Blade Runner Review

Rating: 7/10 (13 May 2008)

There are no words to describe what i feel about this film, so i will describe in sentences.
When i first watched this movie i didn't even finish, this i don't blame on myself, i blame this on the *beep* PREVIEWS!!! The previews of this film make it seem that it is some hardcore, super-action, out-of-this-world, sci-fi adventure. No. Every theory, every scene, every action, every affect is completely plausible. This film is pure Triple Gold, Double Hit, Multi-Platinum...everything. The special effects were unbelievable, in the sense that they were unbelievably believable to what it would really be like in the future.
This story also includes many warnings, such as "stop smoking", "stop littering" and "stop polluting". It sends a warning and shows an example of what we could look forward to if we do keep doing these things.
This movie hides many different messages, stories and moral teachings on many different levels. It contains a love story and a story of trying to answer those unanswered questions -- why am i here? how long have i got? What Philip K. Dick has created, and what Ridley Scott has recreated, is absolutely beautiful. I am glad Ridley Scott went ahead to make a Final Cut of the film. We needed re-mastered visual footage to go along with the strength of the story, we also needed to never hear that annoying Harrison Ford voice-over ever again! For me, personally, it ruined the entire film for me. Wherever there was a scene containing the film's signature dramatic tension, supported by Vangelis, there popped in the crappy macho-voiced voice-over. Note: I watched the theatrical (voice-over version) after watching the final cut for the second time, which i though was the greatest film of all time. I turned off the movie and had to watch the final cut again to redeem myself of the voice-over garbage at the end of the film when Roy Batty's life-span is up and he lets go of the dove in rain which flew over in clear weather (which i actually thought was a beautiful feature) after his famous quote: "All Those Moments Will Be Lost In Time...Like Tears In Rain", and then dies. This was ruined by the macho voice-over crap that popped in from Harrison Ford to tell us the obvious of how come Batty let him live.
Anyway, please, if you have watched in once and didn't care for it, watch it again (Final Cut version) and even more times if you have to. And once you have absorbed as much as you can from WATCHING it, then play the movie again and observe its methods and small elements of complex information. Do it, i guarantee you will enjoy this piece of film-making.