Blade runner is not a perfect movie but it has its merits..

Rating: 8/10 (16 May 2014)

What I have noticed throughout the reviews is that Blade Runner is highly rated or poorly rated. Some say that it is a recognized spectacular science-based movie and others say that it is just a poor adaptation of the book by Philip K Dick "Do androids dream of electronic sheep". I find myself in between these two types of critiques.
I feel that this movie is useful for film directors as it enhance the use of some techniques that were rarely seen at the time Blade Runner came out (1982) . But other than beautifully made special effects (for example to create the LA of the future) and Vangelis's soundtrack I don't personally like the story's narration. The approach to the year 2019 is poorly explained, we are immersed in a future that is foreign to us and have little description to understand it. The Replicants are robots created to help humans but inevitably end up showing some emotions (as Rachel) and the blade runner (Harrison Ford) tries to catch a glimpse of this humanity in them because astonished by it. In close ups it is shown how actors perfectly control their face expressions; their performance is excellent throughout the movie. The problem remains that when the audience comes at the end of the movie some questions are left unanswered. In the movie Pris tells Sebastian: "is that why you are still on Earth?" humans are in this Off-World place.. but since when? and why? We don't get any deep description of any action or any character. There is a restricted narrative because the audience in 1982 is mesmerized by this future, science-fiction movies always have this power to amaze with their special effects and with their frequent jump cuts.
This movie has to be deeply analyzed and frequently watched to understand it completely. I feel that the people that rate it really low haven't watched this movie enough. But to give it a 10 I would disagree for the reasons discussed earlier.