Directed by Ridley Scott, Blade Runner (1982) is a science fiction/ film noir distributed by Warner Bros. Prictures. I would like to start off by saying that I probably would have enjoyed this movie more if I were more fond of the "film noir" style. The film noir techniques in this film consisted mostly of dark, dingy lighting, an over-all dirty looking city and dark saxophone background music. This style of film suited the decaying, post-robot apocolypse, feel of the movie, but I still didn't like it. The combination of intense pollution, constant darkness and the grubby, over-populated city made me feel unhappy and uninterested by what was going on in the story.
I finished watching this movie with an unsatisfied feeling because I had not fully comprenhended all aspects of the story and could not entirely grasp the message behing its events. The ending where the replicant lets Harrison Ford live felt right to me, but I still could not decide on a solid reason for why he did it. This sense of not being able to find closure bothered me.
Even though I am not a huge fan of it, I would still recommend this film to anyone above the age of 14 becuase it is said to be one of the greatest films of all time. I figure that other people will watch it and interpret it differently than I did. This way, they will be more capable of enjoying this confusing sci-fi classic.
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