So what I got from the movie and what I expected from it were completely different things. To be completely honest I don't really know what I was expecting, I just know that it wasn't what the film ended up being. I'm just gonna get my complaints out in the open right now.
What bothered me the most was probably the parts where there was only weird visuals and little to no sounds playing in the background. Like the scenes where Harrison Ford's character would just be looking at things and I'd be thinking 'so is this important??? or nah??' am I missing something?'. Or like that scene where Racheal was just looking at pictures in Deckard's apartment and I thought maybe the people in the pictures were meaningful when in reality they weren't and honestly I still don't know what purpose that served. But onto the things that I really want to talk about.
I don't really understand the relationship between replicants and humans, like, what did replicants do that made them illegal in the first place? Why hide the fact that you're killing replicants by using the terminology 'retire' when everyone knows what that implies? It creates the illusion that what's taking place is actually not as cruel as it seems, as if they were dogs just being put down. However why have this term in the first place if everyone knows they're just being murdered, and in Deckard's case, by rather brutal and inhumane ways. Perhaps the humans feel guilty by what they're doing yet not enough to do anything about it. The replicants have memories, albeit not their own, they have sentience and, as seen in several occasions, a will to live. They're just terrified animals being driven to extinction and they have no idea as to why. Is the viewer meant to think that humans are in the wrong here? What do we think about Deckard? He has killed replicants, but seems to have given up his way of life since he leaves with one. Maybe this is about how one human being redeems himself.
I liked the long sweeping shots at least at the beginning because the movie is just so heavily stylized and so they had to show off the world. Also they were pretty. I do agree that the movie left me with more questions than answers.
ReplyDeleteGirl yes. I was more put off by the sexy sax happening throughout the entire film. There were definitely some strange scenes in there and a lot going on that I couldn't grasp. What does it all mean???
ReplyDeleteI think some of those questions were answered in the film (sometimes subtly), but I agree about killing replicants being inhumane. It's interesting how it is treated like putting down dogs, they're not seen as equals to humans.
ReplyDeleteGood thoughts! We were just discussing this movie in the math lounge, and realized that it was pretty darn slow for a 1980s sci fi action movie. I think all those slow moments DO have meaning, though. A lot of them are world building. Things like the photos, I think, are meant to suggest that (Shh!) Deckard is a replicant.
ReplyDeleteI DO like what you're saying about the term "retire." The idea is that they're NOT murdering, right? Because by and large, the replicants are not sentient. At least that's the premise of the society in the movie--we see that it's not exactly true.