Blade Runner

Released in 1982.
==First attempt (pre-wiki)==
Can't remember anything about the circumstances or when it was, but I thought it was boring as balls and don't think I finished it.
==First watch (19th-22nd August 2012)==
===Format===
At home, 'final cut'.
===Journal===
After regularly hearing it praised I eventually decided to try watching it again. In August 2012 I was busy trying to work, as well as having an assignment resubmission due in, which kept me from watching any films, but on the 19th I watched the first 45 minutes before getting too tired and going to bed. I finished it a few days later, on the evening of the 22nd.
At first it was interesting, quite atmospheric, then it became too constantly busy and slow, by the end I was thoroughly bored, and it didn't help that the climax was full of ridiculous.
I think the only reason it's liked is because of its attention to detail in depicting the Deus Ex-style (probably based on this film) crapsack future setting, which I have no love for.
Maybe The Matrix, which I love, will be all this to a William born in 2004, but it doesn't change the fact. Sorry?
===Rating===
-2
==Second watch (30th October 2017)==
===Format===
At home in Osaka, alone. Final cut.
===Journal===
Watched it again after Shane at work wanted to watch the new Blade Runner 2049 and he asked me what I thought of the original. When I said I'd watched it a few years ago and thought at the time it was 'wanky shite' he was shocked that I would think so. He loves the movie and we have a lot in common, so I decided to rewatch it.
It was still super weird, with weird characters and weird situations and settings, but I get what it was trying to do in essence and I'm trying to force myself to understand that, from what I've read, it literally created the neo-noir look and feel which I know and love from The Matrix, Ghost in the Shell, Akira and Deus Ex. I'm a bit mystified that in 2012 I wrote that I didn't like that setting. I think I just don't like Blade Runner's quirky, dated take on it.
===Rating===
0
==Ratings, awards, mentions and recommendations==
Often cited as one of the most important scifi movies. Apparently inspired many works to come with its style and setting (many of which I love, including Ghost in the Shell), but I don't think it invented 'cyberpunk' so I'm really not sure what the extent of its influence is.
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