pieceofme wrote:Blade Runner - 6.
I rememeber watching this film when I was about 10 and I didn't care for it then. I figured I would give it another chance as an adult. Especially as I really like dystopian films.
Visually it is impressive and gives off a great dystopian vibe. And Roy Batty is a great villain who has some classic lines. Ford does a decent job as Deckard, and the acting overall is stellar.
But the film is kind of boring and slow.
Also, why do they only get one Blade Runner to catch 4 of the replicants? Especially as they are stronger and more agile? And why doesn't the creator have any security considering he knows he will be visited by Roy Batty!
I really wanted to like this film, and watched with an open mind, but it just doesn't do it for me.
Did you watch the version with narration or without narration? The Final Cut and Director's Cut versions don't have narration. The version with narration is available on all pre-DVD home video versions as well as a bonus feature on the 4 disc special edition DVD and Blu-Ray.
Despite the trendy modern re-evaluation of Blade Runner as a better film without narration, the version with narration is the one that is responsible for the cult status it achieved to be re-evaluated in the first place. The popularity of the International Theatrical Cut (which was available on VHS, shown on cable, and released letterboxed by Criterion Collection in 1987) was what made Warner Bros allow Ridley Scott to make his Director's Cut without the narration.
The version with narration is a better film because it explains the complicated future world to which the viewer is being exposed, as well as sets the 1940s noir atmosphere that allows that viewer to suspend disbelief over the acts of the characters. There are a ton of philosophical questions posed by the film, and you can't engage those questions if you don't know what the fuck is going on and why Character X is looking for frozen eyes.