Blade Runner

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Without a doubt, the character I sympathize with the most is Roy Batty, played by Rutger Hauer, even though my friends who has seen the movie, too, thought he was an as*hole.
As Deckard in the infamous narration had said, all he wanted was what the rest of us want - where am I from, where am I going, how much time do I got. To be sure, Batty is a ruthless, merciless killer - but it has to be remembered, as a combat model replicant, he had little choice to be what he was. And who wouldn't fight to the death for friends and lovers? But in the end, he chose to save the life of Deckard, the very man who had murdered his love, Pris. And who can watch that scene when the bird Batty is holding when he dies takes flight, symbolic of the soul he wasn't supposed to have, and not get misty eyed?
Plus, due to their lack of worldly experience and poor choices of emotional responses, replicants come across to me as artificially manufactured Aspies.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

This was my professor's favorite movie. Why is it so good? I'm no movie buff.

Have you ever seen Blade Runner? If not, it's a great movie to rent.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

Uh...
It's so good for many reasons.

These are all my opinions, YMMV:

The plot and story are very compelling to me. The central questions appeal to me on both intellectual and emotional levels. It makes me think, and it makes me cry.

The movie is absolutely gorgeous to look at. After I saw it the first time, I said to a friend that you can take every single frame of this film and hang it on your wall as an individual work of art. I still think this holds.

The music is beautiful and fits the movie very well.

Blade Runner is the last epic sci-fi movie where everything you see is shot on film, there are no computer animations in it. Models and lighting and highly skilled camera work. This appeals to me at a deep level, and I think that this is one of the reasons it is still great after so many years. Computer graphics in movies tend to date movies quickly. You see an effect that impresses you, and then six months later you see the same effect in a commercial for detergents or something. When you see the movie again, the CGI just looks stupid. Try to see Jurassic Park and tell me how real the dinos look... Blade Runner is a work of art that has withstood time. IMO.

And it has some EPIC acting in it. The "tears in rain" scene with Rutger Hauer is one of the best ever done by anybody ever.

But hey, why ask? See it for yourself.

Thanks. I'll check it out!

Thanks for the tip. We're always looking for older favorite movies to add to our DVD collection, and this one will be much loved in our house, I'm sure.

You won't be disappointed.

-Bill, otherwise known as Kraichgauer

I was gifted the following book of poems that is obviously very related to the film: http://www.amazon.com/Spiritual-Life-Re ... 1584980818

Lots of the poems require quite a bit of thought and an immense love for the film, but I recommend it for anyone who is into poetry and the film.

Fun little montage:
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