The only thing I dont understand is why this isn't on the AFI top 100.

Rating: 10/10 (27 June 2002)

Blade Runner is a movie that I grew into. When I was young, I remember my brother really liking the movie and I am not sure that I ever watched it till I was in high school. I had an English class and we watched it and picked through symbolism and stuff like that. At the time, I "got it" but I dont think I really liked it so much. Fast forward about 7 years and i picked it out of my brother DVD collection to give it another run. here in the past year I have became a HUGE movie buff and I have been looking into some of the "classics" Well there is nothing more classic than Blade Runner. As far as PURE Sci-Fi goes, this is the finest film of its genre. There are many reasons for this. First off there is Ridley Scott, like his style or hate it, this man knows what he is doing. Most ppl will agree though, that behind every good film there is a good "story". The original story, Do Androids Dream of Electic Sheep, is one of Phillip K. Dicks better stories. This is saying quite a bit since he is such a proficiant Sci-Fi writer. Must of been the drugs. BladeRunner actually comes off more literal than MOST sci-fi flicks. There isn't alot of explosions, or even really alot of action in general. But the themes run deep in this film, and not alot of movies these days do it so prolific as Blade Runner did. If you wanna see science fantasy, go watch Clones or Minority Report. You wanna see a head cranking SCINCE FICTION movie, watch this.