ROLLING STONE Presents: The Most Overrated Films of All Time. In our series we present works that are good, but not as good as most critics think (“Fitzcarraldo”); Works that are less clever than expected (“Blade Runner”); as well as works that simply hurt (“True Romance”, which of course only someone like Tony Scott could make). Part two:
Blade Runner (Ridley Scott, 1982)
Millions of fans have been debating for three decades whether the cut with the unicorn in the dream is better than the one without the unicorn in the dream, and whether Deckard is a replicant or not. Questions: What constitutes humanity? How can those born later cut themselves off from their creators? Patricide? These topics in science fiction films are not uninteresting. But the philosophical thoughts don’t last more than two hours. Above all, director Ridley Scott and leading actor Harrison Ford have very little interest in this, but are even more interested in a Los Angeles in constant rain and Daryl Hannah’s beautiful legs.
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Ford has never acted worse than in this film, he walks around like a question mark. His “astonished” facial expression is unintentionally funny when robot leader Beatty (Rutger Hauer) shows him mercy and explains the value of life using extraterrestrial space experiences that people on Earth will never experience. Ridley Scott also shot this film according to the motto “Style over Substance” and relies on the art of slow motion: the filmmaker uses the legendary “Tears in Rain” monologue to show a dove of peace rising from the hands of the dying tusk in slow motion allow. In any case, police officer Harrison Ford is visibly impressed by this, and shortly afterwards he decides to run away with his robot bride.
What would the author of the original, Philip K. Dick (“Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep?”), have said about “Blade Runner”? He died before the film was released.