Which of “Blade Runner”, “Alien”, “Gladiator”, “Thelma and Louise”, “Kingdom of Heaven” or “The Last Duel” presents itself as the best Ridley Scott film according to your ratings? Answer below.
Will the answer really surprise you? If his Napoleon is far from unanimous in theaters currently, and that’s an understatement, the best Ridley Scott film according to AlloCiné Internet users is also with Joaquin Phoenix. In another role as emperor. It is obviously Gladiator.
With an average of 4.5 out of 5, obtained thanks to the 103,963 people who rated it, the film is ahead of Alien (4.4), Blade Runner (4.2) and a trio made up of Thelma and Louise, American Gangster and The Last Duel (4.1 each).
“A renewal that no one hoped for”very rightly states Chuck Carrey (which gives it a rating of 5 out of 5). And this sentence applies as much to the genre that Gladiator resurrects (the peplum) as to Ridley Scott, after the crossing of the desert that was the 90s, to the point of suggesting that his career was behind him.
Until it arrives “a monumental slap in the face, the best peplum that exists to date” according to sparrowtony (also 5 out of 5), who so loves the film he made of the character played by Russell Crowe (“a real beast of charisma who bursts through the screen”) his avatar. The Cinephile World (5 out of 5) goes in the same direction and talks about it like “one of [ses] favorite movies.”
A revival that no one hoped for
And it must be admitted that the same expressions are found in everyone. “Incomparable” For LoskofGladiator is “a pure timeless marvel releasing all the emotional power of the greatest cinema” according to Powerking, “classic (…) but virtuoso and magnificent” in the eyes of Marceau G. While many, including Knight of cinemadescribe it as “Ridley Scott’s masterpiece.”
If he regrets “very frequent anachronisms”which prove that historical inaccuracies are nothing new to Ridley Scott, MyCultureGeek qualifies him as“unavoidable.” And ConFucAmuS is one of those who affirm that Gladiator has nothing to be ashamed of in the face of Spartacus and other Ben-Hur in the peplum register.
A pure timeless marvel releasing all the emotional power of the greatest cinema
Of the 2,208 reviews posted on the site, 1,496 give it 4.5 or 5 stars out of 5. That’s more than two thirds! Finding it so high in Ridley Scott’s filmography is therefore not very surprising.
And we leave it to Mrc G the final word on this feature film awarded five Oscars (including those for Best Film and Best Actor): “This film is an eternal classic for anyone who loves cinema.”
Will it be the same with the sequel, which Ridley Scott is currently filming, with Paul Mescal, Pedro Pascal, Joseph Quinn, Denzel Washington and the returning Connie Nielsen and Djimon Hounsou? Answer on November 20, 2024, when the filmmaker will put his title back on the line.