I really enjoyed it. Easily my favourite film in years.
It had everything I could have asked for.
1. A multi-threaded plot where everything came together in a very meaningful way.
2. Not an ultra-dumbed-up over-simplified producer formula flick like that somewhere in the realm of 95% of films out there nowadays.
3. Emotion provoking visuals.
4. Depth in rich amounts of subtleties.
5. First film in a long time which stylistically reminds me of Vertigo (although in a Cyberpunk future!)
In short. A lot of films these days reek of producer enforced checklists. No depth, no subtitles. Everything has to be on the nose. The same basic three act plot structures and mechanics used over and over and over again. Plot lines and all themes are forced by producers to be so on the nose that everything with a 10M+ budget is basically a PG or R rated childrens’ film these days. Blade Runner is the piece of art that flips the bird to that trend, and it’s very refreshing and unique.
It manages to be a faithful sequel to the original, while not retreading the plot of it, or relying on the original. It also manages deeper levels of plot, with multiple threads and themes going through each scene. It expands Philip K Dick’s Blade Runner universe a great deal on top of all of that. Also, as a sequel, it made me appreciate the original
in an entirely new way. It also had one of my favourite sub-plots ever in a film, how it ties so perfectly into K’s existential crisis.
These are the sorts of gems I look out for.
I describe myself as a little dose of toxic masculinity.
