[Sculpt]

Blade Runner 2049
8/10

It's two hours and forty-three minutes long.

There's some films we see and ask ourselves, 'why?'... I mean, 'why did they make this film?', that is, 'what is it trying to say?'. This film is a light touch, and rather existential, neither of which are bad things, if when it's all said and done the audience comes to its own satisfying conclusion. I don't think that will happen with this film... and at a runtime of two hours and forty-three minutes, that isn't going to sit well with most.

Still, a film can be high art, combining many different art forms, such as music, sound effects, CGI worlds, a story and sometimes an imagining of the future. I think the film is successful in meshing the high arts together into an immersive film experience. For some, that's plenty.

Lastly, I appreciated the film used the world of the film Blade Runner 1982 faithfully, expanded on it, and didn't violate the spirit of the film. I just don't think the film was more revealing of the subject matter, nor poignant enough.