Blade Runner (Five-Disc Complete Collector's Edition)

This is a fantastic movie in its own right, even if it's not necessarily a faithful adaptation of Philip K. Dick's novel "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep?"

Without question or doubt, this film; more specifically, this version of this film, is now a genuine masterpiece. I remember seeing this film in the theatre back in 82. I was not impressed -- not in the slightest. That voice-over -- good god -- what a horrible idea that was. And all the silly, blatant goofs: Not just the dove ascending into a perfectly blue sky after having established that it is night, heavily overcast and raining. The cheap, cheesy wig Zhora's stunt double wears while being killed. These are the most glaring. The mismatched dialogue when Deckart is speaking to the snake salesman -- just awful; and blindingly obvious. That moronic, stupid "happy" ending, that has nothing to do with the rest of the film, parts of which were lifted from the outtakes made by Kubrick for The Shining. There are others, but these goofs are the ones that really stand out, really call attention to themselves; more like SCREAM attention to themselves. But now, this film moves along seamlessly, beautifully, flawlessly, beginning to end. Each shot could be lifted from the film and mounted on the wall as a masterpiece of photography. It all simply took my breath away. Mostly due to the masterful restoration. Gorgeous! There's one other aspect of this film that I noticed this time: When I saw it in the theatre back in the 80s, it seemed to crawl along. But now, I didn't even notice the passage of time. I started the film; and before I knew it, the end credits were rolling. I was not bored or distracted; not even for a moment. And as far as I'm concerned, the two crimes a film can commit which I consider unforgivable is 1) not making me care about the characters, and 2) being boring. A film that bores me or fails to make me care for the characters heads for the garbage. But Blade Runner, the Final Cut is perfect, compelling and gripping, and I actually cared about what was happening, mostly to the hero: Roy Batty. Just as an aside: Deckart is NOT the hero. He is the villain. Roy Batty is the one being threatened with death, unjustly, unfairly. Deckart is the assassin. And Tyrell is the Supreme Evil One; the Darth Vader; the Satan who creates and then destroys life. Roy actually manages to kill the Supreme Evil One and escape; but ultimately, he cannot escape the evil Tyrell designed into him. So when Batty dies in the end, and Deckart escapes with the girl, it is a twist on the usual plot resolution. It flips the usual resolution, because in this case, the villain gets the girl and the hero dies. The film, therefore, is a TRAGEDY. It is a tragedy in the classical sense. Again, I must point out that I never give 5 stars to any film, unless it proves to be a work of cinematic art, perfect in every respect. So far, I've given 5 stars to no film that I've yet reviewed. This will be the first that earns from me 5 stars -- and well deserved.

Seldom does a movie come around that is as popular or more popular than it was decades ago. Blade Runner was a Box Office flop when it originally debuted in 1982. Although the film quickly gained a cultish following of hardcore fans that enjoyed it as an epic Sci-fi classic. Now in 2007 the movie can once again be enjoyed by it's masses. A newly remastered collection of five discs has made it's way to hi-def world. So how does it look and play all these years later. Extremely well. I am probably one of the few to buy this movie who has actually only watched it once before. I was a child when this movie first came out and it was hard to understand how good of a movie this is until now as an adult. The story takes place in a futuristic world set in 2017. From the first moment on you can realize the epic scale this movie was put on. A corporation has created these cyber humans called replicants. Nearly identical to real people they were created to do slave labor. Although the replicants are very human like and that causes problems. Thus brings in Blade Runners. These bounty hunters go searching for rogue replicants. The replicants have been banned from Earth which means the Blade Runner must find any that find there way here. Harrison Ford plays one of the Blade Runner by the name of Rick Deckard. Fresh from his first Indiana Jones movie he shows why he is a action/sci-fi star. Four replicants free themselves from a planet and have come to Earth to search for their maker. From the first moment on this movie begins to raise philosophical questions. Right or wrong and should all replicants be retired(killed) for just being a replicant. Especially when these replicants become so human like. This becomes evident in the character played by Sean Young named Rachael. So human like and yet created by science. Most of the movie appears dark in many scenes, night seems to be when people live in this futuristic world. Despite the darkness much of the color is illuminated in a light blue color which is fascinating to the eyes. The music sets the tone thru the movie in which it can be rather pleasant to sometimes eery. The Blu-ray version of this film is quite a feat. The sheer beauty of it in high definition is the clear vision that Ridley Scott intended. From the first scene to the last you can tell this movie went thru more than a once over. The sound is excellent and really brings out the film. Blade Runner is without a doubt another classic. Although a sci-fi movie the story delves much deeper than that. This is a movie that should be seen by everyone. Any fan of sci-fi or just a good plot will love this movie. Age has only made it better. Without a doubt this is one collection that should be in any Blu-ray movie owners collection.

Een van die films waar het beeld en de fotografie wezenlijk bijdraagt tot de sfeer en geheel van de film. Met zo'n mooie 4K transfer wordt die nog beter!

Great movie

Goed

Per un appassionato di questo cult è consigliatissimo avere questa versione. Il rendering video attualizza un film che risentiva degli anni mentre l Atmos seppur solo in inglese ti permette una immersione nella visione (in particolare con la pioggia presente spesso). Bello

Great addition for your syfy collection