Let-down much?

Rating: 3/10 (22 February 2011)

First let's get something straight. I am 17 and the only reason I watched this was for school. This movie was made 30 years ago and somehow I don't think teenage males were the target audience, so if I actually enjoyed this movie it would be a miracle.
That being said there are a few factors you can simply judge a movie on to determine whether or not it's good. One of them would probably be character development. Another would probably how well the story is told. Well the main character is given no back story whatsoever and spends the all but the last 10 minutes either apathetic, bored or startled (sidenote: the best bladerunner ever was nearly killed easily twice?). The antagonists are portrayed as evil right up until the last 10 minutes. Not misunderstood or desperate, just evil. The only time they are portrayed as desperate it comes off more as dire manipulation; oh and the desperation is portrayed by the actors saying "we're desperate" with sad looks. THIS IS NOT GOOD CHARACTERISATION. Antagonists can be evil...in comic books and Michael Bay movies. There is literally a scene where they find a genetic engineer working in a freezing environment and they strip him of his coat and then interrogate him while he freezes to death...for no conceivable reason (especially seeing as it took the guy twice as long to tell them the important information as he shivered)
I have not yet spoken to one person who could understand what was going on until they watched it twice. Well...sort of twice. None of those people managed to actually finish the movie in their first viewing.
Up until now I have tried to stay away from saying exaggerated things. But seriously...this might be the worst portrayal of the future I have seen. I mean honestly it just seemed like they made a list of cultural things, then just went the opposite way.
All in all I have 3 stars instead of 1 because the ending is good (if a bit forced with the dove/soul metaphor). But as many other reviews say: 10 good minutes at the end do not make up for 2 hours of crap.