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I don't normally watch war or action movies, but I watched Black Hawk Down (2001) last night. And it's fantastic. Ridley Scott used to really know how to make movies. He's made several that figure somewhere on my top 50 list. Blade Runner, Gladiator, Spy Game (edit: this is by the other Scott), Kingdom of Heaven, and Black Hawk Down. In recent years he has shat the bed, reportedly , with both Napoleon and Gladiator 2 (haven't watched them myself and don't know if I will). Did he fall into some ideological trap or what happened?
Anyhow, I was both thrilled and touched by BHD. The music is fantastic (Hans Zimmer). And the cast has so many good actors. Might actually watch it again with the commentary track on.
He got old. He's 87. He's also still extremely prolific, especially for his age. If you look at some of his contemporaries, they do a lot less now. The younger Scorsese and Spielberg still put out a decent number but far fewer than Scott. Only Eastwood has a similarly high release rate. Scott put out 7 films in the 2010s and already has 4 films this decade. Some of these films are crap and some are good; The Martian in 2015 received a bunch of Oscar noms while the more recent pair of House of Gucci and The Last Duel both reviewed reasonably well.
When you're pumping out so many films it's inevitable some will be good and some bad. As he ages the balance tilts towards more bad films, which is much the same as Eastwood. If he was a lot pickier like Scorsese he'd probably still have mostly hits
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