'Blade Runner 2049' Review: The Picasso of movies!


🌟Blade Runner 2049🌟Review🌟8.7/10🌟

Blade Runner 2049 is the highly anticipated sequel to the 1982 sci-fi classic Blade Runner, set 30 years after the events of the original and again starring Harrison Ford (as well as Ryan Gosling).

Coming 35 long years after the iconic original, Denis Villeneuve's sequel is a visionary's masterpiece, a little heavier on spellbinding visuals than emotions or profound themes, but it still provides worthy food for thought. For me Villeneuve's best films (Enemy, Sicario, and Arrival) are masterful at placing characters in unfamiliar or alien terrain and drawing memorable ideas and feelings from that clash. While Blade Runner 2049 is a bit different, it still has many strong sequences that ponder themes of what it means to be alive -- or to be honest even human.

Certainly movies like A.I. Artificial Intelligence and Ex Machina (not to mention the original Blade Runner) probed a little deeper, but this sequel has more than its share of amazing, beautiful, and outstanding provocative moments. The spaces and images frequently clash; the cityscape and giant holograms or sculptures that are created by humans feel so inhuman. Images of wood, water and sand also contribute to more primal themes. Not to mention that it's great to see Ford again, and he finds new levels in his old character which was awesome.

Jared Leto was outstanding with a powerful performance, creepy performance as Niander Wallace, Leto is turning out to be a stand-out actor as well as musician. Gosling was fascinating and played the role perfectly, I generally thought he was a robot before this anyway so now that's cleared that up for me. All the supporting cast were great not one felt out of place. I have to give a shout-out to the Picasso of this movie, Roger Deakins, I salute you. The movie's extreme length wears just a tad, as does a slight detour into sillier, more ordinary sci-fi storytelling. But these flaws are few, and the overall trip is well worth taking.

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