India, Oct. 7 -- Legendary director Ridley Scott isn't holding back when it comes to his views on the film industry today. In a candid conversation at the British Film Institute on Sunday, the 87-year-old filmmaker criticised the state of modern cinema, calling most Hollywood films "mediocre", so much so that he's started rewatching his own classics.

As reported by Metro, the Gladiator and Alien auteur was speaking to his son, director Luke Scott and didn't mince words. Scott took aim at the overreliance on visual effects in contemporary filmmaking, suggesting that the emphasis on spectacle often compensates for weak storytelling.

"The quantity of movies that are made today, literally globally, millions. Not thousands, millions, and mos...