1984
THIS MOVIE WAS RELEASED IN THE SAME YEAR OF ITS TITLE. IT TRULY CAPTURES TH FEAR AND HATRED THAT ORWELL WRITES ABOUT IN HIS NOVEL. THOUGH SOME THINGS ARE LEFT OUT OF THE MOVIE THAT ARE IN THE BOOK, IT IS THE MOST FAITHFUL.
IN THE OPENING SCENE, WHICH IS ONE OF THE MOST POWERFUL IN CEINEMATIC HISTORY SHOWS A CROWD YELLING AT THE ENEMIES OF INGSOC (ENGLISH SOCIALISM). GOLDTEIN IS THE MOST HATED OF ALL THE ENEMIES OF THE STATE WHO'S CRIMES CHANGE YEAR TO YEAR.
JOHN HURT (ALIENS) DEPICTS WINSTON SMITH THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THE MOVIE AND HE DOES A GREAT JOB OF A MAN WHO IS LOOKING FOR HOPE IN THE BLEAKNESS OF WHAT IS THE WORST OF ALL DYSTOPIAN WORLDS. THIS IS RICHARD BURTON'S (CAMELOT)LAST MOVIE AND HE DOES AN AMAZING JOB AS O'BRIEN THE MAN WHO TURNS ON WINSTON AND JULIA.
BLADE RUNNER
THIS IS THE MOVIE THAT RIDLEY SCOTT LOOSELY BASED PHILIP K. DICK'S SCIFI NOVEL, "DO ANDROIDS DREAM OF ELECTRIC SHEEP." IT IS IN FACT A LOOSE INTERPERTATION OF THE BOOK. THERE IS NOT MUCH THAT IS THE SAME EXCEPT THE REPLICANTS AND DECKER WHO IS TASKED WITH HUNTING DOWN THE NEXUS-6. IT IS ALSO A SEARCH DECKER'S (HARRISON FORD) MEMORIES. IS HE A REPLICANT HIMSELF?
THOUGH THE MOVIE IS NOT AS DYSTOPIAN AS OTHERS THIS IS A GOOD ONE TO START WITH CAUSE IT APPEALS TO SCIENCE FICTION LOVERS OF ALL KINDS. WHILE WATCHING THE MOVIE YOU WILL SEE A YOUNGER EDWARD JAMES OLMOS (BSG), RUTGER HAUER, BRYON JAMES (5TH ELEMENT) AND WILLIAM SANDERSON (DEADWOOD).
IT WAS OUT IN THE THEATERS IN 1982 BUT I DON'T THINK IT GOT THE ACCLAIM IT DESERVED UNTIL IT WAS RELEASED ON DVD AND IT WAS RECENTLY RELEASED WITH THE THREE DIFFERENT VERSIONS, INCLUDING THE DIRECTOR'S FINAL CUT. MUCH LIKE DAVID LYNCH'S DUNE THERE WERE DISAGREEMENTS AT THE STUDIOS AS THE DIRECTION OF THE MOVIE AND NUMEROUS CUTS WERE MADE.
THIS IS A GREAT MOVIE. IT CAPTURES A FUTURE THAT NO ONE WANTS TO LIVE IN AND YOU GET A BETTER GRASP OF THE WORLD OF BLADE RUNNER IF YOU READ DICK'S NOVEL
DATE 08122009.