Blade Runner 2049 2017 by AverageMansReviews

Blade Runner 2049 2017 by AverageMansReviews

Review Time: this film generally speaking has so much to offer its audiences, but it does have some problems as well.

Time/Subtitles: this film is just too long it roughly goes on for 163 minutes [not including advertisements,] now usually I wouldn't put this in any of my reviews, but in this case it illustrates my point perfectly, because I am in a wheelchair going to the toilet isn't a five-minute job so without saying too much I was physically getting uncomfortable on two levels, the first being watching a film for this amount of time without taking a break can be hard work and secondly no toilet break [that is all I am going to say on this matter.]

Just for the record I have seen longer films before, for one example [The Wolf of Wall Street 2013, it is 180 minutes long I think.] But to be fair that was on DVD and not at the cinema, if I went to go see this film at the cinema when it was showing I would have had the same problem.

Subtitles they are okay-ish for me I would have preferred them to be green or a blue or something that stood out a bit more and whilst I am on the subject I wasn't too keen on the words on screen at the beginning of the film.

Artistic visions: so you may be wondering why would I go to the cinema to watch this very long film. To that I would like to say this; just look at this film it looks fantastic from beginning to end and it needs to be seen on a big screen. It doesn't matter where you look whilst you're watching this project, there is always something to see or to feel on a big or medium or little scale. This basically means it could be the atmosphere controls being used to a masterful level to create different tones in different scenes, in one scene it could be dark and slow, followed by something quick and hard hitting or to be honest the possibilities are endless, the rotations in the atmosphere controls and the artistic visions are moving in perfect sync with one another.

The individual scenes or sequences, the audience will understand quickly that every scene or sequence matters to this project and what should give you this impression is the fact that it doesn't matter if it is the previous or present or future scene or sequence everything has been given the same level of respect or attention and on a side note some of these scenes or sequences have some really interesting individual elements to them [I will not tell you these elements] because they are there to capture the viewer's attention, but to be fair all I can say is this; they are in this film title somewhere and they are amazing because they really do help to bring a sense of amazement yet how things could be like in the future.

Cast: this cast individually or together or different groupings, put in really impactful performances there are no weak characters in this film, on reflection these character developments highlight what it is like to live in this futuristic world, many people are not as they first appear or they are doing what they think is necessary or now and again you may get the feeling that some people in this futuristic world are just trying to survive it.

Ford and Leto, in this scene they are having this dialogue exchange [they are both sitting down facing one another,] because of the atmosphere controls, these two performers responding to what is being said in the right way [within their character developments,] these scenes are intense but it has been built for these dialogue exchanges to have this quiet undertone to illustrate that one character has been around for a very long time and will not be intimidated by anyone, whilst the other is very intelligent and he will get what he wants by any means necessary if he needs to [or get his assistant to do it,] Hoeks this performer will be somewhere in these scenes [including one other character as well.]

This is just one example of the kind of standard I am talking about as it relates to the cast; it is good to see that every character has a really in-depth character development to them.

This film receives: 74% approval, now this percentage of approval may seem a little low considering I have highly praised it in most areas [on a side note the action-packed sequences are really good fun as well,] but this number comes from an overview perspective.

So yes this film has many wonderful elements to it, but the audience doesn't get to see much of Batista or Leto [consistently his character developments/performance, has or had so much more to offer this project than what screen time this character/performer got given,] the ending could have done with being something a little bit better than what it is and not forgetting this film is too long.

Now if they split this film down into two parts, the first part being released this year and the second part being release next year in the summer of 2018 that would have been better, this is why I haven't mentioned too much about the tempo of this project, because every scene or sequence matters, but then again this sequel feels like a bit of a marathon.