Director Spotlight: Ridley Scott • Page 2

My senior year of high school our Civics teacher wanted to show Kingdom of Heaven so he told me and this other kid to go to his house and pick up the DVD. He even told us what part of the school to sneak out of. We just went home instead. I was not surprised when the teacher was fired after we graduated.

 

I once read a summery of BR that frames it as a serial killer movie but in the eyes of a serial killer via Deckard and I can see it.

 

I did not like The Martian, the writing gave me Whedon vibes (which makes sense considering it was written by Drew Goddard) and so much of that movie is just Matt Damon making quips about dying on Mars

 

Also in regards to BR, it really is THAT scene that kind of spoils it for me and I've yet to read a strong justification for it, especially considering how that actress spoke about it recently.

 

Alien and Blade Runner back to back is about as great as it gets.

The rest is obviously varied in terms of quality but there's a good amount I really like from the rest of his career.

 

The Martian was the best comedy of the 2010s, come on people have you no sense of humor

 

I didnt get it til after Elon Musk was on snl

 

The Martian is probably the best film he has made in the last decade. It isn't great but it was enjoyable enough.

 

hi i like ridley scott ok thanks

 

The Martian was a good time

 

The Counselor is an underrated movie and didn’t deserve the reception it got.

Other than that, not much to add that hasn’t been said. Alien to Blade Runner is an incredible back-to-back punch. He never reached those heights again, but he’s usually enjoyable.

 

Alien and Blade Runner are excellent but I stopped getting excited for Ridley Scott films a long time ago. Prometheus was the exception because the trailer was amazing but the movie ended up being ok.

 

I struggle with which early sci-fi classic of his had more of an impact on the entire cinematic landscape of the genre - Alien or Blade Runner - and I even enjoy some of his more forgotten gems, like White Squall or A Good Year. Sometimes I find it hard to believe though that the same guy who made such early classics also made stuff like Exodus: Gods & Kings and Prometheus, but I suppose Legend was a harbinger. Kingdom of Heaven director's cut is a phenomenal movie despite it's wildly miscast lead actor.

I want to say that Tony Scott was the more consistent of the two while Ridley Scott is the one who hit higher highs, but Tony Scott having made Top Gun might destroy that theory.

 

Crimson Tide rules

 

Alien, Blade Runner, Black Hawk Down, Gladiator, American Gangster, The Martian are all great, IMO.

 

I really really dont like Top Gun

edit: Its hard to explain but theres like a specific type of movie that Top Gun is. Twister and Roadhouse are other examples in my mind. lol

 

Prometheus and Covenant are wildly underrated imho

 

I love all 3 of these movies haha

 

Top Gun is blatant propaganda, and well made. As a story it’s whatever but from a filmmaking perspective Tony Scott orchestrated the plane sequences extremely well, that movie feels huge.

 

last I remember it feels like a long 2 hrs of high school drama but in fighter pilot school. very huge.

 

Twister rules.

 

both are very good and very different, it’s dumb to pit them against each other just bc of relation

 

Are you the good son or the bad son?

 

more of a cousin

 

gi jane was decent i think?