Blade Runner 2049: 2017 Movie Review
Blade Runner 2049 – 2017 film directed by Denis Villeneuve. The film is a sequel Blade Runner 1982, dir. Ridley Scott. In this feature film, the main character is Ryan Goslingwho plays the roleAgent K.Bye Harrison Ford resumes Rick Deckard. The other actors in the cast are other great performers such as Robin Wright, Jared Leto, Ana de Armas, Dave Bautista AND Sylvie Hooks. In this review Blade Runner 2049 we will analyze the plot and, above all, the meaning of this sequel, welcomed by many, but at the same time considered not on the level of the first. Blade Runner.
Plot and Analysis of Blade Runner 2049
Blade Runner 2049 it’s aesthetically very refined, and it’s a worthy sequel to the 1982 film, although arthouse films usually don’t have sequels, but this is an exceptional case. Denis Villeneuve’s film greatly expands and expands on what Ridley Scott showed us. We end up in the same city (Los Angeles), so the setting does not change, but there are significant additions: first of all, we go to explore the surroundings and nearby cities, such as San Diego and Las Vegas, then we can see how radically changed society’s relationship with new replicants and also skin work have expectations, dream and experience emotions artificially programmed by false memories.
So, we are in 2049, after the events of 30 years ago, replicants Nexus provoked a new uprising, which marked the ban on the production Tyrell. In the same year, serious blackout almost completely destroyed all digital data on the planet, so there were big climate changes and famine seasons that we survived only thanks to synthetic crops Wallace, society Neander Wallace. Thanks to the profits, Wallace decides to buy Tyrell’s technology, developing new replicants that are obedient to humans and have infinite longevity. Peace reigns in Los Angeles until arrivalAgent K. (Ryan Gosling), one of Blade Runner responsible for collecting old models that are still lying around. While Agent K is working on this mission, he makes a strange discovery, the discovery of which could prove disastrous. Following the orders of his superiors, Agent K must investigate this mystery and try to hide all traces of it forever by hiding everything. However, in the course of these investigations, he realizes that what he is doing is of dubious morality, and his path intersects with the path of Rick Descartes (Harrison Ford), who disappeared into thin air for thirty years.
Needless to say, this review Blade Runner 2049despite the constant comparisons with its predecessor, that this is by no means a trivial sequel and it is already clear from the fact that it begins with the history of the first Blade Runner to then go on different paths, more intricate and difficult, but at the same time fascinating. The movie is going well 163 minutes, and this duration makes itself felt, given that not everything in the script is perfect and smooth, but it is this constant refinement of the film that enriches it: even if everything does not work out in the end, this is the way the desire to create it could become a kind of eternal cult . The aspect we have to start with is that it will never be up to par for many reasons, but we are still facing a world of pure science fiction that tries to anticipate the times and pose existential and moral dilemmas. in being human.
IN bIce Runner 2049 we see so many characters on display, all well-characterised, which helps with the development of the film given the world-class cast with Jared Leto, Dave Bautista, Robin Wright, but the film’s real surprise is Ana de Armas. Lovely Cuban actress playing a role joi in the film, he has long starred with Ryan Gosling in one of the most beautiful and original love scenes ever interpreted in cinema. It can be said that the character joi embodies the soul of this sequel: through joi Blade Runner 2049 explores more than its predecessor in relation to the sense of identity and therefore the inability to distinguish true from false in an era of virtual relationships that concern us personally.
Blade Runner 2049 Ultimately, this is a film that is complete from every point of view, from the script to the set design, from the crazy music. Hans Zimmer AND Benjamin Wallfishdown to the wonderful photograph taken by the great Roger Deakins, which deservedly won the Academy Award for Best Cinematography, because what brought us the photos of this film to life was simply sensational. Obviously, the performances of the various actors were also of the highest standard, and Ryan Gosling deserves special mention, as well as the previously mentioned Cuban actress Ana De Armas, who is also called the angel of cinema. Blade Runner 2049with a game of excellent acting level and, above all, of great symbolic significance for the entire film.
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