Blade Runner: 2049 - Review

Rating: 9/10 (19 October 2017)

The first Blade Runner film is a flawed master piece, a movie that while has glaring flaws, they are small compared by all the good stuff, Blade Runner: 2049 is in my opinion, a near perfect master piece. I have to say I consider both films to be as good overall, but there is no denying that Blade Runner: 2049 is a more solidly crafted film, Denis Villeneuve's directing is immaculate and Deakins' cinematography is one of the best works in his entire career (And that's really saying something), so many scenes in this film made my jaw drop consistently because of how beautiful they looked, the pacing while slow, is actually consistent and gives the film a solid tone and I feel here the pacing is more consistent that it was in the first film, Ryan Gosling was amazing in this film, one of his best performances and Harrison Ford once again was fantastic as Deckard, the writing is also really good. Now there are two flaws in the film, one is not a big flaw, in fact, is not a flaw at all, is just weaker compared to the first film and that's the music, Hans Zimmer and Benjamin Wallfisch both composed a fantastic score but that unfortunately pales compared to the classic original score, the second flaw is a bigger one, but like the first film, it doesn't overcomes the good things, and that's Jared Leto, he isn't really bad, is just that he doesn't really... does anything, you could put literally ANY actor and it would make no difference, I'm not sure if this is because of Leto or just his character, but like I said, is a small problem, specially compared to how much the movie does right. I strongly feel Blade Runner: 2049 will inspire future filmmakers the same way the original film did back in 1982, and if they decide to make a third film, I will eagerly wait for it.