'But then again, who dies?'

Rating: 10/10 (7 April 2010)

Cinematography, sets (those extraordinary architectures; the almost ubiquitous puppets), score (Vangelis at his creativity's peak and decided to establish the feel of this futuristic thriller), direction, script, performances (Ford is for once, at least, awesome, and the credits are a papyrus of important names—not only Ford and Hauer, but also the girls, the supporting parts ) define BLADE RUNNER as excellent, perhaps the unmatched Sci—Fi movie of all times, a kind of KANE of the Sci—Fi; suggestive, atmospheric and subtle in a _cartoonish way, the way comics are.
Daddy Ford, workmanlike as opposed to the uncanny Batavian Hauer, grounds every scene he's in—as another IMDb writer said about Daniel Craig. Ford also looked great naked; and he gives a great performance—manly, sharp, pointed, a major achievement for Han Solo/ Indiana Jones, the hallmark of virility in movies; if Hauer looked a bit like Newman, then Ford was the _proto—Bruce Willis. As for Mrs. Young, she was a pretty exquisite choice for the woman of a futuristic noir.
In fact, they're all awesome—think how good were the star (Ford), the director (Scott) and the composer (Vangelis); how interesting and promising were Hauer, Mrs. Young, Mrs. Hannah, even Olmos and the others . This cast is worth a paragraph: Harrison Ford plays Deckard, Hauer is Batty, Mrs. Sean Young, delicious as ever, plays Rachael, E J Olmos is Gaff, Mrs. Daryl Hannah plays Pris .
I never thought that I knew something about what a Sci—Fi flick can be or look like; Scott's masterpiece proved me right.
This wonderful noir has been a box office failure, and is now, deservedly, a cult classic. You can read a lot about this movie, its story is interesting.
In '82, Ford had already been Han Solo (twice already) and Indiana Jones (once). Robert Mitchum and Dustin Hoffman were considered for playing the lead. (Gene Hackman, Sean Connery, Jack Nicholson, Paul Newman, Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Al Pacino and Burt Reynolds were also candidates.) The Gothic of trash like SIN CITY and the flicks of the BATMAN franchise is what many of you suppose:--rubbish, fake; in BLADE RUNNER, it has a life, it makes the movie uniquely atmospheric.
For almost 17 yrs I have craved to see this movie. It will define Sci—Fi for me, as opposed to the goofiness or the rubbish sensationalism.