Apparently, Ridley Scott has been nicknamed Mr. Blade Runner

From the IMDB.com

Movie Reviews: 'A Good Year'

Ridley Scott's A Good Year is a not-so-good film, most critics have concluded. In it, Russell Crowe portrays a stuffy Englishman who, in midlife, inherits a chateau in Provence, which changes him. Carrie Rickey in the Philadelphia Inquirer says it amounts to a "nicely shot travelogue." Michael Sragow in the Baltimore Sun calls it an "over-produced frolic." Jack Mathews in the New York Daily News says it's "a misfire on so many levels -- script, casting, direction." Jan Stuart in Newsday focuses on the direction. "In Scott's hands," he writes, "it feels like six movies in search of a unifying tone. There is nothing Mr. Blade Runner won't try in the name of levity: pratfalls, peeing dogs, dumb-cluck American tourists, speeded-up motion, soft-focus flashbacks, pop hits from Patti Paige to Harry Nilsson to Charles Trenet." Crowe also comes in for a tongue lashing from several critics. "Russell Crowe trying to twinkle may not be the most unsettling thing on the big screen this season, but it's up there," comments Bob Strauss in the Los Angeles Daily News.Indeed, several critics wonder just shy Ridley Scott and Russell Crowe would be making a romantic comedy together to begin with. As Kenneth Turan writes in the Los Angeles Times, "What we're not looking for is a romantic comedy made by individuals with no special feeling for the genre who stretch a half hour's worth of story to nearly two hours."

ouch.

well, he still made Blade Runner... 'nuff said.

I'm actually liking Tony Scott's stuff more than Ridley's. Ridley did have the imagination to make Alien and Blade Runner, but lately his stuff isn't that good. I've read some bad reviews about his new movie with Russel Crowe. Tony Scott has a style that I like, and his movies are great.

While the suibject matter of "A Good Year" does not blow my skirt up, I think it's interesting that instead of making Gladiator 2, as predicted, they zigged instead of zagged, and tried something new.

I felt the same way about Matchstick Men, and figured I'd probably hate the film, but I actually enjoyed the film a lot.

I hardly ever agree with critics anyway, and lets not forget that they raked Scott over the coals for just about every movie he's ever made, including Blade Runner.

Tony Scott loves to make action films, Ridley is not the action guy. Though I have heard "American Gangster" which Ridley also made with Crowe (and Denzel Washington) has some solid action in it.

The thing you'll see about "A Good Year" is that it's Ridley Scott making a film about himself. Make no mistake, Russell Crowe is playing Ridley Scott in this film.

I'll give it a chance.

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