Advantages: Greatest sci-fi movie of all time. Need I say more? Disadvantages: Slow pacing and thoughtful qualities may be a little tiresome for some.
BLADE RUNNER
Blighted by an arduous shoot that led to t-shirt wars between an unsympathetic American crew and its English director; a frosty relationship with Tandem pictures; a considerable misjudgement in releasing the film with a dour voice over narration and happy ending following mediocre preview sneaks in Denver and Dallas; and the fact it followed on the boot heels of Spielberg's wonderful ET, you would think it amazing that Blade Runner ... ...screens 10 years later. However, Blade Runner isn't just any other film. The opening shot alone defines the movie as something rather special, even if to admire simply as a piece of art. But there was always much more boiling under the 'layered' surface - something the critics didn't originally catch on - which has since proved that Blade Runner is perhaps the greatest science fiction movie ever made. Thank the monkey lords for sci-fi geeks and VHS, ...
clownfoot 14.08.2008
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Ciao members have rated this review on average: very helpful Review of Blade Runner (Director's Cut) (DVD)
Advantages: All time great, stunning. Disadvantages: Love or hate thing going on.
Blade Runner. 1982
The Director's cut 2006. 112 minutes.
Cert. 15.
Ridley Scott at his best as a director (do get the director's cut). Based on a Philip. K. Dick novel, we see a very sullen and cynical Harrison Ford playing the part of a 'Blade runner' named Deckard; basically a government backed assassin employed to kill deviant 'replicants', (androids). This is set some time in the future, 2019 to be precise, not so far now!
I am certainly ... ...questions which cinema buffs and Blade Runner fans are still debating, over a quarter of a century on.
The are are three major differences with the Director's cut, one which I can't tell you as it may spoil the plot, the other two are more time spent on the 'romance' (not needed) and the removal of the Deckard 'voiceover' (needed).
A cult film and rightly so, my all time number 1, why? Because every time I watch it (I have seen it well over 50 ...
paulhanton 17.06.2008
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Advantages: Atmospheric and moody. Disadvantages: Sometimes difficult to follow...but not impossible.
Bladerunner starring Harrison Ford, Rutger Hauer, Daryl Hannah and Sean Young. Director, Ridley Scott
Released in 1982 in its original format director Ridley Scott (Alien, Gladiator) was forced to provide a narrative and change the ending as studio bosses thought that the plot was too difficult for viewers to follow. Harrison Ford provided a lack lustre monotonal monologue and the over the top and out of context happy ending undoubtedly caused Bladerunner ... ...cult status due to die hard sci-fi fans who loved the grimy, dank, dark and strikingly Dickensian portrayal of early 21st century Los Angeles. In 1993 the film was revisited by Scott and released as originally intended without the additional dialogue; the original ending and with the inclusion of some deleted scenes. This version was labelled The Directors Cut.
Based upon Philip K Dick's novella Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?, Bladerunner ...
fynci.mynci 29.11.2006
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Production Year: 2007 - Science Fiction - Director: Francis Lawrence - Original Language: English - Classification: 15 years and over - Starring: Alice Braga, Charlie Tahan, Dash Mihok, Will Smith, Salli Richardson, Willow Smith
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