"Well, right now I'm finding mediocrity, we're drowning in mediocrity," Scott explained. "The quantity of movies that are made today, literally globally, millions. There's not thousands, there's millions, and most of it is shit - 80-60 percent 'eh,' 40 percent is the rest, and 25 percent of that 40 is not bad, and 10 percent is pretty good, and the top 5 percent is great."
"I think a lot of films today are saved, and made more expensive by digital effects. Because what they haven't got is a great [script] on paper first. Get it on paper."
"So what I do - and it's a horrible thing - but I've started to watch my own movies, and actually they're really good," he said. "And also, they don't age ... I watched Black Hawk Down the other night and I thought, 'How the hell did I do that?'"
Ridley Scott finds contemporary film output overwhelmingly mediocre and estimates only a small fraction as truly great. He attributes part of modern film quality to digital effects compensating for weak scripts and emphasizes the importance of a strong script on paper. Scott searches current TV and film for acting talent and discovered Paul Mescal through Normal People for Gladiator II. He has begun rewatching his own films, noting that many remain impressive and do not age, and reflects on the difficulty and distinctiveness of projects like Blade Runner.
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