Not for the brain-dead.

Rating: Null/10 (9 August 2007)

Possibly the best sci-fi movie of all time, and one of the very best in any genre. From whichever angle one looks at it, it is almost flawless. The mood created here by the sublime soundtrack (that fits to this film like a child-molestation lawsuit to Michael Jackson), the sets, and the photography, presented something utterly new when the movie came out, and the film hasn't been rivaled since. Like Scott's previous sci-fi hit, "Alien", "Blade Runner" has been often copied with pathetic results. There is a certain melancholy about the movie that is hard to describe, in spite of being a sci-fi thriller. The cast is terrific, especially Rutger Hauer who is just perfect as the short-lived android. The scene at the end between Ford and Hauer, when the latter spares the former's life, is one of the most powerful ever filmed. (Anyone who has seen the film and yet doesn't understand what I mean by this can't be helped.) The story is intelligent, thought-provoking just as true science fiction should be. And yet, the movie is based on a book by an overrated writer, Philip K.Dick! It's a bit ironic, but a similar thing happened when Kubrick turned King's trashy novel "Shining" into a brilliant horror film. Yes, movies can turn crap into gold, don't ask me how. Kubrick and Scott are some sort of alchemists...
The Director's Cut I haven't seen yet. It lacks the narration and has a more ambiguous ending.