Good looking, but weak plot

Rating: 7/10 (27 October 2017)

So about two weeks ago I watched bladerunner 2049. I really wanted to like this movie. I liked Denis Villeneuve's Sicario and Arrival, I think Roger Deakons is a great cinematographer, I like Ryan Gosling and Harrison Ford doesn't annoy me. However I was a little disheartened because Ridley Scott was involved with the script, and while I appreciate Ridley Scotts great achievements in science fiction Cinema (namely the first Alien movie and the original blade runner), the Alien Prequels made me mistrust Ridley Scott's ability to actually recognize a good Story.
So here are the Spoilers:
The first blade runner movie was very simple. Some Replicants want a longer life, Bladerunner Deckard is ordered to "retire" them and finally is saved by one of them, so that said Replicant (Rudger Hauer) can share his final memories with him. Very simple, very human, very touching and thought provoking. Very old philosophical questions were raised: what does it mean to be human and so on. Now, the premise of the new bladerunner movie is: Rachael from the first blade runner movie actually had a child. Our Protagonist K (Gosling) thinks he might be this child, but finds out he isn't. Obviously Weyland found a way to make a Replicant that can procreate. Fine. For some Reason the Weyland follow up, played by Jared Leto, can't figure out how to do this. Don't ask the "why" question, because if you do, you might ask: what is a replicant? Obviously a genetically engineered being, a little more complicated than a cloned human being. So a replicant in order not to be human has to be modified, so that no replicant can live longer than a set number of years, he/she can't disobey his master, he/she can't bear children. To make a replicant who can have children should actually be more simple than creating one that can't. But Jared Leto can't figure it out.
This wouldn't be a Problem, if the movie actually gave intriguing answers and theories about Replicants having children. However, this is not the case. So the answer to the supposed riddle that Rachael had a child is: well, the father should have the right to finally meet her. And this is basically the message of the movie. While the original movie asked questions about human nature, this one is Content with solving Basic Family issues.
Jared Leto's incompetence as a creator of Replicants who can procreate is merely a plot device, because we must have a villain, but it actually doesn't make sense. The first movies plot moved logically and naturally, this one is filled with artificial conflict and questions, which aren't very interesting.
But it looks great. The Music is fine, though not on par with the original score. Acting is good. Dialogue is fine, but the Story as a whole is pointless.
So as a cinematic experience it's an 8/10, storywise a 5/10 at best.