First three films = amazing. The rest = crap

You thought gladiator and thelma and louise were mediocre? Man your a tough person to please!

He isn't tough to please, he just prefers the Ridley movies that were directed at his age group. Scott's films got more mature with time, but some of his fans did not. Scott has made several masterpieces and most of his films are excellent, including Thelma & Louise.

"First three films = amazing. The rest = crap"

except for american gangster,yeah. it's not on par with his first three but it must qualify for some kind of greatness if not even post blade runner ridley could make it boring...

Gladiator was vastly overrated.

The emperor of Rome fighting a friggin' gladiator in an arena? Laziest climax ever.

^ Comprehends.

Gladiator was vastly overrated.  

Completely agree.

Yeah, I don't get the hype about him either. Over the course of his career, Ridley has shown that he is a brilliant visual stylist and not much more. Alien and Blade Runner worked because those allowed him to focus on what he does best, create an awe-inspiring atmosphere with lighting and production design in the most artistic, aesthetically pleasing way possible.

When he isn't dealing with visual tone poems such as those, his shortcomings become readily apparent. Ridley just doesn't know how to tell a good story, at least not in terms of characters or themes. The two aforementioned films were made great in part because of the already excellent scripts and source material from which they drew upon, but when given lesser material, there really isn't much he can offer beyond some slick visuals.

He's an MTV director first, and a serious storyteller second.