Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:46 am
is not.jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Most Overrated) Blade Runner
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Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:52 am
OH...NO...lucimay wrote:is not.jacob Raver, sinTempter wrote:Most Overrated) Blade Runner
You didn't just...
She did...
This is like back in the day when someone would do the Joey, "Woah"...
Or when someone next to you yawns...
I'm goin'ta skip the everso tempting and nearly irrifusable response (using all my willpower), and go with Jungle Book response, "now don't sta't tha' again."
- is 2x10!!
dammnittttt all!...argghhh (uleh)....
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:54 am
is not. INFINITY!! 
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:55 am
INFINITY^2...
- Victory is mine!
- Victory is mine!
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 6:59 am
Blade Runner kicks! Abierto los ojos!
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:02 am
Not really.
The story is pretty lame, the ending anti-climactic, the acting average...it's the "feel" Scott is famous for that is absolutely stunning and awe-inspiring...the music, tone, color palette...hardly ever rivaled in that...but the story and non-artistic ends of the film just don't hold up against other films taughted so high by Geekdom...IMnHO...
The story is pretty lame, the ending anti-climactic, the acting average...it's the "feel" Scott is famous for that is absolutely stunning and awe-inspiring...the music, tone, color palette...hardly ever rivaled in that...but the story and non-artistic ends of the film just don't hold up against other films taughted so high by Geekdom...IMnHO...
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:14 am
wrong. wrong wrong wrong. sooo wrong. yer just wrong. yer so not right. completely incorrect. 
its a piece of poetry.
its an extraction of a larger story. and a damn good extraction.
dick loved it.
he accused scott of being able to see inside his head.
so yer just...yer just...being obstinate. you're not liking it because
somebody you don't like likes it or something.
watch it again. watch scott's final edit. it's fabulous. stunning. riveting even.
smoke a doobie.
you'll love it, i swear.
its a piece of poetry.
its an extraction of a larger story. and a damn good extraction.
dick loved it.
he accused scott of being able to see inside his head.
so yer just...yer just...being obstinate. you're not liking it because
somebody you don't like likes it or something.
watch it again. watch scott's final edit. it's fabulous. stunning. riveting even.
smoke a doobie.
you'll love it, i swear.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:27 am
I did, 'bout a month ago...that isn't an off-the-cuff opinion...serious, average film, amazing atmosphere...
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 9:34 am
seriously. you're so wrong.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 1:54 pm
Well, since opinion can't be wrong, we'll ignore all that static.
But, as I've said before, I agree. Blade Runner is gorgeous-looking B movie....It's form above function. I find it interesting that Dick loved it, as he died months before the film was released and had only read the script and seen a few effects sequences.
I'm not calling the film a turd, but it differs vastly from the book in ways that (in my opinion) make it a completely separate work from Dick's novel. The two should not be compared or even mentioned in the same sentence.
From a production and design standpoint, Blade Runner was groundbreaking. I think it failed miserably at telling its story and/or telling Dick's.
But, as I've said before, I agree. Blade Runner is gorgeous-looking B movie....It's form above function. I find it interesting that Dick loved it, as he died months before the film was released and had only read the script and seen a few effects sequences.
I'm not calling the film a turd, but it differs vastly from the book in ways that (in my opinion) make it a completely separate work from Dick's novel. The two should not be compared or even mentioned in the same sentence.
From a production and design standpoint, Blade Runner was groundbreaking. I think it failed miserably at telling its story and/or telling Dick's.
Posted: Sun Mar 22, 2009 7:52 pm
Okay, I'll cede that the ending was pretty good...but for the rest, I'm with the Haruchai...
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 3:41 am
I feel like it WOULD be a B-movie, if it weren't for Rutger Haur's heart wrenching performance at the end of the movie. (And 80's Darryl Hannah... my GOD man.)
It's no Minority Report. Or The Fountain.
My top 5 sci-fi (I cant rank 'em)
*2001: A Space Odyssey
*12 Monkeys
*Minority Report
*Alien
*Children of Men
It's no Minority Report. Or The Fountain.
My top 5 sci-fi (I cant rank 'em)
*2001: A Space Odyssey
*12 Monkeys
*Minority Report
*Alien
*Children of Men
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 5:07 am
I liked Children of Men a lot...but it felt a little unpolished...not quite up to the top level for me...
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 7:51 am
Unpolished? It might be the most technically spectacular movie of all time. Micheal Bay doesn't hold a candle to Alfonso Cuaron. 20 minute cut of a battle scene... my jaw was on the floor of the cinema.
Posted: Mon Mar 23, 2009 10:00 am
Absolutely. There's nothing remotely unpolished about that film.The Dreaming wrote:Unpolished? It might be the most technically spectacular movie of all time. Micheal Bay doesn't hold a candle to Alfonso Cuaron. 20 minute cut of a battle scene... my jaw was on the floor of the cinema.