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Film Review: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)@drax337d

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No year illustrates the folly of forecasting a film’s status better than 1982. While it’s still widely believed today, as it was then, that the year was one of the best—or even the best—for science fiction cinema, genre devotees at the time were more inclined to crown Spielberg’s E.T., Carpenter’s The Thing, or even Meyer’s Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan as the year’s finest film, rather than risk placing Scott’s Blade Runner in the same category. The cinematic adaptation of Philip K. Dick’s Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? was not only one of the bigger box-office flops of that year but also received poor reviews from critics. Blade Runner, however, saw a relatively small yet fiercely passionate fanbase rehabilitate its reputation within just a few years, elevating it to one of the most celebrated achievements of its era, and transforming what was once a debacle into not just a masterpiece, but likely the most successful cult phenomenon in film history. That same cult, ironically, is probably responsible for the decades-long delay in attempting a sequel, thereby avoiding the grim fate of genre classics like 2001: A Space Odyssey or even worse, the modern remakes of titles like RoboCop and Total Recall. When Blade Runner 2049 finally arrived, it was hardly met with high expectations—though to its most ardent fans, that might sound like an understatement. The story of 1982, in a way, did and did not repeat itself; like its predecessor, the new film underperformed at the box office, but its creators can take solace in near-universal critical acclaim and the assurance of its status as a new masterpiece, at least for the foreseeable future.

The plot of the new film begins three decades after the original’s events, in a world that has, for the most part, moved on. Those who could relocate to space colonies left a polluted Earth to the underprivileged, who now dwell in overcrowded, grim megacities. In this new reality, the physically demanding or sexual labour is provided by humanoid replicants—perfected by Wallace Corporation, the successor to Tyrell Corporation (led by ruthless Niander Wallace, played by Jared Leto)—which are now permitted to work on Earth. The latest Nexus-9 replicants are even authorised for police duties, so Agent KD6-3.7 (Ryan Gosling) is tasked with apprehending and eliminating earlier models prone to rebellion and escape. During one such operation, Agent K discovers a potential clue that could unravel the fate of Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford), a police officer who fled with a replicant he was meant to “retire” in 2019. This discovery deeply unsettles his human superior, Lieutenant Joshi (Robin Wright), who orders him to destroy all evidence, even as Wallace’s own replicant enforcer, Luv (Sylvia Hoeks), seeks to uncover a secret that could revolutionise replicant production and deployment.

The three-and-a-half-decade gap between films has been extremely beneficial for Blade Runner 2049. It allowed ample time to thoroughly analyse the original, crafting a formula that satisfies existing fans while offering newcomers an original, standalone film. This delay also permitted original cast and crew members, pressured by years of expectation, to take supporting roles in the sequel: Scott returned as producer, and Ford appears only briefly. Hampton Fancher, one of the original’s screenwriters, proved pivotal by viewing the new version as an opportunity to address aspects even some fans acknowledge as flaws in the 1982 film. This includes a more intricate plot that leans firmly into the detective genre, allowing audiences to, like the protagonists, exercise their grey matter and experience several unexpected twists. Everything unfolds organically, with characters and motivations deeply rooted in the Blade Runner universe, avoiding cheap imitations—even when their appearance or setting mirrors earlier elements, most notably Luv and her boss Wallace, who superficially echo Rachel and the late Tyrell. Fancher further leveraged this principle to build the world of 2049 with depth, dedicating more time and energy to exploring evolving notions of humanity. A compelling idea is the mutual hostility between humans and replicants (as superior human creations), mirroring the animosity replicants feel toward holographic artificial intelligences. This theme is explored through Joi, the protagonist’s romantic partner, portrayed brilliantly by the underrated Ana de Armas.

The director’s choice mattered less, given Denis Villeneuve—having recently won over hard-core genre fans with Arrival—proved an ideal fit. His style adheres to the “same, yet different” principle, offering fans iconic shots of a rain-soaked, nocturnal Los Angeles while, for the first time, pulling the camera beyond the city to depict a barren, sunless landscape shrouded in grey, toxic clouds. Villeneuve, aided by the ever-reliable Hans Zimmer’s score, which deftly channels Vangelis’s iconic soundtrack, imbues the film with his signature stamp. He also borrows from other genre classics, even those belonging to different media, as fans of Fallout: New Vegas videogame will notice. Villeneuve excels in action scenes, which suit him better than Scott’s approach; there’s no macho posturing or over-the-top special effects, and the climactic confrontation remains impactful despite unfolding in what seems like the blandest, least glamorous location imaginable in a futuristic megacity. This philosophy also explains why 2049 runs significantly longer—a factor contributing to its $155 million budget underperforming at the box office and testing the patience of younger viewers. Yet for its creators and original fans, this was a small price to pay for one of the best sequels ever made.

RATING: 8/10 (+++)

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›Joi from Blade Runner 2049@ismaca1099d
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In Blade Runner 2049 , there is Joi, a secondary character who acts as an engine in K's journey (wonderful article from cyberdark).

She is a computer program designed to satisfy her client.

She represents a companion, housewife, girlfriend, wife, lover, confidant, childhood friend... she can become whatever the client wants.

Her physical appearance is customizable as if she were the avatar of a video game.

The data on K's Joi shows that she is 1.68 m tall, of Cuban ethnicity, speaks English... and is portrayed by the actress, Ana de Armas.
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The first encounter with Joi is after a long day at work. K has just removed a replicant and it doesn't seem like something he likes, or dislikes.

K is apathetic towards his work and his life (Ryan Gostling , quite a hit for the android role).

But the blade runner is someone who expects something from life, that's where Joi comes in, to offer him comfort when he gets home, to offer him a place to call home.

Because she will be there. Joi does everything in her power to make K want to be with her, want to want to be with her. That's the key to the product.
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›MOVIE :Blade Runner 2049@filoso1501d
First of all, it is necessary to keep in mind that this movie was first released in 1982 and appreciate it. Even after more than 30 years, the visual art elements are not awkward at all.  Of course, as we approach 2019, the setting of the movie, there is a sense of distance from the means of transportation floating in the air and the dystopian worldview that we do not want to face, but the streets covered with flashing neon signs and skyscrapers emitting flames are lined up. They look very sensual and sophisticated. It is truly astonishing how they could have imagined such a shocking end-of-century atmosphere at that time. In addition to this, Ridley Scott is

'Consideration on human being' was used a lot as the overall theme, and
this work delivers that message more efficiently.

In contrast to the serious subject, the story is rather concise than expected. After fulfilling their vocation, humans who are preparing for colonization to another planet (Off-World) create replicants called 'nexus', or 'clones', and use them as agents of colonial policy. It deals with the process of removing the surplus forces that have infiltrated the earth. The executor is a special police force called Blade Runners, and Deckard (Harrison Ford) is one of the veteran runners. What is noteworthy is the opening statement explaining the background, which shows that the death of clones is expressed not as 'execution' but as 'removal' or 'dismissal'. From that line that seems meaningless, we can guess that they are not being treated as 'real humans'.  In the movie, they are still only human 'slaves', so it can be inferred that the confrontation between humans and clones will be revealed in the story to be unfolded.
Deckard pursues the infiltrating gang and kills them one by one. In the process, he falls in love with Rachel (Sean Young), an evolved clone of Tyrell. This scene is inserted as if symbolizing a ray of hope in a gloomy and hopeless background.  In reality, the coexistence of humans and clones, which will soon be faced, is not portrayed only as an inevitable conflict, but rather as a relationship of harmony and coexistence, and furthermore, 'acknowledging' each other's existence as a representative expression.  Unfortunately, the lifespan of clones is fixed at 4 years. The clone leader Roy (Rutger Hauer) and his lover Fris (Daryl Hannah) go to their creator, Dr. Tyrell, to ask for an extension of their life, but when they find out there is no way, they get angry and kill him. After all, they also contain the instinct for the continuation of life just like real humans, which makes the audience contemplate what the standards of a person are and whether they can truly accept them as human beings.  The instinctive desire to live is a factor that corresponds to 'reality', but because their physical abilities and even their memories are all 'designed', they lack 'past' and 'experience', and in a word, the normal human growth process. It is also a non-subjective existence that has not been experienced. These questions are by no means ridiculous because they are problems that we will truly face in the not-too-distant future.

In fact, since it is an old film that belongs to a classic movie in terms of production time, it felt somewhat crude or lacking in directing.  Personally, the fact that the development was delayed more than necessary when the subject was revealed, the dialogue that continued unnaturally, the tone that held the weight consistently, and the exaggerated gestures and expressions of the actors in the action scenes came a bit awkward. However, considering the fact that there were several sources to create an apocalyptic worldview in a bizarre atmosphere, it was not so uncomfortable. In particular, I think that the synthesizer's mechanical sound played a big role in heightening the eerieness of the play.

While being chased by him, Roy rescues Deckard from death by hanging on a railing.

'How does it feel to live in fear, that's slavery'

It makes them understand their existence and struggles from the point of view of Yeokjisaji. Sadly, soon, Roy's life will come to an end, and the lines in this scene are the heart of the film, reminiscing on the memories of the planet where he fought for colonization,

'All those moments will disappear in time. Like my tears in the rain, it's time to die.' say

In conclusion, their lives were short and short, but they fought their own struggles and felt the emotions of joy and sorrow in that moment, and all of them are stored as 'memories', suggesting that they too are intact beings just like 'real humans'.  It seems safe to say that this movie was directed for that scene in the second half. In addition, questions that require consideration and arbitrary interpretation of 'human' often appear. Clearly, Ridley Scott is a master who can draw the so-called 'big picture' based on 'philosophical core'. Instead of arguing over and over again,

This is because by applying appropriate visual elements and only a few refined lines of dialogue,
it makes us fall into a certain kind of thinking.

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›Blade Runner 2049 [ENG | ESP]: as good as the original? | ¿tan buena como la original?@cristiancaicedo1742d
A Denis Villeneuve movie Una película de Denis Villeneuve

About three weeks ago I uploaded a review of one of the science fiction classics of all time, the iconic story based on Philip K. Dick's book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, made into a film in 1982 by Ridley Scott and starring Harrison Ford. If you missed that review, here's the link:

Blade Runner: like tears in the rain

Hace unas tres semanas subí la reseña de uno de los clásicos de ciencia ficción de todos los tiempos, la icónica historia basada en el libro de Philip K. Dick ¿Sueñan los androides con ovejas eléctricas?, llevada al cine en 1982 por Ridley Scott y protagonizada por Harrison Ford. Si se perdieron esa reseña les dejó el enlace por acá:

Blade Runner: como lágrimas en la lluvia

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At that time I said that one of the reasons that had led me to see that movie was the fact that Denis Villeneuve had made a sequel in 2017, so after having enjoyed the original story, I had even more desire to finally see Blade Runner 2049 and the truth is that I was not disappointed. In this case the script was written by Hampton Fancher and Michael Green, based on the characters of Philip K. Dick obviously, but there was no other novel by the author or another story that gave the starting point, so the challenge was to create an interesting story from a plot that was already almost closed and that was well known by the viewers. It's true that at the end of Blade Runner (of one of its versions) the question remains whether Rick Deckard is, or not, a replicant, but that was not the thread that the writers pulled to weave the script.

En ese momento dije que una de las razones que me había llevado a ver esa película era el hecho de que Denis Villeneuve hubiera hecho una secuela en 2017, así que después de haber disfrutado la historia original, tenía aún más deseos de ver por fin Blade Runner 2049 y la verdad es que no me decepcionó. En este caso el guión fue escrito por Hampton Fancher y Michael Green, basándose en los personajes de Philip K. Dick obviamente, pero no existía otra novela del autor u otro relato que diera el punto de partida, así que el desafío era crear una historia que fuese interesante a partir de una trama que ya estaba casi cerrada y que era muy conocida por los espectadores. Es cierto que al final de Blade Runner (de una de sus versiones) queda la duda de si Rick Deckard es, o no, un replicante, pero no fue ese el hilo del que tiraron los guionistas para tejer el guión.

K (Ryan Gosling)

We are in the year 2049, thirty years after the events of the first film, and now we have a new blade runner, K (Ryan Gosling) with whom there is no doubt: he is a replicant, how is it possible if it had been said that they were dangerous and had to be removed? Well, there is a new company, the Wallace Corporation that acquired the bankrupt Tyrell and created a new series of more advanced and compliant replicants, the Nexus 8.

Nos encontramos en el año 2049, treinta años después de los eventos del primer film, y ahora tenemos un nuevo blade runner, K (Ryan Gosling) con quien no hay dudas: es un replicante, ¿cómo es posible si se había dicho que eran peligrosos y había que retirarlos? Pues existe una nueva empresa, la Wallace Corporation que adquirió a la ya en bancarrota Tyrell y creó una nueva serie de replicantes más avanzados y obedientes, los Nexus 8.

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So K is a Nexus 8 who works in the LAPD as Blade Runner, removing the dangerous elements that still remain from the previous series of replicants and who have managed to survive even though it was believed that they all had a brief life. The film begins precisely with one of these retirements. On a lonely and inhospitable farm, after completing his task, K discovers a deeply hidden secret that could start a revolution and a war between replicants and humans. Beneath a dead tree (nature has almost completely ceased to exist), several meters below the ground, K discovers a container that has bones inside. It's the skeleton of a pregnant woman who died after an emergency cesarean section, did the replicant kill her? Who was this woman? Where is the corpse of the child? Questions that take a backseat when an even more controversial piece of information is revealed: the woman was a replicant.

Así que K es un Nexus 8 que trabaja en la policía de Los Ángeles como Blade Runner, retirando a los elementos peligrosos que aún quedan de las series anteriores de replicantes y que han logrado sobrevivir a pesar de que se creía que todos tenían una vida muy breve. La película comienza precisamente con uno de estos retiros. En una granja solitaria e inhóspita, después de haber terminado su tarea, K descubre un secreto profundamente oculto que podría iniciar una revolución y una guerra entre replicantes y humanos. Debajo de un árbol muerto (la naturaleza ha dejado de existir casi en su totalidad), varios metros por debajo de la tierra, K descubre un contenedor que tiene huesos en su interior. Se trata del esqueleto de una mujer embarazada que falleció tras una cesárea de emergencia, ¿la asesinó el replicante? ¿quién era esta mujer? ¿dónde está el cadáver del niño? Preguntas que pasan a un segundo plano cuando se revela una información aún más controversial: la mujer era una replicante.

K in the farm | K en la granja

Replicants are things, not people. It's about androids created with human appearance to whom memories are implanted to give them something similar to an identity, to a past that they don't have because they are not born but are created adults. They're considered robots, machines, creations, never a species, much less comparable to humans. But what if it was known that they can procreate? The finding of a Replicant who conceived and gave birth to a child has major implications: If they can reproduce, are the replicants human? and from there you get to more philosophical things, do they have a soul? Are they alive? This struck me as very interesting because the central mystery of the film is built on a non-existent possibility in its prequel that is attractive both for the police investigation of K and for the reflections derived from the mentioned questions.

Blade Runner

Los Replicantes son cosas, no personas. Se trata de androides creados con apariencia humana a quienes les implantan recuerdos para darles algo similar a una identidad, a un pasado que no tienen porque no nacen sino que son creados adultos. Son considerado robots, máquinas, creaciones, nunca una especie, mucho menos equiparable a los humanos. Pero, ¿qué pasaría si se supiese que pueden procrear? El hallazgo de una Replicante que gestó y dio a luz a un niño tiene implicaciones capitales: si pueden reproducirse, ¿los replicantes son humanos? y por allí se llega a cosas más filosóficas ¿tienen alma? ¿están vivos? Esto me pareció muy interesante porque el misterio central de la película se edifica sobre una posibilidad inexistente en su precuela que resulta atractiva tanto para la investigación policial de K como para las reflexiones desprendidas de las preguntas mencionadas.

The order of the police is clear: disappear all traces, find the boy and remove him. But the police are not the only ones who know of the existence of this child. Some replicants have helped keep the secret and Niander Wallace (Jared Leto), founder of the Wallace Corporation, has known and searched for it for years. There are then at least two forces that, for different reasons, want to find him and one that knows his whereabouts.

La orden de la policía es clara: desaparecer todo rastro, encontrar al niño y retirarlo. Pero la policía no son los únicos que conocen la existencia de ese niño. Algunos replicantes han ayudado a guardar el secreto y Niander Wallace (Jared Leto), fundador de la Wallace Coporation, lo ha sabido y lo ha buscado durante años. Existen entonces por lo menos dos fuerzas que, por motivos diferentes, desean encontrarlo y una que conoce su paradero.

Rick Deckard (Harrison Ford)

The police investigation leads K to review archives from thirty years ago and the clues lead him to a new quest: he must find the Blade Runner Rick Deckard, whom no one seen for a long time. Characters and references to the first film then appear and it's when the plot created by Philip K. Dick in his novel is connected with the story created by Hampton Fancher.

La investigación policial lleva a K a revisar material de archivo de treinta años atrás y las pistas lo conducen a una nueva búsqueda: debe encontrar al Blade Runner Rick Deckard, a quien nadie visto desde hace mucho tiempo. Aparecen entonces personajes y referencias a la primera película y es cuando se conecta la trama creada por Philip K. Dick en su novela con la historia creada por Hampton Fancher.

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But in addition to an interesting plot, Blade Runner 2049 has superb directing, a tremendous soundtrack by the talented Hans Zimmer, and exquisite photography by Roger Deakins. The aesthetics of the film preserves much of the first installment, the dark streets, the gloomy cities, the almost always rainy weather, but it also incorporates many more illuminated scenes, some yellowish, which reminded me of the film Stalker by Andréi Tarkovski, another classic of science fiction, and the end result is a great film that, although it has attracted divided opinions, seemed to me to be on a par with its predecessor. My only dissatisfaction was the ending, not because I didn't like what happens but because it leaves some loose ends and some unfinished stories. I thought "it can't end here", but maybe in a few years someone will think of tying up those ends and closing the story as a trilogy, do you think that will happen? I read you in the comments.

One of the sequences that reminded me Tarkovski's film Una de las secuencias que me recordó la película de Tarkovski

Pero además de una trama interesante, Blade Runner 2049 tiene una direccion sobrebia, una banda sonora tremenda a cargo del talentoso Hans Zimmer y una fotografía exquisita a cargo de Roger Deakins. La estética del film conserva mucho de la primera entrega, las calles oscuras, las ciudades lúgubres, el clima casi siempre lluvioso, pero incorpora además muchas escenas más iluminadas, algunas amarillentas, que me recordaron a la película Stalker de Andréi Tarkovski, otro clásico de la ciencia ficción, y el resultado final es una gran película que, aunque ha suscitado opiniones divididas, a mí me pareció estar a altura de su predecesora. Mi única insatisfacción fue el final, no porque no me gustase lo que ocurre sino porque deja algunos cabos sueltos y algunas historias inconclusas. Pensé "no puede acabar aquí", pero quizás dentro de algunos años a alguien se le ocurra atar esos cabos y cerrar la historia como una trilogía, ¿creen que eso pase? Los leo en los comentarios.

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›Blade Runner 2049 (2017) review: A perfect sequel.@richardalexis1850d
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I feel that sequels as a concept are always something fascinating, the idea of continuing a pre-established story and taking it to new places represents from a creative point of view a challenge, although many filmmakers end up taking the easy path and delivering mediocre works that repeat formulas without innovating.

Even more interesting are the sequels that take time to arrive (Tron, Star Wars and Blade Runner itself, to name a few examples) because they serve as a study to observe the progress of our world and how is reflected in art, the world has changed a lot since the 70s, 80s, 90s and that is an undeniable reality.

A few days ago after my first-time watch I reviewed Blade Runner (1982) in a rather timid way and although organizing my thoughts was a bit complicated taking into account the depth of the film, I concluded that it was a hypnotic work, loaded with a lot of meaning. wrapped in a great aesthetic and way ahead of its era.

My short review of the original Blade Runner film, directed by Ridley Scott

In 1982, Rick Deckard, played by Harrison Ford, a solid and iconic character, would end up starring in a cult classic of the seventh art.

The outlook for Blade Runner 2049, directed by Denis Villeneuve and released in 2017 was not exactly pretty, the cynicism that characterizes the average movie lover would make any attempt to continue Ridley Scott's master story be rejected, at least in theory ... but at the end i wasn't like that.

With a little less desire to summarize the synopsis of 2049 (What apart manages to be more complex than its predecessor) I must say that not only was it a success, but it also managed to expand the universe of Blade Runner in a natural way and it feels totally worthy in front of to the original adventure.

Starring none other than Ryan Gosling in the role of K -a replicant Blade Runner- 30 years after the events of the original film, Blade Runner 2049 is a visual and existential spectacle that serves a dual purpose: to show the consequences of the events of the first installment over time, and tell its own story, full of new characters, locations and lore that manages to fit perfectly with what has been seen before.

With a duration of almost 3 hours, we are facing a technical and narrative masterpiece that immerses us with more power than ever in a depressing world disconnected from any type of humanity. If the original film felt terrifyingly prophetic, 2049 manages to penetrate even more deeply into our sensibilities as a spectator, showing a pessimistic vision of a not-so-distant reality.

The surprises are not exactly few and it is that during the long film the moments of narrative exposition are always very well mixed with samples of this universe, which manage to amaze and disgust us in almost equal quantities.

Special mention to Gosling, who manages to convey so much emotion with so little expression, and to all the great casting that accompanies us this time, special detail having Harrison Ford repeating his role as Deckard, Jared Leto (which seems to be a 50/50 in terms of performance, or triumphs or fails miserably, here the first thing happens) and the beautiful Ana de Armas, who perfectly balances the feeling of an empathic artificial intelligence with the disconnection of humanity.

Generally speaking, like its predecessor, Blade Runner 2049 is a difficult film to tackle critically, but it is too wordy to get negative.

Although it is incredibly deep (so much so that it requires more than one viewing to fully understand it) those who value good cinema will adore it, a technical marvel that once again pushes the possibilities of our technology, which comes together with talented people to provide a story. fascinating once again.

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Siento que las secuelas como concepto siempre son algo fascinante, la idea de continuar una historia preestablecida y llevarla a sitios nuevos representa desde un punto de vista creativo un reto, aunque mucho cineastas terminen tomando el camino fácil y entregando obras mediocres que repiten formulas sin innovar.

Más interesante aún resultan las secuelas que tardan en llegar (Tron, Star Wars y la misma Blade Runner, por mencionar algunos ejemplos) porque sirven de estudio para observar los avance de nuestro mundo y como se refleja en el arte, el mundo ha cambiado desde los años 70s, 80s, 90s y eso es una realidad innegable.

Hace unos días luego de mi primer visionario reseñé Blade Runner (1982) de forma más bien tímida y aunque organizar mis pensamientos fue un poco complicado tomando en cuenta lo profundo de la cinta, concluí que la misma era una obra hipnótica, cargada de mucho significado envuelto en una estética genial, muy adelantada a su era.

Mi breve reseña sobre la cinta original de Blade Runner, dirigida por Ridley Scott

En 1982, Rick Deckard, interpretado por Harrison Ford, un personaje sólido e icónico, terminaría protagonizando un clásico de culto del séptimo arte.

El panorama para Blade Runner 2049, dirigida por Denis Villeneuve y estrenada en 2017 no era precisamente bonito, el cinismo que caracteriza al amante del cine promedio haría que se rechazara cualquier intento de continuar la historia maestra de Ridley Scott, al menos en teoría… pero no fue así.

Con un poco de menos ganas de resumir la sinopsis de 2049 (Qué aparte logra ser más compleja que su antecesora) debo decir que no solo fue un éxito, sino que logra ampliar el universo de Blade Runner de manera natural y se siente totalmente digna frente a la aventura original.

Protagonizada por nada más y nada menos que Ryan Gosling en el papel de K -un Blade Runner replicante- 30 años después de los eventos del filme original, Blade Runner 2049 es un espectáculo visual y existencialista que cumple un doble propósito: mostrar las consecuencias de los eventos de la primera entrega a lo largo del tiempo, y contar su propia historia, llena de nuevos personajes, locaciones y lore que logra encajar perfectamente con lo antes visto.

Con una duración que casi roza las 3 horas, estamos ante una obra maestra técnica y narrativa que nos sumerge con más inmersión que nunca en un mundo deprimente y desconectado de cualquier tipo de humanidad. Si la cinta original se sentía terroríficamente profética, 2049 logra calar aún más hondo en nuestras sensibilidades como espectador, mostrando una visión pesimista de una realidad no tan lejana.

Las sorpresas no son precisamente pocas y es que durante el largo metraje los momentos de exposición narrativa siempre están muy bien mezclados con muestras de este universo, que logran maravillarnos y asquearnos en cantidades casi iguales.

Mención especial para Gosling, que logra transmitir tanta emoción con tan poca expresión, y a todo el genial casting que nos acompaña esta vez, detallazo especial el tener a Harrison Ford repitiendo su rol de Deckard, a Jared Leto (Que parece ser un 50/50 en términos de actuación, o triunfa o fracasa estrepitosamente, aquí pasa lo primero) y a la hermosa Ana de Armas, quien balancea perfectamente el sentimiento de una inteligencia artificial empática con la desconexión de la humanidad.

En términos generales, al igual que su predecesora, Blade Runner 2049 es una cinta difícil de abordar en términos críticos, pero es demasiado prolija como para ponerse negativos.

Aunque resulta increíblemente profunda (tanto así que pide más de un visionado para comprenderla plenamente) aquellos que valoren el buen cine la adoraran, una maravilla técnica que vuelve a empujar las posibilidades de nuestra tecnología, la cual se junta con gente talentosa para brindar una historia fascinante una vez más.

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›Blade Runner 2049 Review@kapitanrosomak1891d
To be human.

Blade Runner 2049 is not only a great SF movie, but also a search for yourself. Blade Runner 2049 is a remake of the iconic work of Ridely Scott, which became famous for the fact that the android had feelings other than just commands.
This is, of course, a loose reference to the famous book by Philip K. Dick.

The film, shot in 1982, became not only a great Scifi movie, but also an interesting voice on humanity, with the best role of Rutger Hauer where he created a timeless monologue (various rumors are that it was an improvised scene).
35 years later, the second film, Blade Ranner 2049, was made, this time the director of the work was Denis Villeneuve, who had a difficult task, because he created a remake of this and a good one after such a long time, which would not offend the fans, it was almost a miracle, but the film in many respects the prototype pierces.

It is a film about the search for identity about the desire to be appreciated in a lousy world, it is an attempt to show what a thin line is between a human and technology, and how quickly technology can learn like a human.
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If a robot has feelings, is it still a robot or is it already a human?

The film tries to ask the viewer this question and I will say that for me, if a robot has feelings, it is hard to identify it only with the machine. The film tells about a journey of finding oneself, trying to understand certain elements, and finally understanding the purpose of the journey and the whole environment.

The film is about K, who is Blade Runner, and he is taking down obsolete androids, he's great at it and doesn't feel any emotion during the liquidation, but everything changes when he discovers that one of the androids has hidden a message that leads him to find the baby. This child is one of a kind because his mother was an android and his father was a man.

The services want their liquidation and the secret android agency wants them alive. K must choose one path and follow it. It is a road full of sadness, disappointment and lack of acceptance.

A road in which even his beloved "person" is just a "virtual whore".

It is a journey that will make him find a destination, although it will not be easy. It is a film that can be defined searching for the meaning of life.

K had a reason to live to search once he had found the purpose he understood a lot. A beautifully made film about being lost in a large metropolis, constantly pushed without anyone.

The audiovisual setting is a true masterpiece of SF cinema, beautiful futuristic landscapes that even beat with this cyberpunk.

Neon signs, huge holograms, you can even lose yourself while watching this movie. In terms of plot and visually, it's a beautiful work and a great tribute to the movies of the 80s.

Where there are beautiful neon lights and dirt, crap and poverty in all this strange confusion, our hero who is between two extreme worlds.

Despite the fact that the film lasts almost 3 hours, it is not boring, it even hypnotizes the viewer and adds more and more interesting scenes for the viewer to participate in this extraordinary work all the time. I was sad when I saw K's journey, his pursuit of the goal.

Strong and touching film and Rayan Gossling as K performed very well. The music is very good, the film is generally well-thought-out and consistent in what it wants and how it wants to show. Rarely are there such interesting productions that ask the fundamental question Who we are and what is our goal, can we feel emotions and love being an Android? I recommend it because it's a phenomenal 10/10 movie

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›Photography in blade runner 2049/La fotografia en blade runner 2049@takeru2552222d

Well, if Blade Runner 2049 is my favorite movie, surely it is because of the weight that photography has in the film. If I said that you cannot say that the film is bad, it is due to the fact that only with photography there is already enough information to talk about some interesting things and you can already learn a lot about it. Of course, I've always said that movies are a set of many things that must be well aligned with each other, and that just having a good thing (see story, script, photography or anything else) will not make a movie well received, However, Blade Runner has many other things to offer, but when I say that his photography is enough to pay the price of the film, I am serious.

Bueno, si Blade Runner 2049 es mi película favorita, seguramente es por el peso que tiene la fotografía en la película. Si dije que no puedes decir que la película es mala, es por el hecho de que solo con la fotografía ya hay suficiente información para hablar de algunas cosas interesantes y ya se puede aprender mucho sobre el tema. Claro, siempre he dicho que las películas son un conjunto de muchas cosas que deben estar bien alineadas entre sí, y que solo teniendo una cosa buena (véase historia, guion, fotografía o cualquier otra cosa) no harás que una película sea bien recibida, sin embargo, blade runner tiene muchas otras cosas que ofrecer, pero cuando digo que su fotografía está como para pagar el precio de la película, lo digo en serio.

Let's start by saying that the person in charge of photography is Robert Deakins, and, for people who are not as passionate about cinema as I am ... Who is Robert Deakins? Well, the photographer in charge of films like 1917, Sicario, Rango, Fargo, Intriga and many others that serve to demonstrate how great this photographer is.

Empecemos diciendo que el encargado de la fotografía es Robert Deakins, y, para las personas que no son tan apasionadas al cine como yo… ¿Quién es Robert Deakins? Pues el fotógrafo encargado de películas como 1917, Sicario, Rango, Fargo, Intriga y muchas otras que sirven para demostrar lo grandioso que es este fotógrafo.

I am not lying when I say that each frame of the film works as wallpaper, and that is also linked to the setting of the film. Being a cyberpunk movie that takes place in different locations, the director and cinematographer can show us desert landscapes and incredible cities in a very credible and credible way. It also shows us a lot of a monochromatic color palette and a rule of thirds and pairs that is very marked in the film.

No miento al decir que cada fotograma de la película funciona como wallpaper, y eso también viene ligado a la ambientación de la película. Siendo una película cyberpunk que se desarrolla en diferentes localidades, el director y el director de fotografía puedan mostrarnos paisajes desérticos y ciudades increíbles de una forma muy verosímil y creíble. Nos muestra también mucho de una paleta de colores monocromática y una regla de los tercios y de los pares que está muy marcada en la película.

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›Blade Runner 2049, part 1 (blade runner 2049, parte 1)@takeru2552223d

Before writing this I thought about how curious it is, I have already spoken repeatedly about Denis Villanueve, but I have never spoken about Blade Runner 2049, which is, for me, his best film, and my favorite film. If anyone reading has not seen 2049, then it would be best to go see it right now, perhaps so that you understand a little of what I am saying here. I don't think I say spoiler, but I know until part of the story people reading this can consider some things as spoilers, so I'll just have fun writing what I think about the movie:

Antes de escribir esto pensé en lo curioso que es, he hablado ya en repetidas ocasiones de Denis Villanueve, pero nunca he hablado a fonde de Blade Runner 2049, que es, para mí, su mejor película, y mi película favorita. Si alguno que esté leyendo no ha visto 2049, entonces lo mejor sería ir a verla en este momento, tal vez para que entiendas un poco de lo que digo aquí. No creo decir spoiler, pero sé hasta que parte de la historia las personas que lean esto puedan considerar algunas cosas como spoiler, así que simplemente me divertiré escribiendo lo que pienso de la película:

The movie is slow, like most movies I like, so it's understandable that a lot of people can say they didn't like the movie, but there is one thing that is impossible for me to understand and that is the fact that it can be told "Bad" to some movies. Although I have not met anyone who has seen 2049 and said that it is bad, I know that for tastes and colors no rule has been created, but you must also think objectively when criticizing some movies.

La película es lenta, como la mayoría de las películas que me gustan, así que es entendible que mucha gente pueda decir que no le gustó la película, pero hay una cosa que me es imposible comprender y es el hecho de que se le pueda decir “mala” a algunas películas. Aunque no he conocido a nadie que haya visto 2049 y haya dicho que es mala, sé que para gustos y colores no se ha creado ninguna regla, pero hay que pensar también de forma objetiva al criticar algunas películas.

I like Blade Runner 2049 so much, in fact, that unlike the other films I have talked about, 2049 will take a little longer (in a post), being something like a "series" of post that I will do only for this film, where I will talk about its history, script, rhythm, soundtrack, director and photography, this first post being a simple introduction where I will only say that I cannot stop recommending this incredible film.

Blade Runner 2049 me gusta tanto, de hecho, que a diferencia de las otras películas de las que he hablado, 2049 tardará un poco más (en cuestión de post), siendo algo así como una “serie” de post que haré únicamente para esta película, en donde hablaré de su historia, guion, ritmo, soundtrack, director y fotografía, siendo este primer post una simple introducción en donde solo diré que no puedo dejar de recomendar esta increíble película.

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›Blade Runner 2049 Review: Beautiful.@namiks3102d

I have an absolute fondness for the Blade Runner universe. Its sheer beauty; its glittering neon tones and heavy rain; its connection with the human mind in a world that seems so lost in thought; so lost in what it means to be alive, in a world that looks so dead and forgotten.

I remained sceptical of Blade Runner 2049's production quality once it had been announced. Worried that the congested world of sequels and mediocre cash-grabs of famous and original films of the past would claim yet another victim. Its cast was particularly worrying at first, although I had faith in the brilliance of Dennis Villeneuve as a director and filmmaker having seen his previous works, which I cannot praise enough.

Blade Runner 2049. It's an achievement, for sure. It's a sequel that successfully expands upon a story that was otherwise complete; it manages to answer questions that never really needed an answer, but with such excellence that you can't help but appreciate it. This film has done every possible thing right.

Cutting in at almost three hours, Blade Runner 2049 follows Officer K, a blade runner ordered to retire previous model replicants. Being a replicant himself, K lives a normal life with his artificial intelligence girlfriend, who frequently tells him he's special.

Caught up in believing he is something special, K finds himself unravelling a much larger mystery; one that suggests that a replicant successfully gave birth to a child, and such a miracle has resulted in unwanted attention from the Wallace Corporation, owned by a dangerous blind man hell-bent on being a God, on taking Tyrell's achievements a step further himself. Believing he is that child after numerous puzzle pieces suggest so, K goes on an adventure to uncover his reality. To be special. To find reason behind his existence. This slowly brings such unwanted attention towards Deckard, who has been hiding for years.

K isn't special. K is just another replicant. K is not the replicant son of Deckard; he's been led down a false path of hope. K is nothing.

These turn of events are done in such perfection, in such a manner that the previous statement isn't apparent until it wants the viewer to know. Up until then, we're taken down a path of mystery and loneliness alongside K, taken for a ride through the neon lights.

Dennis Villeneuve's cinematography is astonishing in the film. He does the Blade Runner universe so much justice, and it's clear that he was forever destined to take up the job of filming this sequel. Everything fits so beautifully together. You can quite literally visualise the script working alongside Villeneuve's directing. As each shot displays a subtle beauty, no matter how empty the background is. This film is evidence that there is still art within blockbuster filmmaking.

With almost three hours of sheer beauty, Blade Runner 2049 is filmmaking at its finest. It's a sequel produced by some of the best within the film industry, and was made so clearly with the fans at heart, rather than the sheer potential returns.

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›Blade Runner 2049 - Movie Review@mmaruf3113d
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›Blade Runner 2049 -- Movie review--It's all about the mood@mctiller3128d

(I started writing this when the movie was out and for some reason forgot to put it up.)

Blade Runner is all about mood and setting. Dystopia is the name of the game here.

From the start we are introduced to K, played by Ryan Gosling, a Blade Runner, is assigned to find and retire older replicant models. K is finds his target hiding out as a farmer, and waits. The target is Sapper Morton a Nexus 8 replicant, played by Dave Baustia who played a bad guy in Spectre and, Drax the Destroyer in Guardians of Galaxy, is a protein farmer--he grows worms. Dystopia has reached our food supply.

Of course K and Morton fight and they fight tough. We learn that K is also a robot. A newer model than Morton, a Nexus-9. K believes that he will turn himself in the future when his time is up. Morton informs him that is only because he hasn’t seen a miracle.

K is a robot and doesn’t believe in miracles.

But when K is motivated to go back to Morton’s farm he discovers a box buried beneath a tree. It is in the box, that K finds the miracle.

A replicant got pregnant and died in child birth.

There is the miracle. There in lies the plot. And we are off and running.

The plot of the movie involves finding out what the miracle baby is and those that want to stop kill the miracle.

But Blade Runner is more about atmosphere. The cinematography, by Roger Deakins, is wonderful. The music, by Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch, which is recreates the original soundtrack by Vangelis, with heavy synthesizers. The set design is straight out of the original. A heavy Asian influence, it rains constantly in the city, and it always seems to be night time.

This is the future as it was predicted in 1982. We see product placements for PanAm and Atari, companies that were powerful in 1982 and nonexistent in 2017. I smiled at the references.

K is a LA police officer. And replicants aren’t liked much by the human police officers, there are great subtle scenes showing this. He reports to Lt. Joshi, played by Robin Wright.

The plot resolves around finding out two things, how did a replicant give birth, and where is the child.

Of course the big reveal isn’t the kid, but when does Harrison Ford show up. He doesn’t show up until well into the half of the movie. Which is a smart move. By the time Harrison Ford shows, you’ve forgotten that he is even going to be in the movie. By this point K is the focus of the movie, and having Harrison Ford appear is a nice added addition, and not the main attraction.

I recommend the movie. When I originally wrote this the movie was in the theaters. Pick this up on disc when it comes out in a few months, and if you can get a 4K version, get that. The only way to see Deakins cinematography is in 4k.

At the very least use a Netflix rental to catch this.

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›Blade Runner 2049 (2017)@showflix3178d

Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel worthy of its predecessor, Blade Runner who now holds the status of a legendary cult film. Director Denis Villeneuve has just given an achievement that is almost impossible. He respects his predecessor's films, expands his mythology, and makes a good movie that stands alone. Blade Runner 2049 deserves to be coupled with Aliens, Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back , and Terminator 2: Judgment Day as the best sequel.

The existence of Blade Runner 2049 itself is actually a miracle. It's rare for a studio to bet on this seriskan, reviving a brand that is not a commercially promising classical property. Indeed Blade Runner is one of the most influential scifi movie, but he failed to record the box office revelation that is not profitable, turning over the capital alone is not. Even Warner Bros.'s own warriors are afraid the audience will not understand the movie until it has to add a disturbing narrative in its original version released in 1982. So we have to give credit to any Warner Bros. executives who are now desperate to overcome this project and then give the jor-rod budget Villeneuve, a director who is notoriously unknown because of his blockbuster skills.

When I watch Arrival , I find the cinematic style of Villeneuve slightly alienating me from the human element of the movie. Blade Runner 2049 is a very fitting container for the cool, rigid, and selective Villeneuve style, because the world of Blade Runner is a cold world. It is filled with non-human characters, and even if there are humans, they are not humane. Just a moment. Or maybe they're not human? .

One aspect that makes the film fresh is that it is built on a smart foundation. He knows what we already know. Blade Runner 2049 no longer plays with perceptions in Blade Runner where Replika (the official translation of the term "Replicant") generally does not know they are Replicas. The Replika are smart enough to realize their identity. They know that their memories are planted. But in this movie there is something that I do not dare to express here, which makes them feel closer to humans. Conflict is always about Replication who wants to be human, and Blade Runner 2049 takes a perspective that deepens the theme. The scope of the plot is relatively smaller than Blade Runner but the theme is growing.

In America, Villeneuve and Warner Bros. ask critics not to reveal most of the plot points and certain characters in their review. It's not that I'm criticizing my blog-but I'll do the same, because the best way to enjoy this movie is to know about it as little as possible. Some parts of the story and some of its disclosures are better left untouched before watching it live. I will follow up with Villeneuve's wangsit, and will only expose the context and what we know from the promo material, such as the appearance of Rick Deckard ( Harrison Ford ) or the blackout event in 2020 that erases all data on Replication.

Our main character is K ( Ryan Gosling ), a Blade Runner-a policeman assigned to hunt and "neutralize" Replica-who knows that he is a Replica. Gosling is a perfect choice to portray K. He is a charismatic actor who can hide expressions on the surface-he never smiles-but keeps a lot of emotion inside. Blade Runner 2049 is a spiritual journey for K.

Each completed the mission, he was required by his boss, Lieutenant Joshi ( Robin Wright ) to perform a simple psychological test to ensure his sanity as a replica. He realized that he had no childhood, that his childhood playing with miniature wooden horses was a planted memory. Or maybe not? K is a loner but he lives with a hologram boyfriend named Joi ( Ana de Armas ) who can change clothes from one sexy outfit to another sexy outfit in a flash, make it a fictitious dish, and give him the attention and warmth that he can not get from humans.

After the blackout in 2020, the Tyrell company collapsed. The replica production business is now taken over by the crazy genius of Niander Wallace ( Jared Leto ) who has horrible eyes and speaks volumes about philosophical nonsense. Wallace's company created a new, more sophisticated and more compliant Replica model. He has an aide of a woman replica firmly named Luv ( Sylvia Hoeks ).

This movie plot is similar to Blade Runner which begins with a simple detective-style mission before our main character is forced to plunge into a more complex mystery. At the beginning of the film, K was ordered to eliminate an old Replica named Sapper ( Dave Bautista ) who lived peacefully as a farmer in a village. But what K finds there brings him into intrigue that involves his own identity and the nature of Replica itself. Something that threatens the "laws of nature" that distinguishes humans by Replication and can destroy everything.

Even so, this movie does not repeat the old song of its predecessor or simply distract us through nostalgia. He raised a new idea that is the result of an expansion of the old idea that became the iconic theme of Blade Runner . We are not even looking forward to the appearance of Deckard because it is so late with the story, although Deckard itself has a very crucial role later. Philosophical questions from the novel Philip K. Dick who became the source material of Blade Runner , it can still be made to feel new. What makes human beings human? What distinguishes humans with Replication when they have a similar physique? When the memory can be planted, is it no longer relevant when Replicas realize it when they feel it personally? If Replika can think and feel, can they be called human?

With a duration of 163 minutes, Blade Runner 2049 feels a bit long. But Villeneuve keeps the film's atmosphere in check. This film is not an action-oriented opera space but a neo-noir mystery that relies on mood . Thirty years after Deckard disappeared, Los Angeles was still seen as a futuristic city with giant fluorescent billboards and towering dark buildings. It's just worse. Together with the legendary cinematographer Roger Deakins , Villeneuve presents a gloomy but beautiful universe. The set is amazing, and the color scheme - whether it's in the ruins of an orange sky, a snowflake, or a climax on an artificial dam - pampers the eye. Accompanied by screaming and blaring screams from Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Walfisch , the film is a remarkable cinematic experience.

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Too early to call Blade Runner 2049 will be a classic movie like its predecessor that has a big impact on the scifi genre. But this is indeed a powerful movie. The movie does not repeat, annul, or change the theme of the original movie, instead of making it richer. He answers several things from Blade Runner and raises new questions. The story is brand-new, but strongly related to the past, as well as opening up new possibilities for the future.

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›Insomniac Film Festival #61: Blade Runner 2049@rvgenaille3182d
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This is a stunning film.

A sequel to 1982's Ridley Scott film, Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049 is directed by Denis Villeneuve and it is really good. It is almost three hours long but you don't notice the time and while there is a slow burn, nothing feels extraneous. Ryan Gosling is Detective K, a new generation of blade runners, tasked with retiring replicants. He retires one in the opening which kickstarts him onto an extraordinary journey. Any real description beyond that would spoil the story.

So, there is stuff that doesn't work:

the future seems to be very white. There were very few people of colour in this film, contrary to the original Blade Runner's world building. It bugged me a little bit.

Outside of that,

this film is beautifully shot and it was just beautiful to look at. Gosling is great as our conflicted protagonist, Ana de Armos, Mackenzie Davis and Sylvia Hoeks were awesome in their respective roles (keeping this spoiler free). Harrison Ford is back as Deckard from the original film and his character is deepened. Ford's late career revisiting of his iconic characters, Indiana Jones notwithstanding, has seen Ford seem more alive and passionate in his acting than anything in years. Robin Wright is sort of wasted here, Jared Leto needs to be wasted here in a small role (I'm not a fan and would have preferred a different actor in his role).

This is great though. Go see it.

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›A Geeky Guy's Movie Guide to Blade Runner 2049 (2017)@hanshotfirst3185d
This review of Blade Runner 2049 will be one of the strangest ones I have written.

Six months ago, I went to see Ghost in the Shell. The highlight of the experience was the preview for Blade Runner 2049 which accompanied the film. To that point, I had no idea that a sequel was being filmed (I was either under a rock... or too obsessed with steemit to notice.). As soon as I saw the preview, I was thrilled. In fact, I was so exhilarated that I went into something I call, "over-excited puppy mode". This usually consists of my yelling, swearing, and making wild hand gestures until I get myself all tuckered out (like an over-excited puppy).

Recently, I discovered that Dennis Villeneuve was directing the film.

No more "over-excited puppy" for me. Although many of my friends loved Villeneuve's Arrival, I was bored out of my mind. Another one of his films Sicario was fine... but I certainly have no urge to see it more than once. I was hoping that I would want to watch the sequel to Blade Runner as many times as I had watched the original. As far as I can tell, Villeneuve does not make movies that I can watch 78 times (the approximate number of times I watched Blade Runner). To be fair, there are about 10 different versions of Blade Runner, so I really only watched each of them approximately 8 times.

There is no doubt that Villeneuve is an incredibly talented director. Unfortunately, he does not make very "fun" movies. If I am going to actually spend the time and money at a theater, I usually need to have a significant amount of fun. I save the interesting and thought provoking movies for home viewing. Knowing who the director was, I lowered my expectations quite a bit. But I still had to see the movie.

Luckily, before leaving for the theater on Friday, I saw @moon32walker 's post. I immediately watched the three short films he included.

They

Were

Awesome!!!!

After seeing them, I immediately re-entered "over-excited puppy" mode, jumped into my car, and drove 35 minutes to the nearest true IMAX theater (I HATE LieMAX!).

If you are going to see the film, you must do two things:
1. Watch the three short films first. They enhanced my enjoyment of the film more than I could have ever imagined. They were important. Not only do they help explain some of the major events between the two films (2019 and 2049) they also help flesh out one very important character who is only in the theatrical film for 5 minutes.
2. See it in real IMAX. The true stars of this movie are the visuals. Blade Runner 2049 was both literally and figuratively perfectly made for 2D IMAX.
Here is where this review gets weird.

Normally, I only want to see movies on the big screen that are exciting. Blade Runner 2049 is not exciting at all. In fact, I could probably explain the entire plot to you in one or two sentences. Honestly, there isn't much to the story. In addition, there is almost no action at all. Even the action that does exist is pretty boring. There is no suspense. You know how these very short battles will end. There is perhaps 15 minutes of action in the entire movie. Considering that the movie is almost 165 minutes long, that is not very much. Sadly, I could see many points in the movie where some fun action could have been seamlessly woven in. But I got over it. I accepted that it is not that type of movie.

So the movie was not very "fun"... and yet I enjoyed the experience.

Seeing this movie in IMAX stirred up the same feelings I get when I go to a museum (that's the weird part).

When I go to a museum, I find the paintings, statues and artifacts interesting. Seeing them inspires me to reflect and think. That is exactly what this movie made me do. Although I never go into "over-excited puppy mode" at a museum, I still enjoy my time there. That is exactly how I felt about this movie. I was interested. I reflected and thought. Most importantly, I experienced something that looked and sounded amazing.

The special effects and world generation was breath-taking. The score was exhilarating. Seeing it in real IMAX pushed it over the edge. This film did not just throw its large format viewers a bone or two. It seemed like nearly the entire movie was filmed to fit the larger than life eight story tall screen on which I viewed it. The world they created deserved to be seen on an eight story tall screen. It was simply incredible!

So it looks and sounds amazing... what about the movie itself?

Although the story requires quite a bit of suspension of disbelief (it is about freaking robots in the future) it is clever and interesting. The acting and casting is nearly flawless. If you are going to draw out a 90 minute story into 165 minutes, you better have the actors to pull it off. This movie did. Ryan Gosling did a great job as a brooding police officer. Although only in the movie for a relatively short time, Jared Leto left a lasting impression. Harrison Ford is... Harrison Ford. Look at my handle here. I loved him in this. But then again, I love him in everything (except maybe that one movie with Anne Heche).

To be honest, there is so little to the story that I can't say much without spoiling the entire film. I can say that instead of an action film, it is more of a story of a detective solving a mystery. While the original Blade Runner mixed in incredibly exciting and fun action sequences during the mystery, this director clearly does not know how to mix the two.

Even though the story is surprisingly simple, it still manages to cause the audience to reflect on extremely deep concepts including the meaning of humanity.

Bottom line. Should you see the movie?

If you are a Blade Runner fanatic, you absolutely have to see it. Just try to see it in IMAX if you can. If you are a casual fan, here are some reasons you should see it:
1. The visual effects
2. The score
3. The beautiful people
When I returned home and told my wife about the experience, she quipped, "Well at least you got to look Ryan Gosling for for three hours." (My wife and apparently much of the female population thinks he's incredibly attractive.)

Normally, I do not write about the attractiveness of the stars of the movies I review. The physical appearance of the actors in the movies I see usually isn't enough to sway my opinion of a movie. For example, although I think Scarlett Johansson is incredibly beautiful as Black Widow in The Avengers, I wouldn't let that fact sway my overall opinion of the movie.

However, this movie may be the exception. Considering this film relies so heavily on its visuals, it makes sense that they would pay special attention to the casting of the main character's love interest.

Not only did Ana de Armas, who plays Joi, do a fantastic job as K's (Ryan Gosling's) love interest, she is absolutely gorgeous.

I have a strong feeling this will be here breakout role.

Should you see the movie?

Would you ever go to a Blade Runner museum exhibit?

If the answer to that question is "yes", then you should see Blade Runner 2049 on IMAX ASAP. If you answered "no", I am afraid you may be bored by this film.

Geeky Guy’s Viewing Guide

Number of times I fell asleep: 0 (The woman two seats away from me did... and she snored) Number of eye rolls: 0 Number of face palms: 0 Number of times I checked steemit: 0 (I actually had to go to the bathroom for approximately the last 45 minutes of the movie but did not want to miss anything) Number of times I said "That's ridiculous": 0 Full price/Matinee/Rental/Free/Not worth the time: See it in real IMAX Appropriate for my kids: No way.

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›Blade Runner 2049 - Movie Review@coldsteem3186d

Having received my Moviepass, the first film I saw "for free" was Blade Runner 2049. The Blade Runner sequel takes place 29 years later. A new blade runner, "K" (Ryan Gosling) is tasked with tracking down and eliminating an old terror cell. The world of 2049 has the same dystopian feel as 2020 earth, but with slightly enhanced elements.

Officer K has been tasked with hunting down a group of rebel androids. Sounds a lot like the premise of the original film. However, the world has changed. Officer K discovers a buried treasure which threatens to destroy the tentative balance society has found in our dystopian future. The knowledge of the contents of that box could spark a war. A revolution. The Wallace corporation learns of the revolutionary (evolutionary) evidence collected by Officer K and will stop at nothing to uncover the secrets connected to the discovery. Officer K follows his leads, crossing paths with many interesting characters even as he begins to doubt his own reality. It is as if he has his own internal struggle, man vs. himself, android style.

If Philip K. Dick were alive, I think he would approve of the sequel to the original film based on his book Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?. Dick liked to explore alternate realities as well as government/corporate authoritarianism. This film has the same corporate feel as the original, pitting the LAPD against a large android corporation bent on building an android revolution. The film also mastered sleight of hand to give us all the answers while suggesting multiple possibilities. We aren't spoon fed the plot, which evolves at nice pace. Although the pace of the movie is sluggish at times. This film is fairly long (epic) at 2 hours 43 minutes. The pacing is good for that length of film, but I think it could have been scaled back significantly.

Blade Runner 2049 had the epic feel of the original. Director Denis Villanueve has done several films I enjoyed, to include Sicario, Prisoners and Incendies. The soundtrack has the dystopian industrial hum at times that augments the screen. The combination of soundtrack, writing and production quality were all spot on. The special effects were awesome and often paid homage to the original. Particularly the ability to manipulate images, which takes on a slightly new twist in this film. The dialogue was sharp. Writer Hampton Fancher returns from the original film, joined by Michael Green, whose credits are a combination of sci-fi and superheroes. My only complaint about the film was the length, which felt like it cold be shorter.

The casting was as good as the writing. I have been a fan of Ryan Gosling dating back to his lesser known film Lars and the Real Girl. If you haven't seen that film, rent it. Harrison Ford has more than just a cameo in this film, which I liked. Among the cameo appearances is Dave Bautista, who I love in Guardians of the Galaxy. It's nice to see him without the make up. Jared Leto is always solid, but also has a very small role in this film. The stand out performance, for me, was Sylvia Hoeks. Her performance as Luv, the Wallace Corporation enforcer, was fantastic. She brought an ice cold reality to the role that was chilling. Her steely character had an oddly likeable characteristic in spite of the sheer evil of her role. Hoeks was phenomenal. I hope to see more of her in the future. I can't imagine that this film could have been cast any better.

Blade Runner 2049 received an R Rating from the MPAA. The rating is well deserved. The film has plenty of graphic imagery to include ample nudity, violence and language. The nudity never felt gratuitous, but it left little to the imagination. There was also a tastefully handled (nudity free) sex scene that was actually visually appealing to me. A "virtual threesome" if you will. There was great attention to detail in this film, often with sexual and substance-abuse thematic material lurking in the shadows. I can't imagine an epic dystopican film without those elements. They were handled well, but definitely make this a film you don't want to bring younger viewers to.

Blade Runner 2049 was everything I was expecting and more. I have long been a fan of Philip K. Dick's work. His vision was amazing. I am eagerly anticipating the anthology of his work that Amazon is currently working on to augment their Man in the High Castle success. The casting, writing, acting, cinematography, special effects and sound track all come together to create a seamless trip into the dystopian future. While a bit too long, the film did not disappoint. The attention to detail gives this film the same credibility as the original. I would highly recommend seeing this one in the theater. 8/10.

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Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

a Themovieplace short review and recommendation to the Steemit Community

Hello dear friends and steemians, yesterday I was at the cinema and i seen the movie Blade Runner 2049 being a very awaited movie for many people but for me wasn't so awaited and just a few days ago I started to wait for it especially after reading some reviews and i've seen that my favorite YouTuber Chris Stuckmann who is also a movie critic said very good things about the movie and in most cases he is right when he analyzes a movie and I love almost every time his recommendations. So yesterday me and my brother we went to the city Arad the largest and closest city from where I live and we traveled about 120 kilometers(two way) to see this movie which could disappoint us knowing that the first was a very good movie but from which I was expecting more being a pretty boring movie which I saw only once, but I want to see it as soon as possible. The director of the movie is Denis Villeneuve who for me is one of the best directors who live today and manages to amaze us with every movie from which I've seen all of the movies from Incendies so far and I missed 3 movies which are August 32nd on Earth (1998), Maelstrom (2000) and Polytechnique (2009) which I want to see and complete the filmography of this great director. Although it's a movie to see , has many boring moments and the duration is very long and you have to have a lot of patience to resist and I can tell you while watching this movie did not stand and left after approximately 40 minutes, and i know that the movie it was not their type, but also me and my brother which we are passionate about good movies we felt the boredom but we resisted. Let's get started and see why I liked this movie and I'll explain a few things about it.

Short Review(Possible spoilers)

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The movie start with K which is a newer model replicant who works for the LAPD and has the mission to hunt down and retiring the older model replicants who are hiding. K find at a farm Sapper Morton which is an old model replicant and manages to destroy it and before he leaves find a box in a yard near a tree, and his superiors urge him to leave the place and that they will handle the box and they will analyze it.

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Lieutenant Joshi is K's superior and both find out from the analysis that the evidences are of a female replicant who died as the result of pregnancy complications which are impossible on the replicants, and his boss ordered him to destroy all evidence related to the case and to retire the child which can be a danger according to his boss but he hesitated to obey orders and is disturbed by them.

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K after he arrives at home is expected by Joi which is a product of Wallace Corporation which is led by Niander Wallace and Joi is a artificial intelligence which is used by those who feel alone and they need someone's company. I really enjoyed the romance which appears in the movie and the connection between K and Joi which I liked enormously. I presented you a small part of the movie and I let you to discover the rest if you ever think to watch this movie at home or if you will go to the cinema,thing which I recommend to you but you nead to have enough patience to see the movie all the way. As I said above ,I really enjoyed the romance from the movie but also the actors which were very suitable for their roles and most of all I liked Ryan Gosling which in a few moments when he did not need to have dialogues to prove he is a good actor and he did that just by facial expressions which amazed me and I saw this in the movie Drive too. Also Harrison Ford it was a nice surprise being an actor I did not appreciate so much but with this movie I changed my mind a little, and the biggest surprise comes from the actress Ana de Armas which was an unknown name so far and I thought she would play badly in the movie but was not like that, and i'm glad that everything went well even Jared Leto he did well which I've seen last time in the movie Suicide Squad (2016) where he disappointed. The imagery was great but most of all I liked the soundtrack which in my opinion is better than from Dunkirk (2017) and those who created this masterpiece are Benjamin Wallfisch and Hans Zimmer who are likely to win the Oscar but also the soundtrack from Dunkirk was exceptional and it will be a great battle for the big prize. In conclusion Blade Runner 2049 (2017) is among the best movies this year, if not the best so far but is not recommended for people who have no patience being a movie that lasts a lot and has some dull moments but if you go over these you will discover a semi art movie about which generations that follow will speak as was the case with the first.

My rating 9/10(watched it all the way even if it lasts a lot,a must see)

Movie Trailer

Director

Denis Villeneuve

Writer

Hampton Fancher Michael Green

Cast

Ryan Gosling Dave Bautista Robin Wright Mark Arnold Vilma Szécsi Ana de Armas Harrison Ford Wood Harris David Dastmalchian Tómas Lemarquis Sylvia Hoeks Jared Leto Sallie Harmsen Hiam Abbass Mackenzie Davis Krista Kosonen

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›Blade Runner 2049: Very promising and worth to watch!@film-trail3258d

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A young blade runner's discovery of a long buried secret leads him on a quest to track down former blade runner, Rick Deckard, whose been missing for thirty years.

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Following Alien: Covenant is predicted to revive the terror awareness Xenomorph of the Alien franchise, classic sci-fi film made by Ridley Scott others who are ready to come back in 2017 with modern packaging is Blade Runner 2049, Positioned as a sequel to Blade Runner, Blade Runner 2049 certainly holds great potential for being a sci-fi movie with a strong story and a long imprint on the audience's memories as the film's director is Denis Villeneuve, who was previously successful with the overwhelming Arrival. And if you look at the newly released Blade Runner 2049 trailer, Villeneuve seems to have succeeded in bringing the futuristic, mysterious, gripping and sometimes uncomfortable world of Blade Runner cyberpunk.

The trailer highlights the journey of K (Ryan Gosling) in search of Rick Deckard who is still starring Harrison Ford for interrogation. Meeting of two replicant repellent policemen a.k.a. Blade Runner is actually inviting big question marks when they are attacked unexpectedly. The trailer also shows the appearance of new players like Jared Leto, Ana de Armas to Dave Bautista. For Leto, he seems to be a mad scientist of replicating creators who are not impossible to play an important role in the movie story.

Setting 30 years after the first film, this sequel tells K (Gosling) - a blade runner and LAPD officer - who breaks up old secrets that potentially cause chaos to human civilization. K's discovery led him on a journey to find Rick Deckard, a former LAPD blade runner who has disappeared for 30 years.

Blade Runner 2049 will release on October 6, 2017. The film is sure to reveal the mystery that has been a debate for years and questions: whether Deckard a human or replicant, let's wait for his movie.

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›My Rambling Thoughts On The 'Blade Runner 2049' Trailer@namiks3267d

Once again we are greeted with the all-seeing eye; and once again that all-seeing eye is followed by a series of unanswered questions regarding our existence and what makes us human.

The Blade Runner 2049 trailer bids a familiar narrative in the form of handing a popular franchise down from its original main cast down to a more younger cast. I'm just hoping that this precious accident of Ridley Scott's doesn't become hope for an extended universe type of deal. I'm completely fine with the film focusing on new characters and not-so-known actors, providing this isn't yet another franchise in which Harrison Ford's character kicks the bucket in.

Director Denis Villeneuve certainly has the talent to bring the aesthetic cyberpunk world of Blade Runner into the modern day, and some of the shots in the trailer are evident of that, I'm just more sceptical of the script's ability to once again outperform viewer's expectations. The script, for the most part, seems to be written by Hampton Fancher: the original screenwriter for Blade Runner, although Michael Green appears to have co-written the script for Blade Runner 2049. It isn't Fancher's writing I'm worried about, but Green's; his portfolio isn't anything to boast about, with most of this works being on terrible comic book movies that flopped hard. I feel Green has the ability to completely sabotage the magic in the film.

The cinematography and views of post-cyberpunk cities felt like an excellent touch to the trailer, and hopefully to the final film as well, given it pays homage to the novel in which this story is based on: Philip K. Dick's 'Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?' in which most cities have been completely covered in dust as an outcome of Earth's destroyed environment caused by war. It shows that among those neon-infested cities lays a wasteland; a reason why most had abandoned Earth for off-world colonies in the first place.

As for the film's narrative: I've seen people question a particular piece of dialogue from the trailer, "We were being hunted," with the assumption that Deckard is referring to himself as a replicant among the others. Let's just make it clear that he is simply referring to the fact that him and Rachael, after Deckard went against his duties as a cop, were hunted for his actions, and the fact that Rachael herself was a replicant in need of being retired.

I'm assuming Jard Leto's character is a slight follow-up of Tyrell, in the sense that he himself has the power to create replicants; perhaps for his own terrifyingly dangerous agenda. "You do not know what pain is yet. You will learn." It's clear that his character is obsessed with some type of new technology, one that perhaps connects humans to replicants in some way.

Time for more crazy Blade Runner theories!

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