Blade Runner 2049 Hot Takes as Follows
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the plot is stupid in a very typical 'serious blockbuster' way, the last 20 minutes are complete dross, Leto is a crap villain
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constant exposition can't hide an essential vacuity, with none of the moral seriousness at the heart of the first film whatsoever
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it's very much For Fans, in a way that suggests Fans have no idea what makes a thing interesting (cf 'Deckard is a Replicant!!!!' debates)
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glacial pace and use of pauses etc, borrowed off the first film, expose some awful dialogue ('like computer game exposition says
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the visual and aural things about the film are all superb; the 'world' is updated very well (the future as seen in 1982, but worse)
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the score is Vangelisy without being parodic, the cityscape is just 80s enough with nice Kowloon walled city references and such
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sexual politics that have pissed people off so are prob better than those of the first film - 'about misogyny' rather than just misogynistic
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there will be sequels and a franchise and they will be fucking terrible
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It is a hymn to Incel loneliness.
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