Midnight Cowboy is still a masterpiece more than 50 years later

👍👍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!

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.

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).

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.

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.

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*

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...

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.

The Scent of the Green Papaya is a good movie.

My brother was friends with Matt Nover who played Ricky in, "Blue Chips."

Aww. I loved Reality Bites. Define irony, valedictorian.

AMEN about the "Reality Bites" review -- every word!

Winona Ryder might end up with Ethan Hawke but I think Ben Stiller's character was treated very sympathetically by the film IMO

Obviously they came around on "The Critic" since they appeared as guest stars in the second season

Interesting to hear Roger side with Gene on Midnight Cowboy, his written reviews were more critical.

Midnight Cowboy 🤠 is a gem.

When the movie blue chip came out I always thought the movie was about bob knight life

I love Reality Bites! One of my favorite films.

Blue Chips 👍🌟🌟🌟 Midnight Cowboy 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 The scent of green papaya 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟

Nick Nolte has had a terrific career, and he is the best element of “Blue Chips”.

One if the greatest movies ever made!!!

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...

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.

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.

Yeah you heard that right: the director of the Exorcist directed Blue Chips.

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.

No.....it was" $20 and assorted change." with Voits Texas accent. Still one of my favorite love stories.

I like The Critic but both are spot on about it because it kinda veered toward just being another Simpsons clone.

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

10:35 exactly, they are absolutely right this time. The movie was good but there are some things that are bad

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.

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 👎

Great upload! I saw blue chips for my 11th birthday party! Subscribed!

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?

_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.)

Yes S&E you were right and so am I...movies were far better in the 60s, 70s and maybe early 80s

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

I think every film Ben Stiller has directed has been a disaster. Okay, Tropic Thunder is the exception.

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.

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.

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.

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.

why do i act so weird sometimes??

10:32 maybe they are so mad cuz it hit close to home and a lazy good looking guy stole their girlfriend

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....

Midnight Cowboy might have captured 1960's NYC....but looks completely dated now

Hoop Dreams was garbage but it was a documentary so you cant compare it to Blue hips