Strangely perfect...

Rating: 10/10 (2 September 2010)

This film is flawed, but it's perfect. I don't really know how to explain what that means, so I'll just say some stuff.
You all know the story: Harrison Ford is a bladerunner, a detective who specializes in the "retirement" of rogue androids that are exact duplicates of humans, called replicants. It's an interesting concept that is actually very flawed.
First of all, if replicants have a tendency to go rogue and become murdering lunatics that also blend into human society because they are exact duplicates of humans, why not rectify this situation by not making replicants what amounts to clones of humans. I mean, you've got the whole android part down pretty well, so why not just remove the human features, or give them a giant tattoo on their face at the very least.
Second, that test thing is really impractical. If the only way of finding if someone is a replicant or not is to sit them down and examine their emotional reactions with ridiculous specificiy, then you need to find a better test. Talk about the need for a fail safe.
It may seem like I really think this movie is a pile of tripe for attacking its very premise, but I don't. This movie is a masterpiece for completely different reasons. People should go to this movie for three reasons: 1) To see Harrison Ford be a bad ass going up against super humans(it's bloody awesome) 2) To hear the brilliantly portrayed character Roy Batty ponder the brevity of existence and examine the meaning of humanity. and 3) To observe the stellar, morbidly beautiful urban landscapes and imagery that this film paints so perfectly.
All in all, a perfect movie that is not perfect but is still deserving of a ten for creating such a masterful contradiction.
P.S. Rick Deckard is not a replicant. That would be really stupid. I don't care what Ridley Scott said, Rick Deckard IS NOT A REPLICANT.