Review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) by Voloxi — 05 Oct 2017
As someone who loved the original, I'm very happy this movie was made. But I have to say that all the grandeur that this movie is and represents is ruined by one simple thing. Ryan Gosling. Oh yes, he at first seems like the obvious choice for the roll, I see that.
Except that he plays the same character in all his movies; a person who expresses nothing. You can shoot him, stab him, kick him square in the balls, and the most you'll ever get as a reaction is that faint, quirky smile he's so known for.
Personally, I don't see any difference between his characters, and how he behaves as a person off-camera. And I want to like him. I really do. But when he's put next to any other actor in the film, especially someone like the charismatic Harrison Ford, his brooding sense of quiet falls flat.
When they told him he was to play a robot, did he envision something from a 50's sci-fi classic? All he needs are the short jerky movements and some beeps and boops and there it is. And Jared Leto is just as guilty.
His calm and cool sociopathic representation of corporate owner just did not bring anything to the performance. Villian 101: you have to almost like them and fall to their charms to truly despise them when they are bad.
In this respect, the original still wins out as the better film in my opinion.
This review of Blade Runner 2049 (2017) was written by Voloxi on 05 Oct 2017.
Blade Runner 2049 has generally received very positive reviews.
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