Celebrated director Ridley Scott recently reflected on the reviews that he values the most-- and they aren't the glowing ones.

"The worst thing to do is read your own critique and it's great," Scott said in an interview with THR. "That's very dangerous because you think you're walking on air. What I've learned is you're never walking on air. You're always slightly dotty. I always think, 'I don't quite know everything." That's why the framed review on Scott's wall is one that reads, "Scott seems to be trapped in his own alleyways, without a map." The 1982 review from The New Yorker was a scathing criticism of Blade Runner, an early film of Scott's that polarized critics upon its release, though it ultimately went on to inspire a generation of filmmakers and land a place in the Library of Congress.

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Scott has since been nominated for three Academy Awards for directing, for GladiatorThelma & Louise, and Black Hawk Down. His 2021 film The Last Duel was well-reviewed but commercially unsuccessful, highlighting the fickle nature of an industry where positive reviews and financial success do not always go hand in hand.

Scott has been outspoken in his criticisms of the film industry and its direction, particularly in regard to superhero movies, which he called, "fucking boring as shit." The director took fault with younger generations for The Last Duel's box office bomb, saying, "I think what it boils down to — what we've got today [are] the audiences who were brought up on these fucking cellphones. The millennian [sic] do not ever want to be taught anything unless you’re told it on a cellphone."

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Scott's two most recent films premiered in the fall of 2021. House of Gucci, a biographical crime drama about the murder of Maurizio Gucci, opened to mixed reviews. The Last Duel, a historical drama about France's last sanctioned duel, was similarly divisive among critics, who described an engrossing and visually breathtaking film that veered into "camp" and "soap opera" territory.

In spite of mixed reviews, Scott isn't slowing down. Kitbag, his upcoming Napoleon Bonaparte film starring Joaquin Phoenix, is set to start filming this month with an anticipated 2023 release on Apple TV+. He is also collaborating with Noah Hawley to executive produce an Alien TV show for FX, inspired by his iconic 1979 film of the same name. FX's Alien will come out in 2023 as well. On top of that, Scott has confirmed that Blade Runner will be making it to the small screen: The director revealed that the pilot episode for a Blade Runner TV series has already been written.

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Source: THR