A revolutionary film of its time, amazing establishment of situation, but lacks in interesting story line.

Rating: 9/10 (28 October 2012)

I was sceptical about watching this film, as I have been told it was one of films greatest creations, and I'm always slightly cautious about watching these as they are often disappointments. This film was okay by modern standards but I find it really hard to see what is so spectacular about it, I completely take into account the time that this film was made and how these kind of effects are revolutionary for this time, yet still I found the storyline a little fragmented and a little more just all over the place.
That being said I really enjoyed this world and how it was established, and how it didn't spend all of its time showing us this world and instead it was much more focused on the storyline, which was a pleasant surprise. However a vast amount of the acting was kind of rigid and I didn't really feel there were any break away performances, I do take into account that the characters are supposed to not show emotion but still I found that it wasn't that interesting to watch.
My highlight of the film is the simple ending, Rutger Hauer's line about teardrops in the rain, sums up the mentality of his kind in this film, and how they just want to live as they are essentially humans, and they just want more time. The part I disliked the most was how these robot like creatures were developing emotions towards the end of the film which goes against the point in the film and how they were finding them in the first place. The very end was also open ended which was welcome instead of another half an hour to forty-five minutes of film that would have answered some of the questions but not all.
All in all I liked this film and the way it is portrayed and it was truly revolutionary, but now it is too outdated especially considering all the events were supposed to be happening in the year 2019! None the less and essential film of its time.