The best fusion of music, script, visual, directing and acting that I ever seen

Rating: 10/10 (15 December 2017)

It's not by accident that I put first the music. Vangelis artistry is so amazing that the cinema seems to revolve around his score. Try imagine watching it without the music and you will understand what I mean.
It's surprising and well beyond the normal variation of taste to see how polarising the rating is. It's a love or hate. Much more love than hate, true. Same thing on the Metascore: all but praise and than bam! 38%. Some critic from Christian Science Monitor. No coincidence, Christian and Science don't go along too well these days.
I'm not a cultist of any sort, but this movie is a "cult film" in all the meanings. It's a cultural masterpiece as well as a magnet for fandoms. It's so hauntingly beautiful that I can replay it in my mind. Music and all.
Ignore the "best of the SF genre" - it has it's well deserved place in any top best movies of all times.