Like Tears In The Rain This Will Be Forgotten In The Mists Of Time

Rating: 5/10 (27 December 2017)

Whereas the original will never be forgotten!
I was so hoping for this to be great...or even just good but sadly when I found out it was being directed by the art farty turd of a movie "Arrival" Villeneuve, I knew immediately it would be all style over substance.
What can we say!
Bad acting - Gosling bored us to tears!
Poor old Harrison Ford is past his best for sure!
Overly long and tediously arty farty by at least 2 hours!
Bad CGI that overwhelmed and made everything seem false
No real story to speak of - Phillip K. Dick would be ashamed
Style over substance like most things these days!
Compare it to the original:-
Magnificent acting from the entire cast from Darryl Hannah To James Edward Olmos!
A soaring score from Vangelis that lifted your heart and soul
A film that actually had a clever and interesting story!
Great visuals made with great models and forgotten art that only Ray Harryhausen , Stan Winston, Rob Bottin and all the greats would appreciate!
Magnificent script with every line and scene a masterpiece of dialogue - who can forget the epic Rutger Hauer "Tears In The Rain" speech and compare it to this!
It did start off well and there was promise but it all descended into an advert for corporate ripoff just like everything from yesteryear these days - ie Star Wars, Star Trek Discovery etc Nothing original just tired old politically correct retreads of the inspired and magnificent days when Cinema was a truly uplifting and wonderous experience.
How sad I sometimes feel for the youth of today who will never experience the joys of great acting, great ctors, great stories and being taken from their humdrum lives to another world and another time for a few hours - I remember well the first time i saw Charlton Heston in Planet of The Apes looking up at the Statue Of Liberty, Darth Vader telling Luke "I am your father" and even Kirk fighting the Gorn in Arena - wonderous times - I no longer feel that anymore - Am I just an old fart or has cinema and film making really become uninspired and playing for the safe dollar especially when I know for a fact that there are literally zillions of good stories that exist in the comics of 2000AD, Tornado and Starlord like "WOLFIE SMITH", "FLESH", "BLACKHAWK", "MELTDOWN MAN" etc etc etc
Thats not to say there arent some movies around that are inspired and original "RIDDICK" and "PITCH BLACK" to name but two but a classic like Bladerunner should never have been treated like this, its a disgrace!