Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Gq_Foine — 08 Oct 2017

My review after watching IMAX. Having seeing the first Blade Runner and how amazing I thought the original movie was, I had extremely high expectations on the sequel. This is not a perfect movie and had some missed opportunities where the story could have further developed and shined more to have it become a true masterpiece, but overall this was definitely a solid 8+. Let's starts with the pros:

Amazing cast of characters and actors! I really thought Ryan Gosling (Officer K) did a fantastic job! And the other two amazing characters was Officer K - AI lover- JOI (Ana De Armas) and Jared Leto (Wallace). Visuals- Were amazing and loved them the artistic theme and colors.. But I wished they used less CGI and more real and authentic sceneries. The CGI felt to sterile, clean and less grit in the real world. Music- was great! But, I felt they tried very hard to keep it up with the original Blade runner. I really loved the Jazz tones and 60's nostalgia- that was amazing!!. But I would have preferred more classical synthesized electronic tones and the credits music was horrible- heavy metal. They could have put like 80's theme style music/ song rolling through the credits. My biggest beef was the story and some of the sterile CGI stuff. While I don't want to spoil anything, I just felt they could have really done a better job building the character's relationships and development. I would have been more emotionally attached vs feeling I don't care if this person dies. Something that Nier Automata (Video Game) does a much better job making feel more attach to "replicants". Frankly, I was more attached to Officer's K AI relationship more than Deckard to his..... I think this was a great movie but maybe I need to watch it again to say it's was a masterpiece. I didn't go away saying ahhhhhhh.... Or really felt emotional connected to Officer K, or Deckard. I was more connected to the AI than these characters. But visually, music and acting was on point except the CGI crap. I would give it 8.5/10. And the original blade runner is 9.5. I hope the next Blade Runner they work on developing the Characters better and relationships so I can feel emotionally connected, less CGI, and a stronger Plot.