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Post by XombieMike on Oct 10, 2017 21:46:53 GMT -6
Just saw it. Amazing. I loved every moment!
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Post by gunlord500 on Oct 11, 2017 3:02:54 GMT -6
As I've said elsewhere, I really enjoyed 2049--I was kinda dubious for the first scenes, but found myself intrigued by K's relationship with Joi, and then when we got to Wallace's headquarters, the cinematography, shot composition, and hearing Deckard and Rachael again had me hooked. It's small, but another thing I really liked was seeing Olmos as Gaff again. I knew Harrison Ford was going to show up, obviously, but I didn't think I'd see any of the other actors from the original Blade Runner again, and it was a nice bit of nostalgia that was also well done. I'm not entirely sure if I'd call it better than the original. I didn't care for the music that much--the return of a couple songs by Vangelis were the high points of the score, IMO, but all the original music wasn't anywhere near as good as the old track was. The music for the fight scenes, in particular, struck me as pretty ho-hum and pedestrian. And while the cityscape aesthetics were great, they didn't have quite the same impact as they did when I first saw them in Blade Runner and was blown away. There was something about the visuals I didn't quite like too. I thought the strongest visual aspects were when they recalled the first film--the water and shadows in Wallace's headquarters, the cityscapes, and so on. But the colors just seemed a little more sterile than they did in the original. I always just chalked it up to me having a huge nostalgia boner and loving the...I guess color tones they had in films back in those days. But maybe it wasn't just me.So I think the first one still has the top spot in my heart, but it's clear they put a lot of effort into 2049 and realized what made the original great, mostly hitting the mark. Definitely a satisfying sequel. |
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Post by XombieMike on Oct 11, 2017 6:52:45 GMT -6
Overall the storytelling and cinematography were fantastic. It's good to see such a high profile movie actually take the time to portray a scene the way it really deserves. That coupled with the impact of the sounds really provokes you to feel how the film intends. This was a long movie, but I could have went for an extra 15 minutes so that instead of wondering about the ending so much we could have tied up the loose ends. Love is the key! I have a theory that the prostitute is pregnant with Joe's kid. Why? Well this movie revolves around replicants reproducing naturally. It's the overall theme. The evil giant corporation can't seem to get it right because they can't force the replicants to love. They are just too damn evil to even think that love might be the key that turns on the reproductive switch. Deckard and Rachel had the miricle of love. Joe and his AI did too, and he was able to feel that love while... interfacing with the prostitute.
If a machine-chan can learn to love, perhaps we can too? Lol. Seriously though. Isn't it beautiful to think that the original designers of the replicants gave them this gift, that if they and humans could truly learn to love each other they could reproduce? I think it's at least an interesting theory.
I admit though, that the possibility of a human and replicant loving one another would be a lot more common than just these two cases. Especially in that world.
I wish we would have seen what became of the evil corporation and the main characters. I don't think the movie is doing well enough to justify a sequel, but it would be a shame not to.
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Post by Galamoth on Oct 27, 2017 21:02:37 GMT -6
Looks like I'll have to watch it now, too. Just to fulfill my obligation to popular culture.
...The funny thing is, I never saw the original.
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Post by Saint Germain on Nov 3, 2017 23:28:43 GMT -6
All kidding aside I have yet to see it I saw the original on netflix and will be going out to see this one.
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