Blade Runner, without a doubt a visual masterpiece with one of the best cinematography I have seen in a movie ever clearly ahead of it's time. The score is also terrific, combined with the atmosphere it immerses the viewer into this dystopian world with intricate world building and our main characters. The movie itself looks so cool and elegant, but besides all of the beauty it barely manages to pack a powerful punch in terms of storytelling. The movie tackles some important topics such as the mere existence of humanity and our future. Ridley Scott tries to immerse the user with some deep quotes such as Roy's "Tears in Rain" hypothesis. Although a really deep and a thought provoking quote it was and how subtly well it was, it should have had more development. Personally I liked Deckard's character and wished to see more of Roy. I think Deckard, brilliantly played by Harrison Ford was plain blank and boring. There's zero backstory that makes you care about him as a character despise the stellar performance by Harrison Ford. Throughout the runtime we see him going through the "generic cop solving crime". The pacing was also handled pretty okay, its not terrible nor it is amazing. Some parts were so slow and had no intention of hooking me, I wish they would have given Deckard more backstory and development during the runtime. The movie also tries to play with the viewer's mind by adding the mystery to see if Deckard is a replicant or not, but it failed to intrigue me to even the slightest due to the lack of context and development. Blade Runner is much like Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" which I thought was a huge bore-fest. I might need to rewatch both those movies to appreciate them or even understand the hype they get. You might say I haven't watched enough movies but I really do not understand the hype any of these 2 movies get. Overall "Blade Runner" got stunning visuals and a great score which deserves all the praise it gets. However, it tries too hard on establishing deep themes which ends up being more of a style over substance movie. The movie as a whole is in the middle of Great and Meh. I might improve my rating in the future after watching 2049 thus for now I give it a solid 6/10 rating.
Review by Dulneth PereraBlockedParent2024-01-06T09:26:09Z
Blade Runner, without a doubt a visual masterpiece with one of the best cinematography I have seen in a movie ever clearly ahead of it's time. The score is also terrific, combined with the atmosphere it immerses the viewer into this dystopian world with intricate world building and our main characters. The movie itself looks so cool and elegant, but besides all of the beauty it barely manages to pack a powerful punch in terms of storytelling. The movie tackles some important topics such as the mere existence of humanity and our future. Ridley Scott tries to immerse the user with some deep quotes such as Roy's "Tears in Rain" hypothesis. Although a really deep and a thought provoking quote it was and how subtly well it was, it should have had more development. Personally I liked Deckard's character and wished to see more of Roy. I think Deckard, brilliantly played by Harrison Ford was plain blank and boring. There's zero backstory that makes you care about him as a character despise the stellar performance by Harrison Ford. Throughout the runtime we see him going through the "generic cop solving crime". The pacing was also handled pretty okay, its not terrible nor it is amazing. Some parts were so slow and had no intention of hooking me, I wish they would have given Deckard more backstory and development during the runtime. The movie also tries to play with the viewer's mind by adding the mystery to see if Deckard is a replicant or not, but it failed to intrigue me to even the slightest due to the lack of context and development. Blade Runner is much like Stanley Kubrick's "2001: A Space Odyssey" which I thought was a huge bore-fest. I might need to rewatch both those movies to appreciate them or even understand the hype they get. You might say I haven't watched enough movies but I really do not understand the hype any of these 2 movies get. Overall "Blade Runner" got stunning visuals and a great score which deserves all the praise it gets. However, it tries too hard on establishing deep themes which ends up being more of a style over substance movie. The movie as a whole is in the middle of Great and Meh. I might improve my rating in the future after watching 2049 thus for now I give it a solid 6/10 rating.