Holy shit this movie is pure art. The visuals and aesthetic are spot on for Cyberpunk and the sound direction is so good. Literally every set had me engaged because how good they looked. The scene with K just going around the city with these big ass logo’s of dead and alive companies was so good. Visually, this movie is a masterpiece.

The whole plot of K finding a purpose and then losing it to then making up one himself is great. Pretty similar to Detroit become human. The plot kept me hooked throughout. The whole section in the ruins of Las Vegas was peak. The pacing was also so much better than the first movie.

And then there is the Ryan Gosling is literally me propaganda which I fully subscribe to. K feels very similar as to his lack of purpose and being stuck in a society that fucking sucks. The AI Girlfriend thing has gained a whole new meaning since ChatGPT dropped. God I love this k-pain scene.

The ending was great. K did the most human thing possible after breaking his shackles even when he was not HIM hence proving that every single replicant is a living being but lack purpose and memories which shape their personalities.

And Jared Leto somehow gave his best performance in this movie. This is his peak after Paul Allen.

  • maccruiskeen [he/him]@hexbear.netEnglish
    10·
    7 months ago

    this is one of my favorite action movies of all time. I was lucky enough in 2017 to catch it in the theaters and i couldn’t stop thinking about it for like 2 years. However, it’s very easy to see why fascists incels like to use K’s face as their profile pictures.

    K is a handsome, quiet, intelligent physically fit, capable loser who everyone hates on because they’re secretly jealous. This is exactly how fascists see themselves and how they see their own persecution complex. He goes home to his AI girlfriend because this is the only option he has. The world around him is in an advanced state of decay (which fascists routinely blame on the ‘fall of western civilization’ and not capitalism) but he holds onto the hope that he can become a hero through violence (mass shooting).

    Anyways i dont want to shit on this movie too much. Obviously I enjoy it for the correct reasons galaxy-brain doomer