I just don't get it

Rating: 3/10 (28 August 2009)

I just don't understand how this movie has such a high rating (8.3).
I've read several of the reviews posted on this site to try and understand what makes this movie so great. Most people who give this movie a good rating all say the same thing. The movie makes you think on some deep philosophical questions. This is quoted from a review by joelhoff. "Among the themes explored are the following: - The dehumanization of people through a society shaped by technological and capitalistic excess. - The roles of creator and creation, their mutual enslavement, and their role reversal, i.e., the creation's triumph over its creator. - The nature of humanity itself: emotions, memory, purpose, desire, cruelty, technological mastery of environment and universe, mortality, death, and more. - Personal identity and self-awareness. - The meaning of existence." I think that every bit of that is BS. Technological and capitalistic excess would also be said of us right now by people who lived 50 years ago. Not all technological advances are considered excess. The roles of creator and creation and their role reversal. There is no role reversal. The replicants died. They didn't triumph. A triumph for the replicants would have been a normal life span, which is why the sought out their creator. The nature of humanity is not emotion, memory, purpose, blah blah. If you look through a few history books you'll see the nature of humanity is about power. The most powerful live and and the weak die. I'm sure most will consider this a very cynical viewpoint but do you honestly believe that the powerful care about your emotions. The meaning of existence is death.
The only thing that made me stop and think was when Deckard went from calling Rachael an "it" to asking her if she loved him. His character went from believing her to be worthless tool to wanting to protect her. But then again, the movie did not show any relationship development between the two, so that was completely unexpected and a bit insincere.
I don't believe this to be a great sci fi movie. At best it is average and at worst useless.