The film that most caught my imagination as a teenager

Rating: Null/10 (11 May 1999)

Bladerunner is for me a very personal film. Since the very first time I saw it in a dark and dingy cinema in Liverpool, in 1982, it literally blew my mind. The opening shot, of "Ridleyville", and of that blast of flame arcing in reflection round Holden's eyeball, has remained etched in my memory. For months (years) afterwards I wanted to be Deckard, I wanted to chase androids round that nightmare LA, and most of all I wanted that trenchcoat!
With maturing years I was able to appreciate the finer points of the movie, as well as pick holes in it and give the many critics a little more credence. But it is still my all time favourite movie; still the best science fiction movie ever made by several lightyears; still by far the best work Ridley Scott has ever done; still one of the most visually stunning pieces of cinema ever produced.
But for me it is the impact it made on me at 17 that will never leave me. Every time I watch it my mind is still blown....