RIDLEY SCOTT

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

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

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

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

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

awesome

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

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.

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

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

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?

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

aisha was muhammads fave wife

yea it was a bit long, but well done

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.

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

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

I woulda voted Black Hawk Down.

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

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

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

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

plus: ill-advised facial hair, always

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

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

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

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

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

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'?

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.

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

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

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

new uneven answers

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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...

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.

MORE-THAN-FAINTLY EMBARRASSING Legend

gtfo. horseshoe where you at?

Should watch some Tony Scott joints

wow, Legend is a real drag... looks PHENOMENAL but then about three and half things, total, happen over the course of 89 minutes.

boooo how dare u

It stinks I tell ya!!! I swear they were in that dungeon for six weeks just mugging at each other. Pretty solidly my least favorite of the big 80s kids' fantasy movies, tho maybe there's one or two I haven't seen yet.

boooooooo

Finally watching HAWSAGOOTCHI i mean House of Gucci

this is like watching the expanded universe of a spaghetti commercial

the dialogue is so boring.
and the needledrops are baffling. watching the wedding i was like “no way are they playing ‘Faith’” moments later “oh they are really playing ‘Faith’ here”

Gaga is worthwhile, but idk about anything else.

Driver is so low energy

And Leto. This fucking human emoji. everytime his trash-ass does his Italian Christopher Walken i stare at everyone in the background waiting to see anyone cutting eyes or visibly dissassociating

I've always been obsessed with his Chanel commercials from the 80s and was wondering if he'd ever mentioned 'Last Year at Marienbad' as an influence as certain shots and the vibe are reminiscent. While googling, I only just now discovered that he directed Roxy Music's 'Avalon' music video (!)(his only) which has a very obvious 'Marienbad' influence.

excellent question and banging post

MHO, it's kind of telling that the version of Blade Runner without Ford's voiceover (which, as I understand it, he actively tried to make sound grating) is less engaging.

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