Berman talks Meyer and Ridley Scott directing TNG films

[trevanian]

I feel like I'm the only one who thinks Gladiator is an okay movie that's really overrated. I like Ridley Scott, and I guess I like Logan's work for the most part (whatever it is he did for the movie), but overall I thought it was disappointing and not nearly as character-driven or as epic as I thought it would be.

When I was doing an article on the movie before it came out, I came across a synopsis of an earlier draft that was truly epic in scale, with act 3 playing like SPARTACUS after the slaves break out and form into an army. When i saw the movie, I kept feeling like I was seeing the made-for-tv ripoff of a big feature, despite moments of grandeur (due in large part to conceptual work by Sylvain Despretz.)

I think the score helps it a lot, but I haven't rewatched it in a decade.

 

[Hober Mallow]

I feel like I'm the only one who thinks Gladiator is an okay movie that's really overrated.

You're not the only one.

I like Ridley Scott, and I guess I like Logan's work for the most part (whatever it is he did for the movie)--

Have you seen the Logan-penned "Time Machine?" Horrible.

 

[Cyke101]

I like Ridley Scott, and I guess I like Logan's work for the most part (whatever it is he did for the movie)--

Have you seen the Logan-penned "Time Machine?" Horrible.

Saw it, hated it *snap*. But he also worked on the Aviator, Rango, and Hugo, and adapted Sweeney Todd, and I thought they were all pretty good. I also liked Skyfall, but I understand that that's not quite consensus. David S. Goyer wrote the Dark Knight, but also Man of Steel and Kickboxer 2, so everybody has their off days

 

[trevanian]

Goyer worked on MISSION TO MARS too, which may be the biggest black mark against him (then again, it could be his involvement was peripheral; he HAD been developing a QUATERMASS & THE PIT remake, which apparently died due to superficial similarities to M2M's conclusion, so maybe he isn't really responsible for that PoS.)