A Beautiful and Poetic Film

Rating: 9/10 (11 October 2017)

Well, it's not what I expected but it was very good. A beautiful film with a of lot complex interactions.
Roger Deakins' cinematography was great. The director, Denis Villeneuve, is the same guy that did 'Arrival' which I thought was good but not as good as other people thought and 'Prisoners'. He may be someone to watch. The direction in this is very strong.
They avoided the 'let's do a scene like in first movie but make it BIGGER' ploy that flaws most 'sequels'. And it really doesn't feel like a sequel. It's a different story and while it builds on the the first it goes in a really interesting direction. I liked also that Deckard's role wasn't tacked on as an after thought. It's really sort of poetic and I'd like to see it again so I can get some of things I didn't get in the first go around. I gave it a 9 but I'm pretty sure that's going to change to a 10 with a little time.
It really holds it's on in comparison with the original and if this is the approach they want to take with a possible 3rd movie I'm totally on board.