My girlfriend and I saw it and had the same general thoughts. Thought it was good, liked many aspects of it, questioning various aspects since seeing it, weak third act and I.
FWIW, think the first one was good when it came out and have watched it a couple times since. I certainly haven’t watched it with the same ‘eye’ or expectations as 2049.
This is a movie I want to see again, to see how it washes over me, now that the hyped, super expectation 1st viewing is out of the way.
A couple random thoughts:
-Slippyfish: When I saw the city dump, I half expected to see Wall-E zip by in the background.
-So was Burning Man, or Mardi Gras happening when the ‘Great Catastrophic’ happened? Is that why there’s all those large human forms in the desert? Did I miss an explanation?
Saw parts of that interview. Fantastic.