Acclaimed filmmaker Ridley Scott isn’t holding back his thoughts on the state of movies today, lamenting that audiences are “drowning in mediocrity.”
The director of such classics as Blade Runner and Gladiator reflected on the quantity and quality of movies being made in the age of streaming during a career retrospective at BFI Southbank in London on Sunday. “The quantity of movies that are made today” is in the millions, Scott said, according to Metro, and “most of it is s‑‑‑.”
About “10% is pretty good and the top 5% is great,” Scott declared, adding, “I think a lot of films today are saved and made more expensive by digital effects because what they haven’t got is a great thing on paper first. Get it on paper!”
When asked if there was a film he liked to rewatch for comfort, Scott cited his own expansive filmography, thank you very much. “Well, actually, right now, we’re drowning in mediocrity, and so what I do — it’s a horrible thing — but I’ve started watching my own movies,” he said.
“And actually they’re pretty good!” Scott added. “And also, they don’t age.”
Scott said he recently rewatched his Oscar-nominated 2001 war film Black Hawk Dawn “and I thought, ‘How in the hell did I manage to do that?'” Still, he’s hopeful about the future of movies. “I think occasionally a good one will happen,” Scott said. “It’s like a relief that there’s somebody out there who’s doing a good movie.”
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Josh Hartnett in ‘Black Hawk Down’
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Scott’s most recent projects include the 2024 sequel Gladiator II, which starred Paul Mescal as the son of Russell Crowe’s Maximus, who squares off against tyrannical twin emperors. A third film is in development, and Scott said Sunday he’s in the process of “trying to write Gladiator 3.”
Other upcoming projects for Scott include the post-apocalyptic thriller The Dog Stars, starring Jacob Elordi (who replaced an initially cast Mescal), plus a new Alien movie and the Blade Runner miniseries Blade Runner 2099.
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