Ridley Scott, who directed Alien, Blade Runner, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom of Heaven, American Gangster, and The Martian among others recently described humanity as a “f***ing plague.”
Another gladiator film? After the shitshow of the last one? GLADIATOR 2 did 460 mill at the box office globally with only $172 of that being domestic. Domestic is typically a 50/50 split meaning domestically the movie brought in around $86 million and with foreign usually being around %30 on avg that means the rest of the sales provided the studio with around $89 million for a total of effectively $175 million.
Who greenlit GLADIATOR film by Scott when the sequel not only didn't make enough to cover its base production cost but brought in less than half of what the original film did (when adjusted for inflation)? I could maybe see this if he had some successful films recently but he's been on a strong of misses the last 10 years. I enjoyed the first 2 of the most 3 recent ALIEN films (the last one was huge miss) but those didn't do well either. The most recent non-box office failure that Scott is associated with is 2017's ALL THGE MONEY IN TEH WORLD and even it was a MINOR success barely avoiding any losses. The last truly successful film by Ridley Scott would be 2015's THE MARTIAN feat Mark Wahlberg.
It's been a decade since Scott had anything that could be called a success and someone greenlit another GLADIATOR film with Scott involved? Hollywood is looking more and more like as if it's run by fools and idiots. With respect to his past work I would never give Ridley Scott money for another GLADIATOR movie or ALIEN movie until he could prove to me it has a chance.
Maybe you should re - read the whole book when you cherry pick for quotes.
For He did say in Genesis [1:31] "God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good" . But later in Genesis 6:5-7, God declares, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, off the face of the earth... for I regret that I made them".
No wonder his last few films have been trash. He has a negative attitude and lack of gratitude about his audience.
Another gladiator film? After the shitshow of the last one? GLADIATOR 2 did 460 mill at the box office globally with only $172 of that being domestic. Domestic is typically a 50/50 split meaning domestically the movie brought in around $86 million and with foreign usually being around %30 on avg that means the rest of the sales provided the studio with around $89 million for a total of effectively $175 million.
Who greenlit GLADIATOR film by Scott when the sequel not only didn't make enough to cover its base production cost but brought in less than half of what the original film did (when adjusted for inflation)? I could maybe see this if he had some successful films recently but he's been on a strong of misses the last 10 years. I enjoyed the first 2 of the most 3 recent ALIEN films (the last one was huge miss) but those didn't do well either. The most recent non-box office failure that Scott is associated with is 2017's ALL THGE MONEY IN TEH WORLD and even it was a MINOR success barely avoiding any losses. The last truly successful film by Ridley Scott would be 2015's THE MARTIAN feat Mark Wahlberg.
It's been a decade since Scott had anything that could be called a success and someone greenlit another GLADIATOR film with Scott involved? Hollywood is looking more and more like as if it's run by fools and idiots. With respect to his past work I would never give Ridley Scott money for another GLADIATOR movie or ALIEN movie until he could prove to me it has a chance.
The star of The Martian is actually Matt Damon, not Mark Wahlberg. Just thought I let you know.
And in fairness, Damon is the better actor/choice for this movie/role anyway.
You're right. I got my actors mixed up but the core argument is still the same.
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I like Alien and Blade Runner. I do not like Ridley Scott.
Scott has always been a shitty Kirkland version of James Cameron. Fuckin moron that guy is.
Maybe you should re - read the whole book when you cherry pick for quotes.
For He did say in Genesis [1:31] "God saw everything that he had made, and indeed, it was very good" . But later in Genesis 6:5-7, God declares, "I will wipe mankind, whom I have created, off the face of the earth... for I regret that I made them".
Even God got tired of us and He made us.
It's a fallen world. But everyone comes around.
He's right that we've made a mess of the world God gave us, though. We are not fit to lead ourselves. We need Jesus as our King.
I haven't really liked any of his films. Arguably, his films are "iconic," such as Alien, but was Alien uplifting?
Were any of his other films uplifting? Was Gladiator uplifting? What a joke.
I think his agnosticism is showing.
Yep, Ridley Scott has lost it. What a shame, I did like Alien, Blade Runner and The Martian.
A lifelong satanist hates Human Life? How completely predictable. Have you not seen ANY of his movies?