In the near future of 2019, technology has advanced to the point of creating replicants, synthetic humans which are intelligent androids lacking emotion. Designed by the Tyrell Corporation, Replicants are mainly used off-world for manual labor too dangerous for humans as they have been outlawed on Earth. Blade Runners are special police units tasked with detecting and hunting down Replicants that come to Earth. Holden, a Blade Runner, uses a test designed for detecting Replicants on a new employee, Leon, of the Tyrell Corporation, but after answering a few questions the man becomes agitated and shoots Holden. Deckard, a former Blade Runner, is reluctantly brought back to the police headquarters by another Blade Runner, Gaff, to receive a new
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Not long into the film I became fascinated with its world and I feel like it is much deeper than the film goes into as we mostly only see it from the perspective of Deckard who gives the viewer exposition through his constant narration. The opening scene between Leon and Holden was extremely memorable for setting up the world and keeping the viewer guessing what’s going to happen and why he’s asking so many questions. It also sets up well the later scene where Deckard uses the same test on Rachael as it convinces the viewer, as well as Rachael, that she is human because she reacts so differently to the questions than Leon. Another very memorable scene was when Deckard was searching the photograph for clues. Despite the technology being impossible, it builds tension very well as the viewer can see he’s found something and we begin to piece it all together along with …show more content…
Harrison Ford must have really been annoyed recording the narration because it sounds extremely phoned in bores the viewer so much it almost ruins the movie in and of itself. I have read that there are other versions of Blade Runner which have the narration removed and I think those versions are clearly superior without knowing any other changes. Although, for a first viewing the narration does give some necessary exposition we wouldn’t have gotten without it. The character development, though, cannot be changed that easily. I never believed the romance between Deckard and Rachael as it seemed completely forced as the two characters had very little chemistry together and the villainous Roy Batty put on a good performance but he had very little motivation besides staying alive and if he did find a way to stay alive what would he and the other replicants even do? Self-preservation is good motivation but it can’t be the only motivation. As said by David Nusair from Reel Film Reviews the “characters… are scarcely developed beyond their most superficial attributes, and it becomes exceedingly difficult to care about any of their exploits once the novelty of the film's look wears off.” Overall, I would say Blade Runner is a very good film, but it isn’t great and definitely not one of my favorites but good enough to make me want to find the supposedly superior Director’s
Not long into the film I became fascinated with its world and I feel like it is much deeper than the film goes into as we mostly only see it from the perspective of Deckard who gives the viewer exposition through his constant narration. The opening scene between Leon and Holden was extremely memorable for setting up the world and keeping the viewer guessing what’s going to happen and why he’s asking so many questions. It also sets up well the later scene where Deckard uses the same test on Rachael as it convinces the viewer, as well as Rachael, that she is human because she reacts so differently to the questions than Leon. Another very memorable scene was when Deckard was searching the photograph for clues. Despite the technology being impossible, it builds tension very well as the viewer can see he’s found something and we begin to piece it all together along with …show more content…
Harrison Ford must have really been annoyed recording the narration because it sounds extremely phoned in bores the viewer so much it almost ruins the movie in and of itself. I have read that there are other versions of Blade Runner which have the narration removed and I think those versions are clearly superior without knowing any other changes. Although, for a first viewing the narration does give some necessary exposition we wouldn’t have gotten without it. The character development, though, cannot be changed that easily. I never believed the romance between Deckard and Rachael as it seemed completely forced as the two characters had very little chemistry together and the villainous Roy Batty put on a good performance but he had very little motivation besides staying alive and if he did find a way to stay alive what would he and the other replicants even do? Self-preservation is good motivation but it can’t be the only motivation. As said by David Nusair from Reel Film Reviews the “characters… are scarcely developed beyond their most superficial attributes, and it becomes exceedingly difficult to care about any of their exploits once the novelty of the film's look wears off.” Overall, I would say Blade Runner is a very good film, but it isn’t great and definitely not one of my favorites but good enough to make me want to find the supposedly superior Director’s