I Liked This A Lot More Than Any aversion Of The First Movie

Rating: 8/10 (5 January 2020)

Just watched Blade Runner 2049 for the first time in Blu-ray.
I didn't love any of the seven versions of the 1982 movie, and since the marketing on this one relied on nostalgia for that movie (instead of promoting this movie) I passed. I seen it at a boot sale for 50p this morning and bought it.
I'll just say this right off the bat, Denis Villeneuve has directed a great movie. I really enjoyed it!! A lot more than any of the 7 version of the first movie. He isn't going for setting up an action franchise, he is focusing on one movie and it's great.
Its a long movie (2 hrs 43 mins), in fact It is definitely too long. It could have lost half an hour and still been awesome, it did not need to be that long. The pacing is seriously off at times and it feels like a long movie.
All the acting is great, there is not one weak link. This is Goslings movie and he is excellent. Ford (who didn't show up till the 1 hr 45 mark) is gruff and great. Sylvia Hoeks is really good as Luv too. Dave Batista has a small role, likewise Mackenzie Davis (Terminator Dark Fate) has a small but important role as a human prostitute. But for the second movie in a row (that I have seen her in), Ana De Armas (Knives Out, being the first) steals the show as JOI.
I'm glad to see this won Oscars for its cinematography and visual effects. It is a shame this under performed at the box office!! Maybe if it had lost half an hour, they could have fit another showing per day in.
I will be keeping this bad boy in my collection.