Is Tony Scott an acquired taste?

[Ronny Shade]

I used to hate Tony Scott. I thought he was an idiot who was way more concerned with making the screen flash and doing unjustified speed changes than making a good movie.

I remember when I saw True Romance...I really didn't like it, but at the time I blamed it one Quentin Tarantino's line reuse and racism.

Then I saw Domino (god that was bad...or was it?) and realized that Quentin Tarantino has a sense of humor and Tony Scott doesn't and that's probably why I hate True Romance.

So that's when I realized I hated Tony Scott.

But then I watched Man on Fire last night and I loved it.

 

[Tim Dog]

Nah, Tony Scott is horrible. So is Ridley Scott - that fool fell off out of the game after Alien. You need to stop watching wack Denzel movies and stick to Marky Mark, bro.

 

[livrule]

I love Crimson Tide but thats it.

The rest is indeed all flash ... no bang.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Nah, Tony Scott is horrible. So is Ridley Scott - that fool fell off out of the game after Alien. You need to stop watching wack Denzel movies and stick to Marky Mark, bro.

But...what about Gladiator?

 

[Obsidian]

Nah, Tony Scott is horrible. So is Ridley Scott - that fool fell off out of the game after Alien. You need to stop watching wack Denzel movies and stick to Marky Mark, bro.

Ridley's made plenty of good-great films since Alien:

Gladiator
Black Hawk Down
Kingdom of Heaven (director's cut)
Thelma and Louise
Matchstick Men

and last but certainly not least

Tony Scott's more of a style than story guy. His visual style does give me seizures, although I did enjoy "Enemy of the State" and to a certain extent "Man on Fire".
BLADE RUNNER

 

[Ronny Shade]

That new Ridley movie looks like a pile of steamed ****.

 

[Tim Dog]

Yeah but all the Latin is incorrect on the stadium

 

[Ronny Shade]

Yeah but all the Latin is incorrect on the stadium

lol

 

[Tim Dog]

Plus Russell Crowe was playing everybody's favorite American hero in a movie about Ancient Rome. And I was offended by the portrayal of Crassus

 

[Ronny Shade]

Crassus wasn't even in that movie.

 

[Tim Dog]

Did Ridley do Blade Runner? That inspired the rap line "I hit it from the back like Rutger Hauer" so I have to give it props.

But yeah, True Romance was pretty bad. And not the way Christian Slater is supposed to be bad

 

[Tim Dog]

Oh I'm thinking of Spartacus. So replace Russell Crowe with Michael Douglas Superior and one of those famous Brando-ish guys was Crassus. His name was Oliver or the French version of that name.

 

[Ronny Shade]

I suppose the Latin was wrong in Spartacus too

 

[Tim Dog]

I suppose the Latin was wrong in Spartacus too

Actually Spartacus wasn't even Roman

 

[Tim Dog]

The whole premise of Gladiator was stolen from Fall of the Roman Empire and Spartacus anyway

 

[Ronny Shade]

Wasn't this thread about Tony Scott?

 

[Tim Dog]

the game done changed

 

[Ronny Shade]

you think this is a game? You think THIS is a GAME!?

 

[Tim Dog]

Fool I ain't playin!!!!

 

[Ronny Shade]

Speaking of Christian Slater, has anyone seen Hollow Man 2?

 

[Fenrir]

It's a sad day when a thread about Tony Scott is made yet his best film to date, Spy Game, hasn't been mentioned once. I had a blast watching Enemy of the State, wasn't too fond of Man on Fire though. But it's because of Spy Game that Tony Scott will always be a respectable director in my eyes, no matter what he does.

 

[JTStarkiller]

Spy Game and Enemy of the State are definitely his best. Man on Fire was okay, if a bit too long. Domino's the one I've been meaning to see.

And I'm surprised no one's mentioned Top Gun, which is one of those few movies I still have never seen, and probably never will.

 

[KenK]

There are some Tony Scott films I enjoy, especially Enemy of the State and Man on Fire. And I'm definitely looking forward to Deja Vu. But I HATED, ABSOLUTELY HATED Domino, and it's hard for me to HATE a movie (I'm sure there are movies I haven't seen that I'll probably hate, but that's why I don't see the pieces of s**t), but Domino was such an infuriating mess, I couldn't believe it. There was so much wrong with that movie, beginning with the casting of Keira Knightley. Slim Jim's are tougher than she was in that movie!

 

[Ronny Shade]

It's a sad day when a thread about Tony Scott is made yet his best film to date, Spy Game, hasn't been mentioned once. I had a blast watching Enemy of the State, wasn't too fond of Man on Fire though. But it's because of Spy Game that Tony Scott will always be a respectable director in my eyes, no matter what he does.

holy ****! I didn't know he did that!

That was a good ass movie.

 

[Ronny Shade]

Spy Game and Enemy of the State are definitely his best. Man on Fire was okay, if a bit too long. Domino's the one I've been meaning to see.

And I'm surprised no one's mentioned Top Gun, which is one of those few movies I still have never seen, and probably never will.

I saw part of Top Gun. It was lame.