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Alex C:

--- Quote from: Dazed on 24 Apr 2010, 00:43 ---Also, the new Robin Hood movie is fascinatingly bad given how great its cast/writer/director (Ridley Scott) are.

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I'm not really surprised, but then again, I thought Gladiator was kind of a dull movie aside from the visuals and a solidly creepy performance by Phoenix. A flawed screenplay, imo; none of the characters are particularly sympathetic, the whole populace apparently loves bloodsports and the hero dies at the end so some senators you don't know anything about can take over the corrupt empire and make it into a corrupt republic. Woo. It was a thoroughly joyless film made by a skilled craftsman.

Anyway, I'd say Scott has some overwhelming strengths as a director that make his work consistently interesting, but he's always hit me as making his bones with iconic moments and visuals as opposed to fully realized films and characters you really identify with. Granted, there's exceptions--- Alien is basically perfect-- but even Blade Runner has some stuff that feels kind of bolted on for the sake of the plot and the performances aren't really anything to write home about. But that's where the overwhelming strengths bit kicks in-- Scott usually manages to throw multiple scenes per film that make you feel like an ingrate for criticizing the other stuff. I mean, despite everything, the Blade Runner skyline intro scene still gives me the chills every time I see it. When Scott nails a scene, he really fucking nails it. But what the hell is there to nail in a fucking Robin Hood movie? This medieval shit has been done to death.

Jimmy the Squid:
I imagine it will be much like Gladiator in that there will be some very violent scenes and Russel Crowe will make a semi-inspiring speech or two. I'll probably see it because I'm a fool for archery and Russel Crowe, despite his obvious flaws as a human being and a musician is a pretty reasonable actor.

Lines:
The new Robin Hood won't hold a candle to my favorite two: Prince of Thieves (Morgan Freeman and Alan Rickman yes please) and Men in Tights (Patrick Stewart is king FUCK YEAH). I liked Gladiator well enough and Russell Crowe is a good actor (though he picks hit or miss movies), but I just really don't want to see another Robin Hood movie.

And I've liked a lot of the movies Scott has directed (not counting the ones he's produced), and Alien is still one of the best sci-fi movies out there, imo, and I am hoping this one will be along the lines of Alien and Aliens (which is my favorite) rather than the latter two. I liked the third well enough, but I sometimes pretend there was never a fourth movie. And I've always wondered about the space jockey, so this is a good direction to go in!

Alex C:
Prince of Thieves is one of the more entertaining shit terrible movies I've ever seen thanks to Rickman. It's like he realized how grim and terribly dull the movie was and said "Fuck it, I don't care if this is an attempted rape scene, I'm handling this like it's something out of the Three Stooges." Such an approach can't save a film, obviously, but it certainly kept it from being dull.

David_Dovey:

--- Quote from: Alex C on 24 Apr 2010, 16:04 ---the whole populace apparently loves bloodsports

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They pretty much did?

Anyway Gladiator was cheesy as heck but I loved it because I have a serious weak spot for films with endless "thems fightin' words" moments e.g; "At my signal, unleash hell" and the whole "I will have my revenge" speech

Also am I the only person in the entire world who doesn't get what the big deal about Blade Runner was? Seriously I want someone to explain this to me because I can't help but think I am missing something considering the sheer weight of popular+critical boners for this movie.

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