From: n.rieck@sympatico.ca   
      
   Blade Runner 2049 (my short review; no spoilers)   
       
   I watched Blade Runner 2049 (in 3d) on at 11:30 AM on Friday (Oct-6). I'm glad   
   I went in the early morning "fully alert" because this movie weighs in at 163   
   minutes (2 hours 43 minutes). That said, I liked the movie.   
       
   Now I didn't have high expectations as I entered the theater because Ridley   
   Scott’s initially underrated 1982 adaptation of a novel by Philip K. Dick,   
   set the bar too high (how would would anyone top Beethoven's Ninth? And yet,   
   music did survive).    
   Perhaps this high bar is one reason why it required 35 years for a sequel.   
       
   Hardly anyone has seen the movie yet so I wont post any spoilers here. But I   
   have posted a half dozen (so far) at this location:    
       
   http://neilrieck.net/links/blade_runner.html#hoverspoilers_br2049   
       
   Caveat: When I first watched Blade Runner in 1982, I recall attending the   
   theater as a group of 4 couples. In that first showing, only a few people   
   really liked the movie while the others thought it so-so. Like "2001: A Space   
   Odyssey" and "TRON", Blade    
   Runner grew into a cult classic through the re-showings. BR:2049 is long and   
   dense. I suspect it will needed to be rewatched a few times to appreciate the   
   whole offering.   
       
   Neil Rieck   
   Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.   
   http://neilrieck.net   
   http://neilrieck.net/links/blade_runner.html   
       
      
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