Ridley Scott Turns 83: A Personal History and Appreciation

[dallywhitty]

Cremildo: I'm gonna create an appreciation thread to commemorate Ridley Scott's 83rd birthday.
Starscreamx9: How do I pit this into a competition between Scott and every other director?

[Darkstream]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Cremildo: I'm gonna create an appreciation thread to commemorate Ridley Scott's 83rd birthday.
Starscreamx9: How do I pit this into a competition between Scott and every other director?

Now I feel guilty about my contribution to the derailment as well.

Anyway...

Happy Birthday to Ridley Scott!

[DrWally]

Nice thread. My contribution : All The Money In The World is massively underrated.

A real shame that the movie was overshadowed by its behind the scenes shenanigans.

[spider-neil]

You guys have listed some of the best movies of all time but a lot of those movies aren't genre defining. The John Carpenter movies are definitely genre defining. The Departed from Martin Scorsese is not.

[Starscreamx9]

Originally Posted by spider-neil

You guys have listed some of the best movies of all time but a lot of those movies aren't genre defining. The John Carpenter movies are definitely genre defining. The Departed from Martin Scorsese is not.

Halloween is a great movie and a definitive slasher movie sure. But The Departed got his first Oscar and was praised as one of the best movies of all time.

I'd say that The Departed is a more enjoyable movie than Godfather and Goodfellas, and the characters are more likeable here. So I prefer to these two.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Starscreamx9

But The Departed got his first Oscar and was praised as one of the best movies of all time.

It's a very good film, but one of the best films of all time? Wut?

[spider-neil]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

It's a very good film, but one of the best films of all time? Wut?

I'm not even talking about the quality of the movie. Can you honestly say The Departed has influenced movies that have followed it? Taxi Driver definitely has.

[Starscreamx9]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

It's a very good film, but one of the best films of all time? Wut?

Definitely one of the best movies of all time.

Scorsese's best in my opinion. I am a huge DiCaprio fan and that’s his best role, followed by wolf of Wall Street and inception..

The third act was great, it had likeable characters, twists, great acting, great story, a great soundtrack, was grounded and far more realistic than Goodfellas in my opinion.

A groundbreaking masterpiece that made history.

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by DrWally

Nice thread. My contribution : All The Money In The World is massively underrated.

A real shame that the movie was overshadowed by its behind the scenes shenanigans.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Starscreamx9

Definitely one of the best movies of all time.

Scorsese's best in my opinion. I am a huge DiCaprio fan and that’s his best role, followed by wolf of Wall Street and inception..

The third act was great, it had likeable characters, twists, great acting, great story, a great soundtrack, was grounded and far more realistic than Goodfellas in my opinion.

A groundbreaking masterpiece that made history.

Bruh, now I know you're trolling.

[Starscreamx9]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

Bruh, now I know you're trolling.

I'm not trolling. It's my third favorite movie.

I love it from start to finish.

My top 3: Shawshank, Dark Knight and Departed.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Starscreamx9

I'm not trolling. It's my third favorite movie.

I love it from start to finish.

My top 3: Blade Runner Director's Cut, Blade Runner: The Final Cut, Blade Runner ('82 international cut)

You have excellent taste.

[Starscreamx9]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

You have excellent taste.

Blade Runner 2049 > Blade Runner.

Better action, more enjoyable and less technical.

Villenueve > Scott based on consistency.

[The Debts]

Originally Posted by Starscreamx9

Blade Runner 2049 > Blade Runner.

Better action, more enjoyable and less technical.

Villenueve > Scott based on consistency.

Disagree; The original film is better paced, has more imagination, give its villains more deserved screentime and has an actual concrete ending in comparison to that weird sequel hook thing 2049 ends on.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Starscreamx9

Blade Runner 2049 > Blade Runner.

Better action, more enjoyable and less technical.

Villenueve > Scott based on consistency.

I-

[Starscreamx9]

Originally Posted by The Debts

Disagree; The original film is better paced, has more imagination, give its villains more deserved screentime and has an actual concrete ending in comparison to that weird sequel hook thing 2049 ends on.

Let's talk about it then.

I thought the sequel was better paced, had better acting overall, because let's be honest... we just remember Rutger's performance and monologue here, and has a better soundtrack.

Villenueve does always his best recently.

The only thing BR does better is the Ending, that's it.

[Starscreamx9]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

I-

My opinion.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Starscreamx9

... because let's be honest... we just remember Rutger's performance and monologue here, and has a better soundtrack.

[Starscreamx9]

Originally Posted by dallywhitty

BR has aged.

2049 is more enjoyable and has a better tone imo.

[dallywhitty]

Originally Posted by Starscreamx9

BR has aged.

2049 is more enjoyable and has a better tone imo.