Excellent movie due to its atmosphere, music, and mystery theme

Rating: 8/10 (14 October 2017)

I will be fully honest and say I disliked the original Blade Runner. I only saw it recently, a few weeks before the sequel Blade Runner 2049 came out in theaters. The original's plot was so hard to follow for me, with extremely random clues being given to Harrison Ford's character to continue the mystery along and somewhat random action to keep the tension high.
The sequel does not have these flaws, in my opinion; the mystery was solved logically and with steps that one could follow and was invested in Ryan Gosling's character's desire to find the answer to this mystery. As well, the sequel had gripping action scenes with good choreography and tense moments, putting the main character's life in serious harms way. His injuries felt real and difficult to manage, I wanted him to survive and felt Ryan Gosling carried the story well. I liked his rational and extremely focused personality, showing little emotion, and yet I felt his character wrestling with his identity and what it means to be human vs. an artificial human or replicant.
It was amazing to be immersed in this world and I honestly *loved* that the movie was so long and drew out the scenes to let me think and predict how the mystery would unfold and most to bask in the atmosphere the movie painted. I loved the atmosphere, the dark dystopia and details that convinced me this world could be real.
And I did like that there was a computer program or simulation that Ryan Gosling fell in love with, a wife personality that was not real yet thought and remembered, without having physical form. I appreciated being challenged by the movie to what in life matters and what in fact makes humans indeed humans and inherently valued. One of the few things I did *NOT* like about this movie was its sex scene and myriad of naked women they threw in the movie. They focused too long on the replicant "born" when introducing Wallace's character....I don't want to see anyone's breast or butt, I never like nudity or sex scenes in movies or TV. I feel that's a sacred place for husband and wife to have together, not to show to the world especially continuously and so randomly like in this movie. The sex scene, though not shown but lead up to, between Ryan Gosling and the prostitute replicant/Ryan Gosling's computer wife was appropriate I feel to show Ryan Gosling had developed a deep connection to another being even if that being was not real and only artificially created. Is love valuable even if it is temporary? Is life valuable? These questions are inherently asked I feel and that scene, even though I could have done without the slow pace, had its place to ask the audience the question, what is love.
The music was the icing on the cake for me~ It took the original's theme and style and made it completely appropriate and not overused in the sequel. I liked the music in the original, I loved the music and how it was used to create emotion and tension in the sequel. Sick~~
An awesome movie, I would definitely watch again mostly for the mystery feel, music, and a refreshing change of pace to slow a movie down and allow its themes to sink in. Great job +1