Breath-taking. Simply Epic.

Rating: 10/10 (15 March 2008)

Blade Runner. I remember the first time I watched it, with one of the best friends I had during my high-school years. I remember getting quite a crush on Sean Young's character, Rachel, and respecting Rutger Hauer for playing quite a dynamic, moving, and thought-provoking nemesis to Harrison Ford's burned-out anti-hero. Of course, the version I saw first was the original 1982 release, complete with Harrison Ford voice-overs and happy ending, and it satisfied me. There was about as much resolution to the whole story as we were going to get, and that was that. Some people prefer the Director's Cut, but I find the added scenes are just disjointed, and don't really convince me that Deckard is a Replicant. I'll scour eBay for the original version, on DVD if it can be had.
I could go on about every scene and all of the rich cinematography, the lush backgrounds and the gorgeous, perfectly-fitted soundtrack by Vangelis. But it's bad press to say less than those who have come before you, and I'm not going to go that route. Instead I'll just say that this is simply one of the best, most haunting, most memorable, and most human movies I've ever seen.