I agree with others that the score was excellent - it wasn't so much musical as purely unsettling, and the LA landscape was well done . . . otherwise I couldn't wait for the thing to be over. There were too many minutes devoted to unrewarding ambiguity - ambiguity for ambiguity's sake - and there are some scenes I still have no idea what was going on, what the scenes had to do with the story or what they meant at all.
And I'm really tired of movies where the main character (Ryan Gosling) is solidly unlikable, is uninteresting, and doesn't display any emotion (doesn't act).
I've watched the original several times and I love it - and thought it conjured up philosophical and social questions. This sequel is purely exploitative

I'm pretty sure that was the entire point. He was a freakin replicant.

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The secret of a long life is you try not to shorten it.
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Yeah, I thought he did a good job of riding the line between somewhat emotionless android, and showing that he developed feelings and attachment to his virtual girlfriend and with the idea that he was invested in possibly being the child from his memories.

I've heard lots of critiques of this movie, but "purely exploitative" doesn't seem valid to me.

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Well ya, so don’t make a 3 hour movie centering on an emotionless replicant

I thought it was an excellent sequel to Ridley Scott's 1982 film. Most critics also seem to like it. Unfortunately, it's been a bad year for Hollywood, and reports are that the film is suffering at the box office to date (not counting this weekend, it was at $66 million in receipts, which is way off where it needs to be).

Many other movies ("American Made," "The Snowman," "Geostorm," "Battle of the Sexes," etc.) are also suffering from the doldrums as well, with studios already drawing down the number of theaters in which they're being screened.

Hollywood Ending: Big Studios Cutting Losses This Weekend, Pulling Flops From Theaters Earlier Than Usual | Showbiz411

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"Politics is just show business for ugly people."

The original didn't do well as I recall (didn't it go up against E.T.?). Anyway, it will be interesting to see if it catches on through the years like the '82 film. I saw it a few weeks ago and am still thinking about it...

I saw it first Saturday it was in theaters. Since then in conversation with others who've seen it, it really seems folks in my age group (45-49) and older really dug it, but younger though it was too slow and boring.

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The secret of a long life is you try not to shorten it.
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That my friend is a near perfect review.

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"The great pleasure in life is doing what people say you cannot do."

Yet another example of what the smartphone and the instant gratification mindset has done to our younger folk. I'm mean, who gives a damn about character and story development these days? ;-)

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"Politics is just show business for ugly people."

Your book better have some character and story development, damn it!

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Oh, it does. ;-)

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