RIDLEY SCOTT

actually i think i know the answer, nm

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:17 (4 years ago) Permalink

lol

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:17 (4 years ago) Permalink

lol

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:18 (4 years ago) Permalink

I've seen one since Blade Runner.

The Duellists was OK.

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

Number three, then?

― Ned Raggett, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

g.i. jane landslide

― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

anyone seen Someone To Watch Over Me?

Thelma & Louise is my pick.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

thelma + louise

― horseshoe, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:22 (4 years ago) Permalink

^accurately called "feminist claptrap" by Armond White

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:23 (4 years ago) Permalink

i <3 feminist claptrap

― horseshoe, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

b-b-but most of his movies (even the good ones) are claptrap!

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

it's also a buddy movie. i <3 buddy movies.

― horseshoe, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:24 (4 years ago) Permalink

those are some real stinkers between T&L and black hawk down

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:31 (4 years ago) Permalink

gladiator was pretty weak imo

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

yeah i hate to remember that he directed gladiator.

lol xpost

― horseshoe, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

i srsly dislike gladiator, but the first scene in the arena is near perfect

― goole, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

White Squall is worth it for shots of pre-steroids Christian Bale leading just-legal beautiful boys.

― Alfred, Lord Sotosyn, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

guys i kind of like legend :/

― horseshoe, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

did nobody else see matchstick men?

― the birdman from the hilarious lil wayne albums (and what), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

oh morbs... I think you forgot something...

― Passenger 57 (rogermexico.), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:34 (4 years ago) Permalink

studs /= good movie

― Dr Morbius, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:36 (4 years ago) Permalink

"Says you!"

― The Five-Dollar Footlong Song (Pancakes Hackman), Friday, 14 November 2008 18:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

gladiator was just a warmup for kingdom of heaven, which is actually really good

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

i think people were sick of the braveheart/gladiator thing when it came out so it got ignored (plus it wasn't as much a tale of a single hero, plus it starred orlando bloom)

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

i don't even remember kingdom of heaven. also have people seen body of lies?

― horseshoe, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:46 (4 years ago) Permalink

i sorta wanted to but at this point i guess i'll just catch it on dvd.

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:51 (4 years ago) Permalink

still haven't seen black hawk down

― eman, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:53 (4 years ago) Permalink

Went for Someone to Watch Over Me. Haven't actually seen it in about a decade or more, but I dug it. It's like an un-flashy, non-futuristic and stripped down sequel to Blade Runner (I know stylistically Black Rain is more akin to BR, but the thing about Black Rain is, it's a bit shit + Tom Beranger >>> Michael Douglas).

― DavidM, Friday, 14 November 2008 18:54 (4 years ago) Permalink

guys i kind of like legend :/

― horseshoe, Friday, November 14, 2008 1:34 PM (45 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

dont front girl this is top-5 RS for me

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 19:20 (4 years ago) Permalink

gladiator kind of sucks, but once you get it into your head that it sucks it becomes a pleasant surprise

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 19:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

also such a great movie to watch when all your friends come back to your house to crash after a fun/crazy night

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 19:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

I saw all but the last 20-30 minutes of Body of Lies. I didn't want to walk out but work called and I didn't get to go back in.

It was OK. Leo's good, Russell Crowe plays Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Iranian love interest is super-cuet.

― sad man in him room (milo z), Friday, 14 November 2008 19:25 (4 years ago) Permalink

i've seen black rain several times for some reason, dunno why

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 19:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

guess what i voted for y'all

― balloon in a sack (latebloomer), Friday, 14 November 2008 19:32 (4 years ago) Permalink

a good year

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 19:33 (4 years ago) Permalink

wow american gangster was such a dud eh

― s1ocki, Friday, 14 November 2008 19:37 (4 years ago) Permalink

i liked it tbh but i think it had more to do with the supporting cast and setting, i like those '70s nyc cop movies. denzel was pretty weak imo, crowe wasn't that interesting. it was pretty ridiculous.

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 19:41 (4 years ago) Permalink

Scott's movies this decade are mostly kinda fugly looking, cinematography-wise.

― balloon in a sack (latebloomer), Friday, 14 November 2008 19:47 (4 years ago) Permalink

i've seen black rain several times for some reason, dunno why

Gotta be the signature vineyard shot.

― Passenger 57 (rogermexico.), Friday, 14 November 2008 20:07 (4 years ago) Permalink

max! i thought i was all alone! it's sort of boring but it's so pretty.

― horseshoe, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:35 (4 years ago) Permalink

Matchstick Men zipped by pleasantly enough when I watched it on DVD, helped greatly by a typically barmy Cage performance. Hardly a classic though.

― chap, Friday, 14 November 2008 20:40 (4 years ago) Permalink

haha horseshoe its sort of WAY boring but it is really amazingly shot--plus fantastic sountrack and a++ super hot mia sara--hate to go here but perfect movie to watch stoned

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 21:16 (4 years ago) Permalink

you know what has a++++ super hot mia sara is timecop O_O

― omar little, Friday, 14 November 2008 21:30 (4 years ago) Permalink

first google result for mia sara timecop:

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― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 21:31 (4 years ago) Permalink

Mia Sara having great sex pleasure

― Passenger 57 (rogermexico.), Friday, 14 November 2008 21:45 (4 years ago) Permalink

i think Thelma & Lousie remains an awesome movie
i mean, even tho it has no alien or constant downpour

― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Friday, 14 November 2008 22:17 (4 years ago) Permalink

oh this is a dif poll!
alien is my comfort movie

― i am not an idle hunter-gatherer, i am a scientist (rrrobyn), Friday, 14 November 2008 22:19 (4 years ago) Permalink

awesome

― the dan glickman from the hilarious motion picture association of america (max), Friday, 14 November 2008 22:21 (4 years ago) Permalink

Matchstick Men was a surprisingly good, for a con man movie.

― Tuomas, Saturday, 15 November 2008 07:56 (4 years ago) Permalink

I mean, it had all the typical con man movie cliches, but it also managed to build some meat around them and get something interesting out of the whole thing.

― Tuomas, Saturday, 15 November 2008 08:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

Voted The Duelists; I don't suppose it's better than Blade Runner, but fewer people have seen it and it needs some love.

― Daniel_Rf, Saturday, 15 November 2008 13:02 (4 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll is closing tomorrow.

― System, Sunday, 30 November 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

Automatic thread bump. This poll's results are now in.

― System, Monday, 1 December 2008 00:01 (4 years ago) Permalink

More than any of the many Scott flicks I've missed, I am now most curious to see Time Cop again.

― Nate Carson, Monday, 1 December 2008 10:50 (4 years ago) Permalink

It was OK. Leo's good, Russell Crowe plays Philip Seymour Hoffman, the Iranian love interest is super-cuet.

― sad man in him room (milo z), Friday, November 14, 2008 2:25 PM (1 year ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

^this is otm. is Aisha really an irani name?

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 00:49 (2 years ago) Permalink

think it's both an arabic and persian name. i liked that movie fine.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:05 (2 years ago) Permalink

aisha was muhammads fave wife

― max, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:07 (2 years ago) Permalink

yea it was a bit long, but well done

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:08 (2 years ago) Permalink

i gather there's a long thread on ilx right now about how Leo sucks but i don't mind him, i have to say.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:09 (2 years ago) Permalink

been consistently entertained by his post-titanic movies, except revolutionary road

― max, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:26 (2 years ago) Permalink

i don't mind leo. he's kind of limited in his range but he's fine when appropriately cast.

― latebloomer, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:46 (2 years ago) Permalink

I woulda voted Black Hawk Down.

― gato busca pleitos (Eazy), Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:52 (2 years ago) Permalink

I actively like him in his first three Scorsese films, even Gangs Of New York except for his scenes with Cameron Diaz

― da croupier, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:53 (2 years ago) Permalink

tbh even though his face did not survive his teenhood, i think he's kind of dreamy in the departed.

― horseshoe, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:56 (2 years ago) Permalink

yea id almost go as far as saying im a fan of leo

― johnny crunch, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 01:59 (2 years ago) Permalink

tbh even though his face did not survive his teenhood, i think he's kind of dreamy in the departed.

― horseshoe, Tuesday, July 20, 2010 9:56 PM (24 minutes ago) Bookmark Suggest Ban Permalink

yeah what happened? its like all his features stayed in the same place but someone put an air pump in his neck and blew up his head to like twice the size

― max, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 02:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

plus: ill-advised facial hair, always

― max, Wednesday, 21 July 2010 02:21 (2 years ago) Permalink

Complete retro at Lincoln Center. (and one can only wonder why)

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/past-and-prologue-the-films-of-ridley-scott

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 April 2012 15:40 (1 year ago) Permalink

First time anyone has cared about Someone to Watch Over Me since it was released...

― Ned Raggett, Monday, 30 April 2012 15:43 (1 year ago) Permalink

White Squall OK-ish as a pervish A&F Lord of the Flies/Bounty thingy.

― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:28 (1 year ago) Permalink

Ah, I see Alfred beat me to obligatory leery post from gaylxor.

― jungleous butterflies strange birds (Eric H.), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:29 (1 year ago) Permalink

p much the first thing I'd head for. Or maybe reduce my unseen Oscar winners gulag by one with Gladiator.

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, 30 April 2012 16:30 (1 year ago) Permalink

thelma + louise

― horseshoe, Friday, November 14, 2008 6:22 PM (3 years ago) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

^accurately called "feminist claptrap" by Armond White

― Dr Morbius, Friday, November 14, 2008 6:23 PM (3 years ago)

isn't that what AW says about 'the silence of the lambs'?

― (The Other) J.D. (J.D.), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 06:51 (1 year ago) Permalink

Complete retro at Lincoln Center. (and one can only wonder why)

http://www.filmlinc.com/films/series/past-and-prologue-the-films-of-ridley-scott

― World Congress of Itch (Dr Morbius), Monday, April 30, 2012 10:40 AM (Yesterday) Bookmark Flag Post Permalink

a lot of these films really do not need another airing. black rain? g.i. jane? a good year? fucking robin hood?

ok, i'm going to go through these and let you know what's up:

PRETTY FRESH
Alien
Blade Runner
The Duellists

GOOD, WOULD WATCH AGAIN
1492: Conquest of Paradise
Black Hawk Down
Kingdom of Heaven

INDIFFERENT
Body of Lies
Hannibal
Matchstick Men
Thelma & Louise
White Squall

MORE-THAN-FAINTLY EMBARRASSING
Legend
American Gangster
Black Rain
Someone to Watch Over Me

F.F.S.
A Good Year
Robin Hood

dude peaked early.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 07:32 (1 year ago) Permalink

i admit i haven't actually seen g.i. jane, maybe it's a masterpiece. so i left it off.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 07:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

oh and i forgot to put gladiator under "more-than-faintly embarrassing"

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 07:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

someone to watch over me looks really nice but has a dreadful script, as is often the case with this guy.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 07:34 (1 year ago) Permalink

new uneven answers

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:01 (1 year ago) Permalink

i'd bump american gangster up one tier - i really dig the slavish recreation of early 70s nyc & jersey, and there's some funny/entertaining scenes

black rain is bad bad bad, im 100% convinced that he only made it so he could shoot a movie in japan. it does look incredible, to be fair

i thought robin hood was a new low in overall laziness from this guy, one of his worst ever

still need to see much vaunted kingdom of heaven director's cut

― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

kinda intrigued by black rain but man if H4A can't rep for it...

― dayo, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:37 (1 year ago) Permalink

its like a slurry of every 80s cop movie cliche, with racism sprinkled on top. its basically a reskin of Red Heat right down to the ending airport scene where american cop and foreign cop have a meaningful exchange that shows how much they've come to respect each other despite cultural differences. osaka is beautifully shot in it though

funny that it came out the same year as imamura's black rain

― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 22:48 (1 year ago) Permalink

I just watched the trailer on youtube - looks like a real dog's breakfast, loved the shots of japan tho

― dayo, Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:09 (1 year ago) Permalink

a good year is by far the worst of his crap films

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:13 (1 year ago) Permalink

black hawk dawn was sort of vile but not in a distinguished way

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

i sort of enjoyed a good year when i saw it, but i can barely remember it + couldnt defend it

― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

every shithead broker in london says they will retire at 40 and buy a villa(ge) in provence and the film is like the wish fulfillment version of that in which they magically inherit a first class vineyard and get to schtup marion cotillard

the mixture of old school clubbable anti-frog sentiment and 'a year in provence' fancifulness is quintessentially english and terrible

― Ms Tum-Bla-Wi-Tee (nakhchivan), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:18 (1 year ago) Permalink

heh i think thats what i found fascinating about it, im sure it would've been repulsive to me if i was english

― these pretzels are makeing me horney (Hungry4Ass), Tuesday, 1 May 2012 23:20 (1 year ago) Permalink

blackhawk down is politically pretty vile but fairly engrossing as an action movie IIRC.

funny that it came out the same year as imamura's black rain

man, if ever two films were NOT alike...

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 03:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

TBQH i'd rather watch top gun again than most of RS's movies, but maybe that's just b/c i haven't seen top gun since 1986.

― flesh, the devil, and a wolf (wolf) (amateurist), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 03:14 (1 year ago) Permalink

MORE-THAN-FAINTLY EMBARRASSING Legend

gtfo. horseshoe where you at?

― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 03:31 (1 year ago) Permalink

actually its entirely embarrassing but for some reason i kinda love it.

looking at this list i am kinda amazed this guy could bank an entire career on two, maybe three movies.

― jesus christ (strongo hulkington's ghost dad), Wednesday, 2 May 2012 03:33 (1 year ago) Permalink

is your love strongo enough?

― buzza, Wednesday, 2 May 2012 03:36 (1 year ago) Permalink