Best Ridley Scott film

Labienus

Joined Jul 2009

6,478 Posts | 16+

Montreal, Canada

Discussion Starter
• May 16, 2010

• #1

Which Ridley Scott movie is your favorite?

Mine is The Duelist because I really like Harvey Keitel and the plot is quite good. A believable movie IMO.

I also really like Gladiator, Kingdom of Heaven, Black Hawk Down(one of the best film on modern warfare) and Robin hood.

 

Toltec

Joined Apr 2008

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Hyperborea

• May 16, 2010

• #2

I think Alien and Blade runner were great, then his career seems to have plummetted into mediocrity.

Though if you look at the three TBA films this might change again

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SomeGuy

Joined Apr 2010

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California

• May 16, 2010

• #3

Blade Runner is the best Ridley Scott film

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Eumenes

Joined Nov 2009

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Texas

• May 16, 2010

• #4

Blade Runner, though I love The Duelist.

 

Morlock

Joined Nov 2009

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Portugal

• May 16, 2010

• #5

Blade Runner, definitely, with Alien as a close 2nd! And with Legend deserving an honourable mention!

 

Sharks and love

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Sharkland

• May 16, 2010

• #6

In this order: (According to entertainment value)

Blade runner
Alien
Gladiator
Black Hawk Down

Haven't seen Robin Hood yet.

 

skizzerflake

Joined Mar 2010

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Baltimore, Maryland

• May 16, 2010

• #7

Blade Runner - director's cut, is the best. It's one of my favorite sci-fi movies.

 

markdienekes

Joined Apr 2010

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Oxford

• May 16, 2010

• #8

Alien.

 

Solidaire

Joined Aug 2009

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Athens, Greece

• May 16, 2010

• #9

Morlock said:

Blade Runner, definitely, with Alien as a close 2nd!

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Yep, Blade Runner is one of the best films ever.

Especially the scene where Rutger Hauer dies after his touching monologue.
And the dove-soul, flying free above the industrial and gloomy scenery...

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've seen c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in the rain. Time to die."

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diddyriddick

Joined May 2009

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A tiny hamlet in the Carolina Sandhills

• May 16, 2010

• #10

Alien and Thelma and Louise

 

Nick

Joined Jul 2006

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UK

• May 16, 2010

• #11

Gladiator

 

Zeno

Joined Jan 2010

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♪♬ ♫♪♩

• May 16, 2010

• #12

Alien.

 

Lucius

Joined Jan 2007

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Nebraska

• May 16, 2010

• #13

Actually, I liked Blade Runner as much as I did the novel(Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. ....). Each was very excellent in their own way.

 

skizzerflake

Joined Mar 2010

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Baltimore, Maryland

• May 16, 2010

• #14

Solidaire said:

Yep, Blade Runner is one of the best films ever.

Especially the scene where Rutger Hauer dies after his touching monologue.
And the dove-soul, flying free above the industrial and gloomy scenery...

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe. Attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion. I've seen c-beams glitter in the dark near the Tannhauser gate. All those moments will be lost in time... like tears in the rain. Time to die."

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZeDjO0lbqyU&feature=related

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Pretty much everything in that movie is inscribed in my brain, notably the climate modified, rainy Los Angeles and its crowded Asian streets, and Hauer's exit. Great stuff. If you have not seen it, be sure to check out the "Final Cut". The last time I had seen the movie before the most recent version, it had a cheesy voice-over narration that didn't work. Apparently Scott never wanted that, but it was forced on him by the studio which somehow thought that audiences wouldn't understand the move. The final cut takes that out and goes back to Scott's original preferences.

 

FailWhale

Joined Jun 2010

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Fallingwater

• Jun 5, 2010

• #15

Gladiator, one of my all time favorite film.

 

Bismarck

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rangiora

• Jun 6, 2010

• #16

Labienus said:

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The Duelist .
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I saw that again recently and whilst it is a good movie it is typical of many first efforts in that it has a few significant flaws - the low budget was sometimes glaringly obvious.

But the movie I think he did that was the most perfect was 1492 Conquest of Paradise. A powerful movie and an excellent cast.

Close second to Black Hawk Down.

 

Son of Cathal

Joined Oct 2008

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The Bright Center of the Universe

• Jun 6, 2010

• #17

My personal favourite is Black Hawk Down followed closely by Gladiator and followed not so closely by Blade Runner

 

leakbrewergator

Joined Apr 2010

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US

• Jun 6, 2010

• #18

Gladiator

 

Bismarck

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rangiora

• Jun 6, 2010

• #19

There's no doubt that Gladiator is a very good film, but the fact that it was a remake - and therefore not entirely original - detracts signficantly from its appeal.

 

gregorian

Joined Jan 2009

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• Jun 6, 2010

• #20

Gladiator had me annoyed... "But you're the fricken EMPEROR! And Roman Emperors were fairly homicidal at the best of times, and you are a particularly homicidal Emperor. So, THUMBS DOWN, okay? Just kill him."


Bladerunner was his finest moment for sure.