Blade Runner 2049 Discussion (SPOILERS)

My ONLY complaint is Luv letting Joe live TWICE for no apparent reason. Unless I missed something, I could not understand why she kept letting him live.

Other than that, absolutely flawless movie. It may have been the best cinematography I've ever seen. Absolutely beautiful.

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Also, I’ve never seen the original, not sure if that makes a difference or not

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Y'all do realize the original isn't a fast-paced film, right?

ETA: I agree it could be a little shorter, but it's not like they deviated from some fast-paced thriller with the original to give us a sequel that takes its time to tell a story.

Yeah, I'm not surprised some people don't like a slower movie. I just don't know what people were expecting. It was never going to be full of explosions and chase scenes from start to finish.

And yes, it's very atmospheric.

I don't particarlu care for the original that much and I thought this was a vastly superior movie.

I don't know why someone would go into this movie from an Action standpoint. Not that kind of movie

Just got back from seeing it. I liked it. It was a little long. They try to spoon-feed the story more than the original to appease mainstream audiences, but it's hard to make the cyberpunk genre cater to a general audience.

Imo, if you're a fan of cyberpunk, then you won't mind the slow pacing or the length. I, for one, am glad there's not a lot of action. Blade Runner is about the cinematography, the mood, the music, the themes, and ideas, not shootings and explosions.

My biggest pet peeve was I wished they left aspects of the story more vague. The fun of watching sci-fi films like Blade Runner is figuring things out on your own and coming up with your own interpretations. It makes it easier to tolerate the pacing and length.

Overall, I give it a 8 out of 10. I'm glad that for the most part, they kept the style of the film similar to the original.

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Did they just abandon Deckard's dog?

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He's got all the whiskey to himself now.

This is why I encourage abortion.

I decided to go see it anyway. It was the greatest movie I have ever seen but it was good. I could see a couple of Academy Award nominations for cinematography and the score. They were able to link this movie to the first one. It was slow. RG played the same character he has in most the movies I have seen him in. If it works for Tom Cruise...

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I don't know why someone would go into this movie from an Action standpoint. Not that kind of movie
It's definitely not that kind of movie.

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It has plenty of action; plenty. It's not about the movie being boring - it's not. It's about every scene is dragged out.

Because even the action scenes drag out forever, the Ford-Gosling dispute could have been resolved a lot quicker - Ford seemed over the top in not accepting any truce or talk...like an old drunk just constantly lunging and slugging.

And the final scene fight scene goes on and on.

I think people who like action - will love this movie.

It's just the pacing is sort of weird and really glacial...the camera sits on Gosling's face for LONG periods of him just staring at the camera - pondering life and what it means to be human I suppose.

I really liked the movie but there's no doubt they could have separated the wheat from the chaff with a great editor. There's no reason Gosling needs to spend 15 minutes walking through that empty Casino before he meets Ford - just staring at things. From the minute he walks in to their fight to their capture - there's like 10 lines of dialogue over 30 minutes.