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It's the best looking effect of that type that I've seen yet.
Till she talks. It's amazing that how wonderful they look but as soon as they talk everything breaks down.It's the best looking effect of that type that I've seen yet.
1. It’s a nod to the first filmJust a couple quick questions about BLADE RUNNER 2049.
1) There's a big PAN AM sign. Is this a nod to 2001, a slightly alternative universe, or something else?
2) Is there a reason the that Ring Tone on one character's cell phone is the beginning of PETER
AND THE WOLF?
3) Am I the only one who think the film would have been greatly improved if about 45 minutes had
been cut?
3) Am I the only one who think the film would have been greatly improved if about 45 minutes had
been cut?
^ Yes, despite box office receipts or reviews, this will be remembered as a beautiful film. Hopefully it will be re-discovered as the first one was, and be influential in its own right.
This definitely felt like a step down to me. The music was a major part of the appeal for the first movie, even if I had issues with how it was integrated. This just felt like more Hans Zimmer noise to me. But then, I can count on one hand the number of his scores that I actually enjoy.I love great music and unfortunately the music is also uninspiring and forgettable which is a huge part of this story. If they couldn't get Vangelis, they should have gone with Trent Reznor, Atticus Ross.
Like the first film, it succeeds best as a stylistic exercise. Wonderful production design and some truly iconic cinematography in the mix. I don't know that it quite compares to the first movie, though, because it's less novel now and it's much easier to do than it was back then. This movie is full of amazing things. But the movies are full of amazing things all of the time now.Really liked it. It's a story that builds on and continues the world and themes of the original. LOVED the cinematography and production design.
I'll join the chorus saying it's not a coincidence at all:After thinking about this film some more I do have the following reservation of it.
The coincidence of K, Dr. Stelline and Deckard coming together.
I agree. Until I saw his name in the credits, I didn't make the connection at all that that was him.I was also very pleasantly surprised at how good Dave Bautista was in his role (particularly in the connecting short preview movie). I have liked his previous roles limited as they have been (mostly) - the level of sensitivity he was able to bring was an unexpected but very welcome.
Yes, the baseline test back at the police station with the lines from Nabokov's "Pale Fire" was much closer to the Voight-Kampff test from the first movie. Presumably they tattoo the serial numbers into the eyes during production now for easier identification. Wallace's product over all seems a lot more streamlined that Tyrell's originals.That is something used only in this sequel. The original film didn't have them looking for a serial number. They used a series of seemingly random questions to test if their memories were authentic or implanted.
In the original film, the retinal scan looked as if it was being used to detect microreactions to the questioning, not numbers.
This is one of my favorite things about the movie. The original movie took place in 2019, which is only two years from now. Clearly we're not going to get from here to there in that short of an amount of times. And as a predictor of trends four decades into the future, the original movie was way off the mark -- to the point where it's actually considered something of a curse to the featured brands.1) There's a big PAN AM sign. Is this a nod to 2001, a slightly alternative universe, or something else?
This movie finally pushed me over. Today I bought my first ear plugs. I'm going to use them the next time I need them in a theater. It would probably be a Nolan film or the new Dune!
Till she talks. It's amazing that how wonderful they look but as soon as they talk everything breaks down.
Yeah, I can't wait to get that 4K/UHD disc in my home theater being Dolby Atmos compliant.This movie is so stupidly loud that I heard it while watching another movie 2 auditoriums down from it. LOL!