Visual Feast, But Something Has Been Lost

Rating: 7/10 (22 October 2017)

As a fan of the original film for 40 years ( I have three different version of Bladerunner ), you can imagine my longing to see the sequel.
Was I disappointed, yes maybe, the visuals are absolutely stunning, the CGI first class, the story is acceptable, acting is a little wooden and lethargic but not a bad movie by any means. There were far too many clumsy links to the earlier movie in both supposed advertising to even the final scene with it's almost identical feel to Roys death in the rain on the roof top. Just a little bit to much of that for a film supposedly set 40 years after the first. The city scenes too were a poor imitation of Scotts first shot at the novel. All the oppressive, visuals of the dark crowded wet streets have been lost to give us , well just dark shots as a substitute. Gosling carried a long film well though at times his melancholia was a little overpowering. Leto is a pretty bland villain, his callous violence is childish and frankly fairly boring, one of the weakest parts of the movie. It seems strange but I feel I would have enjoyed this offering more had I not seen the original. The soundtrack had non of the haunting style I remember so well , just really, really loud special effects Not a bad film just a bit mnaaaaa .