Selvom han måske er kendt for voksende budgetter nu om dage, har Ridley Scott leveret nogle helt fantastiske film gennem sin karriere: Alien, Gladiator, Black Hawk Down, Blade Runner. Det er derfor måske ikke overraskende, at han i dagens moderne Hollywood hellere vil se sine egne film.
I et interview, hvor han reflekterede over sin karriere ved BFI Southbank i weekenden (via Metro), afslørede Scott, at han vælger at se sine egne film, fordi han foretrækker dem frem for moderne biograffilm. "The quantity of movies that are made today, literally globally - millions. Not thousands, millions... and most of it is s**t," sagde han. "Well, actually, right now, I'm finding mediocrity - we're drowning in mediocrity. And so what I do - it's a horrible thing - but I've started watching my own movies, and actually they're pretty good! And also, they don't age."
"I watched Black Hawk [Down] the other night and I thought, 'How in the hell did I manage to do that?' But I think occasionally a good one will happen, [and] it's like a relief that there's somebody out there who's doing a good movie," fortsatte Scott.
Selv i sine sene 80'ere har Scott ikke planer om at gå på pension foreløbigt. Han har planer om en tredje Gladiator-film og har netop færdiggjort optagelserne til The Dog Stars. Vi forestiller os, at han ikke inkluderer sine egne værker i den moderne middelmådighed, så han får i det mindste snart to nye film at se.