As good as scifi gets

Rating: 10/10 (8 November 2017)

I loved every minute of this movie, and the more times you watch it the more detail you pick up because it is long and has many concepts for you to juggle. One in particular with the guy running the orphanage is his coat which looks like it might have been a prop in the Oliver Twist movie, quietly giving this film a timeless quality. If it is intended, it is a little piece of genius and I find it hard to believe with Ridley Scott involved that it's an accident. I like the way Jared Letos voice echoes that of Tyrell in the first movie. Meet the new boss. Same as the old boss. It's bleak beyond description with none of the characters having too much to savour about life in 2049 including the mega rich Wallace who probably won't be happy with anything he can achieve. No doubt it will find cult status like the original because it takes concepts from the first and uses them extremely well with minor adjustments. The audience in each screening i have seen have been small but nobody chatted or complained throughout and despite some box office grumblings, in the long run the studio will recover money and we will still see quality from people like Villeneuve and Scott in the future.