Blade Runner 2049 finds itself even if the characters are still searching
I saw this in Russian. Something may have been lost in translation.
Blade Runner 2049 comes in with fury and sound like few movies before it. The city is aurally an uncomfortable place to be as metal grates against metal and people have sex behind mostly frosted windows in a brothel with the soundtrack that emphasizes everything wrong with people living on top of people and advertisements that pop up out of nowhere or that stare down at you with their predatory smiles.
The cast, including Ryan Gosling do a great job at ensuring the audience remains firmly in the confused world of Blade Runner where not everything is what it seems or maybe everything is exactly what it seems, or maybe everything is nothing at all… It’s really hard to tell when the film about identity and humanity hides each of these qualities, and in turn, reveals them whether they are true or false doesn’t matter. It’s all a frame of mind.
Edward James Olmos, Robin Wright and Dave Bautista have more or less small roles, with Wright offering the strongest performance. But seeing Bautista and Olmos on the big screen is always a delight. Ana de Armas and Mackenzie Davis team up for an amazing scene of foreplay that’ll make you wonder just exactly what it is that you are seeing and how K could deal with it. Sylvia Hoeks is more than appropriately badass.
Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel that does its predecessor proud and may leave you scratching your head as you leave the theater. The visuals, the sound and the way they are juxtaposed and used to create ambience are amazingly well done. The movie may still grate on you like nails on a chalk board, but in the end, you’ll have a better theater experience because of it.
Blade Runner 2049 comes in with fury and sound like few movies before it. The city is aurally an uncomfortable place to be as metal grates against metal and people have sex behind mostly frosted windows in a brothel with the soundtrack that emphasizes everything wrong with people living on top of people and advertisements that pop up out of nowhere or that stare down at you with their predatory smiles.
The cast, including Ryan Gosling do a great job at ensuring the audience remains firmly in the confused world of Blade Runner where not everything is what it seems or maybe everything is exactly what it seems, or maybe everything is nothing at all… It’s really hard to tell when the film about identity and humanity hides each of these qualities, and in turn, reveals them whether they are true or false doesn’t matter. It’s all a frame of mind.
Edward James Olmos, Robin Wright and Dave Bautista have more or less small roles, with Wright offering the strongest performance. But seeing Bautista and Olmos on the big screen is always a delight. Ana de Armas and Mackenzie Davis team up for an amazing scene of foreplay that’ll make you wonder just exactly what it is that you are seeing and how K could deal with it. Sylvia Hoeks is more than appropriately badass.
Blade Runner 2049 is a sequel that does its predecessor proud and may leave you scratching your head as you leave the theater. The visuals, the sound and the way they are juxtaposed and used to create ambience are amazingly well done. The movie may still grate on you like nails on a chalk board, but in the end, you’ll have a better theater experience because of it.