Midnight Cowboy is still a masterpiece more than 50 years later
@maxxxmodelz40613 жыл бұрын
Absolutely. And Blue Chips is a good one too.
@davidunderwood17733 жыл бұрын
52 years old and it now is as controversial and as beautiful as ever.
@Soundofsilence-j4d3 жыл бұрын
A great film.
@mrceleb20062 жыл бұрын
👍👍for the 25th anniversary re-issue 'Midnight Cowboy', originally released in 1969...the only X-rated film to win the Academy Award for Best Picture, and it does "stand the test of time"! Listen for Nilsson singing "Everybody's Talkin'" during the film, and John Barry's unforgettable score!
@philippeh39044 жыл бұрын
I agree with their take on Reality Bites. I just was angry that she chose that asshole Troy. I’m not saying she should’ve ended up with Michael, but at least not choosing Troy would’ve been fine.
@Hellraiser06012 жыл бұрын
Siskel hit the nail on the head with "The Critic". It had potential if it stayed focused on the movies. Eventually it became a run-of-the-mill sitcom with the movies in the background (or even left them out completely).
@matmcd Жыл бұрын
Yeah, but he said to make the boss smarter like Ted Turner... I don't think that would ever be the writers intention lol
@ricardocantoral76724 жыл бұрын
Midnight Cowboy captures New York effectively. You arrive there hoping you will improve yourself and accomplish your goals. Instead, it becomes a psychological prison and wasteland of loneliness and shattered dreams.
@eargasm10723 жыл бұрын
You can easily say that about Miami as well lol Ratso's idea of what may-have-once-been paradise
@andrewmiller45733 жыл бұрын
You go there for the "MONY!" It's written on the building's!
@ricardocantoral7672 Жыл бұрын
@K, U aren’t a KILLA Exactly, my friend. After a few months, the romance of the city was gone. I seriously started wondering how the hell people live in New York.
@Hellraiser06012 жыл бұрын
IMO, the fact that Winona chose Ethan Hawke is very representative of the 90s at the time. Girls wanted to get with troubled men to "change" them and to become their everything.
@hollywoocdg Жыл бұрын
that hasn't changed one bit
@littlekingtrashmouth921911 ай бұрын
Sure, Ben Stiller’s character was a showbiz phony, but he took her crappy documentary and made a decent commercial out of it. Also, he’d have gotten bored with her soon
@Calinks4 жыл бұрын
4:38 Ebert: I agree with you on Hoop Dreams but at the same time I think you're comparing apples to oranges. Siskel: Yea a good movie and a bad movie. *Instantly moves on from discussion* *SAVAGERY*
@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet77292 жыл бұрын
I remember seeing "Reality Bites" with my friend when it came out and telling him "I liked Ben Stiller`s character better than Ethan Hawke`s in the movie" and he disagreed...than we watched this episode and they agreed with me exactly..kind of cool...
@offspringfan12883 жыл бұрын
Blue Chips is so much fun. I enjoyed it a lot. William Friedkin never ceases to impress me with little gems in his filmography like Blue Chips.
@ganglabesh Жыл бұрын
BUG was amazing
@SherlockHoles2012 Жыл бұрын
RIP
@reneedennis20114 жыл бұрын
The Scent of the Green Papaya is a good movie.
@ku4uv Жыл бұрын
My brother was friends with Matt Nover who played Ricky in, "Blue Chips."
@paulvoorhies882111 ай бұрын
Aww. I loved Reality Bites. Define irony, valedictorian.
@JeffTheGent2 жыл бұрын
AMEN about the "Reality Bites" review -- every word!
@TBP12124 жыл бұрын
Winona Ryder might end up with Ethan Hawke but I think Ben Stiller's character was treated very sympathetically by the film IMO
@anthonycobuccio68414 жыл бұрын
he directed it.
@sha112353 жыл бұрын
@@anthonycobuccio6841 He can't direct for shit.
@TBP12123 жыл бұрын
@@anthonycobuccio6841 but I don't think it was a case of making his character the hero or anything like that
@Jim2220012 жыл бұрын
It was silly though that they didn’t like it just because Stiller didn’t put himself with the girl. Since he was the director.
@aliali-ce3yf Жыл бұрын
only because Winona's character made no sense. She gets irrationally mad at Stiller for his bosses altering her documentary (even though he had nothing to do with it) , and she uses that anger as an excuse to seek out Ethan's character for comfort and they have sex. Its like she was just waiting for Stiller's character to have some real or imagined misstep and justify leaving him for the guy she wanted all along...........but the Ethan Hawke character was just a moody aimless guy who used his "intelligence" just to get off witty remarks.
@willcwhite3 жыл бұрын
Obviously they came around on "The Critic" since they appeared as guest stars in the second season
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
I doubt that was the case because the series still had the same issues.
@supermario05272 жыл бұрын
Interesting to hear Roger side with Gene on Midnight Cowboy, his written reviews were more critical.
@garyhunt80672 жыл бұрын
Midnight Cowboy 🤠 is a gem.
@travisshanahan7458 Жыл бұрын
When the movie blue chip came out I always thought the movie was about bob knight life
@mikew15074 жыл бұрын
I love Reality Bites! One of my favorite films.
@Nominay2 жыл бұрын
I wish you and 6 other people should explain to me "why".
@paulvoorhies882111 ай бұрын
It’s a good movie. I disagree with them. Define irony, valedictorian.
@Jbaxter852 жыл бұрын
Blue Chips 👍🌟🌟🌟 Midnight Cowboy 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 The scent of green papaya 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
@pi68353 жыл бұрын
Nick Nolte has had a terrific career, and he is the best element of “Blue Chips”.
@user-tn7pr4jg3o Жыл бұрын
One if the greatest movies ever made!!!
@Dane_Youssef4 жыл бұрын
OK, here's what I thought of the movies they reviewed--MIDNIGHT COWBOY really was a film that made it's mark on the world when the Western was dying and it returned to the real world, THE CRITIC was a watermark show that deserved the notoriety it got--maybe more, REALITY BITES really did capture Generation X--although we may look back on some of these people with contempt today...
@musicman76enator4 жыл бұрын
You missed Blue Chips
@ricardocantoral76724 жыл бұрын
Joe's cowboy persona was heartbreaking. He was emulating the only person that came close to a positive male role model in his life.
@CaptainSpalding72 Жыл бұрын
Joe was gay. He went to New York to fuck all those women to not be gay.
@williams4productions4 жыл бұрын
I know it’s more realistic for Lelaina to pick Troy but I’m still mad about it lol. Michael was genuinely a good guy with a career and ambition. Troy was an immature jerk.
@newwavepop4 жыл бұрын
i remember "Reality Bites" and the film "Singles" came out about the same time in the early 90s height of grunge alt rock period. and at the time i was just entering my 20s and personally did not care at all for the mainstream handed to you on a plate alternative explosion. but i watched both films and didnt think much of them, but for some reason in the past couple years i had gotten a little nostalgic. not about the grunge era 90s but simply about the time period that my 20s just happened to take place in. and i went out and got "Reality Bites" and "Singles", i still dont think "Singles" is that great but for some reason i have watched it 3 or 4 times in the last couple of years. so i guess there is something in it that i find compelling even if i dont care for all of it. but trying to watch "Reality Bites" i was just rolling my eyes non stop for like 20 minutes and then just could not even finish it, god it is so much worse than i even remember from the first time i didnt like it.
@anthonycobuccio68414 жыл бұрын
same! I enjoyed Reality Bites as a better movie BUT I like the Singles Soundtrack way better.
@maxxxmodelz40613 жыл бұрын
The soundtrack for Singles was the soundtrack of my late teens/early 20s and defined the 90s for me. I was just out of high school back then, and the world of music, style, and technology was changing at a rapid pace back then. Computers were finally finding their way into every household by 1996, and it really did feel like something big was happening. Like we were part of a social change or shift that was leading us into the new millennia. All these years later, it does seem like that feeling was true. We were, and still are, in the digital revolution. 50 years from now, this era will be seen in the same way as the industrial revolution was.
@mintefresh66082 ай бұрын
Reality Bites is bad for the same reason the musical Rent is stuck in a time capsule. The whole “If you work a good job, you’re a sellout” thing was in direct backlash to the Michael Keatons of the 80s. It was a toxic & childish period of time.
@evilsWa3 жыл бұрын
Yeah you heard that right: the director of the Exorcist directed Blue Chips.
@dnasty3123 жыл бұрын
And written by Ron Shelton ('Bull Durham' 'White Men Can't Jump')
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
William Friedkin directed a wide variety of films. I hope he directs a new film before he departs this world.
@MrBdiddypop2 жыл бұрын
Reality Bites kinda got some traction for the actors and that whole 90’s slacker thing. But it’s not a good movie which is why people like the song “Stay” by Lisa Loeb but the movie is kinda forgettable.
@andrewmiller45733 жыл бұрын
No.....it was" $20 and assorted change." with Voits Texas accent. Still one of my favorite love stories.
@andrewmiller45733 жыл бұрын
I'm not gay either. I just know a love story when I see one.
@MayorMcCheeseStalker3 жыл бұрын
When you say love story, people automatically assume romance. The characters are not homosexuals, neither with each other nor with anybody else, so 'a story about friendship' is probably better.
@JazzyUte2 ай бұрын
I like The Critic but both are spot on about it because it kinda veered toward just being another Simpsons clone.
@justhuy7960 Жыл бұрын
Haven't watched Reality Bites but seeing Ebert and Siskel's opinions here, I think this is very frustrating film 😂 maybe this film only suits to Gen X, I'm from Gen Z btw
@Locadel20032 жыл бұрын
10:35 exactly, they are absolutely right this time. The movie was good but there are some things that are bad
@maxxxmodelz40613 жыл бұрын
Blue Chips and Midnight Cowboy (of course) are fantastic movies. Midnight Cowboy holds up 40+ years after its release, and Blue Chips has some great messages and asks ethical questions that still hold up today as well.
@5andup3 жыл бұрын
1. Midnight Cowboy - one of 1960s ephemeral movies, an adaptation of James Leo Herlihy's novel about the friendship between male hustlers 👍👍👍 2. The Scent of Green Papaya - a meditative tale of a girl whose life as a servant was changed with the help of music. Oscar nominee, Best Foreign Language Film (Vietnam) 👍 3. Blue Chips - a conventional story about a college basketball coach who is struggling to create a competent team 👎 4. Reality Bites - an appealing cast cannot hide the familiar plot of this Gen-X themed Ben Stiller film 👎
@KRhetor Жыл бұрын
Reality Bites truly bit!
@littlekingtrashmouth921911 ай бұрын
Reality Bites was trendy and vapid. It must make sense when you’re young, dumb, and idealistic, but when you’re older, the ending is BS
@daerob14 жыл бұрын
Great upload! I saw blue chips for my 11th birthday party! Subscribed!
@musicman76enator3 жыл бұрын
I was 2 years old when that movie came out.
@Dane_Youssef4 жыл бұрын
What they're saying about REALITY BITES--the movie DID NOT go for the cliche, because the cliche would have been Lelina choosing the righteous Michael. The successful decent guy who treats her well and defends her work. But... here, the girl picks the bastard. And guess what? We don't often see that in the movies. But... that's often the way it is in real life, isn't it?
@LeoOrientis5 ай бұрын
_The Critic:_ Gene says it has no memorable characters, then calls out Ted Turner-esque supervillain Duke Philips, and mad ex-NY Governor Franklin, A.K.A. Nilknarf. Gene's been mixing Dayquil and Nyquil again. Both of those characters could have starred in their own spin-offs. (Which might even have been better than the original.)
@mintefresh66082 ай бұрын
The best 2 characters on the Critic were Siskel and Ebert as themselves 😂
@eargasm10723 жыл бұрын
Yes S&E you were right and so am I...movies were far better in the 60s, 70s and maybe early 80s
@ricardocantoral76723 жыл бұрын
Paul Schrader talked about this recently. Back in the 60s and 70s, people wanted provocative films. After the 70's, they wanted to forget the dark times. His point was, audiences change and not the pictures.
@jackedkerouac44143 жыл бұрын
Roger obviously hated the 90's DIY style of music video and filmmaking. Stuff like that was getting picked up by Mtv and other networks tho
@mintefresh66082 ай бұрын
He didn’t hate the DIY style, he disliked the Gen X formula of celebrating ignorance masked as apathy. A job makes you a sellout and girls like guys who are jerks?? Get real.
@sha112352 жыл бұрын
I think every film Ben Stiller has directed has been a disaster. Okay, Tropic Thunder is the exception.
@Nominay2 жыл бұрын
Saw Reality Bites in the theatre in 94 and was bummed out. It was cheesy. Mystified as to why it got popular and relaunched Ethan Hawke's career.
@Jim2220012 жыл бұрын
I have a good memory. So I don’t have to watch this to remember they didn’t like Reality Bites. Because as the director Ben Stiller should have got the girl ? lol. I miss them but some reviews made no sense.
@Nathan-gd7xq Жыл бұрын
It's a pretty huge flaw in the movie that she rejects a guy who is always supporting her and ends up with the one who treats her like crap.
@onlyrevolutions20103 жыл бұрын
I felt the same about Liar, Liar that they felt about Reality Bites. Jim Carey was an awful father and person, and the guy marrying his ex-wife was a genuinely kind guy who took an interest in his fiance's son instead of being a dick to him like most movie step-fathers. Jim's character didn't deserve a second chance, and certainly didn't deserve his son's love.
@natalieps23873 жыл бұрын
This is the 6th time at least where I've seen siskel not like a movie as he compares it to a similar film he likes better. He should judge it by it's own merits. He did this w/ silence of the lambs saying it wasnt as good as henry portrait of a serial killer. He felt the killers in sotl were " too over the top " but the killers in henry are quiet uninteresting people " I was glad ebert said not to compare the two & its the movies they are supposed to sorta make the characters interesting. I found buffalo bill was a weirdo anto social anyway. He also thought hopkins was over the top & the intro of him w/ the music & how it was done. Ebert again said " gene its the movies its supposed to be dramatic & interesting. " Ita about reality bites. I also wished Winona wound up w/ the non cliche. Wow they totally spoiled that. I agree with them about reality bites. I knew Winona 's character was gonna in the end go for ethan Hawke who was the typical 90s angry young man.
@elgeneralxx4 жыл бұрын
why do i act so weird sometimes??
@dudemanjack984 жыл бұрын
10:32 maybe they are so mad cuz it hit close to home and a lazy good looking guy stole their girlfriend
@Dane_Youssef4 жыл бұрын
They really have a point. Troy is a blowhard--Lelina and Troy have feelings for each other and try to mask them with contempt for each other. Troy has to change and admit himself if he wants a future with her. But.... this is how it goes it real life--a woman is more interested in the handsome charismatic jerk (lacking in potential) for a good, solid dependable man. Maybe if Troy really did see the light and better himself... but we never see real redemption in Troy.
@maskedmarvyl47743 жыл бұрын
Lol! Gene and Roger are echoing the same sentiments about Reality Bites, that All men complain about; women choosing the wrong men. Well, men choose the wrong women based on their body and not their character, and women know that, so both genders are on the same level. I am really tired of Gene's inane comments on Roger's weight here. Tired, Gene, you're talking about films being smarter, so be smarter....
@teejaye62263 жыл бұрын
Midnight Cowboy might have captured 1960's NYC....but looks completely dated now
@NinjaKurosai2 жыл бұрын
No shit
@christiansoldier773 жыл бұрын
Hoop Dreams was garbage but it was a documentary so you cant compare it to Blue hips
@mintefresh66082 ай бұрын
Hoop Dreams is a masterpiece. We all know why you didn’t like it. After 30 years, your comment, and the underlying motivation for making it, is proof that the subject matter of Hoop Dreams is more relevant now than ever. See you at the polls, Comrade “Christian Soldier” 😂
@christiansoldier772 ай бұрын
@@mintefresh6608 Hoop Dreams was boring and it was not as good as it is hyped to be. You are clueless about everything in general especially when it comes to understanding anything about me or what is gonna happen in this election . Fascism will come to an end on November 5