Blade Runner 2049

Watched it for the 3rd time this weekend with the wife... still stunning and one of my favourites, if not my #1 favourite movie (eclipsing the original).

The lack of serious Oscar nods is toss

Probably the best film in 10 years.

  On 2/12/2018 at 8:55 PM, Plum said:

The lack of serious Oscar nods is toss

Hollywood's too busy raping each other and lecturing America about politics to recognize good storytelling anymore.

dunno tbh... it’s not bad, but here’s a thing I did.. bought both BR2049 and Mad Max Fury Road from iTunes, because hey, both are worth it and I wanted to watch something nice on the fancy iPhone OLED screen..

Both are sci/fi flick sequels of classics, play in a dystopia... and Mad Max leaves Blade Runner absolutely in the fkn dust in about any aspect you could compare these two (not sure it’s necessary to do that tho)..

especially in the repeated views department where Fury Road just keeps dropping little gems you’d have missed before because of its fast pacing & 2049 felt mostly “yes, I’ve watched this long, long scene before and I remember all of it and the dialog really isn’t very good” most of the time..

also Fury Road looks a lot better, colors are absolutely brilliant, where I feel 2049 will look a bit dated 5 or 10 years from now.. kind of like early 2000s films look kinda shit with their over-contrast..?

  On 2/12/2018 at 9:54 PM, phling said:

also Fury Road looks a lot better, colors are absolutely brilliant

  On 2/12/2018 at 9:54 PM, phling said:

kind of like early 2000s films look kinda shit with their over-contrast..?

lol

  On 2/12/2018 at 9:54 PM, phling said:

Both are sci/fi flick sequels of classics, play in a dystopia... and Mad Max leaves Blade Runner absolutely in the fkn dust in about any aspect you could compare these two (not sure it’s necessary to do that tho)..

 

 

 

also Fury Road looks a lot better, colors are absolutely brilliant, where I feel 2049 will look a bit dated 5 or 10 years from now.. kind of like early 2000s films look kinda shit with their over-contrast..?

Immediate ban.

fury road sucked why did everyone like it? the virginal girls dressed in all white was fucking lol and classless. lots of other bad decisions. 

haha

Okay but really phling, are you watching 2-3 hour movies on your iPhone?

  On 2/12/2018 at 10:23 PM, auxien said:

Okay but really phling, are you watching 2-3 hour movies on your iPhone? WHY???

the real question!

it’s by far the best screen I have access to... calibrated OLED with HDR color depth.. Fury Road looks fucking amazing on it. (2049 isn’t in HDR for some reason, but it should automatically upgrade at some point).. sure it’s small but fine when watching alone.. tbh it’s difficult to watch anything on a different screen at this point.. it’s like going from SD to HD, but for color.

  On 2/12/2018 at 10:46 PM, THIS IS MICHAEL JACKSON said:

 

  On 2/12/2018 at 10:23 PM, auxien said:

Okay but really phling, are you watching 2-3 hour movies on your iPhone? WHY???

the real question!

 

cause oled

lol

https://developer.apple.com/videos/play/fall2017/502/

¯\_(ツ)_/¯

  On 2/12/2018 at 10:04 PM, oscillik said:

 

  On 2/12/2018 at 9:54 PM, phling said:

also Fury Road looks a lot better, colors are absolutely brilliant

 

 

  On 2/12/2018 at 9:54 PM, phling said:

kind of like early 2000s films look kinda shit with their over-contrast..?

 

lol

 

big lol

Watched it again last night. It's much better than I remember it, but there are still a few issues. The pacing of it is far slower than the original, and some of the dialogue is...not great. I've already expressed my displeasure with Luv's final line, which I still don't like. Also, the musical cue that happens after Joe breaks the antenna on the Wallace device is jarring and almost comical.

The photography and cinematography is absolutely gorgeous. The set design, costumes, and special effects really make you feel like you're a part of that world. Also, I'm glad that they stuck with miniatures for some of those downtown LA flyby scenes.

I'm not sure how many times I'll be able to rewatch it with its 3 hour runtime, though.

^ I don't see the problem. in fact, I'd like a longer cut. but I'm probably too loose with my time.

  On 2/13/2018 at 3:15 AM, Braintree said:

Luv's final line

this made me lol irl. I've heard the arguments itt about why it works but like... it's just lol.

I mean, her character is just an ass kicking sociopath, right? What kind of rivalry did she have with Joe? There wasn't one. The line doesn't make sense.

  On 2/13/2018 at 3:59 AM, usagi said:

^ I don't see the problem. in fact, I'd like a longer cut. but I'm probably too loose with my time.

 

  On 2/13/2018 at 3:15 AM, Braintree said:

Luv's final line

 

this made me lol irl. I've heard the arguments itt about why it works but like... it's just lol.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BQHMAphlcAE

You guys are nuts, it's not that great.

  On 2/13/2018 at 7:05 AM, Gocab said:

You guys are nuts, it's not that great.

It's the greatest artistic masterpiece in the history of humanity, on par with the Great Pyramids and the paintings of the old masters.  If you claim to disagree you are only fooling yourself and trying to shield your eyes from its wonder

  On 2/12/2018 at 9:54 PM, phling said:

I wanted to watch something nice on the fancy iPhone OLED screen..

where I feel 2049 will look a bit dated 5 or 10 years from now.. kind of like early 2000s films look kinda shit with their over-contrast..?

still loling at this

the absolute fucking state of watching movies in 2018

yes that is a keeper. Delusional

ah dude bro...

we’re talking mainstream sci-fi flick ITT innit? Why not watch it on the most future device in your possession? You can lol as much as you like, it probably looks better on that screen than on any that you have ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

would I like to watch it on a huge-ass Dolby-vision OLED TV? Yes sure but I don’t have one and they’re expensive.

Also there’s a fuckton of cozy movie theaters in my town ranging from converted living rooms showing obscure weird shit to an IMAX, so yeah plenty to pick from, but I’m in a cheap apartment in a small town in south Morocco right now and they don’t have anything here and that’s that.