Blade Runner, UMMMM

[leedx7]

Those same themes are gone over in way better stories, such as the movie AI, or I Robot

And here is where you lost me.

Pedantic point, Bladerunner was made in the 80's.

I know Ford felt it was a detective story with no detecting, and it definately falls fouls of Scott's love of a good visual but Batty is one of the greatest all-time movie antagonists.

That part was the Spielberg effect. It should have ended with the kid at the bottom of the sea, but instead the audience is given a happy ending with the boy seeing his mother one last time. It went from brilliant to sentimental and trite in the last thrity.

+1.

I still shiver with near vomit when I see the end of Schindler's List and Oskars crappy tearful breakdown. I preferred the actual ending - he buggered off with a car full of gold bars, which the Swiss nicked on the border.

[Michael87]

I watched Blade Runner for the first time about three weeks ago (I'm 25) and I too, felt slightly let down by it. Only slightly, though.

I think I was let down not just by the moive but also due to the fact that this flick has tons of hype surrounding it. I put it on expecting to be blown away by what I was about to see. By the time it finished and I wasn't totally mindblown by it, I felt as if after all these years, I hadn't exactly missed out on anything by not seeing it.

I understand it had knockout effects and visuals for it's day etc... It just wasn't as great as people make out.

Probably a 7/10 from me!

[spinningdoc]

It was also one of the first films to do the whole SF noir thing, which has since become more or or less a cliche. At the time though, it was fresh and new.

[youdothatvoodoo]

Monsters a horror/thriller???? It's a love story and political allegory, at least the way I remember it...

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