Happy Birthday to Ridley Scott, who turns 84 today.
I used to do these top ten lists for the birthdays of directors & actors/actresses. Not sure why I stopped but I still have plenty sitting in drafts. I had to change this one from “turns 80 today” to “turns 84”, so it was in there a while.
Well, I figured it was time to drag this one out of drafts with the recent releases of two Ridley Scott films. Which I haven’t seen as I’m still not going to the cinema! That’s partly due to viruses and not missing inconsiderate audiences anyway but also thanks to being completely & utterly broke. To be honest, though, neither of the two new ones appeal to me – I can update this list if need be when I do see them but I doubt they’d be very high.
So, counting down to my favorite & including all I’ve seen, here are My Top Ten Ridley Scott Movies: (I love the top three, really like 4 & 5, and could probably do with rewatching all of the rest. Except those highly disappointing Alien thingies…)
The Rest That I’ve Seen:
12. Black Rain
11. Hannibal
My Top Ten:
10. Alien: Covenant
9. Prometheus
8. Matchstick Men
7. Legend (but need to rewatch this)
6. American Gangster (could do with rewatching this too)
5. The Martian
4. Gladiator
3. Thelma & Louise (if I was honest with myself I’d put this at number 2 – I’ve watched this one way more)
2. Blade Runner
1. Alien (love love love love love!)
Not Seen:
House Of Gucci, The Last Duel, All The Money In The World, The Duellists, Someone To Watch Over Me, 1492: Conquest Of Paradise, White Squall, G.I. Jane, Black Hawk Down, Kingdom Of Heaven, A Good Year, Body Of Lies, Robin Hood, The Counsellor, Exodus: Gods And Kings
Figured I should also mention some famous ads directed by Ridley Scott – Hovis: Boy On The Bike & the great Apple Mac: 1984. I remember watching & discussing the Apple Mac one in an advertising course in college. Here it is:
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I feel like Legend doesn’t get talked about nearly enough
Amen on that one!
You like Legend??
I sure do! I watched that a million times when I was a kid : )
I really need to dig out my DVD of Legend & watch it again 😊
Maybe we could sit and talk.
That’s your cue to say never!
That’s from the movie : )
I really need to rewatch Legend…
84? Jeez he’s almost as old as me!
That House of Gucci looks awful. I didn’t know he did Matchstick Men – I remember liking that one. Did you watch any of that show he did for HBO? I’ll keep my discussion to myself until you let me know : )
I’m really not interested in House of Gucci. Had to look up the show. Is it called Raised By Wolves? Know nothing about it but it sounds interesting…
The first season of raised by wolves was so bad (to me) I couldn’t even finish it. How it got a second one blows my mind.
I’ll skip that one, then! 😁
Happy (belated) birthday, Sir Ridley!
I agree with the majority of your rankings, although I’m a big fan of Gladiator so would rank that higher.
From the rest of your top 10 I haven’t seen American Gangster or Matchstick Men. From the ones you haven’t seen I’ve watched Black Hawk Down (that would make my top 10), Kingdom of Heaven, A Good Year and Robin Hood.
A Good Year was an odd, but enjoyable one. At first it was quite jarring seeing Crowe as a romantic lead, but the humour and cockiness of his character means that he pulls it off.
Matchstick Men is pretty good – you might like that. I do want to watch Black Hawk Down & am now more curious about A Good Year. I’m sure I’ll get to them eventually! 😊
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