A film that should be seen twice before you decide.

Rating: 9/10 (20 September 2017)

When I first saw Blade Runner, I wasn't impressed, but certain scenes stuck out for me and I watched it again the next day, and quickly it became one of the favorite's. The same thing happened with A:C, a movie that -- in the end -- felt like a 6/10 film, until I thought about it...
...After about an hour of contemplation, certain scenes stuck with me so much that I watched it again, giving it an 8.5 score. The flute scene, the neo-morph breathing scene, the effective and simple dialogue that is intellectual, the sheer brutality and quickness of the aliens, and so many other things. It gave me nightmares for 2 days, in fact. But above all the world was believable despite the abundance of minor flaws.
I think people who watched this film felt insulted because the standards in the film industry are lower than ever, and they felt that the film was insulting their intelligence. But I never got that sense, not in this film. Ridley Scott is such a generalist, who is able to create a believable world, yet no matter how much you try to explain it, Rick Deckard still climbs up a building, with broken fingers, in the rain, laterally (?), while a replicant is hunting him. But people only point the finger when A:C does silly things.
The movie tried to please all fans, but mostly it was the Prometheus fans who will enjoy this the most. if you've seen it, ignore the blatant minor flaws and see it one more time, because it's a movie with depth and SOUL behind it and only Ridley Scott can do the atmosphere and cinematography JUST RIGHT, and I predict that the rating will go up within 5 years, as did Blade Runner, though it might never be a classic.
Above all, I found it to be meticulously done, despite the flaws.