The Last Duel - Ridley Scott, Matt Damon & Adam Driver | October 15, 2021

[Firepower]

I have no doubt it's a good film and I don't care what critics say, it'll be better than most films that get 90+% these days for sure. I like-love almost every Ridley's film besides maybe Alien: Covenant.

Edited September 10, 2021 by Firepower

[vale900]

My friend watched it in Venice. He said  this is easily the Ridley Scott movie the general audience will love more since The Martian and a lot even since The Gladiator. Don't watch what critics are saying (I mean The gladiator has a 67 on metacritic). 

It's a totally absorbing historical thriller. Some dialogues and plot points are a little bit too semplicistic but still in a way the generale audience will like. He's sure it's gonna get a lot of Oscar noms.

[Fox20]

11 minutes ago, Firepower said:

I have no doubt it's a good film and I don't care what critics say, it'll be better than most films that get 90+% these days for sure. I like-love almost every Ridley's film besides maybe Alien: Covenant.

Even Exodus?

[Firepower]

14 minutes ago, Fox20 said:

Even Exodus?

Yes, it's not perfect, but it has its merits. But I must say I didn't love The Martian like most people, I liked it, but I thought it was maybe too safe and generic for my taste, still very well made/acted film.

Edited September 10, 2021 by Firepower

[AJG]

I’m not shocked. The release date looked like a dump release. 
 

I think Gucci might work out better. Could be great or a campy shrug.

[Nikostar]

5 minutes ago, AJG said:

I’m not shocked. The release date looked like a dump release. 
 

I think Gucci might work out better. Could be great or a campy shrug.

It’s a Ridley Scott film so most likely it’s going to be a campy mess. He will have two misfires this year.

[Macleod]

2 hours ago, vale900 said:

My friend watched it in Venice. He said  this is easily the Ridley Scott movie the general audience will love more since The Martian and a lot even since The Gladiator. Don't watch what critics are saying (I mean The gladiator has a 67 on metacritic). 

It's a totally absorbing historical thriller. Some dialogues and plot points are a little bit too semplicistic but still in a way the generale audience will like. He's sure it's gonna get a lot of Oscar noms.

Interesting.  The studio must know/think this, too -- the way they are using "Ridley Scott's Definitive Epic" as a tagline in that most recent 30-second spot.  

 

32 minutes ago, Nikostar said:

It’s a Ridley Scott film so most likely it’s going to be a campy mess. He will have two misfires this year.

Anyone else feel free to chime in, but I don't know if I'd ever really classify ANYTHING Scott has done as "CAMP," consciously or otherwise...  (OK, perhaps parts of THE COUNSELOR lean into it...)  😂

 

I think it's more that most people still don't really know how to apply the term "Camp." 

(But that's OK, it's creators and critics since have often disagreed about its application, too...)

Edited September 10, 2021 by Macleod

[WrathOfHan]

Up to 64% on RT and 60 on Meta

[Eric the Ape]

 

[Valonqar]

Ok, if Chloe Zhao doesn't cast a real Romanian Sebastian Stan in her reimaging of Dracula, Driver in this is the next best thing. I mean:

 

 

[Ozymandias]

3 hours ago, Eric and the Ten Rings said:

 

 

Thats a really good spot.

 

I hope this is good because I'm not feelin House of Gucci.  That movie is giving heavy American Hustle vibes in that the only real reason for its existence is for a bunch of A-listers to play dress-up and overact for awards season only for everyone to forget about it immediately after.

 

Reading the reviews for The Last Duel, I'm assuming its gonna end up somewhere in the 70s on RT.  The only really negative one I see on there right now is by someone so hung up on the sociopolitical aspect of the film that she didn't bother talking about anything else.  It would be unfortunate if a bunch of critics went that route like what happened to Joker.

 

Also Wolski(Dark City, Prometheus, Martian) said this is his best work to date.

[Valonqar]

A number of non-reporters who saw it at Venice say the audience was really into it and they loved it too. Praised action a lot. Said that's what Ridley Scott movies are for.

Edited September 19, 2021 by Valonqar

[35MM-18]

31 minutes ago, Valonqar said:

A number of non-reporters who saw it at Venice say the audience was really into it and they loved it too. Praised action a lot. Said that's what Ridley Scott movies are for.

I've heard one or two things like that, so maybe this'll be one of those films where critics are so-so to it and the audience loves it?

[Valonqar]

18 minutes ago, 35MM-18 said:

I've heard one or two things like that, so maybe this'll be one of those films where critics are so-so to it and the audience loves it?

 

Speaking of

 

 

Looks you may be right.

[Eric the Ape]

 

[Cmasterclay]

Got an insane amount of ads for this during football both of the last two weekends. More than Bond or Venom even

[Valonqar]

to be fair, Bond was advertising since before the first delay lol, so they have to cut on ads. 

[Eric the Ape]

 

[Valonqar]

There's a camrip of Making of TLD featurette playing at the cinemas while waiting for trailers&movies. Since it wasn't released officially, I won't link it. but it's really good so you can check it on Twitter. Search for @MazzyNinja

Edited September 22, 2021 by Valonqar

[Eric the Ape]