Blade Runner

BR was so gorgeous to look at in a way that feels obvious to say and still true every second you are watching it. It is easy to sit with, engaging yet oddly casual, and it gave me this warm, comforting feeling even as the story kept tightening. Deckard is instantly likable, calm and charming, the kind of presence you would trust with your life, which is funny because he keeps losing fights. Rachael is even more comforting, elegant and steady, and it is clear what she is long before anyone says it out loud. Their relationship feels daring, like something that should not happen, with the quiet rush of an affair where you might get caught. The plot thickens in a way that is obvious enough to follow without ever feeling dumb. The pacing is perfect. It is two hours that somehow feel like three because so much happens and like one because it glides by. Roy and Pris have a wild energy that hints at Joker and Harley but more restrained, rational and raw. The scene with Roy and Tyrell is unreal, and the chase where Roy toys with Deckard is pure cat and mouse. The true antagonist starts to feel like Deckard’s own divided mind dragging him off mission. (Btw 'Blade runner' is also such a badass name for this kind of cop). After watching the scene at Sebastian’s place, the film could wear a horror tag and I would not complain. Rutger Hauer is stunning as Roy, maybe even a stronger performance than Harrison Ford here. “All those moments will be lost in time like tears in rain” lands with perfect timing, and the choice to have him die right after makes it hit even harder. Deckard learns something brutal about himself and about the replicants he hunts, and Roy’s impact is what pushes him to choose Rachael and try to give her the best life he can. “I did not know how long we would have together. Who does?”