5. A Stylish Visionary

One can argue that
Ridley Scott stopped
Making great movies
After Gladiator. I argue
That he in fact made
An even better movie
In 2005: Kingdom of
Heaven, which is sadly
Underrated because few
People have seen the
Superior Director's Cut
As opposed to the shitty
Watered-down version that
Was released in theaters. I
Will find time in the next
3 weeks to watch Kingdom
Of Heaven: Director's Cut,
Along with other fine movies
Of his, namely Matchstick
Men and American Gangster
All in the near future. Although
Ridley Scott's filmography is
Less studded with classics
Than you might think, he has
Successfully dabbled in a
Wide variety of genres to
Brilliant results, cases in
Point: Alien, one of the
Originals of the sci-fi
Horror genre, featuring
What is arguably the most
Terrifying alien ever to
Be depicted in film; Blade
Runner, a dystopian sci-fi
Noir worth watching just
For the stunning visuals
Alone, even if you - like
Me - did not completely
Grasp what its story was
Getting at; Thelma and
Louise, an enjoyable road
Movie and some might
Call a chick flick; Black
Hawk Down, one of the
First movies to succeed
In depiction modern war-
Fare; and Gladiator, which
during one summer I watched
Once per day for a whole
Week, it's easily the greatest
Purely commercial popcorn
Epic ever made. I won't say
more about what I think
Is his masterpiece, Kingdom
Of Heaven, because I've
Ranted about the movie
Too much in other places.
It's true that Scott has
Made many truly mediocre
Pictures, like Body of
Lies, Robin Hood, Hannibal
And Prometheus among
Others which I've avoided
For that reason. Always
A commercial director, his
Less than stellar track
Record can be expected,
But what cannot be refuted
Is that Ridley Scott has
Crafted some of the best
Looking movies ever to
Grace the screen since
The 80's. Large-scale
Sets, sleek editing and
A eye for the epic best
Viewed on a wide screen
Define Scott's vision. Like
Michael Mann, Brian de Palma
And Christopher Nolan, Scott
Is a director artist bound by
Commercial appeal, which
Sometimes and inevitably
Dilutes his artistic vision, yet
otherwise elevates a film
To the equilibrium between
Art and entertainment, which
All popular and everlasting
Movies strive to achieve.