Blade Runner 2049 (2017) Movie • Page 18

Been listening to the score a lot this week. Still wanna hear Johannsson’s version but this is very good too

 

That scene with Frank Sinatra — One for My Baby (And One More for the Road) playing was so charming, great use of a song I hadn't heard before.

 

The Elvis sequence was nxt lvl

 

Saw this twice this week. Cinematography, score, and direction were all next level. First watch I liked it a lot but holy fuck there is so much to digest. Second viewing solidified this as a masterpiece in modern cinema

 

Def trying to catch it in IMAX before it leaves. Need at least one more theater re-watch.

 

Seeing this at 8pm EST tonight, extremely stoked. I'll be back with my impressions

 

I've seen this twice all the way through and regularly watch big chunks of it throughout the day. I will be shocked if there is a movie that tops it this year, for me. I can not get over how I felt when I first saw the climactic scene at the seawall, I just immediately knew I was seeing something special.
I've been annoying all my friends trying to force them to see it.

 

So I definitely need to see this again...there were many parts that I just flat out could not understand what the characters were saying to pick up on the subtleties of the story.

But even with that, I loved almost everything about it. The score was fascinating, the world was believable and logical, the cinematography was insane, and by god did it feel like Dennis just *got* it. Speaks to how straightforward and clear the story is that I was able to understand almost all of it without hearing everything. If I could say anything about the movie, its that it was extremely refreshing.

For the movie to have the scope that it did without making any part of the story overly convoluted is incredible. I mean, there are 9 different planets that are colonized, and we don't even leave the West Coast. And it's sad that it's not doing well at the box office because I understand why the financiers thought they could potentially have a hit on their hands. The biggest thing that holds this back from having major crossover appeal is the semi-dryness of how the material is handled.

But yes, so many fantastic moments in this movie, and incredible ingenuity in how they applied modern technological trends to the world of Blade Runner. I'm sure the more I think about the movie the more I'm going to love it. Even right now I can name 10 impactful and gorgeous scenes and moments that spoke to me. again, I need to see this again to get a more wholistic view of the film, but right now it's my favorite movie of the year.

 

Anyone in this thread see 2949 but not the original? I feel like I might have liked this if I had never seen the original but I could also see myself really not getting it.

 

Seen this twice now. The more I sit with it the more I absolutely loved it.

 

Denis and Rian Johnson talking about the movie.

 

What’s equally as sucky as this movie not doing well at the box office is that we may not get the greenlight for Denis Villeneuve’s Dune.

 

Cool

 

Everything I've heard about Dune sounds super boring and I'd be fine with him doing something else, but I know a lot of people seem excited about it. I don't think the poor box office is going to affect his career in the slightest. The dude's riding a wave of prestige pictures, he's going to be fine for a while

 

Dune would take a few movies to fully explain anyway

 

The only reference I have for Dune is the Lynch film and it's the only thing he's done that I don't like.

Also I just watched Incendies by Villeneuve after how much I loved this and it was fantastic. Fucked me up.

 

I haven't seen any of his non-english films and I need to get on that. Does anyone know if any of them are on Netflix/Amazon Prime/Hulu

so are any of them on Amazon?

 

Dune just seems stupid to begin with

 

Dune is a great book but is definitely one of those books that is quite hard to properly translate to the screen.

 

Like Watchmen

EDIT: Although, I actually don’t mind Snyder’s Watchmen. But you know what I mean

 

You should watch Jodorowsky’s Dune if you want a better frame of reference for what Dune is and how it might be translated to film

 

Lynch disowns Dune btw

 

Dune shows why people should resist the urge to want acclaimed directors taking over blockbusters. Lord and Miller getting fired from Star Wars should confirm it as well but people still talk about wanting to see this or that director take over something huge.

 

I have mixed feelings about it. I understand why someone, myself included, would want an auteur to direct a big budget film, it makes sense, but I think we should just keep our expectations low. The issue lies with studio intervention, obviously, so there’s always the question of just how much control a director actually has over the project. I know you’re not a huge Villeneuve fan, but I will say, 2049 definitely felt like a movie made by Villeneuve (which was great for me) and not by some for-hire director. The few issues I did have had to with the writing and the fact that I felt certain parts were dumbed down for audiences, and that seemed like a studio move to me.

The current trend I do not understand is getting an indie director who has made one, maybe two, small features and then throwing them into an established franchise where they’ll have little to no agency. The only reasoning I can think of is that they get to pay them less because they are small fish, but directors don’t get paid much anyways, relatively speaking, so I don’t get it.

 

Looking like this isn't going to do all that well in its second weekend as it is only third based on Friday estimates, if it manages a drop of less than 60% I would be surprised.

Daily Box Office for Friday, October 13, 2017 - Box Office Mojo