Cult Labs

Go Back   Cult Labs > Film Discussions > Sci-Fi & Fantasy

Poll: Is Blade Runner overrated?
Be advised that this is a public poll: other users can see the choice(s) you selected.
Poll Options
Is Blade Runner overrated?

Like Tree107Likes

Reply
 
LinkBack Thread Tools Display Modes
  #11  
Old 31st December 2012, 05:17 PM
platostotal's Avatar
Cult Acolyte
 
Join Date: May 2011
Location: Berks.
Default

Saw it on first release in the cinema, loved it then. The Blu ray was one my first on Blu, but it does have an A-B-C feel to it(Ford picking off the replicants one by one until he gets to Hauer) and not much chemistry between Ford and Young, but Christ, what a looker(soundtrack's no slouch either) but is it over rated? Probably, but not bad For a flop.
__________________
"Mama... this Cult Labs forum smells of death"
Reply With Quote
  #12  
Old 1st January 2013, 07:04 PM
Hawkmonger's Avatar
Cult Addict
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Bolton...The Cursed Earth of Europe
Default

I agree it's overrated but only marginaly so, it's still a damn good movie. It, like The Dark Knight, has been romantisised to death and is now only really a shadow of how great it could have been if obscurity had consumed it. ****ing mainstream.
Reply With Quote
  #13  
Old 1st January 2013, 07:18 PM
Cultist
 
Join Date: Oct 2011
Default

First time I saw it I loved it, second time I enjoyed it but not quite as much...think the first time thought I watched the workprint version? Remember quite a few differences. Either way I still think it's a classic. Far better than Alien though - that really did bore me
Reply With Quote
  #14  
Old 1st January 2013, 07:19 PM
Demdike@Cult Labs's Avatar
Cult King
Cult Labs Radio Contributor
Senior Moderator
 
Join Date: Mar 2011
Location: Lancashire
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Hawkmonger View Post
I agree it's overrated but only marginaly so, it's still a damn good movie. It, like The Dark Knight, has been romantisised to death and is now only really a shadow of how great it could have been if obscurity had consumed it. ****ing mainstream.
This doesn't make sense.

Are you saying it would be a better film if it had remained an obscurity? Does the fact it has gained in popularity over the years make you think it also becomes a worse film?

Its the same film if only one person likes it or the entire population likes it.

How odd!
Baseball Fury likes this.
Reply With Quote
  #15  
Old 1st January 2013, 07:24 PM
Invid Ninja's Avatar
Active Cultist
 
Join Date: Jun 2011
Location: Kingston, Surrey, England
Send a message via Skype™ to Invid Ninja
Default

It is my personal favourite film, from my perspective everyone who has stated it as overrated has never elaborated as to why in any meaningful manner. It is my favourite film for many of the same reasons as others who have waxed lyrical. I find it be science fiction at it's most thought provoking and emotionally powerful; one of the last of it's kind. From a design perspective I find it to be immaculate and has been consistently borrowed from for many years since and I'm sure many more in the future. The cast is fully well rounded, establishing their characters with more layers and resonance than most films of much longer length can manage.

I believe it to be the perfect film, and it will probably remain that way for me.
__________________
''You fire me and I will make more noise than two skeletons making love in a tin coffin brother.''

Cold Iron (R.O.T.O.R, 1987)
Reply With Quote
  #16  
Old 1st January 2013, 07:38 PM
pedromonkey's Avatar
Cult Acolyte
Good Trader
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: The Capital Of Wales...
Blog Entries: 12
Default

I've seen it a few times in all it's different guises and even though i'm not a huge fan, i still think it's a prime example of first rate film making the likes of which we will never see again. Everything from the costumes, the sets, vehicles and props to the insanely awesome matte paintings. From a technical point of view it's a wonderful film, from a narrative point of view...t'is a bit boring.
Gojirosan likes this.
Reply With Quote
  #17  
Old 1st January 2013, 07:48 PM
Hawkmonger's Avatar
Cult Addict
 
Join Date: Nov 2011
Location: Bolton...The Cursed Earth of Europe
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Demdike View Post
This doesn't make sense.

Are you saying it would be a better film if it had remained an obscurity? Does the fact it has gained in popularity over the years make you think it also becomes a worse film?

Its the same film if only one person likes it or the entire population likes it.

How odd!
I feel that the fact it's become so widely considered 'the best film of all time' it feel's like it's lost alot of it charm for me. Fatiege I guess.
Reply With Quote
  #18  
Old 1st January 2013, 07:54 PM
Gojirosan's Avatar
Cult Acolyte
Good Trader
 
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Liverpool, UK
Default

Quote:
Originally Posted by Invid Ninja View Post
It is my personal favourite film, from my perspective everyone who has stated it as overrated has never elaborated as to why in any meaningful manner. It is my favourite film for many of the same reasons as others who have waxed lyrical. I find it be science fiction at it's most thought provoking and emotionally powerful; one of the last of it's kind. From a design perspective I find it to be immaculate and has been consistently borrowed from for many years since and I'm sure many more in the future. The cast is fully well rounded, establishing their characters with more layers and resonance than most films of much longer length can manage.

I believe it to be the perfect film, and it will probably remain that way for me.

For me, it so, so, SO boring! It doesn't grip me, it meanders, the plotting is confused (at least in the two versions I have seen), Harrison Ford is wooden and annoying (as usual). It looks pretty, but is hollow and empty (not unlike Prometheus, though it is vastly better than Prometheus!) with nothing that I felt I could latch onto.

Those are the main reasons I feel it is over-rated - not bad, but over-rated.
Reply With Quote
  #19  
Old 1st January 2013, 08:03 PM
Baseball Fury's Avatar
Cultist on the Rampage
 
Join Date: May 2010
Location: Sawtry (Nr.Peterborough), UK
Default

It's about as over-rated as breathing.
Rik, Hawkmonger and profondo rosso like this.
Reply With Quote
  #20  
Old 1st January 2013, 08:42 PM
tele1962's Avatar
Cultist on the Rampage
 
Join Date: Oct 2012
Location: Newcastle Upon Tyne (UK)
Default

Got to say i did not like it at all on the first viewing, but over time i have learned to love the film. It's up there with Close Encounters ( Blade Runner is not as good mind), 2001 & Alien. Aliens.
Reply With Quote
Reply  

Like this? Share it using the links below!

Thread Tools
Display Modes

Posting Rules
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts

BB code is On
Smilies are On
[IMG] code is On
HTML code is Off
Trackbacks are On
Pingbacks are On
Refbacks are On



Our goal is to keep Cult Labs friendly. If you feel discouraged from posting by certain members' behaviour then you can e-mail us in complete confidence.


Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.8.8
Copyright ©2000 - 2024, vBulletin Solutions, Inc.
Search Engine Optimization by vBSEO 3.6.0 PL2
All forum posts are contributed by members of the site; Cult Labs cannot take responsibility for all content posted on the site. If you have an issue with content posted on the site please click the 'report post' button.
Copyright © 2014 Cult Laboratories Ltd. All rights reserved.