Legendary

Rating: 10/10 (21 May 2013)

Blade Runner is a classic that I was first exposed to in high school days, when I studied it in English class. Later, during university, I was again able to study it, and I even wrote about it in my honours thesis.
Blade Runner presents a classic view of a very dingy, depressing future. When I think of this movie, one of the main things that comes into my head is the vision near the start of the smog- choked eternal-night cityscape with its exploding fires all over the place. Not exactly the kind of pretty future we hope for, and yet part of me wishes I could be alive to see such a future unfold. Yikes, what does that say about me? Am I perhaps an Apocalypse enthusiast? Well, maybe I am.
For anyone interested in imagining a dystopian world for writing or film-making or art purposes, this movie is a great place to start.
P.S. Vangelis's soundtrack to this movie is a huge part of the reason why the movie gets 10 stars. Love the soundtrack.