RIDLEY SCOTT

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

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

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.

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

guess what i voted for y'all

a good year

wow american gangster was such a dud eh

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.

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

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

Gotta be the signature vineyard shot.

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

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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Mia Sara having great sex pleasure

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

It's nothing special but I can def see how it would work as comfort food, kinda movie you could have on tv on a Sunday afternoon back when it mattered what was on.

I regret to inform u gladiator 2 whips ass

correction: DENZEL whips ass. Gladiator 2 the film was decent enough.

i expected it to be the absolute depths of boiled garbage but it was p watchable (except for the baboons, honestly wtf was that whole thing ugh)

i propose that Maximus Jr fill the coliseum w water & sharks & then freeze it for roman gladiator icecapades while atop a rhinoceros

is this late-period ridley scott run of the last duel, house of gucci, napoleon, and gladiator II "camp"? is it intentionally camp?

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2025/aug/28/i-turned-down-20m-to-do-terminator-3-i-cant-be-bought-dude-ridley-scott-on-directing-daleks-and-cherry-jam

Meanwhile, I got to go to his winery in the south of France. The wine is pretty good! And the gift shop is full of all sorts of stuff:

https://imgur.com/054cb4a8-d52c-4414-9034-de2b38378294

https://i.imgur.com/SPLQ8ho.jpeg

From that Guardian fan Q&A:

Were you really considering directing Terminator 3? bozo500

I’m proud about this. I turned down a $20m fee. See, I can’t be bought, dude. Someone said: “Ask what Arnie gets.” I thought: “I’ll try it out.” I said: “I want what Arnie gets.” When they said yes, I thought: “Fuck me.”

lol

https://deadline.com/2025/10/ridley-scott-hollywood-drowning-in-mediocrity-1236570875/

Asked if he has a go-to comfort movie, the British director said: “Well, actually, right now, I’m finding mediocrity – we’re drowning in mediocrity. And so what I do – it’s a horrible thing – but I’ve started watching my own movies, and actually they’re pretty good! And also, they don’t age.”

lmao

loved how in his WTF every time Maron began a question about one of Scott’ films, Ridley would interrupt as it was named to bark “Great picture!”

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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