Well - that was a disappointment

Rating: 4/10 (8 October 2017)

How self-important can a movie be? For an answer watch Blade Runner 49. Ponderous direction, with endless close-ups of the main characters doing, well, nothing really. Clichéd huge empty rooms with nothing other than designer baddie lair chic. Why would anyone sit alone in on a platform accessed by floating stairs for any other reason than being a world domination meanie? The self-regard was in total contrast to the original movie, that brimmed with ideas, and had many memorable scenes that were individually more exciting than the total time for this long boring sequel There were no big ideas either. Nothing to come close to replicating (see what I did there) the imagination of Phillip K Dick's original story. The science fiction was also out of date. The original was pre-Apple and Google and foretold of how the future might look. The 49 version appeared to have no awareness of the tech developments of the past 20 years. The design was also out of date, with the post Blade Runner Matrix having already presented that mix of future and past. The acting was rescued by the arrival of Harrison Ford, and he showed the younger cast members a few things about holding the centre stage. Ryan Gosling needs to find a few new expressions. All round very disappointed.