Vaderisnothayden said:
Octorox said:
Vaderisnothayden said:
The first Matrix film has its merits, but it's sorely overrated. The other Matrix films are better than they're given credit for but they're nothing great. Critics and university courses have all sorts of silly ideas about films and shouldn't be paid attention to. There's a lot of pretention going on about The Matrix. Another cyberpunk film which gets a lot of pretentious reaction is Bladerunner. The setting is good and Harrison Ford is good, but that's about it. The film doesn't work very well and is terribly disappointing. It's even worse with the director's cut making Deckard a bleedin replicant, which is NOT what Harrison was playing.

And surely you know better than the experts?

Such "expertise" is on very shaky ground. Yes I would know better than people caught up in pretention.

Bladerunner always worked for me because of its mood. Watching Bladerunner is like listening to a blues or jazz album. I just spend a good moment each time I watch this movie drinking a whisky and I free my mind as the movie quietely goes.

What I also like is that there are no bad guys in this movie. Sure some reps are killing people but they are just like childreen who grow too fast and let their anger go too far. Almost every major characters are in love or feel something for someone else. Bladerunner is not a simple "catch those guys" movie, it's a multiple love stories and a reflection about the time that pass. And the movie gives the audience the time to think about themselves (how would I react if I was told that I'd only have 4 years left to live?). I understand that it can be taken as a bore but I personaly think it's pleasant and beautiful.

I agree though that the movie works better if Deck is human (IMO).