
Fucking love the original.
Have extremely high hopes based on Villeneuve's previous films.
Not a big fan of Gosling, was awful in God Forgives.Not 100% convinced yet on the new film - but happy after seeing the trailer.
Also, one of the characters ...
..reminded me of this other character...
- https://images-na.ss…Gardener
- He was a really good character, I suppose how he ended up made him even betterPhanLo
- Ramanisky21
- http://birthmoviesde…GM278
- that fly through - best part of the movieinteliboy
- face_melter2
I love this shit - seeing flat models before the post work and that shot of K walking towards Vegas... HHHNNNNNGGGHHHH...
- 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.