Blade Runner 2049

Should I Go or Just Say No?

Blade Runner 2049 - Rated R

My rating: 4 stars

The long awaited, requested, and not to be retired sequel to Blade Runner is here.  It has a run time of 2h 43min and at moments feels every minute that long.  Just like the first installment, Blade Runner 2049 is more like an epic in its attempt at in-depth story telling and its sprawling scenic shots.  For me it mostly pulls this off and works well.  Also like the first one there are lots of slower drama moments and action inserted sporadicly here and there (thankfully there is just enough action to keep the blood pumping and should keep audiences engaged).

Blade Runner 2049 stars Ryan Gosling (best known for La La Land, Crazy Stupid Love, and Drive) Jared Leto (best know for Suicide Squad), Robin Wright (best know for The Princess Bride and Forrest Gump), and of course Harrison Ford (best know for Star Wars, Indiana Jones and way to many other great movies to name here…. thats what IMDB is for people.)

This movie was deeper than I thought it was going to be and it really delves into the moral questions of Human vs Robot vs Human Robot or something like that.  I really enjoyed the emotional and tangible struggle that K (Ryan Gosling) goes through and how he deals or does not deal with it.

The graphics where again mind blowing just like the original was when it was made.  There are a couple of scenes in the movie where they edit two scenes together with some amazing CG and these really made me stop and appreciate the art form that it takes to accomplish something like that so seamlessly.

My biggest issue with this movie is it’s length.  I feel it needs to be about 15 minutes shorter, however when it ended I wasn’t quite ready for it to end because the world the movie created was so captivating.  There is just one (ok like 5) too many long panning scenery shots that take up valuable minutes that didn’t really need to be there to move the story along.

This one is a no brainer in the Should I Go or Just Say No question.

Go, Go right now, and then Go again!!

You will probably need to see it at least twice to appreciate everything the movie has to offer anyway.