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Originally Posted by Arc101
I need to speak up for Blade Runner - a very good film and still looks good today. I have n DVD and still watch from time to time. It is one of my all time favourite films. I guess you need to stick to Space Balls as that seems more your level....
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Originally Posted by OpieCunningham
I'm glad that The Godfather got lumped with Bladerunner as bad cinema. For a second I was shocked that there were so many anti-Bladerunner people ... but then I saw it's just a bunch of anti-genius-in-film people and Bladerunner was just the initial focal point of the tasteless masses.
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Both of these statements offend me. I don't mind an intelligent movie that pushes you to think, for example A Clockwork Orange, but the difference between ACW and Blade Runner is that Blade Runner is mediocre, at best. The movie even followed the 80's sci fi cliche of being filled with midgets, and its just embarrassing to see midgets in a movie for no reason.
I think its about time we start to realize that Blade Runner has not stood the test of time and its about time we took it off its pedestal. Sure it deserves credit for influencing the genre, but that doesn't mean that its a great movie.
**edit** On a side note this movie does not "still look good today", it was shit. I could see the wires on one of the police cars, not to mention the opening scene when the interrogator was shot (it was laughable...no, seriously...me and my friend started laughing, it was hilarious). I just recently saw the Godfather for the first time as well, and I liked it. In contrast Blade Runner was subpar, probably a 4/10.