Hahaha yeah It just confuses people since it’s not called “Aliens 2” so I often say “And the sequel Aliens”

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>The only thing I could appreciate from the movie was the production itself, the set design, costumes, cinematography, acting etc

You just listed like 85% of what makes a film great.

I’m not sure tbh… Probably not the director’s cut version cause it was not specified.

I find it funny you felt the need to put "The sequel to Alien" in parentheses after Aliens.

Many people seem to agree with this opinion, I will surely take that recommendation and watch it tonight.

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There's a reason the film was famously nicknamed "Blade Crawler" and underperformed at the box office. You're not the only one underwhelmed.

But all the things you appreciated are what's made it iconic.

Yeah, it's not as good a story as some of the others you mention.

It was also a famously troubled production, you should look into it.

I always felt maybe that had something to do with it not quite gelling.

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Remember this was the early 80s, Star Wars blew everyones minds with its effects just 5 years earlier.

Plus, Rutger Hauers performance.

Figures Henry Ford, inventor of the assembly line, would get into robotics.

Did you watch theatrical release or directors cut? The movie without the narration by Ford gives it a very different feel.

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I feel that, my brother was saying it may be because it’s an older movie but that’s definitely not it. I was going down a rabbit whole of watching older iconic movies. I saw Alien and Aliens (The sequel to Alien) and i was glued from start to finish. The production was amazing too but the story was also super awesome! The first movie was mostly suspense with little action and i loved it, the second was a mix of action and suspense and i loved it even more! Some people in this post commented about it being such a unique aesthetic for the time but Starwars and the Alien movies had this 80’s vision of the future too and had allot more to offer in terms of story and production alike. Not to mention Robocop, The Terminator, Judge Dread etc…

Then he got in his model T?

I felt the same way when I originally saw it. It had admirable aspects about it, but it was not nearly what I expected. I actually said to my dad after it was done, "That's it? That's the movie I've been hearing so much about?"

So yeah, you're not the only one.

Firstly, which version did you watch? That's one of the more important things to consider. Second, how you approach the story will influence your take on it. One that made me love the movie after "not getting it" when i was younger was to not view Roy a villain. I sometimes feel he is the true protagonist, and Deckard as the lens in which we experience the world. It recontextualizes a lot of what is presented

I really enjoyed reading Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep but was very disappointed in Blade Runner. The sequel was a different story. Try watching BR: 2049 before you write off the franchise.

And you’re perfectly entitled to feel that way about the movie, but when you look at all the facets you see positive about, it’s easy to see why it’s such an iconic film.

I completely agree with the OP. I never saw the original until just before the newer version and found them to be equally boring. So it may not surprise anyone that I also found 2001 to be boring when I saw it at a drive-in theater during its original run. And still find it that way now. I am not really a fan of big action, but these movies seem to be asleep themselves.

It helped lay the groundwork for neo-noir and cyberpunk in films.

The story and world come from the greatest science fiction mind ever to have lived (in my opinion).

There's the fact it was a flop due to forced bad editing and the changed ending. But, when Ridley was actually allowed to release his directors cut in 1992, that shit was a masterpiece.

There isn't many sci-fi films that make you feel like you're right in the middle of a real world. You're not introduced and hand held through some world building, you're just there.

It also asks some hard questions about the world we live in and where we're heading as a species and it's been doing that since the book was written in 1968.

It's an absolute timeless classic bit of cinema based on an absolutely timeless classic bit of science fiction writing.

Side fun fact:. Ridley Scott never read the book and PKD never saw the film.

Give the second film a shot. I kind of felt the same way about Blade Runner but I love 2049 and I think it actually made me appreciate the original a little more

It was the first cyberpunk movie.

It’s the world building and atmosphere it created for me, blew me away in the 80s the landscape seemed so real plus Vangelis score is like a character in the film just perfect