You leave this movie with so many questions about humanity in your head.

Rating: 10/10 (27 October 2017)

Ignacio Del Rio Blade Runner 2049 is the long anticipated sequel of the original Blade Runner, it is directed by Denis Villeneuve starring Ryan Gosling, Ana de Armas, and Harrison Ford. A question that popped up in my head after viewing Blade Runner 2049 was, What does it mean to be human?
William Shakespeare once said that "The eyes are a window to your soul", the movie's opening shot is of a blue eye with dead looking white eyelashes, which goes with the theme of living on without a soul. The main character K, played by Ryan Gosling, is an android who has no soul. Thus the two scenes where K, after a mission, is interrogated by a computer that performs a "Post-Trauma Baseline Test" where K has to respond to certain words. In around the 20 minute mark of the film, Lt. Joshi tells K that he has been getting on fine without a soul, finally K fails a "Post-Trauma Baseline Test" which is a turning point in the main character's quest for humanity.
Another character named Joi, played by Ana de Armas, is a holographic partner to K. The audience sees their chemistry grow throughout the film, even leading to Joi's last words of "I love you" right before her untimely death. Afterwards in the film, K sees an advertisement for Joi and wonders if their love and emotion towards each other was ever real at all.
Last but not least, Blade Runner 2049 was definitely worth the 35 year long wait. It explores themes such as quest for humanity and true love within the character development of K and Joi. Once you leave the theater, Blade Runner 2049 leaves the question in your head, What does it really mean to be human?