Your favorite Ridley Scott films?
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Topic: Your favorite Ridley Scott films?
Posted By: King Only
Subject: Your favorite Ridley Scott films?
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 10:41
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Posted By: Vompatti
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 10:56
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Blade Runner and Alien. |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:09
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Gladiator Kingdom Of Heaven Body Of Lies I could have easily voted for more but kept it at three.
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Posted By: Nogbad_The_Bad
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:23
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Blade Runner & Alien ------------- Ian Host of the Post-Avant Jazzcore Happy Hour on Progrock.com https://podcasts.progrock.com/post-avant-jazzcore-happy-hour/ |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:36
I Agree. ------------- ...a vigorous circular motion hitherto unknown to the people of this area, but destined to take the place of the mud shark in your mythology... |
Nogbad_The_Bad wrote:Posted By: Barbu
Date Posted: March 27 2015 at 11:39
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Black Rain - Gladiator - American Gangster ------------- |
Posted By: geekfreak
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 00:52
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Alien - Black Hawk Down-Hannibal -Gladiator ------------- Friedrich Nietzsche: "Without music, life would be a mistake." Music Is Live Two people are better off than one, for they can help each other succeed. Keep Calm And Listen To The Music… < |
Posted By: Atavachron
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 01:48
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my personal favorite has to be Hannibal followed closely by Alien ------------- "Too often we enjoy the comfort of opinion without the discomfort of thought." -- John F. Kennedy |
Posted By: nautilusprog
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 01:52
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Blade Runner The Duellist Alien |
Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: March 28 2015 at 04:07
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My fave is the wildly inaccurate historically disabled 1492. Blade Runner and Alien are just as good, but I saw 1492 first. ------------- “The Guide says there is an art to flying or rather a knack. The knack lies in learning how to throw yourself at the ground and miss.” - Douglas Adams |
Posted By: Metalmarsh89
Date Posted: April 11 2015 at 22:19
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I have seen none of these films. ------------- Want to play mafia? Visit http://www.mafiathesyndicate.com" rel="nofollow - here . |
Posted By: Formentera Lady
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 11:05
Alien, Blade Runner and Kingdom of Heaven  ------------- http://theprogressiveweb.blogspot.de" rel="nofollow - Visit me in Second Life to talk about music. |
Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: May 14 2015 at 11:35
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The titles in bold are the ones I voted for. Blade Runner
Black Rain Gladiator Black Hawk Down Kingdom Of Heaven American Gangster Body Of Lies The Counselor |
Posted By: Kati
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 02:01
| The Counselor makes me sick, the outcome is disturbing and not necessary for a movie. Hate it. |
Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 05:38
 Blade Runner by a country mile. This film wins so many "bests" for me none of the others get close: acting, direction, cinematography, script, set-design, dialogue all come together to make a rare thing: an intelligent SF film where you don't have to suspend belief to gain enjoyment from it. Scott's films are, in the main, watchable even if they aren't completely believable or accurate - Robin Hood was watchable because of its attention to visual detail - shame he didn't apply that same attention to the story, script and direction. ------------- What? |
Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 07:31
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Dean have you seen the tv-sereis Num3ers, (By Ridley and Tony Scott), about solving crime by using math?
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Posted By: Dean
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 07:51
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No - that's one of many TV series I didn't watch. ------------- What? |
Posted By: sublime220
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 08:06
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American Gangster ------------- There is no dark side in the moon, really... Matter of fact, it's all dark... |
Posted By: The Dark Elf
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 08:32
I agree regarding Blade Runner. I also thought Alien was great as well. Gladiator, although completely contrived historically-speaking, was fascinating just to watch Joaquin Phoenix. I couldn't stand Robin Hood, personally. The most perplexing of Scott's movies was Kingdom of Heaven. Absolutely great and nuanced characters all through the production, excellent cinematography, well-written script, everything really well done -- except for the miscasting of Orlando Bloom. I don't know what it was, but he just did not fit. He was upstaged by every actor around him. Put someone like Michael Fassbender in his place and you really could've had something.
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Posted By: Icarium
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 09:30
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Fassbender was probably to young then like 15 or something buut many sword chorelgraphs says Orlando is the best swordsmen they have worked with, sword choreographer in LotR is sword choreographer in PotC both had ceveral who were dilligant and picked it fast, bjtno-one did it as fluidand fast as Bloom, he was a natural swordsman -------------
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Posted By: TeleStrat
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 09:56
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Movies, like music, will always have a loved it/hated it response from viewers and listeners. I thought Orlando Bloom did a great job in Kingdom Of Heaven. I enjoyed his work throughout the film much more than Joaquin Phoenix in Gladiator. Phoenix did okay but his acting did not stand up to that of Russell Crowe, Oliver Reed (excellent) or the limited role of Richard Harris.
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Posted By: Guldbamsen
Date Posted: May 15 2015 at 09:57
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^^I've read something similar about monsieur Bloom as well. He still looks like a small boy in that movie. To imagine him as this great powerful sword slinger is not plausible imo. He doesn't even look big enough to lift the sword. The other thing letting him down is the fact that he is a bad actor. He works as an elf though  I do like Kingdom of Heaven, even if Bloom is an irritating choice as the lead. Oh well, at the time he was just about the most sought out actor, but I gather that was mostly down to his looks and not exactly his rather limited acting skills.
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