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Just an 80 minute dirge that changes little throughout it's running time. It livens up a little with 'Sea Wall' but not much.
It works fine with the film I suppose but so did the original Blade Runner score, which also works as an incredible piece of music to listen to on it's own.
Much like Dunkirk it has two or three nice cues but I agree, a lot of it is monotonous rubbish. Needed more of the old themes. Imagine how cool it would have been to hear the main title cue as K approached LAPD HQ.
The new version of Tears In Rain is nice though.
Well the Vangelis score actually had music with an identity, such as 'Blade Runner blues', 'The love theme' and the haunting main titles. This new score has no actual 'themes' but tries to sound like Vangelis. Ultimately just coming across as a poor imitation rather than an extension of what Vangelis achieved.
@DarthDimi, I seriously doubt that Zimmer and Wallfisch would have done much more than sound effects with more time. I am a hack myself, yet I have no doubt I could have come up with a few decent and fitting sequencer lines for the film, so time is not an excuse.
Me too, and I find the Blade Runner cinematic experience pairs best with an autumn/winter backdrop and a warming glass of whiskey. At least there's always the original to enjoy in the meantime.
Well it did come out in October, so January was expected given the typical three-month turnaround. But yes, if December was feasible, it would've been a much better time for them to release it. I'll be getting it either way, got my 4K steelbook of this one pre-ordered.
I believe what Vangelis means is that Ridley Scott used the music in scenes and moments for which it wasn't intended by the composer. I think the same happened with Jerry Goldsmith's score for Alien. Some composers don't care about that, but others do. Whatever the reasons, it's a shame Vangelis didn't come back.
I think Brian Eno would have done an interesting score for BR2. However, it would still not have sounded anything like a Vangelis score. So therefore, it would not have helped retain the audio fabric of the original movie. This for me, was one of the main reasons (but not the only reason) why BR2 felt like a flat, empty echo of the original movie. There were other things I didn't particularly care for about BR2, but I won't go into them as of now.
Well... I don't agree. Especially with the bolded part. The "problematic nature of K having a holographic fantasy girlfriend/housewife" was addressed in the film, most noticeably when K sees the big Joi hologram on the bridge, which puts his relationship with the other Joi into perspective. I didn't get the feeling either that Joi was presented as more human than the actual human women. Instead, I think the point the film was trying to make was that it was hard for people, male or female, to form meaningful connections, which led to the proliferation of holograms as a means of quenching loneliness. The fact the actual most women in the film were not presented in a more in-depth, human way doesn't mean the film was saying they lack that humanity. (And I say 'most women' because I felt Joshi was a well fleshed-out, perfectly reasonable female character.) Yes, the world of the film is potentially misogynistic, but that's just part of the apocalyptic, dystopian vision it presents, and I see no evidence to say the film supports that misogyny.
I’m sure this author could make Wonder Woman out to be the most criminally mysogynistic film the world has ever seen if they wanted to.
Spot on. That's exactly what it is.
They don't even discuss the film, it's just a diatribe about the lack of "proper female representation." Yawn.
Oh she’ll find a way to be outraged by it. Where there’s a will...
Sorry! A wilhelmina. Please don’t crucify me.
What´s with all that mysoginist bs?
As if any of the men were protrayed as bright heros.
As if the world that´s portrayed were a meadow with flowers.
As if getting pregnant only required females.
I´m not sure if I will ever like the film much, but that article couldn´t be more beside the points.
Those opening shots were breathtaking, I can only assume I'm in for a real treat with the rest of the film (particularly the first test between Deckard and Rachel, or the finale).