Just finished the book, right when we’re in the maybe the worst moment possible for me to be excited for literally any unreleased movie.
From a production standpoint, Blade Runner 2049 is practically perfect. Direction, cinematography, score, etc... But it didn’t connect with me emotionally so I enjoyed it but don’t need to return to it for a third or more times.
Blade Runner was one of the most deceptively emotional films, and is much more human than I ever expected a sequel to be
I think a big part of it for me was that Her touched on quite a few similar themes that BR2049 did but did it five years earlier and, in my opinion, did it much better.
Her was my favourite film of last decade so touching on similar, but still much different, themes wasn't really an issue. Definitely the biggest emotional connection I've had to one of his films.
BR2049 is his best, easily, but he has so many fantastic films under his belt you can’t really go wrong.
I've only seen Arrival & BR2049. At one point I would've said I liked Arrival more, & maybe that'd still be true if I revisited it, but last time I rewatched BR2049, I liked it even more, so idk.
You know, it makes me sad that Jóhann isn’t with us anymore. You know that if he was still alive, he’d totally be doing the score for this and man, how fucking cool that would’ve been.