Review of Blade Runner

Wow. What a movie. Was it enjoyable? Kinda. Was it original? God, yes.

There were things to see in Blade Runner that you will see nowhere else. Screwed-up things. Fantastic things. Frightening things. I don't want to give too much away, but the sight of two mechanical midgets in Prussian uniform saying, "Home again, home again, jiggity-jig" and then walking into a wall sums it up pretty well.

The movie's biggest problem, I believe comes from expectations. For the first half of the movie, we don't know what might happen to the Blade Runner Decker. We have no idea how tough the replicants he faces are and the horrible things they could do to him. We don't know what consequences face him if he gives up, fails or succeeds. As an audience we are given little for which to hope or fear. It is only later that we discover how terrifying and powerful the replicants are. The result is confusion at Decker's actions, and resulting boredom.

The climax is, in a word, profound. I will not ruin it. It has to be seen.

To sum up, expect some boredom, but also expect to be shocked. How weird does that sound?
2 1/2 out of 5 cryogenically frozen eyeballs