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submitted 2 days ago by Emperor@feddit.uk to c/movies@lemm.ee

John Mathieson, the cinematographer for both Gladiator films, has slammed Ridley Scott's recent filmmaking habits in a new interview.

Speaking on The DocFix podcast, Mathieson described Scott's tendency to leave things in shot to be later cleaned up in post-production as "lazy".

“It’s really lazy. It’s the CG elements now of tidying-up, leaving things in shot, cameras in shot, microphones in shot, bits of set hanging down, shadows from [boom mics]. And they just said [on Gladiator 2], ‘Well, clean it up.'"

The cinematographer didn't stop there, calling Scott "impatient" for getting "as much as he can" using a multi-camera setup.

“Having lots of cameras I don’t think has made the films any better," Mathieson said. "It’s a bit rush, rush, rush. That’s changed in him. But that’s the way he wants to do it and I don’t like it and I don’t think many people do, but people love his films and he’s Ridley Scott and can do what he wants.”

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[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 27 points 2 days ago

I mean, did people expect anything good from a sequel to a movie that literally didn’t need a sequel?

[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 16 points 1 day ago

I mean Blade Running 2049 is the rare lone exception to being a good sequel to a movie that didn't need a sequel.

Maybe someday another film will achieve what it did, so I gotta keep hoping, but I know it isn't likely.

[-] niktemadur@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Speaking of Ridley Scott.
But then in an astute creative move, the sequel was put in the hands of one of the truly best directors working today, in fact it could be said that Dennis Villeneuve is the Ridley Scott of his day. Like Michael Mann has been the John Ford of his day.

Although Villeneuve so far has been a guarantee of quality both in content and presentation, while Scott's erratic career is sprinkled with quite a few mediocre efforts and misfires, like he gets easily distracted, and you can even get a whiff of that in the way he fidgets unnecessarily with his older movies (speaking of Blade Runner) like Lucas did with the Star Wars original trilogy.

[-] skeezix@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago
[-] MimicJar@lemmy.world 1 points 1 day ago

On average I do.

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 4 points 1 day ago

Luckily, they didn't really bother making a sequel, they just remade the original and pretended it was a new film.

[-] demesisx@infosec.pub 13 points 1 day ago
[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 3 points 1 day ago

Especially as some of the recycled plot points make no sense with the slightly tweaked setting.

[-] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

What is this Avatar? New blue, new you.

[-] keyez@lemmy.world 2 points 19 hours ago

Couldn't even do a new biome smh

[-] SplashJackson@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 day ago

They made a gladiator 2? But wasnt he dead, doing a ghostly backstroke atop grassy fields at the end? Who's he fighting now, Hades?

[-] hitmyspot@aussie.zone 2 points 21 hours ago

It's not him. The other characters are still in it and it's based around the Colosseum with the politics and training and slavery etc if the first.

[-] UKFilmNerd@feddit.uk 39 points 2 days ago

Apparently, the comments were taken out of context. It's from a 2 hour interview, edited down to 30 minutes. Hence the confusion.

[-] Melatonin@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 2 days ago

That podcast did him dirty.

[-] dumblederp@aussie.zone 2 points 1 day ago

G2 sucked and was dull. I'm no film buff to say it was the cameras fault, but it sucked.

[-] Faydaikin@beehaw.org 8 points 2 days ago

I dunno, from what little I've seen of Ridley Scotts newer films, they don't live up to his older works.

I'd say they feel uninspired by comparison.

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 6 points 2 days ago

Being SLaMmEd for being lazy

Oh the delicious irony

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 5 points 2 days ago

And I bet he didn't even use sharp swords for the fights /s

[-] Emperor@feddit.uk 2 points 1 day ago
[-] Diplomjodler3@lemmy.world 4 points 2 days ago

Are you trying to tell me, they don't really kill all those people in the movies?

[-] jmcs@discuss.tchncs.de 2 points 2 days ago

Those lazy directors keep using props and trick shots.

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