Nothing could compare with the original, but this is a decent attempt

Rating: 8/10 (16 October 2017)

Blade Runner is my favorite film ever, and as close to perfection as any movie has come. I deliberately didn't say the best film ever. "the best film ever" is an over used phrase that means nothing. I can think of at least 10 other movies which are as good as Blade Runner, even though I personally like Blade Runner more. No wonder Ridley Scott didn't dare touching his greatest masterpiece again as a director and limited himself to the role of producer this time.
So I must admit, there was very little chance that the sequel will come close to the perfection of the previous film, and I think I can state this almost objectively. This blend of a brilliant original idea (Philip K. Dick is really without an equal on this department), a perfect script, great visuals, wonderful acting and just the right amount of Christian and Celtic symbolism to give the entire thing some extra depth. The choice of the very same script writer - Hampton Fancher, is certainly a must, and it does look and even feels like a straight forward next episode in the story we started following on 1982. Which is a big plus to begin with. And the story does make sense, it's definitely taking place in the same universe of its predecessor. The acting is still great, and the very same basic questions are still echoing all over the movie: What is it that makes us human? Will it make our creation human too? and what does it mean morally to create other humans, even if only manufactured ones?
For me, all of the above are a very worthy list, which makes Blade Runner 2049 a great movie, even if it doesn't soar as high as the original.
One last point has to do with the use of 3D. It's being used for one purpose, to make the world we see more real. Not for cinematic fireworks or any other form of directorial showing off, and I for one, liked it.