Blade Runner [Director's Cut]

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Summary: Big Disappointment
Review: I don't get what all the fuss was about, this movie really wasn't worth the time spent on it - even in Director's Cut format. As a fan of Cyberpunk novels (Neuromancer, Snow Crash, etc.), I have been told many times that I should see this movie. Now I have, and I must say I wish that I hadn't. Movies like Strange Days, The Matrix, or even 5th Element are much better.

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Summary: A good film overall.
Review: Blade Runner is worth a watch. I don't consider it to be a classic film, but there are some aspects of it that are very good. The story is interesting, but not totally intriguing though, and the acting is fine. The aspects of the movie that really stand out would be the cinematography, special effects, and the music. The cinematography is very good and no doubt some of the best that I've seen. The music is also very good and really grabs me--I've always been aware of who Vangelis was, but have never owned any of his music (it really adds something to the film). Overall, I think that Blade Runner no doubt is a good movie, and the plot isn't that difficult to understand. Worth a watch.

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Summary: One of the best
Review: Without a doubt, this has to be one of the greatest sci-fi, cult films out there. It ranks just under Star Wars. A real shame it was ignored up until a few years ago. A true sci-fi fan would watch this movie over and over again.

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Summary: A Modern Prometheus as a film, but Icarus as a DVD.
Review: Blade Runner is a classic, a mythological look at how deeply the presumably human protagonist, and the rest of us take life so profoundly for granted. While the film is incredible, there are some flaws in this DVD version. The Director's Cut was made for the film's 10th anniversary, so it predated digital transfers. As a result, the film still has a blotchy analog look. Also, while the Director's cut presents more relentlessly the harsh vision of the post-apocalyptic future, it is definitely less accessible. Moreover, there are clearly some places where dubbed dialog was added in, or dialog was cut in the remake, so it's not as polished. The DVD edition should have, rather than offering wide-screen and pan-and-scan versions, offered the original release on one side of the disc, and the Director's Cut on the other. Nonetheless, the film is still an inspired cinematic vision, with visible allusions to Percy Shelley's "Prometheus Unbound" and Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley's "Frankenstein, or, The Modern Prometheus."

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Summary: Atmosphere to the fifth power!
Review: This movie has it all. Superb acting performances (Ford, Young, Hauer), a very philosophical and yet gripping story based on the intelligent novella by Phillip K. Dick, and a spectacular realizaton by Ridley Scott. L.A. 2019 is the definite future noir place in science fiction movies. Add the very sublime soundtrack by Greek musical god Vangelis and you get a work of art that is exceptional in every aspect. An experience which will stay with you for a long time.

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Summary: A science fiction masterpiece!
Review: A movie to remember, starring Harrison Ford in a dazzling shocking sci-fi classic with great specials effects and terrefic music by Vangelis made this movie a must see!

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Summary: Just the basics
Review: I'm one of the few that really miss Harrison Ford's voiceovers. The Blade Runner that I knew and loved as like one of those old detective movies woven into the framework of a futuristic world. Without the voiceovers its more like a subdued Dirty Harry movie. The picture and sound are everything you would expect from DVD, though Blade Runner is the most bare-bone/no frills DVD I have ever seen. Warner Brothers did nothing more then the minimal amount of work needed to transfer the movie from laserdisk onto DVD -- there is nothing extra. Even the DVD menu is nothing more then the basic select the language/select the scene/play the movie options superimposed over a giant WB logo. Maybe I got spoiled by all of the Columbia/Tri-Star DVD releases, or maybe Warner Bros just doesn't get it yet.

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Summary: The Triune of Modern American Science-Fiction
Review: In my opinion, there are three quintessential science-fiction movies from three different decades that all (strangely enough) depict the farthest extremes of this genre. One is (of course) Star Wars. (Just for the record, I consider the original trilogy one single film) Nuff said. The second, 2001. Once again, nuff said. And the third (and probably the most widely disputed) IS Blade Runner. Now, I could go on about any of these great films for hours, but I'll try to contain my thoughts to a few meager paragraphs. Blade Runner is one of the greatest films of all time {period} I was appalled (though I shouldn't have expected more from the white-collar fascists at AFI) when Blade Runner didn't make the 100 great American films. The special effects alone (absolutely astounding even today) should give this film an enduring place is history, but as many who look deep within this masterpiece know, it is much more than that. Within this film there lies our innermost feelings of loneliness, horror, retribution, beauty, love, hatred, revenge, and absolution. I have honestly, in my years film, never seen a movie with this amount of layers and dimensions beyond the 35mm of the transparent film and into our own hearts and mind and feelings of our world and others. That feel, that gritty feel, transports us to the grimy, suffocating streets of L.A. 2019. The story, flawless and energetic, total complements to Ridley Scott's visual tapestry of the screen. So many moments of deep insight pour out of this film, it's almost overwhelming to sit down and decipher the workings of the story. The very first shot of the fiery megalopolis skyline, Deckard's tiring look out of his window into the decaying streets of his crumbling world, and finally, Batty's dove, ascending to the heavens. This film defies the sensation of "feeling" and masterfully replaces them with "impulses", the most raw and deep of human emotion. If I could only put into words the total greatness of this film, I could end right here knowing you knew of one of the most looked-over films in history. But, I can't, so I, just as Batty, accept my fate and sadly let go, allowing you to examine your own thoughts and ideals. You may not like this film, and I respect that, but I ask all of you to watch it, and give it a fair chance. It took me three viewings to let it "grow" on me, and I feel forever greater because of it. I simply ask you see this movie, in and only in the Director's Cut, if possible, and embrace this film before, "all those moments, will be lost, in time, like tears, in rain."

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Summary: Bogart 2020 A.D.
Review: When I first saw this film close to twenty years ago; that was all I could think of. A modern day Sci- Fi version of a hard boiled detective hunting down the criminal. Only with this movie all the replicants wanted was life. A chance to live and have the same rights as their creators.

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Summary: Not for the Intellectually Inept
Review: This movie has a great story line and bons of background material that can really be appreciated. (Different type of policing for Replicants, a unique street language thats a mixture chinese, german and english?, etc.)

The visual effects are highly acceptable even in this new movie age of CGI. Which is amazing considering the age of the film.

However, just like films such as Dark City or the Japanimation title Akira, some people just aren't intellectually evolved as others and just won't get it. If you are someone who sometimes needs simple yet abstract ideas explained more than once, this movie is not for you...

...then again if you are a Harrison Ford fan and like his work no matter what, this make sure to add this to your collection!