The World it Builds is Timeless, but the Script Sure as Heck Ain't

Rating: 7/10 (22 March 2017)

Blade Runner is set in a futuristic world where robots have advanced to the point of being almost identical to humans. When they decided to act against humans, people called blade runners were hired to hunt down and destroy them. Rick Deckard, a former blade runner, is called back into action to take down a few robots before they can kill anyone else.
The movie manages to pull off some fantastic practical effects. Everything looks real and unique, reason being it is. And it's awesome. I've always loved practical effects more than CGI, and here is no exception.
The set designs are fantastic too. The world the movie builds looks great and feels authentic to an extent. It's immersive and interesting, and it's one I can't wait to continue to explore in Blade Runner 2049.
Other than those technicalities, this movie sucks. For starters, the writing is terrible. The dialogue is generic and uninteresting, and the characters are the same. The first hour of the movie is consumed by literally nothing. I don't remember a single thing that happened. Deckard wasn't even looking for the robots, he was just kind of wandering around while the robots did the same. Then the last hour is just a rushed, forced, jumbled mess where so little intrigues that it almost gets boring. And to top it off, two characters end up in a relationship that is built around intimidation and two meet- ups, whereupon by the end we as the audience are expected to believe that they are in love. It just doesn't make sense.
The climax is particularly bad. It seems to resemble Japanese anime in how completely weird and nonsensical it is. We've all seen it, live action anime doesn't work. 9/10 times anyway, and here isn't an exception. And even when it reaches it's end, there's no tension, no excitement, nothing. In fact, the movie becomes incredibly boring, and every second couldn't be longer.
As a whole the movie is just super generic. The way in which Deckard ends up in this job is generic, the romantic aspect is generic. There's nothing new here.
Overall Blade Runner is a huge disappointment. Sure, it looked pretty, but the first hour is literally nothing, the writing is uninteresting and the movie as a whole proves to be the same. I'm pretty sure there was even a plot hole in there, but maybe that was lost in the lack of anything in the first half. In the end I wouldn't recommend this movie.