what is so good about Blade Runner?

[okr]

zuvuyeay said:

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zuvuyeay said:

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rocketpig said:

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AbbathTheGrim said:

The movie is an almost perfect visual presentation of this Post-Modern times. The way you can interpret various scenes to the way we humans live our life today gives the movie depth.

On the flip side, the movie leaves so much to interpret that is has no solid footing and thus a poor movie.

Since when is leaving interpretation up to the viewer a bad thing?

i think it started in the 80s.

OT: Set design/art direction, story, atmosphere, soundtrack (the only good soundtrack Vangelis has ever created), cultural influence.

Chariots of fire is a classic and still parodied to this day

I hate the soundtracks for Chariots of Fire and 1492: Conquest of Paradise (Vangelis' two biggest successes) with a passion.

that maybe so but its still a classic and gone down in movie history like i said and parodied a lot,i would have thought bladerunner would be his biggest success

No. The Chariots of Fire and 1492 soundtracks were worldwide hits and sold million of copies. The OST for CoF sold several  million copies in the first year alone, the title theme was a worldwide single hit and became one of the most succesful instrumental tracks in movie history. Despite their successes both soundtracks are among the most unsuitable ones I've ever heard, but it doesn't really matter as both movies suck and are widely forgotten.

The brilliant original Blade Runner soundtrack was first released 12 years after the movie and became a cult classic, just like the movie (which was initially a flop - E.T was released the same summer and completely dominated the worldwide boxofffice in 1982).