It's already embarrassing I have seen this movie only now, but it's even more embarrassing I am writing a movie review of something that must have been debated thousands of times. Yet, as soon as I finished watching the movie, I felt the need to watch the commentary and whatever other material I could find on the precious dvd that was lent to me. During a party I found myself sitting on the couch re-thinking about the movie. It is rare I get into such state of trance after watching a movie, especially if I am at someone's party. Here I am trying to write the obvious about this movie.
It's a great movie: it has everything. Strong story, beautiful photography, superb acting, great directorship, memorable score and also a love story. The feeling after watching such movie? Well, that you've well spent 1:48 minutes of your life: a statement that doesn't apply to every movie you go watching.
It's easy for me to refer to the strong story, the movie is based on a great novel that I always wanted to read, and that today I am even more determined in reading. Although the purists readers of Philip K. Dick say the movie is an over simplified representation of the world described by the science-fiction master they acknowledge the quality of the movie. It would have been unwise, and to my knowledge stupid, to try a perfect representation of the book's content. Movies are different media, therefore the messages delivered through them need to be different: it's easier to elicit stronger emotions and wonder using images and Blade Runner is different enough to have succeeded doing this. The director's cut that I have seen has been remastered and you can really see and hear that; light and sound are in really good conditions given the dark scenes and the fact that the movie, which was released in 1982 must have been shot in 1980-1981. Personally I loved some of the back lit scenes: the scene at Tyrell's studio and also some flying scenes where Deckard's face was half lit, with incredible strength. About the superb acting, I am inevitably biased: I love Harrison Ford, especially at this time, he's super cool and I couldn't help to find some commonalities in expressions between the way he interpreted this character and Han Solo. Yes, I found some "chickening" expressions as being just the same *_*. Oh and Rutger Hauer! So young and so good! The score is beautiful, Ridely Scott himself mentioned the fact he considers Vangelis' score as his best ever, I myself will listen to the score very often to embed it in my memory. So what's new? This is an awesome movie and if I were asked to find some faults it would be difficult for me to spot them now. I am too much in love with the movie.
I don't know how other cuts look like, but in this one I would have loved to see more of what was going on in the replicants' minds. We rarely see scenes in which you understand the pain and discomfort they feel knowing they're bound to death, especially for Roy and Pris.
It's a great movie: it has everything. Strong story, beautiful photography, superb acting, great directorship, memorable score and also a love story. The feeling after watching such movie? Well, that you've well spent 1:48 minutes of your life: a statement that doesn't apply to every movie you go watching.
It's easy for me to refer to the strong story, the movie is based on a great novel that I always wanted to read, and that today I am even more determined in reading. Although the purists readers of Philip K. Dick say the movie is an over simplified representation of the world described by the science-fiction master they acknowledge the quality of the movie. It would have been unwise, and to my knowledge stupid, to try a perfect representation of the book's content. Movies are different media, therefore the messages delivered through them need to be different: it's easier to elicit stronger emotions and wonder using images and Blade Runner is different enough to have succeeded doing this. The director's cut that I have seen has been remastered and you can really see and hear that; light and sound are in really good conditions given the dark scenes and the fact that the movie, which was released in 1982 must have been shot in 1980-1981. Personally I loved some of the back lit scenes: the scene at Tyrell's studio and also some flying scenes where Deckard's face was half lit, with incredible strength. About the superb acting, I am inevitably biased: I love Harrison Ford, especially at this time, he's super cool and I couldn't help to find some commonalities in expressions between the way he interpreted this character and Han Solo. Yes, I found some "chickening" expressions as being just the same *_*. Oh and Rutger Hauer! So young and so good! The score is beautiful, Ridely Scott himself mentioned the fact he considers Vangelis' score as his best ever, I myself will listen to the score very often to embed it in my memory. So what's new? This is an awesome movie and if I were asked to find some faults it would be difficult for me to spot them now. I am too much in love with the movie.
I don't know how other cuts look like, but in this one I would have loved to see more of what was going on in the replicants' minds. We rarely see scenes in which you understand the pain and discomfort they feel knowing they're bound to death, especially for Roy and Pris.
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Oh yeah, and I forgot to mention how 80s this movie is, Rachel's straps are simply awesome.
Great review Maria! In fact, I haven't seen the movie as well! I've played the game though:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blade_Runner_(1997_video_game)
I believe the game (released in 1997) has depicted some of the environment characteristics of the movie. I remember enjoying playing it. Not sure whether the plot was the same as the one in the movie... but it definitely involved replicants, mystery and murder...
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