A classic among the classics

The best science fiction movie ever made,blade runner as a lot to offer.Future Los Angeles is the most charismatic,mysterious,melancholic and beautiful city ever seen on film and can give you the impression that you lived there in another life.the story,the characters,the visuals and the amazing score from vangelis (how could that score not win an oscar)will stay with you and you can be certain they will not disappear like tears in the rain.

Not a "Casablanca Classic," but good for an occasional viewing

A classic? That seems both premature and a bit of a stretch. Perhaps the film reviewers in Los Angeles are so used to their dry climate that the mere thought of a LA where the rain is constantly falling is science fiction to the max. With that said, the issues that keep this movie from moving into the classic category are many. How does a genetically engineered replicant decide to go from the Outer Colonies to be a snake dancer in a sleazy strip club? Programming? The others sure seem to have rejected their programming, especially the "First Law of Robotics." Note the hint of an abundant fossil fuel economy, lack of vision for cell phones, excessive drinking and smoking (really reminded me of Casablanca, but Casablanca wasn't mimicking the future), and two-tiered society ("If you are not police, you are one of the little people."

One the positive side, I can see there were a number of interesting and cutting edge directing issues of this story for the time (1982, I believe). No big focus on explosions, a lot of "human" tension, actors who weren't all "the beautiful people," gloomy sets, thrilling chases, and more.

This is a good movie to see once every decade.

I don't get it

I recently watched "Blade Runner" after years of hearing what a great movie it is, and I was puzzled to honestly find it a rather dull movie. There wasn't even many interesting things to look at, because a lot of the sets had more of a seedy 20th century look to them, instead of a futuristic, mid-21st century Los Angeles. There's not much action in the film, either. The opening of the film showed some promise with the futuristic flying craft cruising over future LA, but it went down hill from there. I honestly couldn't figure out why people like this movie so much. Unless there's some intellectual or spiritual element to the film that I'm just not picking up on. But I have a feeling that if this movie didn't have the star-power of Harrison Ford, it would've been quickly written off as just a "B" sci-fi flick. Just my honest thoughts about the film.