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4/4
Blade Runner
SteelCity99 - wrote on 04/22/2018
Blade Runner has a brilliantly intense and controversial subject matter. Dystopian and utopic, totalitarian futuristic cities is a concept that has been treated several times since we have memory, but this is one of the first American films that dares to take that vision one step forward, adapting it to the pop-culture necessities of the time.
The highlights of the movie are:
- The weakness of the human condition.
- The search for a reason of human existence.
- The fear of lacking the ability to comprehend what doesn't belong to our race.
- Mankind's total subordination and dependence towards technology.
- An overall depressing and dark atmosphere (mood) and desolate way of life.
- Lack of nature and beauty.
This film deserves a cult-status respect: it portrays a …
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Menschlich
cinegeek.de - wrote on 08/16/2016
Our Daily Free Strem: Ridley Scott - Blade Runner. Ob wir wollen oder nicht; das Remake von Dennis Villeneuve schreitet langsam voran. Hier das Original. - Das ist also "Jetzt", die Zukunft. Die Autos sehen aus wie Boxen, doch immer noch wird so etwas wie Rock'n Roll im Radio gespielt. Blade Runner eröffnet eine Zukunft 2020 in Los Angeles. L.A. sieht aus wie Tokyo und tatsächlich trinkt ein japanisches Mädchen Coca Cola. Immerhin: Es sieht sensationell aus! Die Wolkenkatzer sind noch ein Stück gewachsen und die Menschen fahren umher in Vehikles, die alles können. Fahren, fliegen, klettern. L.A., ein urbaner Dschungel. Durch die "Mean Streets", die wir kein Mal bei Tageslicht sehen, streift Harrison Ford. Er sucht eine Gruppe Replikanten, die aus der Off-World geflohen sind. Er ist …
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4/4
"Blade Runner" by Yojimbo
Yojimbo - wrote on 05/23/2012
When four artificial humans return to Earth to seek their maker and extend their lifespans, an ex-"Blade Runner" is sent in pursuit to "retire" them. Based on a story by Philip K. Dick, Blade Runner is a true watershed in the evolution of science fiction cinema. It's one of the most visually influential films ever made and although William Gibson's novel Neuromancer is often cited as the birth of "Cyberpunk", he freely admits that Ridley Scott did it first. Although most cyberpunk influenced movies look very silly in this day and age, Scott's future detective story created its own sub-genre (often referred to as "tech-noir") by skillfully blending the format of Film Noir with the visual trappings of science fiction making for an immersive world that is the melting pot of styles and …
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4/4
The final cut
Moviehead - wrote on 04/01/2012
This movie has one of saddest openings. Thank gods it all wasnt like this, it would probably be unbearable. Instead this opening fits very well into this not depressing movie.
Later film gets some charm that you may miss first time you see it, i did. It stays sad all the time, but that isnecessary if we consider its about death. Another dark thing abot Blade Runner is environment. Its very chaotic and showing it in noir style was great solution. But as i said it is not depressing, it has all these interesting characters and its very imaginative. And it achieves epic feeling. And also its one of few romance i liked in film. So it practically delivers some light into this depressing subject.
Simply: Blade Runner is one of best films ever.
Rating of
3.5/4
Blade Runner review
Daniel Corleone - wrote on 08/21/2011
A film that stars Harrison Ford as Rick Deckard, a retired Blade Runner who takes on one more task to “retire” 4 replicants in the year 2019. Replicants are robots manufactured by the powerful Tyrell Corporation with a lifespan of 4 years (as a fail-safe) only to prevent developing any emotions. The Replicants are Leon (Brion James), Roy Batty (Rutger Hauer), Zhora (Joanna Cassidy) and Pris (Daryl Hannah). Deckard falls for Rachel (Sean Young), an experimental replicant who believes she is human. Some nice lines in the picture: Leon – “Painful to live in fear, isn't it?” Roy – “I've done questionable things.” “I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've watched c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhäuser …
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3.5/4
Best Sci-Fi movie ever??? It is close!!!
mdtinney - wrote on 10/07/2009
Look it's quite simple there are those who worship Blade Runner and those who just don't get it. For those who don't you're either too shallow and simplistic (sorry if I offend anyone there) or haven't given it enough of a chance yet. I myself didn't really get into it until I was old enough to properly absorb such a beautiful, complex tapestry of a movie, but now that I do, my god, if this isn't one of the greatest films of all time I don't know what is. From Vangelis' incredible score to the faultless FX to Ford's wonderfully downbeat performance this film exudes a beauty and ambience that has influenced countless films since yet has never been beaten. Plagued by on-set troubles between Director Ridley Scott and Harrison Ford as well as a disenchanted crew it's a miracle the film …
Rating of
4/4
I've Seen Things You People Wouldn't Believe
Drive-In Massacre - wrote on 05/05/2009
Directed by genius film maker, Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator, American Gangster), Blade Runner happens to be one of the top 10 best science-fiction films I've ever seen, and science-fiction is possibly my favorite genre of film.
Written by Philip K. Dick, (who's books would also be the basis for films such as:Minority Report (2002) & Total Recall (1990)), the film and story creates a future that is a realistic and plausible as, Stanley Kubrick's 1968 film, 2001: A Space Odyssey and George Orwell's dystopic novel, 1984. The story is based in L.A. during the year 2019. The film follows Rick Deckard, who's job is to job track down and kill "replicants" (a replicant is a human clone that was used for slavery years before. By the time Blade Runner begins, replicants a considered …
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4/4
Timeless Sci-Fi Thriller. Incredible Cinematics.
LeopardExplosion - wrote on 09/15/2008
Of many a Sir Ridley Scott's films, out of the ones I have already seen, Blade Runner would come out on top. In My own Opinion. The Dark Gloomy Cinematography just makes the movie for some people, and in 1982, Creativity and Cinematics like that are absolutely breathtaking. Even to this day I am astounded by the work put into Blade Runner. But some cons can be found here. Slow Paced and sometimes hard to follow. At times I wasn't sure what I was going after in the plot, but after a little bit of light thinking I started to work everything out. Other than that not much is of this is that bad. Sure the characters aren't well developed. Half of the leads being clones, and the other half being Harrison Ford, these guys can get dull. But never-the-less. its Sci-Fi. It's Ridley Scott. …
