I like Blade Runner

[Joey Shabadoo]

Watched it last night. Some parts have dated - CRT tv screens, paper photographs but then it was made in 1982. To think it's set in 2019 - where's my frickin' flying car!

 

[MacB]

This, I think, is where a lot of folk go wrong. Bollocks to what anyone else thinks, if you think it's "OK" you don't need to justify yourself to those who think it's incredible.

I think it's more the horrified reaction when you admit to having seen it, possibly more than once, and not thinking it was the best thing since sliced bread. You don't have to say it was bad, or dark and rainy, just nothing special.

 

[Ming the Merciless]

Saw the sequel today. Lots of questions answered and new ones raised. Loved it. Just wish they did not have almost 30 mins of bloody adverts before it started.

 

[Profpointy]

The original was shite.

And Leonardo was crap painter and Beethoven couldn't write a symphony for toffee

 

[Profpointy]

Wait a minute, I think I got my films mixed up. Blade Runner was excellent.


Now I just have to remember the name of the film I got it mixed up with...

Brilliant ! Had me laughing out loud. Luckily I'm at home not on the train.

 

[Profpointy]

Clueless - Blade Runner is ok but hardly worthy of the praise it gets smothered with - The Fifth Element is vastly under rated, great film.

You're half right. Both are in their way brilliant. Blade Runner is pretty much perfect and actually quite deep. Whilst I've not yet read the short story - it's on my shelf - it does clearly have a phildickian (and yes, that is a word apparently) feel about reality and what it is to be human. Looks fantastic too. Ridley's latest films also look good but are rather stupid in comparison.

Fifth Element is in comparison a lightweight film in terms of meaning and ambition, quite silly really, yet it is immensly entertaining and a joy to watch, and perfectly crafted. At the risk of being (only slightly) pretentious, I gather Luc--B was an exponent of "cinema du look" - and doesn't it look great.

I enjoyed Valerian too but it's not in the same league as 5th element.

 

[potsy]

Blade Runner was a decent but not earth shattering film, and I'm a fan of both HF and sci-fi in general.

The Fifth Element wins hands down though , ridiculously silly

 

[Profpointy]

Gonna have to convince mrs ck to let me go to the flics and it seems @jefmcg has excellent taste in movies in general .

As for the age gap thing it seemed to work for a very famous couple .

One of my favourite films. On a par with Cassablanca even, and pretty much the same story. The sexiest scenes ever filmed - you can tell they're not acting either.

"you know how to whistle don't you?"

 

[Adam4868]

I went to watch the new Bladerunner last week with my 14 year old son and girlfriend.I loved it,as for son "it was allright but what was it on about ?"