Ridley Scott is ruining himself with flop after flop - and Hollywood isn’t helping
An opinion piece criticizes director Ridley Scott for a recent string of underperforming films and suggests his legacy is being tarnished by continued high-budget projects. The author argues that Hollywood's willingness to fund these projects despite poor results is detrimental to the filmmaker's reputation.
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It highlights the tension between creative legacy and commercial viability in the modern film industry.
The British genius behind ‘Alien’ and ‘Gladiator’ has presided over a string of creatively uninspiring blockbusters of late, from ‘Gladiator II’ to this month’s ‘The Dog Stars’. And despite the feeling that the 88-year-old is phoning it in, he keeps drawing sky-high budgets. It’s spoiling his legacy in the process, writes Adam White
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