Visually Wonderful But Far From Perfect

Rating: Null/10 (4 May 2018)

Sequel to 1982's Blade Runner film.
To make things clear at the start, I consider myself to be a massive science fiction fan, but I don't actually consider the original Blade Runner to be as wonderful as everybody makes out. There is nothing wrong with it but I personally don't like that dark, grim and nasty look in movies (the exception being 1989's Batman and 2008's The Dark Knight).
So with that in mind, I guess I can't really be called an expert on BR 2049? But just to give my two cents worth on the subject, I would not call BR 2049 bad but I would not call it good. It probably would have been a better film if it just lasted about 90 minutes, instead of three hours. In fact, I got so sick to death of waiting and waiting for Harrison Ford to appear that, after about 90 minutes or two hours, I felt the need to press "picture search" on the DVD so I could get to the point in the flick where he finally appears.
But having said all that, all the later footage with Ford is just fine and wonderful to look at. So do see this movie, but don't be surprised if, like me, you feel the need to press "picture search" on the DVD after a while. But once again, this review is coming from someone who was not too bit on the original Blade Runner so...