DISCLAIMER: I did not see this movie in its original language(English), but in a dubbed version(Italian). I may have missed some nuances.
Blade Runner had been on my watchlist since forever. Now that I've seen it, I wish that I could have been born to watch it when it came out in 1982. I would have loved it then; but today, having seen the many movies Blade Runner itself inspired, it's just not that exciting.
World building is definitely the best part of the movie. It is the starting of cyberpunk in movies. Los Angeles in Blade Runner is shiny from above, but when you get down in the streets it's filthy and chaotic. There is a lot of neon lights everywhere. The buildings are all run-down with wires added and not hidden in the structure.
While the idea of the main plot is definitely interesting and thought provoking, I felt that the length of the movie is detrimental to its enjoyment. With that I don't mean that the movie is too slow, but rather that a lot of scenes felt useless to me. Almost pretentious, almost like they were put in just to be analyzed in film school or something.
The cast is impressive. While many say that Ford's character was bland, I felt that that was what his role was about and he played it pretty well. Obviously, a great deal of praise should be given to Rutger Hauer, if only for that last monologue.
The soundtrack was on point. The use of the synthesizer was brilliant.
In the end, I enjoyed Blade Runner far less than I had hoped. While its contributions to the sci-fi genre are undeniable, I can't really recommend it to a lot of people. But I can say that if you've enjoyed 2001:ASO, you'll definitely like Blade Runner. Still, it left me wanting to see Blade Runner 2049, so it must have done something right.
Review by Enrico CamillieriBlockedParent2020-04-18T12:08:07Z
DISCLAIMER: I did not see this movie in its original language(English), but in a dubbed version(Italian). I may have missed some nuances.
Blade Runner had been on my watchlist since forever. Now that I've seen it, I wish that I could have been born to watch it when it came out in 1982. I would have loved it then; but today, having seen the many movies Blade Runner itself inspired, it's just not that exciting.
World building is definitely the best part of the movie. It is the starting of cyberpunk in movies. Los Angeles in Blade Runner is shiny from above, but when you get down in the streets it's filthy and chaotic. There is a lot of neon lights everywhere. The buildings are all run-down with wires added and not hidden in the structure.
While the idea of the main plot is definitely interesting and thought provoking, I felt that the length of the movie is detrimental to its enjoyment. With that I don't mean that the movie is too slow, but rather that a lot of scenes felt useless to me. Almost pretentious, almost like they were put in just to be analyzed in film school or something.
The cast is impressive. While many say that Ford's character was bland, I felt that that was what his role was about and he played it pretty well. Obviously, a great deal of praise should be given to Rutger Hauer, if only for that last monologue.
The soundtrack was on point. The use of the synthesizer was brilliant.
In the end, I enjoyed Blade Runner far less than I had hoped. While its contributions to the sci-fi genre are undeniable, I can't really recommend it to a lot of people. But I can say that if you've enjoyed 2001:ASO, you'll definitely like Blade Runner.
Still, it left me wanting to see Blade Runner 2049, so it must have done something right.
6.5/10