Very disappointed...

Rating: 3/10 (8 October 2017)

Disappointing. The cinematography was excellent and it was a beautiful film to watch in terms of visuals... but everything else was very disappointing. Firstly, it's 2017 and I found that this film could do with a MUCH more diverse cast... LA in 2049 seems much less multicultural than it actually is 2017. Seeing as this movie was meant to be "ahead of it's time" I was upset it still employed the typical Hollywood framework of two caucasian men discovering their destiny~ and although there were a few important female characters, they still fit into typical female archetypes. For example Robin Wright and Sylvia Hoeks as "the strong, but cold women" and with K's girlfriend as the "dutiful and very 2 dimensional girlfriend". It seems that Hollywood has not evolved as women were still seen as objects and the cast was very white. I felt that I had seen these characters in millions of other Hollywood films... I also found that the acting was not it's best. The plot was also extremely flat, boring and difficult to follow. There was a sigh of relief from the audience once the movie was over. ALL IN ALL- I think if you are someone who enjoys watching many common Hollywood films that are present in our current media than I think you will really enjoy this film as it is slightly more exciting than the others because of the good cinematography. However, if you are a female who is aware of underlying misogyny in films and you are tired of it, or if you are simply tired of seeing poorly thought out plots with little depth or imagination than this is not the movie for you.