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The Brain

#48900
July 23, 2021, 03:41:23 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 23, 2021, 03:36:20 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 23, 2021, 02:07:57 AM
Ridley Scott started out extremely strong, but after the early 80s he's been meh.
What the hell?



Gladiator wasn't good.
Women want me. Men want to be with me.

celedhring

#48901
July 23, 2021, 04:16:41 AM
The problem with Scott is that he became famous enough to have control over the script, and he's shown not to have the best eye for that...  He still produces great visuals though.

jimmy olsen

#48902
July 23, 2021, 05:10:01 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 23, 2021, 03:41:23 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 23, 2021, 03:36:20 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 23, 2021, 02:07:57 AM
Ridley Scott started out extremely strong, but after the early 80s he's been meh.
What the hell?



Gladiator wasn't good.
Blasphemy!  :wacko:
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

jimmy olsen

#48903
July 23, 2021, 05:10:59 AM
Quote from: celedhring on July 23, 2021, 04:16:41 AM
The problem with Scott is that he became famous enough to have control over the script, and he's shown not to have the best eye for that...  He still produces great visuals though.
Matt Damon and Ben Affleck wrote the script for The Last Duel.
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

jimmy olsen

#48904
July 23, 2021, 05:13:35 AM
Also, Scott directed The Martian and that movie was awesome!
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
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1 Karma Chameleon point

garbon

#48905
July 23, 2021, 05:17:11 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 23, 2021, 05:10:01 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 23, 2021, 03:41:23 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 23, 2021, 03:36:20 AM
Quote from: The Brain on July 23, 2021, 02:07:57 AM
Ridley Scott started out extremely strong, but after the early 80s he's been meh.
What the hell?



Gladiator wasn't good.
Blasphemy!  :wacko:

https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gladiator-2000

QuoteGladiator
2 stars
Roger Ebert May 05, 2000
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

jimmy olsen

#48906
July 23, 2021, 05:20:27 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2021, 05:17:11 AM


https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gladiator-2000

QuoteGladiator
2 stars
Roger Ebert May 05, 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#2000s
Quote from: winner in bold2000
(73rd)
Gladiator   
Chocolat   
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon   
Erin Brockovich   
Traffic
It is far better for the truth to tear my flesh to pieces, then for my soul to wander through darkness in eternal damnation.

Jet: So what kind of woman is she? What's Julia like?
Faye: Ordinary. The kind of beautiful, dangerous ordinary that you just can't leave alone.
Jet: I see.
Faye: Like an angel from the underworld. Or a devil from Paradise.
--------------------------------------------
1 Karma Chameleon point

celedhring

#48907
July 23, 2021, 05:24:38 AM
Gladiator was okay. An effective Hollywood blockbuster, but nothing more than that. I think people don't realize how much Crowe's larger than life performance elevates the movie. Take him away, and there isn't much to chew on, besides some action scenes.

I liked Kingdom of Heaven more (the extended cut).

Syt

#48908
July 23, 2021, 05:26:41 AM
Quote from: celedhring on July 23, 2021, 05:24:38 AM
Gladiator was okay. An effective Hollywood blockbuster, but nothing more than that. I think people don't realize how much Crowe's larger than life performance elevates the movie. Take him away, and there isn't much to chew on, besides some action scenes.

I liked Kingdom of Heaven more (the extended cut).

Well, Joaquin Phoenix was having fun chewing scenery, too. But yeah, agreed.
I am, somehow, less interested in the weight and convolutions of Einstein's brain than in the near certainty that people of equal talent have lived and died in cotton fields and sweatshops.
—Stephen Jay Gould

Proud owner of 42 Zoupa Points.

garbon

#48909
July 23, 2021, 05:54:14 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 23, 2021, 05:20:27 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2021, 05:17:11 AM


https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gladiator-2000

QuoteGladiator
2 stars
Roger Ebert May 05, 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#2000s
Quote from: winner in bold2000
(73rd)
Gladiator   
Chocolat   
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon   
Erin Brockovich   
Traffic

2005 Crash
2012 Argo
2018 Green Book
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#48910
July 23, 2021, 08:26:11 AM
Crash was the only bad movie of those.
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

FunkMonk

#48911
July 23, 2021, 08:37:20 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2021, 05:54:14 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 23, 2021, 05:20:27 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2021, 05:17:11 AM


https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gladiator-2000

QuoteGladiator
2 stars
Roger Ebert May 05, 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#2000s
Quote from: winner in bold2000
(73rd)
Gladiator   
Chocolat   
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon   
Erin Brockovich   
Traffic

2005 Crash
2012 Argo
2018 Green Book

All wonderful movies I've never seen before and never will.
Person. Woman. Man. Camera. TV.

garbon

#48912
July 23, 2021, 09:19:24 AM
Quote from: FunkMonk on July 23, 2021, 08:37:20 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2021, 05:54:14 AM
Quote from: jimmy olsen on July 23, 2021, 05:20:27 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2021, 05:17:11 AM


https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/gladiator-2000

QuoteGladiator
2 stars
Roger Ebert May 05, 2000

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Academy_Award_for_Best_Picture#2000s
Quote from: winner in bold2000
(73rd)
Gladiator   
Chocolat   
Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon   
Erin Brockovich   
Traffic

2005 Crash
2012 Argo
2018 Green Book

All wonderful movies I've never seen before and never will.

Crash teaches that we are all a little bit racist / racism comes out in high pressure circumstances
Argo brought us Affleck racing to get diplomats out of Tehran
Green Book (which I avoided) appears to have given a redemption story to a racist through use of a black friend
"I've never been quite sure what the point of a eunuch is, if truth be told. It seems to me they're only men with the useful bits cut off."
I drank because I wanted to drown my sorrows, but now the damned things have learned to swim.

Eddie Teach

#48913
July 23, 2021, 09:22:27 AM
Should it be irredeemable?
To sleep, perchance to dream. But in that sleep of death, what dreams may come?

Sheilbh

#48914
July 23, 2021, 09:26:32 AM
Quote from: garbon on July 23, 2021, 09:19:24 AM
Green Book (which I avoided) appears to have given a redemption story to a racist through use of a black friend
Driving Miss Daisy 2: this time the racist's in the front seat.
Let's bomb Russia!
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