A game changer.

Rating: 9/10 (9 October 2017)

Everything the original Blade Runner did and everything the original Blade Runner touched upon, Blade Runner 2049 multiplies.
Plus, just as the original Blade Runner (and whichever of its versions), 2049: 1) is infinitely more complex than its first viewing lets you to process; 2) it is revolutionary both thematically and stylistically and 3) it is a film for the ages.
1) When watching 2049 for the first time, it is impossible to grasp every single of its themes to the extent that material requires the viewer to. It is illustrated through (at least) temporal far-fetched settings and concepts that brazenly delve into an anthropological and sentimental exercise of human nature, solitude, feelings, discrimination and perseverance.
2) It is virtually impossible not to feel completely overwhelmed and positively oppressed by the opulence of the settings, the inexplicable beautiful and haunting cinematography of the ever genius, ever graceful and ever superior Roger Deakins and the bleak, heavy and complex eye of Denis Villeneuve.
3) This is a film for the ages, the same way as the original Blade Runner was in the sense that all the aspects pointed out in 1) and 2) are mere allusions of how truly poignant 2049 is.
Despite having its faults (the pacing is, at times, stale and some scenes and plot points are either redundant or unnecessarily overlong) it is a film that defies definitions; that does not invite convincing into liking; that is greater than the sum of its parts. It is a work of art that invites repeated discovery and constant debate and transcends the mere purpose of entertainment and escapism that cinema offers.