Awesome.
First of all, it's always great to watch movies on the big screen. Even with bigger and better televisions, they still can't beat, let alone compare, to the granduer of the big screen. The silver screen is just so all-encompassing, so immersive. Then add in digital projection and digital sound? Wow. Even Amanda, who doesn't like Bladerunner much, was impressed with how it looked because of the digital projection.
So for the birthday, I took the day off work. I nearly always do that as my own present to myself. We then drove down to West L.A. to the Landmark theatre (very nice by the way) to see Bladerunner with about, oh, a dozen or so other people. Not packed at all on a Monday afternoon. Apparently showings are sold out or nearly sold out in both L.A. and New York on the weekends.
Anyway, the film itself isn't radically different from what you have probably seen anyway. Especially if you've seen the so-called Director's Cut (which Ridley Scott had really nothing to do with) that was released in I believe it was 1992. I own that version on DVD and saw it on the big screen too back in college.
There are some nice little additions and trims and basically it just runs a little better. The effects are cleaned up without being changed like another science fiction director has been known to do...*cough*lucas*cough*...
Really, this film is really only for the hardcore fans of the film, to give us one last chance to see our favorite movie on the big screen. So if Bladerunner is in your Top 10, you need to get down to West L.A. before the end of the month to see it. If not, well, you needn't worry right?
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