Tuesday, March 22, 2011

Blade Runner (movie 1982)

 Blade Runner was a hard story to follow, even if it has Harrison Ford as the star. Ford's character is a cop that is tracking down these 4 replicants and kill them on sight. These 3 of the replicants are dangerous, but one of them, a woman replicant (that is seen in the beginning of the film) isn't out to kill their creator like the others. That part of the film I could understand, what was hard to follow was the pace of the film. Most sci-fi films are longer in film length because it's the only way to make sure the information can show well to the viewers. But this film seemed to have a lot of scenes where it was just watching the actor's movement, and listening to the background music; not speaking or doing anything scientific. It felt like the movie was going to go on and on, and here I thought another movie with Harrison Ford was going to be exciting.

 Ford's character in this film is different from how I have seen him in the Indiana Jones films, the personalities are different. In Indiana Jones, Ford has a more adventurous, exciting and thrilling personality while still being a man that loves and respects history. In Blade Runner though, I didn't feel attached to his character, like I'm suppose to feel for this character in a way like we connected to his character in Indiana Jones (like how most films develop their main characters, so the audience can relate to them). In this movie, Ford doesn't seem  outgoing enough to go and find these replicants. He seems that he was unwillingly thrown into the job.

 There was another thing that kind of bothered me about this film. It said that it was in the future 2017 (or 2019) in Los Angeles. But it looked like it was in China or Japan, because almost everyone in the film (not the main characters or supporting characters) were Chinese or Japanese. I have never been to LA, so I don't know if in some parts of that city they have China town like the one in New York City. But I just found it odd that I saw more Chines or Japanese things like ad signs and music (playing in the background of the film).

 The one thing that I was glad to see in this 1982 movie, was that the film director and producer didn't make the replicant look like some fake robotic human. Knowing that back then the special effects weren't as good as they are today. To me, along with a good story the design and set also makes the film something more to the viewer. The things that they did to show who was the replicants is their strength, and in their eyes. I noticed that in their eyes, there would be a small circle that glowed, like if it were recording.
Blade Runner Poster

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