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To be honest, I think a lot of it has to do with your age Jimmy. Not sure of your own age but I hear a lot of people in their 20's and below complaining about various aspects, pace, lack of action etc. Truth be told, my old history teacher showed my class this waaaaay back in the 80's (I know, cool right) and I didn't feel it then either, I actually though Rutger Hauer's line to Deckard "where are you going" inside the derelict building towards the end was beyond camp and I just didn't appreciate it as I was a restless wee chap that wanted action non stop.
It was when I started collecting DVD's later on that I saw it for what it really was. This was one of the first Warner Bros. vanilla DVD's to get released and I became obsessed. After finding my feet in classic sci-fi / cinema in general I couldn't get enough of it. Got big time into P.K.Dick's novel and started to explore a bit.
Different strokes for different folks I agree, but this is a masterpiece of cinema that will never ever lose it's rank. It's up there with all the other greats, modern and classic. If still in doubt, get your hands on the documentary, dangerous days - the making of Blade Runner, soak it all in and attempt to watch it again, on your own, late at night with the lights off and some whiskey in hand (and on Blu-Ray of course
To be honest, I think a lot of it has to do with your age Jimmy. Not sure of your own age but I hear a lot of people in their 20's and below complaining about various aspects, pace, lack of action etc. Truth be told, my old history teacher showed my class this waaaaay back in the 80's (I know, cool right) and I didn't feel it then either, I actually though Rutger Hauer's line to Deckard "where are you going" inside the derelict building towards the end was beyond camp and I just didn't appreciate it as I was a restless wee chap that wanted action non stop.
It was when I started collecting DVD's later on that I saw it for what it really was. This was one of the first Warner Bros. vanilla DVD's to get released and I became obsessed. After finding my feet in classic sci-fi / cinema in general I couldn't get enough of it. Got big time into P.K.Dick's novel and started to explore a bit.
Different strokes for different folks I agree, but this is a masterpiece of cinema that will never ever lose it's rank. It's up there with all the other greats, modern and classic. If still in doubt, get your hands on the documentary, dangerous days - the making of Blade Runner, soak it all in and attempt to watch it again, on your own, late at night with the lights off and some whiskey in hand (and on Blu-Ray of course
Wow. You must have some kind of keen insight or something, because you nailed a lot here. It could be my age, not sure. I grew up in the 80's. I actually had to study this in film class in highschool, and I was so bored I fell in and out of sleep throughout the movie.
But I am well aware of Blade Runner's place in cinema, so I bought the steelbook in hopes that I would have a revelation if I watched it again.
I watched it alone, late night, with the lights off, and whiskey in my right hand. (I am not kidding - Jameson Irish Whiskey).
I think Harrison Ford is distractingly clumsy (I mean... he always is, but over the top in BR). When he's fighting Leon, he flings himself around like a ragdoll. It's really weird.
I actually really really wanted to like it. I tried. I promise. Someday I may take it up again.
Anyway thanks for your post. That was awesome
(hmmm, another clue perhaps in the long debate) Hope you come to appreciate it more.
The Germans will have written an essay on the back though
