Blade Runner 2049 (Post-release)

The sounds are definitely one of the most noteworthy aspect of the film...the score, the deep thud of the pistol, it's all top notch!

Tomorrow is the last showing of the movie around here, so I'm gonna hit the 11. I can't wait to see it a second time!
 
Uhhhh...Well, I went to the theater and nearly had it all to myself aside from just a few people. Then the speakers started popping before the actual film started, so I reported it to a worker. They couldn't get the projector to start the movie, so they cancelled the showing and I got a ticket voucher for re-entry to any movie I want. ><
 
Checked the theater's website and they had opened up two showtimes for today, so I took off from the office a bit earlier than usual and made the 1:00 showing. It was just me and two 75(ish) year old women. One of the best movie experiences I have ever had because they were quiet and engaged the entire time, and this theater was larger than the one I had seen it in previously.

I will honestly say, I think Blade Runner 2049 may be my new all-time favorite movie. I am hard to please, and this film has really impressed me. The characters, plot, props, music, sounds, and sets...I love everything about it.

Edit - I won't post them here, but I did snap a few shots of the "Sulaco" over the retaining wall, and I can confirm it doesn't match the silhouette. It is still very reminiscent of that USCM design though, which I am sure was the goal.

Another shot I took was of the Elvis scene, and I've edited it into a decent art deco-esq. picture that I'll use for a FB cover photo, LOL.
 
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It hasn't left my mind since I saw it weeks ago. Truly incredible how it has such a profound lasting impact. I'm really itching to see it in IMAX, but fear that it won't be in theaters by the time I get around to it.
 
This will be the film that makes me upgrade my home system to full 4K.

As a few others have said, this thing has almost 'haunted' me since I saw it a couple of weeks ago.

As I was sharing the experience of seeing it with a buddy, I kept saying I felt it was an almost perfect movie. He asked what kept it from being perfect, & I honestly could not think of an answer.
 
Just saw it again yesterday, and it's such a shame that it has underperformed becuase they really deserved a win. I hope at least there is potential for it during award season but we'll see.
 
My 2p:

As a life-long BR fan (I saw the original theatre release in 1982), seeing this was compulsory. However, despite 'encouraging' trailers I had grave expectations that this would disappoint spectacularly in almost every area. Boy, was I wrong. I'll usually get through a large bucket of popcorn within ten minutes of the start of a movie. At the end of BR 2049 it was still 3/4 full. I was probably open-jawed most of the way!

I won't bore you with my favourite bits etc other than Sylvia Hoeks completely stole the show, IMO. Her character was great; her acting precise and suitably icy. Easily the 2049 equal of Mr Hauer.

Suffice to say, BR 2049 has provided closure for me (and by some margin) and I'm looking forward to seeing it again... and again.
 
I saw that right after it was posted...One thing that would bother me about these kinds of behind the scene vidoes is that you would have no idea what was relevant to the film beforehand. So you might focus on one thing, but then miss something you wish you had footage of after the movie came out.

That would drive me crazy, LOL.
 
If you could cut something to tighten up the pacing what would it be?

It has been a while since I watched it but I know there are bits that could be excised. The child labor camp scene stands out to me. I know people will come out with fan edits but by that time I'll have it on blu-ray and may have gotten used to the longer running time. Lol!
 
I grew up with, and still watch semi-regularly, 2001: A Space Odyssey and Lawrence of Arabia. I've loved those since I was a kid. One of the reasons my folks felt able to take me to movies with them when I was little was because I did sit still through what Jar-Jar would call a long-o tell-o. So I, instinctively and through experience/exposure, have never had a problem with slower-paced films, so long as they take the time they need to tell their story and don't drag it out for the mere sake of being plodding. I was more enthralled with BR'49 than even Lawrence of Arabia. When it comes out on home-video I'm probably going to watch the hell out of it, and I'm curious to see how often I'm able to look away to work on other things when there's so much visual information on the screen that's talking in place of dialogue.

About the only thing that feels weird to me, and that I don't know whether is coincidence or deliberate, is that not too long before I saw BR'49 I stumbled across the porn term "JOI" and what it stands for. I can't help but wonder... :behave

The only fanedit I want to see is one that seamlessly replaces Jared Leto with a digital David Bowie. :p

--Jonah
 
If they were smart this would be released this month streaming and Blu and 4K in December
 
The original BR is in my top 3 favorite films. And not only with this being a sequel, but the fact that it was directed by my favorite Current director, shot by my favorite cinematographer, and scored by my favorite composer created a huge expectation. I saw it film opening day at the iconic TCL theater in Hollywood on the massive IMAX screen with Christopher Nolan sitting a few rows in front of me. Unfortunately I left the theater feeling a bit underwhelmed. More then likely because of the massive expectation I placed on this film. But also because there was some things that just felt off or missing. For instance, i know since it's a sequel so they naturally have to expand the world. But a lot of the film didn't scream blade runner to me. I wish more time was spent on the rainy streets. The junkyard/Vegas stuff was cool but I couldn't help but think of mad max or Fallout. The blasters sounded like your generic gun SFX compared to the unique final cut blaster sound. Also the score was really nothing special, just a lot of grating electronics and drones. Effective? Sure, pleasant to listen to? Not really. It was interchangeable with most other modern sci fi scores. The horse theme was really the only barely memorable musical melody. There was a lot I did love about the film though and perhaps I'll grow to love it more but currently underwhelming is the best word I can use to describe it.
 
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