Blade Runner
Blade runner is undeniably one of the all time Sci Fi greats. It's direction is striking, every frame giving the audience waves of detail and suffocating immersivness. The themes are rich and layered delving into the nature of humanity, life, capitalism and our own definitions of a soul. The sets and score are some of the best of all time, the former a marvel of practical film making and the latter a perfect compliment to the rest of the movie.
It is also a frustratingly imperfect film, prone to the aggravating pitfalls of many 80s movies. Deckard is conceptually a fascinating protagonist, however his moral ambiguity or just straight up moral repugnancy feels like a gaping hole in this movies plot. His murder of beings no different than anyone except for the process of their creation and characteristics is left surprisingly unexplored, and his sexual assault of Racheal is both a dated remnant of disgusting 80s romance and a huge missed opportunity to drill in the idea that Deckard is fundamentally an evil man, who kills or abused beings because he sees them as lesser.
The opening title scrawl and the sheer genius of the word retired, alongside Rutger Hauers incredible final monologue show this idea far better than 2 hours of characterisation, and it ultimately leaves such a disappointing taste in my mouth.