Blade Runner 2049 Review

Blade Runner 2049 was perhaps the most anticipated sequel in modern movie history, right next to Star Wars: Episode 1. The 1980's smash hit Blade Runner captivated viewers for decades with its futuristic vehicles and stunning special effects. It guessed and estimated the future with such cunning accuracy. The world Ridley Scott created was insanely realistic. The depiction of future earth was cinematic gold. It had flying cars, light beams, huge mechanical buildings, super cities of gargantuan proportions, massive wide shots, huge pyramids and metal structures, futuristic fashion, and even more. The characters were at times oppositional, and not what we want, but the overall theme and world of Blade Runner was really what we wanted in a movie. It held up very well over time and gained a huge cult like status. So with the sequel, much was anticipated for more of the same: futuristic flying cars, a neo technological city, robots everywhere, and sleek modern design. This was actually the only part that we got with Blade Runner 2049.

At the beginning of the movie, it starts out slow and very primitive. Most of the settings look like they could be from our modern time now. Inside a house, in a desert. And not much happened in the opening scenes, or even in the first 30 minutes of Blade Runner 2049. I was bored. I was so hyped and anticipated, and that hope and anticipation was completely wrecked. I wanted cool characters, I wanted future light machines. I wanted techno music. I wanted actors that were alluring and exciting. It's BLADE RUNNER for goodness sake. The object of obsession of so many teenage boys and girls and adults for that matter. The first blade runner made such scientific sense. It was carried so well by Harrison Ford. It hit a niche that had never been hit before. It's special effects were so cutting edge. So with Blade 2049, we wanted so much. It ran for too long. And the characters were not strong enough. You had Ryan Gosling who is a very good actor and will make the movie "good" but there were not many other strong actors. Batista was in it at the beginning, and was hardly memorable. 2049 lacked so much flavor. In the original the actors were good, but were somewhat ugly and unlikeable to be honest. I can't even remember a single scene from Blade Runner 2049. Ehh.