I have to see it twice. No spoilers

Rating: 7/10 (17 October 2017)

My all time favorite movie is Blade Runner. My all time favorite bad guy (not really a bad guy) is Roy Batty. The words, the mood, Vangelis' music, the look of that movie was unique and I think, a masterpiece. Ridley's sequels have been a disaster to my mind and when I heard this sequel was to be made I had mixed feelings. 'Don't screw this up like you did the others' I thought. Then I learned Scott wasn't to direct, I thought,hmm, a fan might do more justice to a Blade Runner sequel than the original director. Look what Peter Jackson (a massive fan) did with LOTR. Plus the pressure would be on from devoted fans. I was hopeful but like I said, my feelings were mixed. You know what, they still are. I went from bored to stirred, from impressed to depressed - got home, gave the movie a 7 and then regretted it.
I thought; a movie should play your emotions and it did but most of them were bad. I felt that the depicted future of 2049 was too ruined. It's so bad that it shouldn't support life and I can't imagine what sort of economy could fund the technology on show.
So, you know what I'm going to do? I'm going to go see it again. The effort they put in (and it's obvious they tried hard) is worthy of a more thoughtful analysis than what I dispensed when I gave it a 7. It's one of those movies that, the more you think back on, the better you remember it. So I'm heading back and you should too.