God damn, Ridley Scott sucks shit. It's absolutely true that all his successes were in spite of him, built on the involvement of others. At least Hopkins is kind of fun.
>>220240759The brain scene is pretty good, but it's three minutes out of two boring hours
>>220240759His last good film was the duelists
>>220240759What do you mean? the film is kino
In fairness it was an adaptation of a book. The author went more batshit insane in the sequel so you have to blame him
>>220240933Oh well I guess that explains it, there have never been good adaptations of books before so what were they to do?
>>220240877Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, and then you can throw out the rest of his filmography.
>>220240835It was a great scene.https://youtu.be/utcC-Lly5IA
>>220241074+Hannibal because it's plebbe filter
>>220240759>t. trannyIt's just a character bro don't take it so personally
>>220241074well he also made movies that aren't necessarily 10/10s but aren't complete shitters either. I wouldn't mind seeing White Squall again
>>220241059I said the book was more over the top than its predecessor so that's why the adapted movie felt bizarre. Read the entire post next time faggot
>>220241224That's Silence of the Lambs you incredible retard
>>220241260Matchstick Men and American Gangster are worth having in your movie collection
>>220241270The movie isn't bad because it's weird, the weird parts are the only good parts. The movie is bad because it's boring.
>>220241323American Gangster is excessively black
>>220241323but Ridley is really hit or miss, he can make a good movie followed by one that is pure trash
>>220241337well I'm not american so I don't have a panic attack every time I see a black guy as the main protagonist you know
>>220241378NTA but that's not an exclusively American phenomenon, and Euros always say shit like "Why are Americans obsessed with blacks":when they see a black guy in any lead role
>>220241434I didn't have a better comeback
>>220240759The book is so bad you could never make a good film out of it. But they didn't do it even as well as it could be done. The gothic grand guignol was awful. It needed to be sharp & modern & clinical. Not like Tim Burton.And every single bit of slow-motion was terrible.Also Anthony Hopkins is much too old and fat.Also the ending copout was bollocks. If you're going to do the book, do it. Do the ending he wrote.
>>220240759I liked the "Vide Cor Meum" scene (also did I just confabulate there being a reference/reproduction of that scene in the Hannibal series ? I remember it but, can't seem to find it)
>>220241074Black Hawk Down is endlessly rewatchable
People saying the book is wild but the movie was too safe. The book had Lecter presenting clarices fathers corpse to her and them running off to Europe together as lovers. Would have been kino that pissed off everyone.
>>220243378What the fuck I thought that was homo bullshit they made up for the tv series.
>>220242118the song shows up in the tv show too, don't remember exactly when though
>>220240759>>220241074>Ridley Scott sucks shithonestly yeahblade runner is an adaptation which is mostly great because of the original story and harrison fordalien is mostly great because of giger and sigourney weavergladiator is heavily overrated and the writing and action is actually terrible, it's carried by superficially good set design and joaquin phoenixotherwise he has a bunch of mediocre films and increasingly poor films in his later career.ridley scott is an overrated hack, second only to the greatest overrated hack of all time, peter jackson.
>>220243990>which is mostly great because of the original story and harrison fordThe movie has little to do with the original storyFord is fine but Hauer is clearly carrying the movie.
how do you fuck up making a movie about Napoleon. how do you fuck up making a movie about MOSES. not to mention various Alien and Gladiator sequels with all the money hollywood can throw at you. Ridley is an all-time fumbler
>>220244127Even The Duelists, a genuinely good movie, shows Scot always had Napoleon derangement syndrome.
>>220243750I assume it's when they're in Rome (? Milan ? Bologna ?), I definitely remember it being a fairly direct nod to the "original", and possibly at an art gallery, but like I said, I can't seem to find it.
the real crime is that we only got Brian Cox in 1 movie. Imagine having both Brian Cox and Hopkins in different roles in the same movie
>>220241074I like kingdom of heaven too, although making all the "good characters" secular humanists transposed straight from the 21st century will always be cringe, but I try to look past it.
>>220241074i liked heat and man on fire
>>220246027>HeatMichael Mann>Man on FireTony Scott
The book was great. The best in the Harris trilogy (rising does not count) Scott was an absolute coward retard not to adapt it better and respect the ending.
>>220246134my bad. you have to admit that Reservoir Dogs is also a great movie, though
>>220246422to be fair he probably had no choice regarding the ending.
>>220246422The script was written by Steven Zaillian. Scott directed it like the soulless, passionless animal for hire he was. But if he had cared to give any suggestions, he'd probably suggest having Hannibal eat Clarice, like the idiotic nontalent he is.
>>220241866the book was good, i liked it better than sotl though red dragon is unbeatable. listening to mason verger's audiobook voice-acting alone was worth it for me
>>220240759the Carthaginian?
The Lithuanian Man did nothing wrong
>>220243440Hannibal hipnotize Clarice into producing milk with her breasts and feed him. Then Clarice mind breaks like a jap porn cartoon and becomes his waifu.
