October 15th, 2017, 10:19 PM
Blade Runner is probably my favorite film of all time, so ever since they announced they were making a sequel, I was wondering if they'd mess it up.
Having seen the new movie several times now, I think that it's the best possible outcome, and I'm very happy with it. It's not perfect, but it wouldn't
really be Blade Runner if it was, given the original film's history.
While its not the film I would have come up with if asked to do a Blade Runner sequel, it's a satisfying movie. It's got a great cast, too, probably one of
the best I've seen in a long time.
There's been a lot of talk about it underperforming at the box office, but I think it's doing well all things considered. I don't think most Millenials ever cared
about the original film that much. The run time is almost three hours, and they made the incredibly stupid decision to release it in 3D, too, so both those
factors together significantly cut into the amount of showings they're going to be able to have every day.
In spite of all that, while it didn't wow over the weekends, it's performed very well during the week, compared to everything else out there. It hasn't
released in China and Japan yet, either. After this weekend it's sitting at $158,578,387 on a $150 million dollar budget, so it's hardly a failure. It's also the
sort of movie that's going to sell strongly on DVD.
Having seen the new movie several times now, I think that it's the best possible outcome, and I'm very happy with it. It's not perfect, but it wouldn't
really be Blade Runner if it was, given the original film's history.
While its not the film I would have come up with if asked to do a Blade Runner sequel, it's a satisfying movie. It's got a great cast, too, probably one of
the best I've seen in a long time.
There's been a lot of talk about it underperforming at the box office, but I think it's doing well all things considered. I don't think most Millenials ever cared
about the original film that much. The run time is almost three hours, and they made the incredibly stupid decision to release it in 3D, too, so both those
factors together significantly cut into the amount of showings they're going to be able to have every day.
In spite of all that, while it didn't wow over the weekends, it's performed very well during the week, compared to everything else out there. It hasn't
released in China and Japan yet, either. After this weekend it's sitting at $158,578,387 on a $150 million dollar budget, so it's hardly a failure. It's also the
sort of movie that's going to sell strongly on DVD.
