You haven't felt like this in front of a film in a long time

Rating: 10/10 (9 October 2017)

I was a huge fan of the first film, it aired in Europe with the director's cut, I never saw the other cut. It was dark, violent, transporting. The new one is different. It is by all means Villeneuve's baby. The symbiotic between the music (or the absence of it) and the visuals is stunning. It is akin to what you see in Interstellar, and if this is the future of movies, I like it. It is not the same emotions as Interstellar though. Blade Runner 2049 feels incredibly lonely and powerful, even more than the first one. By making it bigger, by showing us how the world is, you actually feel even more lonely and sad.
There are scenes where the tension is so vivid you can hardly breathe. There is the violence you don't expect, even just the emotional violence. For some reason I felt the most powerful scene is Luv's last scene, her will to live was just incredibly powerful, especially next to K/Joe's implacable resistance. There is so much to this movie... First of all it doesn't betray the first one. I liked how it was faithful yet went beyond. You still don't know whether or not Deckard is a replicant. And that blackout even, with Wallace not able to make replicant as good as Tyrell's was very well written. It basically means replicants today are even more faulty (which is why they need constant baseline checks, and why K is so faulty and human, most people seem to miss that).
Some people will say Deckard isn't there for 2 thirds of the movie. I didn't mind. This is mostly about K. I thought it was even better that he wasn't Deckard's child, it made his character more powerful. I didn't expect it to be so well written, but I can't find a single plot hole... And people who do are mistaken. Why did Stelline implant real memories in replicants ? So they'd find her parents.
I think this movie is a rare case of everything working at once : the perfect director, whose style is now so vivid. You feel the gigantism, loneliness, and tension you felt in Arrival in Blade Runner 2049. The casting is amazing, especially the female characters (Gosling being great of course). The visuals are stunning, especially in relationship to the music. The music doesn't work on its own I think it just works with the images. Also it knows when to go away. So many powerful scenes where there is no music yet it's deafening.
Not doing well in the box office ? You bet you ass it's not. It's 2h40 of raw emotions, visuals, sound and acting. People believe you can see it without having seen the first Blade Runner. I believe you NEED to see the first one to appreciate it to the fullest. So many Easter eggs it's unbelievable. That makes it even more powerful. It's a movie that, like the previous one, will last for a very long time. No one believed this sequel was a good idea, they did it anyway. Thank you.