Blade Runner

Pros: A very depp and dark movie that is full of atmosphere and intrigue.
Cons: The director's cut may be to difficult for some to follow.

After watching Witness, an excellent bi-cultural movie that shows the diversity of Harrison Ford’s acting abilities, I decided to revisit another classic Harrison Ford movie. There are many movies that can be classed as Classics, but there are not ...

Pros: the original and best dark future film
Cons: a bit dark for some tastes

The world of Blade Runner ia a world of contrasts, it is at once familiar and strange, futuristic and retrospective, sprawling and confined. Set against the backdrop of the Los Angeles of the not too distant future with its dramatic skylines, and urban ...

Pros: Visual masterpiece...cinematography, sets, costumes, lighting & makeup are exquisite.
Cons: Not for the happy-go-lucky types.

Other movies in my Top Ten list come and go but Blade Runner -- Director's Cut or original -- still remains. The older I become, and the more I lose youthful idealism and hope, the more the movie means to me. Ridley Scott has gone on to create many more...

Pros: Excellent futuristic and dark setting with some superb acting.
Cons: The directors cut is difficult to follow at times.

Ridley Scott, a serious purveyor of modern day science fiction movies that prove that sci-fi is more than simple concepts and aliens, proves with some of his earliest movies that he has a penchant of sublime and idiosyncratic movies. With the likes of...

Pros: Ahead of its time for a 1982 movie. Director Ridley Scott is a genius.
Cons: I wish the movie went on forever!

Blade Runner is a rather dark and complicated movie, so I actually had to watch it about 3 more times before I understood what was going on. Its fantastic futuristic urban imagery is mesmerizing and hard to believe it was made back in 1982. This movie...

Pros: Great performances, striking visuals, morbid atmosphere
Cons: a bit confusing for casual viewers

I will start by telling u the truth - this is an absolutely brilliant film, a real cinema masterpiece. It has no equal in terms of style or atmosphere. Ridley Scott has played his ace and its a cracker.

Harrison Ford is the super-cop hired...

Pros: Great cast, direction, story and effects.
Cons: Some might find it a little slow moving for a sci-fi movie.

This is not a review of the movie in so much as it is an example of what, in my opinion, more sci-fi movies should try to strive to become.

I felt it necessary to write this review for the simple fact that the artistic genre of sci-fi films...

Pros: almost perfect
Cons: none

Blade Runner is not an easy film to like. It has little overt characterization, a slow pace, and a lot of background information to absorb before the whole thing makes any sense. I remembered hating that film when I saw it the first time. But, it was...

Pros: compelling and beautiful examination of basic questions
Cons: strikes many as cold and confusing - many can be wrong

If the three pillars of science fiction are time, space, and identity - there are possibly no better nor more exquisite modern examples of the form than an early trio of Ridley Scott films released in the five year period between 1977 and 1982: The...

Pros: Atmosphere
Cons: Not much

Blade Runner is a classic film that was made even better with Director's Cut of the film. The film has a wonderful underlying theme which asks, "Are we really human?" This theme, the wonderful noir feel, and the acting all make this movie...

Pros: Harrison Ford is the man
Cons: not a whole lot of hope for the future (if you take movies too seriously)

There are really only a few movies about the future that I can watch over and over again and not get sick of. The Road Warrior is definitely one, then you always have Star Wars (who could hate those movies?), and Blade Runner has got to be on the top of...

Pros: Special Effects
Cons: Could have one robot be good

I have to admit I was very impressed with Blade Runner. The plot was quite good and the action was very good. As for a writer of Sci-fi, the flying cars as well as some of the other technologically advanced stuff was a nice touch. From the way the...

Pros: Wonderful sets and special effects. A great plot. Rutger Hauer does the performance of his career.
Cons: Slow, perhaps. Some would say, anyway.

This has been one of my favorite movies since I was nine. The first time I saw this was with my dad, and it was the original version (out of print and nigh impossible to find, save an auction), not the new director's cut.

The second...

Pros: Beautiful cinematography and special effects; challenging plotline; amazing cast of characters
Cons: Dark, dark, dark

...Leon, the oafish but buff replicant, says to Deckard, the seasoned, dark blade runner, as he's about to bash Deckard's head into a futuristic dump truck....

Welcome to Ridley Scott's lurid slither into sci-fi noir. Blade Runner was...

Pros: Beautiful, wonderful, intelligent
Cons: Harrison Fords Voiceover, easily remedied by the Directors' Cut.

Blade Runner is one of the best films ever. In fact, If any movie deserves the "Best" title, it should be this movie. Powerful themes of death and searching for meaning in life teamed with Ridley Scotts' unparalleled view of the future is...