I fell asleep. In the theater, at 1pm, after a full nights sleep, I fell asleep. I have watched and enjoyed the original film. The original film was visually stunning and the first movie representation of cyberpunk that was ever filmed.
This movie was also very beautiful. Vast colorful landscapes of ruined cities or a metropolis.
I woke up, the music was loud and I feel it was meant to be unsettling. So when I fell asleep, I didn't stay asleep long before I was jolted awake. But I would eventually start to doze again. Maybe they did that on purpose. In test screenings people had to have been drifting off and the director just had the sound engineers pump up the volume in certain spots to get people paying attention again.
The story just wasn't captivating. Every aspect of it has been done before in a more fluid and coherent fashion. The visuals themselves aren't even groundbreaking, sure it is a beautiful movie but is that any different than Interstellar, Oblivion, After Earth (shudder). Without a compelling narrative, pretty isn't enough. I understood Ks motivations, but not the motivations of others that set him on his path. We are told that new replicants are needed in large numbers and a new way has to be devised to produce them more quickly almost in the same breath as the character orders replicants killed. The twist was obvious to me, not the reveal, but the twist.
Overall, this movie makes the ultimate movie sin. It is boring. It might be an amazing film, but I am not a film person. I like movies. As a movie I enjoyed the Netflix original The Babysitter, that I had just watched prior to going to the theater, much more than Blade Runner. I realize they are different genres, but one entertained while the other put me to sleep.
Kids probably won't like it and it has sex scenes and shows bewbs. scfi violence.
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