The Sci-Fi Movie We Deserve (But it's not for everyone)

Rating: 10/10 (26 December 2017)

If you're worried about this being another Hollywood rehash of old material that ends up being a bad movie, this isn't; it's better than the original. It takes what made the original great, and improves on them. The visuals, atmosphere, effects and music is all stunning. Denis Villenueve is one of the best directors in Hollywood rn (Prisoners, Arrival). Ryan Gosling does a great job in his role; it may come off as stiff but after the very first scene you find out that the stiff performance makes sense.
Harrison Ford comes into the movie after you get a lot of substance out of the story, so he only adds to the movie rather than being distracting because you've spent some time with the new story and characters.
HOWEVER, this movie is not for everyone. If you're someone who likes a lot of schlock action movies and you expect a lot of action scenes, then you won't like this movie. The run time doesn't help either; I could imagine someone who wasn't as into the atmosphere of the movie as I was would have been very bored if they saw the movie. It's a sci-fi movie more like 2001 than Star Wars.
This is a movie where the atmosphere, visuals, and music are what you need to focus on here; the plot is a fairly straightforward detective story.

Unlike the original, there isn't an awkward love plot between the detective and a robot, and Ryan Gosling actually does some investigating as a detective. The supporting cast around the two plays to the actors strengths; Robin Wright does her House of cards thing, Jared Leto plays the overly dramatic/full of himself inventor of the robots. The ones that really shine are the female leads; Ana de Armas plays Ryan Gosling's sweet companion, and Sylvia Hoeks honestly steals the show as the intense and determined worker for Jared Leto.
The music fits the style of the famous score from the original, and after seeing it in the theater I would imagine it would sound great in a home theater. So if you wanna watch it l, I'd say keep in mind that the feel of the movie is the selling point.