A Perfect Film

Rating: 10/10 (23 March 2018)

Blade Runner 2049 is a very multifaceted and complex film that offers commentary on not only artificial intelligence but human emotion. Joi remarks at the quarter way mark in the film that 'K' is made up of genetic code and she's made up of binary code. This is a very important part in the film because it details a major theme. Computers and humans aren't that different. An experiment to test this theory is to try to distinguish replicants from humans in the film just based on their behavior (it's futile by the way). This point is also hammered in when 'K' is tasked to kill a certain human. He's reluctant stating that humans have souls. Lieutenant Joshi then remarks that 'K' has been doing alright without a soul. Whether you believe in the existence souls or not shouldn't impede the understanding of the message that soul's aren't necessary to be human. About a third of the way into Blade Runner 2049 'K' learns living & dying for a personally meaningful cause enriches life beyond innate modular human/machine functions. The complexity of this movie is what makes it so perfect. It requires multiple viewings to take in the breadth and layers of visual, auditory and thematic structure. I could talk about this movie all day but instead i'll leave you with the strong recommendation to watch it.