Mediocre and Overrated

Rating: 6/10 (24 October 2017)

This is my first review, so excuse me for not being as proficient and detailed in writing reviews as many many others here. I was excited to see Blade Runner: 2049 as it is so well-rated so far. I didn't read the novel nor saw the first movie, maybe I should do that before judging this one, but I'm gonna do it either way: Is this movie bad? No, it's not. The conveyed moods are a good fit, the graphics are really good and the topic is intriguing. I haven't seen too much of Ryan Goslings acting before and I liked him, a disillusioned, melancholic figure searching for love and purpose in this f**ked-up world. The cons: The music (I know it is supposed to mirror this technocratic dystopia, but please, God, kill me now!); the length is ridiculous, why would it take 2:45 hours to paint this picture?; the story is, as I said, intriguing, but it does not offer anything innovative. I don't know what else to add and maybe that's the worst thing about the film: there is nothing out of the ordinary. There is this horribly destroyed, deserted, concrete world, the figures in it are suffering from themselves and their surroundings and everything else is 2017 graphics (at its best, admittedly).