In Scott's Futuristic Dystopia, Less is Said, and The Film is All the Better For It

Rating: 6/10 (27 July 2015)

Dialogue is a nice thing, but recently I've been watching too many movies with heavy dialogue, and I'm starting to get tired of these three hour long scripts as a result.
With Blade Runner, less is said and more is achieved. Scott doesn't need words to accomplish a profound movie going experience. He relies on visuals, sound, and a pretty clever, perhaps ahead of its' time, set of the future.
Blade Runner is a breath of fresh air. The action flows smoothly and with just the right amount of it, it keeps its' pace going without becoming boring.
I just caught up to watching this film for the first time, and although going back to 1982 you might expect a lesser impressive future- sci fi experience since all the technology that has come after it, the movie really holds its' own thirty five years later. Some of it had that 80s action movie feel to it with the villains (the main villain looks like a Billy Idol clone straight out of one of his 80s MTV music videos, and this was the only thing I found annoying and strongly behind the time), but the film was definitely unique and original. The thing that sealed the deal for me giving it a high rating was the awesome surprise ending. That was cool.