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  1. collider.com › the-last-duel-review-ben-affleckThe Last Duel Review: Ridley Scott’s Epic Drama Is Shockingly ...

    Sep 11, 2021 · 'The Last Duel' is Ridley Scott reaffirming himself to be the best filmmaker for epic medieval dramas, with a nuanced script, and great performances. Trial by combat has never looked this good, or ...

  2. screenrant.com › the-last-duel-ridley-scottThe Last Duel: Ranking All Of Ridley Scott’s Historical Epics

    • Conquest of Paradise
    • Exodus: Gods and Kings
    • Robin Hood
    • The Duelists
    • Kingdom of Heaven
    • Gladiator

    Scott often makes movies about larger-than-life men, who are driven by obsession and ambition to acts of cruelty. However, the decision to include someone as problematic as Christopher Columbus wasn't a good one. On top of that, the problems here are a dull script, muddled history, and a miscast leading man. Scott whitewashes Columbus' near-genocid...

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    The Biblical epic was a standard in Hollywood for decades, a genre nearly owned by director Cecil B. DeMille and his version of the Exodus - 1956s' The Ten Commandments. Scott tried to bring the genre back with Exodus: Gods And Kings, the 2014 film that retells the story, but this time without Charlton Heston. RELATED: 5 Highest-Grossing (& 5 Lowes...

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    This film started as a script called Nottinghamthat centered on a sympathetic portrayal of the Sheriff of Nottingham and focused on a love triangle between the Sheriff, Maid Marion, and Robin Hood (here given an unflattering characterization). In the original script, Robin is framed for a series of vicious murders, and the sheriff is forced to inve...

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    Set in the Napoleonic Age, the film is about two men, one of whom forces the other to fight a series of duels over a perceived slight. The duels go on for a number of years before finally being settled. RELATED: Ridley Scott's 5 Biggest Blockbusters (& 5 Biggest Flops) This was Ridley Scott's first film as a director and won "Best First Work" at Ca...

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    Scott's Middle Ages crusader epic Kingdom of Heaventells the story of Balian of Ibelin, a blacksmith who joins the Crusades in the Middle East and whose journey to Jerusalem becomes a mission to save the city and its people. RELATED: 5 Reasons Why Blade Runner Is Ridley Scott's Best Sci-Fi Movie (& 5 Why Alien Is A Close Second) The Crusades is a h...

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    Maximus, a Roman general, seeks deadly revenge on the corrupt and treacherous emperor, Commodus who murdered Maximus' family and led to his enslavement. Working his way through the gladiator ranks, he comes within striking distance of the emperor. Probably the historical epic Scott is most known for, and one of his most popular films. While some of...

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  3. collider.com › best-ridley-scott-movies-great10 Best Ridley Scott Movies With Great Acting, Ranked - Collider

    Oct 4, 2024 · Ridley Scott is a filmmaker whose impact on the industry is unparalleled.Despite starting his filmography with the underrated medieval epic The Duellists way back in 1977, Scott continues to craft ...

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  4. www.nytimes.com › 2021/10/13 › movies‘The Last Duel’ Review: A Medieval Epic in the Age of #MeToo

    Oct 13, 2021 · Ridley Scott and his all-star cast rip the moldy fig leaf off chivalric romance in a he-said, he-said, she-said spectacle. ... Jager gives the three figures at the center of this drama their due ...

    • Ridley Scott

  5. www.rogerebert.com › reviews › the-last-duel-movieThe Last Duel movie review & film summary (2021) - Roger Ebert

    Oct 12, 2021 · Scott’s “The Last Duel” may not be perfect but it never exhibits such inertia. This medieval intrigue comes courtesy of an unusual combination of talents: its screenplay, which is indeed based on true Medieval Events, is by Matt Damon and Ben Affleck (collaborating as writers, or at least as credited writers, for the first time since ...

  6. www.firstshowing.net › 2021 › venice-2021-ridleyVenice 2021: Ridley Scott's 'The Last Duel' is a Stirring ...

    Sep 12, 2021 · When I sat down to watch Ridley Scott's movie The Last Duel, I was not expecting a two and a half hour sprawling medieval epic with massive battles and intimate drama aplenty. For whatever ...

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  8. www.hollywoodreporter.com › movies › movie-reviews'The Last Duel' Review - The Hollywood Reporter

    Sep 10, 2021 · Jodie Comer and Adam Driver star in 'The Last Duel,' Ridley Scott's historical drama of dishonor and justice in medieval France, also starring Matt Damon and Ben Affleck who co-wrote the film with ...