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Blade Runner 2049 Review Thread
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Inferno313
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As in, with unmarked spoilers? Yeah, that'll be the OT that just opened.
Good thank you.
I post my quick impression without any spoiler, Movie is really good, it's a visual masterpiece, the soundtack is awesome and Villeneuve definitely nailed the universe, I'lm mixed about one or two things but overall, it's a success, can't wait for what's next.
manzoman96
Member
The previous pages have me conflicted on whether to see it in imax or regular. I mean if regular has the better aspect ratio i don't mind saving the extra few bucks. I just had automatically pinned this as a must see in imax but now I'm not sure.
Imax easy, you'll get mind blown... but the regular version has definitely the best aspect ratio.
tonysidaway
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Information in the following is derived from the official 2022 Blackout anime prequel and from some of the pre-release reviews of the new film. Use caution.
It appears that some of the later replicants created by Tyrell corporation live longer. I believe this is mentioned in the introduction to the 2022 Blackout anime. According to information in some of the reviews, it is these longer-lived replicants who are hunted by replicants designed for the purpose, such as Agent K. If Deckard is a replicant he is presumably one of those later generation pre-blackout Tyrell designs, not a Nexus 6.
b&jy77VjiKn$#F
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You should have put "SPOILERS" in the thread title.
Is Dolby Theater an option? If not, just go to IMAX. The screen size is worth it.
Guerrillas in the Mist
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Mark Kermode's review:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLD4X9zrK14
Edit: Jumped the gun, just him chatting about the ending of Blade Runner.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fLD4X9zrK14
Edit: Jumped the gun, just him chatting about the ending of Blade Runner.
manzoman96
Member
I just looked up the closest dolby theater to me is at least a half hour/ 40 minutes away, meanwhile i have a giant regal theater 5 minutes down the street from me with an imax.
That's harder, because 30 minutes isn't that much. Is it a real IMAX too? Even though it wasn't filmed for IMAX, real > LIEmax. I'd watch it there and then Dolby if you want to watch a second time.
More_Badass
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Not a review, just him talking about the original Blade Runners thematic heft and how to this day, the two directors can disagree and question and discuss that films biggest question.
manzoman96
Member
No it's a LIEmax, though there is a real imax that's also about 30 minutes away (different one than the dolby cinema). I'm gonna see it with my cousins, so I'll see which theater they want to go to.
NealMcCauley
Member
To (probably) no one's surprise it's now certified fresh.
Beer Monkey
Member
Just go to the regular theater if you don't want to drive far. You at least get the proper composition, which is one of the most important aspects of cinematography.
I watched the anime short, Black Out 2022, the other day and thought it was kind of bad. It got a lot of praise for the animation, but was I the only one who thought it looked really ugly? The backgrounds were really nice, but the character models themselves were drawn pretty crudely.
FlyLo soundtrack was cool though
FlyLo soundtrack was cool though
Adry9
Member
Damn, we get it on Friday. Time to go dark then.
I can't imagine they're demanding that people have seen a 35 year old sci-fi noir for their newest big budget film.
Well, I think the first one and the prequel videos are pretty important, not necessary but very important.
jack_package_200
Banned
Huh, Amazon just made The Final Cut available to rent for $4
This was very good. I was skeptical as to the merit of a sequel to a landmark picture like Blade Runner. Thinking on it 2049 seems like it's playing a game of call and response with the first film. It pays homage, and reinterprets sequences and events from the Blade Runner without feeling cheap or silly.
2049 succeeds on its own terms, it's its own thing, and all the better for it. The film plays with and takes the original film as a jumping off point for its narrative in the same way that the first film used PKD's novel. DV is really winning me over after not liking a lot of his prior work, this and Arrival were exceptional.
2049 succeeds on its own terms, it's its own thing, and all the better for it. The film plays with and takes the original film as a jumping off point for its narrative in the same way that the first film used PKD's novel. DV is really winning me over after not liking a lot of his prior work, this and Arrival were exceptional.
SuperStiltzkin
Member
Man, I really want to watch it this weekend, but don't want to risk a potentially rowdy crowd expecting an action movie. Plus I don't know if my boyfriend has the patience for a 3 hour noir detective film. I just really wanna sit back and take in the film.
If you go to a late showing with reserved seating, it should be fine. This is definitely not a comic book movie release.
Think it just means that you paid for another showing like Thurs or Fri but there was never an actual back to back double feature
NealMcCauley
Member
The AMC theater I'm seeing it at temporarily showed the double feature last week on Fandango but it was corrected the next day.
No, I paid for a double feature and it was listed as 4 hours 41 minutes. Very upset. Didn't get any notifications from Fandango. If I didn't happen to look I would have been sitting there waiting for 2049 to come up with my thumb up my ass. God dammit.
NealMcCauley
Member
Just wondering but how much did you pay for a ticket? I knew something was off when my theater was only charging like it was a single movie.
BigWeather
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Oooo 4K also available to rent?
jack_package_200
Banned
Do the people at cinema sins know that movies existed before they watched them?
All it says is HD
BigWeather
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That's still awesome, will introduce my daughter to it tomorrow night. Thanks!
tonysidaway
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When I saw your post I did wonder, but because our profiles don't give away our locations I felt I had to assume you lived in one of the countries where 2049 is released today. I'm sorry I didn't query it. Unless you live in France or Belgium, you shouldn't ordinarily have been able to see the new film in a cinema. There are only a couple of film festivals where this has been shown before the major European release 2017/10/05, excepting the Los Angeles premiere on 10/03.
tonysidaway
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I finally got to the end of the original international release. When Gaff shows up on the roof of the Bradbury Building in his fancy flying car, the dialogue goes:
Gaff: You've done a man's job, sir. I guess you're through, huh?"
Rick: Finished.
[Gaff throws something solid towards Rick (payment?) and starts to walk away on his cane. Then he turns back to address Rick.]
Gaff: It's too bad she won't live, but then again who does?
There's a small and probably insignificant coda to this. In the much-hated narrative as Rick and Rachael fly away north, Rick says:
"Gaff had been there and let her live. Four years, he figured. He was wrong. Tyrell had told me Rachael was special. No termination date. I didn't know how long we'd have together. Who does?"
That's how the version shown in cinemas in my country in 1982 ended.
LumpOfCole
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I hope the Blu Ray for 2049 has an optional and obnoxiously obvious voiceover track that borders on parody of the original films Theatrical Cut.
CinemaSins is a cancer, it's for morons, by morons.
2blackcats
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This might be open for debate but what is the definitive version of the first movie?
I haven't watched it over 20 years. Want to get caught up before checking this our at the weekend.
I haven't watched it over 20 years. Want to get caught up before checking this our at the weekend.
More_Badass
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Final Cut
I paid single movie ticket price. I thought that was weird too. However, there are theaters showing legit screenings tomorrow of the double feature, and they are also only charging a single ticket price.
Still going to go and see the original in Dolby today. Probably harass the theater manager and try to get free passes to book 2049 with. Just upset because I literally planned my whole week around this
tonysidaway
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If there isn't one, I'm sure there will be plenty of volunteers willing to put one up on YouTube. The techniques for synchronising a commentary with an existing video, both being streamed, are simple and were being successfully used by the BBC up to the fourth series of Doctor Who at the beginning of the current decade. There would be no copyright issues for an original parody.
2blackcats
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Thanks,appreciated.
Curious Puppy
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BlueTsunami
there is joy in sucking dick
Stuckmans non spoiler review has raised my hype to unimaginable levels. I also had no idea as to this films runtime, to which Stuckman felt made the film feel like an epic.
As someone whos into still photography and always aspired to capturing that certain neon urban look, Deakins photography revs my creative engine.
As someone whos into still photography and always aspired to capturing that certain neon urban look, Deakins photography revs my creative engine.
NealMcCauley
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I paid single movie ticket price. I thought that was weird too. However, there are theaters showing legit screenings tomorrow of the double feature, and they are also only charging a single ticket price.
Still going to go and see the original in Dolby today. Probably harass the theater manager and try to get free passes to book 2049 with. Just upset because I literally planned my whole week around this
A regal near me is doing the double feature tomorrow amd they're charging $30 total. Sucks about the confusion.
Just got out of the movie. Damn that thing flies by on the big screen.