At 87 years old,Ridley Scotthasn’t lost an ounce of relevancy in movie culture.
Scott is the ideal kind of filmmaker, one who is a commercially-minded entertainer with a sophisticated touch.
Despite his immense popularity, time after time, we overlook Scott’s films upon release.
Custom Image by Jefferson Chacon
Mediating this conflict is Count Pierre d’Alencon (Affleck).
“You see a thing like that, it changes you.”
A medieval epic would feel incomplete without agrand climactic battle sequence.
Image via 20th Century Studios
Ridley Scott, an expert in the genre, understood this as well as anyone when he directedGladiator.
InThe Last Duel’s opening, we are teased with a monumental showdown between the two fierce knights.
The duel becomes less about honor and more about flexing masculine urges.
Ridley Scott himself was so frustrated with the response that heblamed “millennials” for its financial failure.
The jarring contrast betweenThe Last DuelandGladiator IIunderlines how artistic merit and financial success often dont correlate.
Image via Paramount Pictures
