I have tried....

Rating: 2/10 (27 February 2018)

I have watched Blade runner twice. The first time being because of how highly my dad regards it and the second time being because I was forced to by the course I am taking in college. In all honesty, I enjoyed it at first. The long drawn out establishing shot of the city is amazingly beautiful and a nice way to start film when accompanied by the interrogation scene which follows it. The latter of these shots has excellent lighting and an intriguing intensity that drew me in and making me want more. However, it is that and only that which is led to me rating the film two stars because as soon as the gun shot of Leon (I think?) is shot the goofiness begins. How can such an apparently critically acclaimed film be so insanely awfully written with out of place dialogue and mumbling of Harrison Ford. To put it very simply, it is boring. The story is boring, the characters (with the exception of Roy) are boring and yes it may be very "pretty" but its all style and no substance. It seems that if you were ever in need of proof that there is a generation gap in existence this is the film to prove it. I could not count the number of 50 something year old adults on my hands who have said "how damn excellent the final speech is". This being the final speech where Roy pulls a dove out of nowhere and awkwardly explains how he is more human than Deckard will ever be. Deep? Yes. Worth the wait? No. Blade Runner, in my eyes, will go down in history as the film that teenagers who still listen to vinyl, were "born in the wrong generation" and like to point out that they make their own abstract films will regard as "fantastic".