Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Andy24King24 — 30 Jan 2018

When I saw or managed to make it thru the very slow burner that was Blade Runner The Final Cut, I was obviously dubious about this. I thought that I’d need to see and enjoy the original before this. Denis Villeneuve quotes you don’t need to have seen the original to enjoy his film cos this stands on its own.

Though a lot of the film does involve the original in its plot. So I sat down to watch this juggernaut of a film, and juggernaut I mean 2 hours 43 mins. You do get sceptical as why it’s that long and think am I wasting my time and money here but.

And big but. I watched Mark Kermode gives his review. He said that opening 30 mins of the movie surprisingly set the amazing pace and that in itself defines the greatness of this epic film. There are no standout performances here, not Gosling, not Ford, no one but there is one and that is the director Denis Villeneuve.

What he delivers here is something of awesomeness, something astonishing. The visuals, the lighting, everything about the design and scale of this is just mind blowing. You definitely don’t have to enjoy the original to enjoy this.

And at 163 mins, it doesn’t feel that long at all. This really is the creme de la creme of sci fi perfection. And ok I said earlier that Gosling and Ford aren’t the standout performers but there performances are brilliant.

Gosling’s performance is of particular interest considering a year ago he was nominated for best actor for La La Land. But forget La La Land here. This is simply put the greatest sci fi, action thriller ever made.

Denis Villeneuve your the man. Shame you didn’t get a best director nod at this years Oscars, just the nomination would have sufficed. 5 out 5, 10 out 10.