Watched Blade runner today

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mamma2b

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Watched it in media studies the teacher was saying it is considered as one of the greatest films ever made. I thought it was ok not one of Harrisons best roles but it was fine. Dont understand why batty did not kill Deckard though :confused:
 
Because he is more 'human than human'? I'm sure there's countless essays written about character motivation for every single person in Bladerunner. Anyway, it's a great film, best seen on a big screen, which shouldn't be too hard as they seem to re-release it in a slightly different format every other year.
 
I just like voiceover and it fits Bladerunner's film noir vibe perfectly. Also I'm a sucker for happy endings.
Ridley Scott's tinkerings, apart from removing the stunt double who looks nothing like Joanna Cassidy, don't really add much, except maybe to make it easier for Americans to understand.
I thought the original was stunning and still do.
Sadly, I don't think it's still available so we can't really compare.
 
Hmm. Would an actual film studies tutor go so far, I ask myself?

I always thought people get carried away with the whole look of the film rather than the film itself.
 
As mentioned by IronJade, The original Bladrunner is at its heart a film noir so the voice over was and is (if fans can appreciate this edition) an integral ingredient.
 
I cringed at the unicorn scene, wobbly horn and all. It looked like an outtake from "Legend".
Clearly, Ridley Scott wanted to make the best movie he could but sometimes one's first idea is the best.
Trowelling on imagery so even the slow kiRAB at the back can understand it doesn't necessarily make for a better movie.
The fact that people still argue the toss about "Bladerunner" almost 30 years since it was released, points up the fact the most of Ridley Scott's subsequent movies have been beautifully made, well acted, devoid of ideas and duller than hell.:yawn:
 
I didn't think the book was a masterpiece either, to be honest. Most of Dick's stuff seems like drug-fuelled, unreadable rambling . . . or maybe it's just to deep for me.:)
 
Am very much looking forward to Robin Hood though. Still think the director's cut of Kingdom of Heaven is a tremendous film even if seemingly the majority (not included in this) regard the male lead as wooden and useless and Scott as past his best.
 
I think it's a mixture, I'm a massive PKD fan and I still can't work out if his work is sometimes too deep for me or if it's just drugged out nonsense, I presume it's the former
 
Oh the irony.... the voic over was added because of test screenings with American audiences - they didn't understand what was going on. It was never intended to be there and both Harrison Ford and Ridley Scott hated it, but the studio insisted.

Also, the original threatrical cut IS available (along with the Director's Cut, The Final Cut and a working print) in to 5 disk special edition (DVD or Blu)
 
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