Re:“Blade Runner” has its own look, and a place in film hist...
by dangus on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:51AM
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There was most definitely memorable dialog:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tears_in_rain_monologue
I also think it's quite clear that Decker is not morally upstanding from very early in the film. His job is quite literally to be an executioner.
Re:“Blade Runner” has its own look, and a place in film hist...
by mdp2021 on Tuesday June 28, 2022 @09:56AM
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> There's not a lot of memorable [dia]logue
Well, apart from the "I have seen things / tears in the rain" bit, the "It's too bad she won't live" monument, the inter-special interactions, the patricide/deicide, the silences in the perspective of the androidic mind, which makes dialogues almost monologues or no-logues...
There are aspects of Blade Runner I certainly appreciate, and I think the world's a better place with films like it.
Yet the hype around it doesn't make a lot of sense to me. It also lacks many things that typically makes a movie an enduring classic. There's not a lot of memorable dialogue or things that are meme-worthy. Not saying that those things are what make a great movie, but many great movies, even very old ones, rear their head in popular culture much more than I think Blade Runner has. I certainly hear about Blade Runner a lot, but it's rare that why people enjoy it is articulated beyond appreciation for style.
Also, I think the direction should have made it more clear that Decker is not exactly a protagonist. Because it doesn't (from what I remember), it's a bit confusing when he sexually assaults that one synth. I just wasn't a fan of how that part of the plat is handled.