My Bladerunner 2049 review (spoilers)

(1/4) If you don't really want to go, don't, it's way better than Prometheus and Covenant, there's some actual film-making going on here but it's nothing special substance wise, in fact, rather lacking and hollow imo. (I get this might be to give you the perspective of the main character, but it doesn't make for good film.)

First off Hollywood can't make movies like they did in the 80's so I wasn't even expecting that. I wasn't really expecting anything.

It's pretty shit imo.
Long and slow, not an action film at all, the original wasn't either. This was more like a drama with a little bit of whatever Apocalypse Now is, odyssey?
Yea, it's a bit trippy and the visuals and film technicals are cool, but nothing mindblowing. It has kind of an elegant air to it. With long stretches of calm and minimalism suddenly erupting in short brutal violence.
It's got that minimalist futurist style we've seen a million times since just after the Matrix. Covenant does it too but not nearly as good.
I watched it in 3D and I think people should if they see it in cinemas, some scenes definitely felt like they were made for it, and I think it only adds to the film since it lacks in pretty much everything else.

I mean it's not an embarrassingly offensive terrible waste of time like Prometheus and Covenant are, but it's not much more than an ok somewhat good movie.

I was watching it stoned too so I think the 3D worked better some friends didn't think it was all that great but my eyes got used to it and it was pretty cool and worked better than I though.

Other than the visuals and a few things they get right here and there (not the straight up samples from the original though) it was very slow and almost boring.

(2/4) It's a small focused story mostly on Ryan Gosling, not many characters at all and the environment that literally denotes Blade Runner, the futuristic city, well there was very little of that, no big street scenes like you'd expect.
Instead we get very barren places like a whiteish desert, oddly lighted hallways (a bit cool, but meh,) and a broken down metal factory.
Some car scenes over the CGI city kinda cool, but still meh.

Ok so visuals over, story? Character developments? Acting?
Not much to tell really, the film seemed to focus on the visuals rather than any kind of heartfelt or intelligent substance.
Yea there's some meta and the idea that the synthetics have become so human that they cry and have emotional lives is cool, there's a kind of line of humanity bleeding into the machines and of course the main thing about them being able to reproduce like humans somehow, cool, but left very unexplored for such a long movie, mostly just mentioned.
I didn't care about the characters at all and nothing really was there for us to get a hold of either.

I made faces at a lot of sour notes in the style and art choices such as the billboard choices. Obviously Sony and Coca Cola were on in this film lowered the costs for Ridley Scott and Co, but it just felt lame.
When I saw the Coke logo, I just thought, no, too casual, too first choice, should have been Kodak. Don't know why but it would look a lot better.

(3/4) And a major grievance I have. The over-explanation of the plot.
There are more than a few times when the plot has been advanced and the audience has learned something, done very tastefully. Where you're like nice I get it, well transmitted, I'm not 100% sure, it leaves that 1-2 % of vagueness where it still slips into your mind on an intellectual level, where you guess the message a tiny tiny 1-2% but it's pretty clear what has been revealed.
Good right? I usuallly prefer more obscurity than that but it felt nice going into my brain.
But here's the problem. The film will literally just after this, give you another tell of what just happened. So now the elegant way to give it to you is ruined instantly because you are immediately assured that yes that IS what happened. So now you know.
Just to make sure everyone, even the simple minded, are fully caught up.
Major sour note. But get this. There are actually 1 or 2 times where this is done an additional time after that! Literally just after the handicapped plot assistance! Literally right after it there will be a scene where someone says it out loud. the police woman in the office saying out loud, "synthetic births!?" Juuuust to make sure even the family dog knows what's going on. Felt very amateur, like in cheesy action movies where the characters will make a stop in the momentum to explain to other characters what has happened and what they are about to do. Completely contrary to the minimalist, moody raw style the film is tuned to.

(4/4) Another gripe is the overselling of sex. We get, it the future is a sleazy place there's hologram bikinigirls. Do we need to see that 9 different times? With vulgar ass and naked tit shots? What happened to the elegant Geisha from the original?
This was more like a pornhub plugin rather than an enticing pink holographic hint or tease.
And this can be used to summize the difference between this move and the original.
The original was made by a mature mind and it's an adult noir film. This is more like a millenial raised on bangbros and post Y2K hollywood futurism.

I'd give it a 5.6 (Prometheus and Covenant are both 1s.)
Decent try but lacks any authentic momentum to keep you interested and following along. Instead abrupt violence is used to jolt you back to focus.
Slow development is boring and simple.

It really is a mold of its time now where movies are geared much more toward being an experience than a relaxing immersive kind of film-making that the original (and Apocalypse Now) is. Today you are supposed to leave the theater exhausted after strong imagery or brutal violence and decadent nudity there to provide discomfort and illness, or to crudely tug at sexual reactions. The film does it clumsily and fails in the same way with that.

The main villain is super hero-tier dimensional.

But yea the action is good, well done, but let down of course by no substance being there for us so we care about the outcomes.

>complaining about advertisements being more degenerate than in the original
Of course they would be, just like ours are.

Isn't the point that the love of Gosling's life turns out to be a designed for the lowest common denominator techno-whore? that's why she's so sexualised

I'm sorry but you come across as a dummy with bad opinions that should not be shared

nigga I ain't reading all that shit

AGAIN WITH THE EYES.
What the fuck is the meaning of her eyes being like this? Does that mean she has no soul?
Skin jobs eyes light up, Tyrell wears giant owl glasses, the Joker is blind.

The absolute state of Sup Forums

That being said I didn't like the original blade runner so I was never going to see the movie in the first place.

>That being said I have shit taste

>Long and slow, not an action film at all,

Stopped here

tl; dr; dc

>actual film discussion
>saged
wew

I love sci fi movies but hate blade runner. Wanna fight about it nerd?

You have objectively god-awful taste and are a double-digit IQ pleb is all. Just pointing it out.

Attention-whoring ego-wank =/= discussion.

Also, sage.

Not OP, but he at least seems entirely honest. He's also a swede i think.

>This was more like a pornhub plugin rather than an enticing pink holographic hint or tease.

Yes, we do need to see it. It lacks bite if it isn't a pornhub ad. I would have had it be more degenerate. Something like a Cuck Brothel would have fit perfectly. A brothel where you bring your wife to get fucked by other dudes.

Oh Gawd, so hawt!

>not an action film at all,
>the original wasn't either

Thank god this was at the beginning so I didn't have to read too much to know you have no point to make.

Great criticisms, I had the same ones while watching the movie (and quite a few more). What made you want to watch the movie in the first place? I really liked the original and it had pretty high reviews. Some red flags to prevent falling for viral marketing next time
>any sequel/reboot
>pseud middle-brow director
>high reviews on rotten-tomatoes and metacritic
>high budget hollywood in general
>retards on Sup Forums telling everyone to see it in imax 3 times

A24 is basically the biggest studio that still releases some good movies (still a lot of bad pseudo artsy drivel though)

>i-it's vulgar!

Grow up you sheltered faggot. Never seen some titties before? Sex is one of the most basic drivers of all human motivation, and you're mad that it's depicted in advertisements in a movie set in a hyper consumerist dystopia?

Stop writing reviews. You are not good at this.

go back to jerking off to the idea of having a personalized AI waifu you emotionally stunted loser. I bet you post in joi waifu threads, fucking pathetic

Kek nice personal projections there bud, none of that is relevant to my post

It's about time somebody said it to his face.

Yeah, it's just a personal attack and not an actual argument, exactly like your own shitty post.
>projection
You're using that word wrong, do you not know what it means?

My post does contain an argument

>Sex is one of the most basic drivers of all human motivation, and you're mad that it's depicted in advertisements in a movie set in a hyper consumerist dystopia?

Are you a nigger? Because it doesn't seem like you can read. Poor little brainlet. I'd hate being as stupid as you.

Your review is shit btw.

That's in no way refuting the claims made here
> Another gripe is the overselling of sex. We get, it the future is a sleazy place there's hologram bikinigirls. Do we need to see that 9 different times? With vulgar ass and naked tit shots? What happened to the elegant Geisha from the original?
He's accusing the director of overselling sex. The original showed sexual sleaze in a more elegant way, posting straight up porn because "the future is sexual yo" is just lazy.

>condescending meme image
>nigger
>brainlet
I'd tell you to leave Sup Forums before it completely rots your brain but it's obviously too late. If it's still up in 5 years you'll still be posting the same tired insults in threads like these, having progressed nowhere in your sad eternally stagnating existence.

I love you, you're better than this.

She's qt but can she french kiss your boner.

Didn't read, stop being butthurt. Your review is shit.

Of course you read it. You should stop acting like such a child, I'm sure your parents are ashamed of you.

If you have any dreams, you should pursue them instead of wasting your time making yourself feel good by acting condescending to strangers.

I believe in you.

Didn't read, stop being butthurt. Your review is shit.

That style of bangs is fucking ugly. Why did it become a thing?

'gay'

Wow you sure have a lot of condescending reaction images. I'm sure having well organized folders full of images you carefully saved fills the void in your soul. Oh wait, it doesn't.

Do something with your life. Make something of yourself before it's too late. I'm not giving up on you.

It's literally a bowl cut, just for bangs. If you like it, you have worse than shit taste.

Didn't read, stop being butthurt. Your review is shit.

But it IS well-written. Since this is Sup Forums, however, I doubt you can read more than 2 sentences without getting stuck.

This is starting to feel silly so I'm out.

You can do anything you want to, it doesn't have to be shitposting on anonymous imageboards.

Didn't read, stop being butthurt. Your review is shit.

>it's pretty shit imo
fuck off millenial garbage

It's time to grow up.

Eh. Only thing I agree with in your overlong diatribe is the over-explanation complaint and even that only applies to two scenes. Btw, the advertisement whining of yours was rather autistic. Keep that in check. Anyway, BR 2049 actually has more substance than the original movie. The characters and acting were fine. I prefer the characters from the original movie, though I don't have a problem with the cast. Lastly, the sexuality wasn't excessive in the slightest. Two brief instances of nudity in a three hour movie?

why are you wasting words on these tasteless hipsters? one of OP's first remarks is that it isn't an action movie, that was where i knew his opinion (and by extension, the rest of that drivel) wasn't worth my time.
quality post though user.