Bluemoon's Official Top 100 Films

RobMCFC said:
I like sci-fi, but I never warmed to this one.

Ridley Scott has 3 out of 4 in the top 10 so far (but that’ll be his lot), and 3 out of 4 exact position guesses by me so far!
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I guess no one like every movie of a particular genre.

I've commented on Blade Runner before:

I originally went all the way to Birmingham (from Wilmslow) to see it at an exclusive preview screening and loved it from the off but it got poor reviews on the whole.

The mass love-in / critical acclaim came much later.

I just love the look of the film and its depiction of the near future. Well, it was the near future then. Not one that came to pass but actually one of the more believable ones in many ways.

It is a slow burn and script could be better but it’s a visual feast and does contain one of the great movie scenes ever - as pointed out by S2.

The special effects, which have a pre CGI solidity were state of the art at the time and Ridley just has a fantastic eye for making a wonderful looking movie. In some ways this one might be a bit style over substance but what style.

Love Vangelis' soundtrack too.

Oh yeah, it made my top 20.

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I’ve just counted and I’ve not seen 34 of these films. Going to make that my winter project I think. Watched Carlito’s way yesterday which isn’t on this list and really enjoyed it and Goodfellas last week for the first time. Cracker. I’m sure some of these will be too.
 
Blade Runner is a sort of film noir set in the future with futuristic things, but the same story could be set now or 50 years ago. Private detective "hunts down fugitives" its an ageless plot, personally I like the dark and dingy vision of the future as the backdrop and Rutger Hauer plays a great replicant with enough intelligence to want answers.

For me its a very well made scifi version of something akin to a Raymond Chandler novel, it even has a femme fatale, I had it in my twenty and am not sorry.
 
Boris Johnson’s running it today, it’ll be at 5, I mean 6, or maybe 7 o’clock.
 
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