Consider the strong points of the original Blade Runner (1982), the mystery of the replicant hunt, the love story of Rick and Rachel, the elegiac death of Rutger Hauer. A little out of the ordinary to turn into a HBO/VHS classic, but it did.
To call 2049 a sequel is to damn with faint praise. Here the characters generally pick up where they left off. We have a new blade runner "K" (Ryan Gosling) and a new cop boss (Robin Wright). When K takes out an early model replicant (Dave Bautista), he starts investigating a mystery which leads him down memory holes, to orphanages, and ultimately to Harrison Ford.
With so many years elapsing, we have a narrative about what has happened, what is going on, what might occur in the future. In that aspect, it's like the middle part of a trilogy, which is fitting for the original to set up and pays good homage. A good new character arrives towards the end in Jared Leto. We'll see him again.
Better than the original? No, but good in its own right. Director Denis Villanueve and Director of Photography Roger Deakins make this an event suitable for the big screen.
A little slow at time, and that reminded me of Arrival, scrolling out the action and reveals as long as possible.
Siskel and Ebert's worst movies 1981-1998
An interesting list - I'd say you should take out the sequels to pare it down.
Some of these I would call classics - reviewed here on my blog
Porky's
St. Elmo's Fire
Stealing Home
Pee Wee's Big Adventure
Striptease
Happy Gilmore
These serious men were not too much into comedy, Rom-com or otherwise ...
http://www.listchallenges.com/siskel-and-eberts-worst-movie-list/checklist/6
Little Children (2006)
In place of the actual movie review, this is the book review, both written by Tom Perrotta:
Kate Winslett plays Sarah, a stay at home mom of Lucy in a leafy suburb. She spends time with the other moms during the day and they of course notice the one stay at home dad. When Sarah finally talks to Todd on a dare (name changed to Brad in the movie) [Patrick Wilson] she impulsively kisses him and that begins a clandestine suburban affair between her and Todd/Brad, which includes everyone to some degree.
Their little children, who are friends at the playground.
Their spouses, who may or may not know about the affair and who have problems of their own.
Their friends, who have some jealousy, and who also have problems of their own.
And the Perrotta twist, a dark force lurking behind leafy suburban doors, right in their midst.
Kate Winslett plays Sarah, a stay at home mom of Lucy in a leafy suburb. She spends time with the other moms during the day and they of course notice the one stay at home dad. When Sarah finally talks to Todd on a dare (name changed to Brad in the movie) [Patrick Wilson] she impulsively kisses him and that begins a clandestine suburban affair between her and Todd/Brad, which includes everyone to some degree.
Their little children, who are friends at the playground.
Their spouses, who may or may not know about the affair and who have problems of their own.
Their friends, who have some jealousy, and who also have problems of their own.
And the Perrotta twist, a dark force lurking behind leafy suburban doors, right in their midst.
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