Ridley Scott isn’t holding back his thoughts about the state of the film industry, telling the audience during a talk at the British Film Institute on Sunday that most modern movies are “shit.”

“The quantity of movies that are made today, literally globally — millions. Not thousands, millions … and most of it is shit,” the Oscar-nominated filmmaker said in conversation with his son Luke Scott, according to Metro .

“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 thing on paper first,” he continued. “Get it on paper!”

Later on in the discussion, Metro reported that the “Gladiator” and “Alien” director was asked if he has a “comfort film” he likes to revisit. “Well, actually, right now, I’m finding mediocrity —

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