Movies BLADE RUNNER 2049 Thread v.2

[TheRuthlessOne]

Movie was a little long but I really enjoyed it

Any more thoughts

You bumped a thread to post half a sentence???

 

[Corona]

Any more thoughts

You bumped a thread to post half a sentence???

I was gonna post more but I’m too lazy to do anything in depth right now lol. I thought the score and acting were really good, the plot was good enough. CGI and visuals were also on point. I can see why some people wouldn’t like it though given how slowly it moves.

 

[RerouteToRemain]

@Dragonlordxxxxx

Did you see the Blade runner short films. I didn't know that was a thing until just now. I'm probably just way late to the party.

2022 is animated and about 13 minutes. 2036 has Leto in it and is about 5 minutes. They kind of bridge the gap explaining a couple things between the original and 2049

Also just noticed my score for this is a 6, must have accidentally hit that while scrolling down on my phone to vote, meant to vote 9.

 

[Dragonlordxxxxx]

@Dragonlordxxxxx

Did you see the Blade runner short films. I didn't know that was a thing until just now. I'm probably just way late to the party.

2022 is animated and about 13 minutes. 2036 has Leto in it and is about 5 minutes. They kind of bridge the gap explaining a couple things between the original and 2049

Yeah, all 3 videos are on post #2.

Also just noticed my score for this is a 6, must have accidentally hit that while scrolling down on my phone to vote, meant to vote 9.

I edited the poll to allow you to change your vote.

 

[RerouteToRemain]

Yeah, all 3 videos are on post #2.


I edited the poll to allow you to change your vote.

Thanks

 

[Sir Galahad]

Compared to the original it's a failure. The movie could be cut better. The pacing was way too slow.

 

[Tiny]

This movie trumps all the disney bullshit.

We need more of these

 

[LEGS MAHONEY]

FINALLY got around to seeing this. I'm a bit embarrassed given what a big BR fan i am but i was busy.

A wonderful film. it was clear it was a labor of love for the director and he wanted to create something special.

While not as good as the first of course it stands well on its own accord. I like the bit of curveball the film throws you with setting up K as Deckard and rachels son then revealing the truth. This is in line with how bleak and sad the universe is as K certainly had the anxiety over the realization and perhaps happiness over being 'special" then had it snatched away from him but at the same time did the most human thing and died for something he believed in per the conversation he had with Freysa.

What i found interesting as well as some times the cinematography seemed to touch back on the original than eerily remind me of the early alien franchise as well.

9/10

 

[ssBaldy]

Compared to the original it's a failure. The movie could be cut better. The pacing was way too slow.

I liked the pacing. It was not slow - melancholic would be the right word, I think. It suits well to emphasise what shithole hopeless miserable cyberpunk future the movie takes place at. I wouldn't mind it being another half an hour longer.

 

[Andersons Foot]

I really liked this chick until I saw this video

 

[TheRuthlessOne]

I really liked this chick until I saw this video

Yeah the music sucked imo

Its typical zimmer bullcrap

Wish they went with a more 80's synth vibe with it

 

[Kirin]

I really liked this chick until I saw this video

Was hoping the girl would eventually take off that sweater.

Am disappoint.

 

[The Clinch]

Watched this last night.

Despite dozing off for a quick bit, as I was tired as hell, thought this was pretty good.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Compared to the original it's a failure. The movie could be cut better. The pacing was way too slow.

I'd say visually its not got the consistency that Scott's film did, literally almost every frame of that film was full of interest and atmosphere that played to the story.

Again I think it suffers rather from a confused focus, you have the first half of the film looking to K's relationship with Joi and his place in the LAPD then the second half drops that in favour of the Deckard/Rachael story. I think financially as well they might have been better off sticking with the smaller scale story and keeping the budget down to more like the level of Arrival.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I really liked this chick until I saw this video

Honestly though whilst she comes across as a bit of a philistine I think you can see some legit issues built into her criticism.

The pacing was I think an issue, partly again as a lack of visual interest at points but also I think because it was caught halfway between being an action thriller and a drama. There was I think definitely a sense that the film ended up a little flat carrying along at the same kind of pace and level of intensity where as in the original(or indeed something like Drive with Gosling playing a similar character) you have very definite peaks. I do tend to agree with her about some of the soundtrack that was lacking the subtly of Vangelis's original as well recycling that overdone blarring foghorn noise from War of the Worlds that's become like the Wilhelm scream for sci fi.

The point about art cinema(and really this was pretty easily palatable art cinema) is highly questionable and ultimately I think something the media has force fed to much of the public, the idea that anything you don't understand must be looked down on as arrogant pretension so don't look for anything but simple entertainment, especially if your not reasonably wealthy. Still though whist I think the point about the(not actually that common) female nudity in the film is also questionable given how its all used to push the idea of exploitation she probably does have a point about female agency. I think a lot of the problem there is the way the plot shifts, in the first half we focus on Joi and Lt. Woman and they do get pretty good buildup but then in the second their largely dropped and instead we shift to Luv' s character who stays fairly limited.

If the film felt like it was playing to a male market it was less craving female flesh and more I'd say introducing your "vulnerable sci fi woman". Characters who seemed to exist to relate to the hero and to get our sympathy, if anything felt overdone to me it wasn't nudity it was how easily the women ended up in tears. In that respect I think Ex Machina clearly one ups this film playing on the male characters desire to save the vulnerable girl who instantly falls for him.

 

[TheLinguist]

Compared to the original it's a failure. The movie could be cut better. The pacing was way too slow.

Finally, a sound opinion.

 

[Deleted member 110072]

Finally, a sound opinion.

Again I think part of the issue is that Scott could get away with a lot of scenes made up of lengthy atmosphere because his visuals were so effective, both in terms of interest.variety and how well they played into the drama of the film where as I think too often here we had a kind of vaguely depressing minimalism that was just kind of there.

 

[TheLinguist]

Again I think part of the issue is that Scott could get away with a lot of scenes made up of lengthy atmosphere because his visuals were so effective, both in terms of interest.variety and how well they played into the drama of the film where as I think too often here we had a kind of vaguely depressing minimalism that was just kind of there.

Can’t say I disagree

 

[Deleted member 110072]

I mean its not like the film didn't have some nice visuals to it, it certainly did at points but a lot of the interior shooting really didn't catch the eye that much to me. As with Arrival and Sicario it kind of gives the impression that anything but tasteful minimalism is beneath it, I mean yeah you could argue Scott's film as much as I love it is a little clichéd in spots but so what? it was still made with heart and like it it was pushing to the limits rather than playing it safe.

This does kind of give the impression I hate the film I spose which isn't true, its more criticism relative to how highly I hold the original and some of the praise of the sequel.

 

[minute bull]

While I do perceive the same Bechdel bullshit I think it's too easy to overlook the crucial importance of Ana Stelline's thematic purpose of birthing the Replicant species, in how she inoculated them with memories, and memories = life. I don't know if going back to them women-as-mother motif is too cliche or superficial but I think there is something to be said for the fact that this is an aspect of character few male characters will ever get to enjoy. Because Feminists inherently must attune themselves to what-is-wrong, I don't know if that unique feature is something they can appreciate. Thematically speaking when it comes to creator motifs, the mother symbol is every bit as powerful as the god symbol, if not moreso.