The only thing great about Blade Runner 2049 is the cinematography and the Atari sign, but it was just trying to copy Blade Runner instead of a new story. Outside of that it's dog dung. The music is a poor knock off Vangelis score. The story is basically fan-service and pandering by the studio with the tons of plot holes. It includes of biblical references, and aspects from the books Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, that also takes place in 2049, mixed with 1984 by George Orwell to try to come off as intellectual, but utterly fails and is poorly done. It practically ignored Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep by Phillip K. Dick. The original Blade Runner film did too, but at least that film was interesting. This film doesn't introduce anything new or anything that could be considered an original idea. The editing is awful. Dragging out scenes for no reason other than an attempt to appear "intelligent and serious" or to try to mimic 'Blade Runner' doesn't work since there's no reason for it story wise. It's kind of like a Zack Snyder movie, in that regards. The acting is subpar and wooden. Harrison Ford was phoning it in. It's a shallow film that misses the point. Here's a neat idea, why not try to actually adapt Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep into a film.
I don't understand why people think this shallow movie is an intellectual and intelligent movie.