Why So Blu?

Dennis Villeneuve directing and I am more than okay with that.

E Unit

I'm out. Haven't really enjoyed any of his movies. Didn't care for Prisoners at all.

Why So Blu?

Prisoners was cool but Enemy is a fucking masterpiece.

mdc3000

Dennis Villeneuve is a positively INSPIRED choice for this - I was skeptical but they've got me interested now.

FiveO

Looks like Ford will return.

http://www.theguardian.com/film/2015...ford-returning

Several websites reporting it.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2015/0...n_6765758.html


I see someone linked this story above already. Lets hope he's more than just the narrator!

james2025a

I really liked Prisoners. Not sure i would say Enemy is a masterpiece though. Its a very interesting movie and nicely done, but i can see how many would simply hate it. I watched it along with The Double in the same week and both were interesting, but found that Enemy handled the inspired storyline a lot better. I am happy with the selection of director. As much as i love the original Blade Runner, Ridley Scott has had such a mixed bag of films under his belt. Most misses. He has an amazing eye and can set up fantastic shots, but a lot of times the stories are severely lacking. This is a movie that will suceed if the story succeeds. Having nice effects that replicate the original alone will not suffice. I think that Denis will help push the story aspects in the right direction.

inri222

I'm not, he's too good to be a hired gun working for Scott.



Don't forget Incendies & Polytechnique bitches. Dennis Villeneuve isn't a Johnny come lately, he's been doing good movies before Prisoners & Enemy.

Brack

Chris Pratt will play Ford in flashbacks...

EddieMoney

Villeneuve is golden. Thank God Sir Ridley Shite isn't directing.

DaveyJoe

I like how you change his name to Shite but still include his title as a knight. Respectfully insulting.

superdeluxe

So I'm guessing you're out.

RocShemp

Can we be a bit more supportive of the fact that trespoochies is finally coming out?

Deftones

E Unit

The word is now out - again.

I'm out.

RichC2

That really is a great pick for director. Get the one guy that still does modern atmospheric noir to make the follow-up that was a futuristic atmospheric noir.

Anyway, here's an interview with him on the topic: “ 'Blade Runner' Is Almost A Religion For Me”: Denis Villeneuve Talks Directing The Sci-Fi Sequel

RocShemp

Ryan Gosling? Exactly what this movie needs. An actor that always seems like he's mainlining Xanax during every performance.

DaveyJoe

How will Ryan Gosling live up to the incredible emotion and range brought by Harrison Ford in the original?

RocShemp

Touché.

RagingBull80

Beautiful shots of Gosling bathed in neon lights?

Yeah, sounds good to me.

wahlers

I agree that Harrison Ford's performance was hardly emotionally charged but I think that was supposed to be the point.

The Nexus-6 model was "More Human Than Human" and thus had heightened emotions. In the dreary world of Blade Runner, humans are pretty much emotionless.

The Voight-Kampf test showed the irony of this, because if the subject showed emotions they were not human.

Rachel highlighted this even more since she was a newer model that was supposed to "fix" the emotional problems of the Nexus-6 and be more human, thus her being emotionless too.

Now, if Ryan Gosling is either playing an emotionless human or an emotionless newer-model replicant, it could work okay.

However, I don't think I've even sat through a movie of his, so I guess I don't have an opinion about him one way or another.

Also, I have really low expectations for this movie anyway because of my love of the original movie and book, so I guess if it craps out it won't destroy my world.

majorjoe23

I heard a rumor Gosling won't be playing a replicant. His part will be:

inri222

Hazel Motes

fixed.

wahlers

That's better.

He has made way more than his fair share of unwatchably bad films, but any actor should be proud to have the "Tears in Rain" monolog on their resume.

DaveyJoe

My point is that a wooden performance wouldn't necessarily feel out of place in a Blade Runner movie.