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Originally Posted by Vladd67  Part of the problem with the final cut is the removal of the voice over. |
That's my feeling too - I'm not as religious about there being or not being a voiceover as some people (as an insult to the audience's intelligence, I'm against it; as a nod to film noir, I'm for it) but its absence does slow down the film.
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Originally Posted by Vladd67 There are a lot of scenes such as the flight of the police car which appear to be just eye candy but originally had Deckard's voice over, which seemed to give them more meaning.. |
It may not so much be that for me but just that the voice over and visuals give your brain two tracks to follow and seem to take half the time. With nothing but visuals, you have nothing to do but stare. And the visuals are great, but could still be tightened.
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Originally Posted by william b Scenes I often skip:
Batty and Leon interrogating and then killing the guy who made their eyes. It seems unnecessary. We've already established that Leon killed a guy. And delaying Batty's intro until Sebastian's apartment makes makes him all the stranger in the scenes where he's intimidating Sebastian. |
But the star of that scene is the eye guy. It demonstrates what a low-rent lame job some genetic engineering is in Future LA, but the guy's into his work.
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Towards the end, Deckard and Batty's chase through the building is really long. After Pris is shot I fast forward a lot.
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But this is kind of the action climax and has a lot of Roy's banter and Deckard's fear and will-to-live. It's part of the big swing to the tears-in-rain speech.
Still, I agree that the movie can be tightened - almost everything can.
