Bladerunner 2 (Spoilers!)
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Saw this last night and wow.. It's the best film I've seen in a long time!
Visually it was fantastic, every single scene was amazing. The acting, music and pacing was spot on and although it was fairly slow, I wasn't bored at any point. Definitely as good as, if not better than the first.
I can't wait until it comes out on Bluray now so I can watch it at home without some prize idiot kicking the back of my seat throughout the film after I told them off for taking their shoes off and sticking their feet through onto my armrest. There were also a group of about eight girls in my screening who obviously decided it wasn't for them and left about 45mins in. I was surprised at how quiet the cinema was too. I booked early thinking it would sell out but it was at least half empty.
Visually it was fantastic, every single scene was amazing. The acting, music and pacing was spot on and although it was fairly slow, I wasn't bored at any point. Definitely as good as, if not better than the first.
I can't wait until it comes out on Bluray now so I can watch it at home without some prize idiot kicking the back of my seat throughout the film after I told them off for taking their shoes off and sticking their feet through onto my armrest. There were also a group of about eight girls in my screening who obviously decided it wasn't for them and left about 45mins in. I was surprised at how quiet the cinema was too. I booked early thinking it would sell out but it was at least half empty.
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Saw it last night.
Great film and as good a sequel to one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time as could possibly be expected.
I had a couple of minor issues with the plot, but overall a fantastic film.
Best film of the year for me.
Great film and as good a sequel to one of the greatest sci-fi films of all time as could possibly be expected.
I had a couple of minor issues with the plot, but overall a fantastic film.
Best film of the year for me.
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Do you have to have watched the first to see this? I could never get into the first film
You definitely need to have seen the first one. And to be honest, if that wasn't your bag, then it's doubtful this will be either.
Both fantastic films though.
Hasn't the films cinematographer said the best version is the standard cinema version as he's already overseen all the different versions including HDR for 4k BR?
wow best sci fi of the decade?
Better than Inception, Interstellar, Cloud Atlas, Moon, Sunshine etc ?
I may have to go see this in an actual cinema then.....
But i will be very very very surprised if it is better (or even close to) than the original. The original was and still is one of the best scifi films of all time... sometimes i think you have to be a certain age or be of a certain generation to appreciate some older films.
Credits just rolled.
It was good, very good. DV has a knack for building atmosphere and he got it spot on.
However, it has flaws. The characters were missing something that the first had, that sense they "belonged" in that world. It's not that the acting was bad, it's just that scene after scene was moody and slow, the original mixed it up (Taffy Lewis's bar for example, or the market) and there were normal conversations.
Having said that I absolutely loved it and will see it again in the coming week while it's on the big screens.
It was good, very good. DV has a knack for building atmosphere and he got it spot on.
However, it has flaws. The characters were missing something that the first had, that sense they "belonged" in that world. It's not that the acting was bad, it's just that scene after scene was moody and slow, the original mixed it up (Taffy Lewis's bar for example, or the market) and there were normal conversations.
Having said that I absolutely loved it and will see it again in the coming week while it's on the big screens.
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I'm going back to watch this again 100%, will try to spot all the clues this time.
So, an important question I've now arrived at is, will this change the understanding of the first? First thoughts are that 2049 has now added something to BR that it didn't have before I saw 2049, hard to explain without going full spoiler.
On another note...
On another note...
Anyone else think the horse sculpture was missing a horn?
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The most in awe thing about this movie, besides that it is great, it is how it didn't let the original down.
You know how we watch a sequel to a classic these days, there are always disappointments, we don't get many Aliens to Alien, no Terminator 2 to Terminator and it's all Matrix Reloaded to The Matrix, Speed 2. You almost get to a point where you give up but then this turns up. It almost make you want to believe again that there are GOOD movie makers out there making GOOD movies, not just movies to make money, they are doing it for the art, they took control and make a film for its idea that it set up, takes its time to go through and deep philosophical idea of what it means being human, the greater idea of soul and humanity. I am glad to see that the studio gave him the chance to do that, unlike the original BR where they did some stupid cuts and voice over.
Anyway, I am in awe on how DV took the original movie, not only didn't let it down, it expanded it and did it in a natural way. One of the thing that really struck me that he did this was like the duke box with the hologram Sinatra. That is totally what would it could look like if they put a hologram in one of those and keep the retro look. It was perfect.
Then there is the score, it has a similar feel and every now and then a massive wave comes over like the grandeur of the scale of the visual which really hits you. An hour into the film I am there thankful that this is just brilliant.
Well done DV, well done.
You know how we watch a sequel to a classic these days, there are always disappointments, we don't get many Aliens to Alien, no Terminator 2 to Terminator and it's all Matrix Reloaded to The Matrix, Speed 2. You almost get to a point where you give up but then this turns up. It almost make you want to believe again that there are GOOD movie makers out there making GOOD movies, not just movies to make money, they are doing it for the art, they took control and make a film for its idea that it set up, takes its time to go through and deep philosophical idea of what it means being human, the greater idea of soul and humanity. I am glad to see that the studio gave him the chance to do that, unlike the original BR where they did some stupid cuts and voice over.
Anyway, I am in awe on how DV took the original movie, not only didn't let it down, it expanded it and did it in a natural way. One of the thing that really struck me that he did this was like the duke box with the hologram Sinatra. That is totally what would it could look like if they put a hologram in one of those and keep the retro look. It was perfect.
Then there is the score, it has a similar feel and every now and then a massive wave comes over like the grandeur of the scale of the visual which really hits you. An hour into the film I am there thankful that this is just brilliant.
Well done DV, well done.
Some people will still moan, because they have placed Blade Runner on a pedestal. No sequel however good can live up to what they envisage a BR sequel should be like.
BR is one of my favourite films, and I did moan initially, but the trailer looked good to me and I'm looking forward to see it.
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There are 3 short films on YouTube that sets PRE-2049, it's not 100% necessary but it is interesting nevertheless. It pretty much is the intro text of 2049 in visual form.
oh, remember to take a pee before going in, with trailers it is 3 hours long.
Cheers for the tip!
I knew about them but after the animatrix generally being better than the two movies that followed I was concerned, better or worse would be bad, that they fit gives me and the missus a Friday tv gig!