Blade Runner - The Final Cut Reviews

Why oh Why

Why cant we rent this out, I would like an explanation?

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This is why

They dont want to rent it out before Christmas because its all sad and Lonely. Especially the Bit where they show that dekker is a replicant. Its good tho .. a more realistic version of the future than the roses and Honey type. This is Eastenders in 2059 dirty disgusting and loads of street Vendors, you only have to go down the elephant to see this type of 4th world Slum springing up.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Have you seen the price?

I'm guessing (particularly with Christmas around the corner) that this is why you can't rent it out just yet. There is probably a grace period before they can let this one go for rental.

[Highly rated reviewer]

Final Cut

Put simply this is the greatest movie ever made. This new final cut (released in december 2007) had been fully restored and added to in order to give Scotts final vision. RENT IT!!

glorious

I used to have a copy of this film on VHS copied off the TV and i i thought it was the best looking film i had ever seen - this will melt your eyeballs- ridley scott has run the film through the latest technology gubbins and wow!- it is so crystal clear, defined, beautiful - an absolute masterpiece- every single frame of film is a visual treat and the central story - about the meaning of being human is heartbreaking - especially rutger hauers final speech.

[Highly rated reviewer]

I saw the BLu-Ray version...

... and it kicks ass! Why we can't rent it here is beyond me. It's such a fantastic quality movie and the redigitalisation makes it amazing. Yes the PCs are a bit dated in this movie and no I don't think 2019 will look quite like that but it's still a great story.

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SCI-FI Gold; Fixed

I count myself lucky to have got to see this at the cinema recently, something I have always wanted to see on the big screen. I was not disappointed. Bladerunner, the Directors Cut is a masterpiece of modern cinema and rightly deserves is credentials as one of the most influencial films of it's genre. BR - Final Cut sorts out the 'irritations'. If you have seen BR:DC on DVD you'll have been disappointed by grainy print, tinny sound and zero extras. Cheap, naff DVD production meets classic cinema; Warner throws money at the movie-fan hoping some of it sticks.

Final Cut fixes the print; it's crisp, defined and updated. Syd Mead never looked so good and Vangelis never sounded so clear. The opening credits are awesome, as they were supposed to be. Ridley Scott has also tinkered with his film... no George Lucas 'Greedo-Shoots-First' silliness here, just remake greatness; the *right* number of replicants in Bryant's rap, stretched sequences where it's about the visuals, Batty's 'father revelation'. It doesn't change the film, it just sweeps up the clippings.

Beautiful, faultless, wonderful cinema.

[Highly rated reviewer]

What's a turtle

Everyone knows how brilliant this film is. In all it's incarnations. I'm not going to hold out for the 4th re-cut before I declare it finished however. I'm drawing a line right here and now and saying enough!

Blade Runner is perfect. A bit cold and austere but given how it has re-shaped Sci Fi permanently in it's shadow over the last 20 years I'll take it just how it is thanks.

So we have the Theatrical Version, The Directors Cut and and now this. Stop. Do us a new innovation rather than tweaking an already brilliant one again.

I have 4 cuts of the Exorcist on DVD, 2 of Apocalypse Now, 3 of Star Wars, 2 of The Wicker Man and 3 of Brazil. Lovely stuff and all but it's always been the version I saw first which sticks.

So Mr Scott stop tweaking. Stop worrying, stop shooting for the moon.

It's been brilliant all along, And we've always loved it.

Uncle Ridley

If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes.