Very good... I hated it the first 2 times I watched it.

Rating: 7/10 (14 July 2013)

BLADE RUNNER: DIRECTOR'S CUT
This is the third time I have seen this film. I originally watched it about 20 years ago on VHS... I hated it. I then forgot most of the movie and watched it again about 10 years ago... I hated it. Again I forgot the whole movie... the only thing I remembered about this film was that I hated it. But a friend from work told me that it is a classic and it is his favourite film of all time. I know this movie is highly regarded by so many movie fans and finally I am starting to see why. I really enjoyed it.
The story is about a retired Blade Runner (a cop who is assigned to find and kill replicants) who is forced to come out of retirement to find 4 escaped replicants. A replicant is a human clone designed and created for use in colonies as slaves with a 4 year life span. These 4 replicants have made their way to Earth to find their maker to try and make their lives longer.
The story is very good. It is based on a book called "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" and is made really well.
The visuals of this is amazing. I loved the futuristic look and the landscapes were beautiful. It has an awesome 80s feel to it which is one of the best feelings in a movie for me. There are still talks of a sequel to this film which I think would be a mistake. It is not the 80s anymore and that is one of the things that made this great. The new one would feel too modern and would just not have the same effect... just like Star Wars episodes 1-3.
The films starred Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Sean Young, Edward James Olmos, Daryl Hannah & M. Emmet Walsh. Everyone did a great job. Especially Rutger. He has a real creepy look about him that I feel he brings to most of the roles he has played.
I loved the toys that the character Sebastian made. I thought they were a fantastic part of this movie and really helped to make the movie more fun.
I did find that the movie was slow in places... there were quite a few scenes where there was a lot of thinking and just looking. And the blues/jazz soundtrack was not the greatest... but it kind of felt right with the mood of the film.
The film was made by Ridley Scott who is a genius with Sci-Fi films as we know seeing Alien and more recently Prometheus. Ridley is a legend and I hope me makes more movies soon. Ridley is also apparently lined up to direct the new Blade Runner film... whether it be a sequel or remake... no-one knows as of yet.
I will give this film 7 out of 10... which is really good seeing as before watching it this time, based on the last 2 times of seeing it, I would have given it 2 out of 10.
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