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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 4, 2019 23:48:21 GMT
For All of the People Here that Like the 2017 Movie "BLADE RUNNER 2049", What was your Reaction to that Movie the very first time that you saw it ?
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Post by James on Oct 4, 2019 23:49:45 GMT
Visually stunning. Almost as good as the original.
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Post by OldAussie on Oct 5, 2019 0:02:20 GMT
good but too long
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Post by koskiewicz on Oct 5, 2019 0:05:58 GMT
IMHO, a very muddled plot that made no sense whatever.
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Post by politicidal on Oct 5, 2019 0:33:53 GMT
I really enjoyed it. It made my top ten list.
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Post by anthonyrocks on Oct 5, 2019 2:52:14 GMT
Visually stunning. Almost as good as the original. Agreed!
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Post by vegalyra on Oct 5, 2019 18:52:49 GMT
I saw it in the theater. I was entranced and didn't want to leave the theater. I sat through the entire credits and only got up because the lights came back on and I was forced to come back to this world.
One of the most visually perfect films made in the past 20 years. The soundtrack also was mesmerizing and fit with Vangelis' original score.
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Post by Popeye Doyle on Oct 5, 2019 19:14:06 GMT
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Post by kevin on Oct 5, 2019 19:20:29 GMT
I was completely floored and fully immersed into the story. I also sat through the entire credits thinking about what I just had seen. It felt like a movie perfectly made for me. Visually unbelievable (best Deakins cinematography imo), perfectly cast with great performances, fantastic world-building, a really good ambient soundtrack, it has everything. And I personally really love slow-burn sci-fi (like Ad Astra last month) so I was never bored in the slightest. It's pretty much the perfect encapsulation of why sci-fi is my favorite genre. And I can't wait for Villeneuve's next sci-fi epic 'Dune'. Still my favorite movie of the decade (#3 in my all-time list) and also my favorite theater experience of the decade together with Dunkirk and Hereditary.
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Post by Archelaus on Oct 5, 2019 20:13:53 GMT
I was captivated and fully mesmerized by the film. The cinematography by Roger Deakins is one of his career's best and I felt he should win an Oscar for it. It honored the original film and its theme of what makes us human.
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Post by sdrew13163 on Oct 5, 2019 21:16:46 GMT
One of the best movies I’ve ever seen.
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Post by paislene on Oct 5, 2019 23:27:14 GMT
Overall I found it a great homage to Blade Runner , but it also unfortunately seemed like a copy
of the original , only mimicking the original thriller . There has been an effort to keep the
story going , but they have used the same plot devices as the first movie . Leto's Niander Wallace
replaces Turkel's Eldon Tyrell . Gosling's K replaces Harrison's Rick Deckard . And Sylia Hoeks' Luv
replaces Hauer's Roy Batty as the tortured and tormented replicant who yearns for more . I could go on .
But it is a good mystery movie that promises more , which I suspect will be continued in a series .
The problem with Hollywood and recent reboots or remakes , is they have thrown out the past including
connections with their extended universes , such as relationships with the books and previous movies .
It is obvious they are doing everything to hook new fans with lots of new action , but I wonder
how this will really fare , in the long run ?
   
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Post by darkpast on Oct 6, 2019 3:33:53 GMT
why is the theater so empty on opening day
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 16:16:06 GMT
Disappointing.
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Post by politicidal on Jan 21, 2020 16:41:23 GMT
I was impressed.
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Post by Xcalatë on Jan 21, 2020 16:41:34 GMT
Beautiful Cinematography & Beautiful Ana de Armas.
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Post by Rey Kahuka on Jan 21, 2020 17:41:29 GMT
Didn't like it. I still don't like it. It's like they wanted to remake Blade Runner but were afraid to. It plays like a cheap facsimile of the original, minus the soul and the brain. It's not the worst movie ever made; it's visually arresting and the score is fantastic. But it's devoid of thought. Leto plays a cartoonish villain with a nonsensical motivation. Luckily it lost so much money they probably won't torture us with the third installment until at least 2049.
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Post by lenlenlen1 on Jan 21, 2020 18:40:38 GMT
I thought it was amazing. I loved it.
I had already become a huge fan of director Dennis Villenueve, and this movie just confirmed it for me. He's a genius. And so is Roger Deakins, cinematographer (who won for best cinematography for this, and will again this year for 1917). And as we can see for ourselves based on this thread alone, most people thought it was actually a very good movie. I remember the critics being very favorable to it too.
BUT the audience wasn't there. Why? There are several reason IMO:
This movie fits into the category of 30 years too late sequels of which there are tons. Interest in those is waning. Its a sequel to a movie that did not do so well in the first place when it came out way back when. Its a sequel to a movie that only has a cult following nowadays. Its a dystopian type futuristic movie with lots of tech. This is in part what killed a movie that came out only a few months before: Ghost in the Shell, and killed another movie that came out a few months later: Alita Battle Angel. There's an aversion to movies of that type. I don't know why. And, like the first movie, it has a lack of action and a faster pace that todays audiences seem to need.
But IMO one of the best movies of the year (in my top 5), well deserved Oscar for cinematography, and the best SFX scene of the year in the scene where Ana De Armas and Mckenzie Davis are morphed into one. Amazing! By the way kudos for break out performances for three ladies in the movie: The above mentioned Ana De Armas, Mackenzie Davis, and particularly Sylvia Hoeks who plays the villainess.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2020 21:40:17 GMT
I dunno what you're on about, but Alita: Battle Angel wasn't released a few months after 2049. BR 2049 is from 2017, A:BA is from 2019.
Also, BR's original director Sir Ridley Scott said he thought 2049 was way too long.
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Post by darksidebeadle on Jan 21, 2020 22:19:55 GMT
my first reactions were
It is not as visually spectacular as the original
Most all the story was taken from various other scifi properties from the last 20 years
it was too long for what it was
Still better than most trash that comes out
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