Blade Runner 2049 (EOTWS)

End Of The Week Shorts #27 extract: Blade Runner 2049 (2017)

It'd be an understatement to say that I saw this film in undesirable conditions. Slightly tired, I sat in a stiflingly hot theatre to watch this and was almost pushed to the point of hallucination (I was seeing three vibrating screens at one point), before shamelessly falling asleep for 30 minutes. So, suffice to say that my brain wasn't functioning at optimum capacity. However, from what I gathered (and I think I did relatively ok), I can say that Blade Runner 2049 was a pretty good movie. I won't put down any solid opinions, but this movie looked great - though I wouldn't say it was awe-inspiring - and it relied heavily on cinematic storytelling, which is to be expected from Villeneuve. On the negative side, this was a little slow and didn't have much of a subtextual punch. But, and this is a big but, I missed a 30 minute chunk in the middle. 

All in all, not a huge fan of the original Blade Runner, but, I feel a re-watch of both that and this is, in all fairness, due.