The Hitcher

[A Twig]

Right, I'm gonna piss you all off here, and say that I thought that Blade runner was rather poor. Bought it on dVD by recommendation, did not like the Directors Cut at all. Maybe I'm missing something, it wasn't a bad film, but I felt it was far too slow...

[TeaLeaf]

Right, I'm gonna piss you all off here, and say that I thought that Blade runner was rather poor. Bought it on dVD by recommendation, did not like the Directors Cut at all. Maybe I'm missing something, it wasn't a bad film, but I felt it was far too slow...

Modern films tend to have to have short punchy 'sound bite' plots to make sure that the americans can understand them (After all, we had to change the name of the film George III to The Madness of King George as the american screen testing showed that our transatlantic cousins wouldn't go to see George II as they would assume that they had missed and not seen the movies George I and George II   8O  

This sound bite style means that the average american blockbuster moves more quickly than a well thought out plot should.  Assuming that (a) you are young and used to the american style of movies, (B) you are not american and © that you ignore the ongoing debate as to which ending is best, check out the date that the film was made and then compare it to films made at a similar time.  The phrases 'classic', ground breaking' etc will then come to mind when describing the film.  On that basis it is a brilliant film and worthy of a place in anyone's film library IMHO.

TL.  

[A Twig]

Slow plots aren't a problem, American Beauty, top film, and one of the slowest films around, and that is one of my all time favourites.
I think I just didn't really get Blade Runner. I'll watch it again and let you know...