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To: Perdogg; Revolting cat!
20. Blade Runner: I’ve watched it three times, hoping to understand the hubbub. The concept is interesting, as all Philip Dick concepts are. The pacing, however, is glacial, and the plot is amorphous. I don’t hate this movie, I just don’t love it the way some film geeks do. Minority Report is a better movie, and an underrated one (aside from copious amounts of snot).

That's because Hollywood's A-list critics all poo pooed this film when it debuted. The "director's cut" which removed Harrison Ford's character's narration was then used as the excuse the A-listers like Ebert could then cite as why they NOW like the film which already had a sizeable "cult" following.

Removing the narration leaves a lot of empty holes in the soundtrack and make the thing crawl much more. Ignore the critics and watch the original theatrical version.

431 posted on 03/14/2011 1:09:34 PM PDT by a fool in paradise (The biggest waste of brainpower is to want to change something that's not changeable. -Albert Brooks)
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To: a fool in paradise
The pacing, however, is glacial

That's it exactly.
432 posted on 03/14/2011 1:11:11 PM PDT by aruanan
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