Siskel & Ebert - Best of 1982 (At The Movies)

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Siskel & Ebert - Best of 1982 (At The Movies)

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Күн бұрын

Siskel's list:
1. Moonlighting
2. Tootsie
3. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
4. Diva
5. Mephisto
6. Lola
7. Personal Best
8. Three Brothers
9. Das Boot
10. An Officer and a Gentleman
Ebert's List:
1. Sophie's Choice
2. Diva
3. E.T.: The Extra Terrestrial
4. Fitzcarraldo and Burden of Dreams (tie)
5. Personal Best
6. Das Boot
7. Mephisto
8. Moonlighting
9. The Verdict
10. The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!

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@JakobKsGarage 3 жыл бұрын

I love it when you leave the old commercial breaks in there too 👍

@josephscottadams39 Жыл бұрын

I was shocked to see RCA video disk player. I thought that came out in the late 80's

@sandal_thong8631 Жыл бұрын

@@josephscottadams39 Too bad it didn't catch on; we had to wait until DVDs and wide TVs. Funny about the VCR tape that can keep a good image after 100 recordings. Who would record over their TV shows more than once or twice? Maybe for soaps or game shows you watched once and were done with?

@4Legacy 11 ай бұрын

@@josephscottadams39 a friend of mine just sold me this exact player, along with about 80 movies. Sadly, the rubber band or whatever inside is broken, so I can't load any movies. I plan on fixing it, but have no experience. For now though, it's a neat novelty to show in my media area

@commanderkeen3787 2 жыл бұрын

The Verdict, one of the best films of 1982. Superb writing and performances

@josephscottadams39 Жыл бұрын

Lots of good movies from '82 but I think The Verdict was #1 on my list.

@sparky6086 Жыл бұрын

@onequickthing8950 The Paul Newman character had alcohol induced ADHD!

@acesovernines 9 ай бұрын

One of my all time favorite Paul Newman performances

@miguelservetus9534 25 күн бұрын

Only complaint is it misrepresented both medical and legal procedure. New man’s redemptive arch was not compelling. Nor believable. Too many tropes and cliches to drive the plot.

@user-py6wg3sq9e 7 күн бұрын

Best Paul Newman Performance ever! Should have beaten Gandhi.

@user-mj4oy3rs2m 6 ай бұрын

I am surprised Ghandi was not on either list despite both of them regarding it highly.

@CaptainSpalding72 2 жыл бұрын

TOOTSIE- I love that film so much!

@jamesfields2916 4 ай бұрын

Greatest movie summer of all time... E T., Poltergeist,Blade Runner,The Thing,Tron,Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan. Firefox,Rocky 3,The Road Warrior,Diner,The World According to Garp Fast Times at Ridgemont High. An Officer and a Gentleman. I'm not even listing the fall and Christmas releases.

@bigwillietheb Ай бұрын

because Siskel & Ebert were DUMBASSES

@user-py6wg3sq9e 7 күн бұрын

The Thing, The Road Warrior, Blade Runner, Tron …. Best Science Fiction Summer ever.

@DesiluTrek Ай бұрын

This was 42 years ago. 42 years earlier was 1940. Tech has changed much in life but not nearly as much as the ways life was transformed between '40 and '82.

@tonyhill1141 Ай бұрын

I was 14 when this aired. I saw most these films at that time. We still had a sense of wonder going to the movies then, at least I did. Wonderful to see this again as a much older and more jaded adult.

@felicerobinson5816 Ай бұрын

Me too I can't believe ET was made 42 years ago.

@flaccidusminimus2170 3 жыл бұрын

My list, based on North American release dates: 1. E.T: The Extra Terrestrial 2. Mephisto 3. The Long Good Friday 4. Fitzcarraldo 5. Moonlighting 6. Circle of Deceit 7. Gandhi 8. Das Boot 9 .The World According to Garp 10. The Verdict This may be my favorite year in film history. I could come up with at least 10 more great films that I admire almost as much.

@flaccidusminimus2170 3 жыл бұрын

@@kdohertygizbur It didn't reach theatres in the United States until April 1982. S&E reviewed it on their show along with "Pink Floyd: The Wall" in the summer of '82 which was the first time "The Long Good Friday" even reached Chicago. If you live in England, it would make sense to count it as a 1981 film. It only appeared at film festivals in 1980. "Mephisto", "Das Boot", and "Circle Of Deceit" would also be 1981 films if all we care about is the first time they were screened anywhere, but no one in North America got to see those until the theatrical releases in 1982 (hence the Academy Award nominations for films released in 1982). Likewise for Gene's picks "Lola" and "Three Brothers". I don't think it helps to rely on how IMDb assigns years to individual titles.

@hevyonez97 3 жыл бұрын

My 10 best of 1982: 1. ET 2. Tootsie 3. Personal Best 4. An Officer And A Gentleman 5. Rocky III 6. Diva 7. The Verdict 8. Das Boot 9. Moonlighting 10. Mephisto Damn great year for movies, there's like 10-15 more that i could have put in the 10 spots...but I thought I'd include some that really deserve much more attention, so some audience favourites and some personal favourites for me...👍🏿😎

@waterspout8 2 жыл бұрын

My list goes by premiere year, so there are some films here that didn't open in North America until after '82. 1. The Night of the Shooting Stars 2. Diner 3. Shoot the Moon 4. Losing Ground 5. Fanny and Alexander 6. The King of Comedy 7. Identification of a Woman 8. One from the Heart 9. Tempest 10. Blade Runner 11. Tootsie 12. That Championship Season 13. Le Beau mariage 14. Evil Under the Sun 15. Author! Author! 16. Cat People 17. Hammett 18. E.T. 19. The Thing 20. An Officer and a Gentleman

@flaccidusminimus2170 Жыл бұрын

@onequickthing8950 It's divisive, I know, but I find it life-affirming and profoundly humanistic. And so far ahead of its time with its angle on some social issues that it would probably play like a modern satire if I watched it today. Although, having been a teenager when I last saw it, it isn't fresh in my memory.

@flaccidusminimus2170 Жыл бұрын

@onequickthing8950 Could be. It's been a while, but I'll give it another look some day and reassess.

@miguelservetus9534 25 күн бұрын

Forty years ago, when I was a young man, I usually agreed with Ebert. But in my old age I find myself agreeing with Siskel. Funny how life goes.

@OhSankYouDoktor 3 жыл бұрын

1982 was one of the great movie years - "Tootsie," E.T.," "The Verdict," "Victor/Victoria," "The World According to Garp," "My Favorite Year," Shoot the Moon." And so many more.

@CaptainSpalding72 2 жыл бұрын

GARP is awful.

@terry10tnj 2 жыл бұрын

@@CaptainSpalding72 garp is amazing!!!

@morgan8757 Жыл бұрын

@@CaptainSpalding72 i'm with you

@mirkomustapic3883 Жыл бұрын

First blood also

@davidthieroff9452 10 ай бұрын

The summer releases alone. My God!! amazing year. I remember it well.

@savage_skirt5386 2 жыл бұрын

Can't believe Tootsie failed to make Roger's top ten.

@BookClubDisaster Жыл бұрын

Tootsie is amazing. The ONLY man in drag movie that's actually funny.

@bnegs521 Жыл бұрын

Didnt make mine either.

@linkbiff1054 Жыл бұрын

@@BookClubDisaster Mrs. Doubtfire was funny too.

@NoahIsThaGOAT 4 ай бұрын

@@BookClubDisasterSome Like It Hot

@felicerobinson5816 Ай бұрын

Maybe I need to watch Tootsie again I didn't like it

@cynthiathomas404 2 жыл бұрын

Those two are the best i miss them

@barryosullivan7763 2 жыл бұрын

My favourite through back in these clips is the classic unedited 80's ads :)

@pinkpinkpink32 5 ай бұрын

With no woke or PC messages. So refreshing !

@ericlevenchuck6212 8 ай бұрын

I didn’t watch Sophie’s Choice until just recently, and part of me wishes I hadn’t. The “choice” scene is in some ways the most brutal thing I’ve seen on film.

@berserkley Жыл бұрын

RCA Video Disc player: The Future!

@keithstebbing436 3 ай бұрын

That ad is gorgeous. Take me back!

@jessecoffey4737 3 жыл бұрын

Gene had 20 runners-up for the top 10 list for 1982: "The Weavers: Wasn't That a Time!" (#10 on Roger's list, as aforementioned), Barry Levinson's "Diner", "My Favorite Year", "Barbarosa", "Chan Is Missing", "Lili Marleen", "TRON" (a PG-rated Disney film), "Looking to Get Out", "Burden of Dreams", "The Long Good Friday" (a 1980 British gangster film), "Tex" (another PG rated Disney film), "Pixote", "The Road Warrior" (AKA "Mad Max 2"), "The Aviator's Wife", "Circle of Deceit", "Taxi Zum Ho", "Richard Pryor: Live on the Sunset Strip", "Veronika Voss", the remake of "Cat People", and the 1981 German film "Christian F." Gene also enjoyed "The Challenge", "One From the Heart", and "Halloween III: Season of the Witch" (one of Roger's picks for the Stinkers of 1982). Locally, the Fine Arts Twin opened at South Michigan Avenue, Gene lauding it as "a bold experiment in quality film booking by the enterprising M&R Theater chain of Skokie." (SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, January 3, 1983)

@jimpatterson1111 8 ай бұрын

I remember seeing the episode where Siskel said he liked ‘Halloween 3’. Ebert mocked him for it and would occasionally bring it up as a dig towards Siskel, lol

@kellymiller1891 7 ай бұрын

@@jimpatterson1111 My Top Ten Movies of 1982 are. 10. Swamp Thing. 9. Annie. 8. Poltergeist. 7. E.T the Extra-Terrestrial. 6. The Secret of NIMH. Animated. 5. Tron. 4. An Officer and a Gentleman. 3. The Man from Snowy River. 2. Bugs Bunny's 3rd Movie 1001 Rabbit Tales. Animated. 1. The Last Unicorn. Animated. Here's my Honorable Mentions. 1. 48 Hrs. 2. The Dark Crystal.

@Fiveash-Art 7 ай бұрын

@@jimpatterson1111 Halloween lll Season of the Witch is a great B movie. It's a classic. It's also more interesting than The Michael Myers stuff. Those movies are so freakin overrated.

@Kingof69ner 4 ай бұрын

First Blood should be on this list

@Fiveash-Art 4 ай бұрын

@@Kingof69ner Great movie.

@mr29 11 ай бұрын

So glad Ebert chose Sophie's Choice as 1982's best film. It's my favorite movie of all time and so much more than Streep's EXTRAORDINARY performance.

@zetetick395 4 ай бұрын

Frankie Faizon in a toothpaste ad!? OK this just totally side-swiped me 🤣

@stevensatanson 4 ай бұрын

I did a double take myself, yes that's Barney for Crest toothpaste

@DS8379 3 жыл бұрын

Miss the Chicago boys! My favorite of that year would probably be Blade Runner, but so many fine films in 82

@flaccidusminimus2170 3 жыл бұрын

The original cut of Blade Runner didn't inspire many rave reviews, as you may know. The only version S&E had seen at the time is quite different from the version(s) most people are familiar with today. For what it's worth, Roger eventually included "The Final Cut" of Blade Runner in his Great Movies essay collection.

@ronniebishop2496 4 ай бұрын

Tootsie and The Verdict!

@branagain 12 күн бұрын

My 10 best list of 1982: 1. Tootsie 2. Blade Runner 3. The Verdict 4. Poltergeist 5. Diner 6. Night Shift 7. Koyaanisqatsi 8. 48 Hrs 9. World According to Garp And that’s it. I can only think of 9 films worthy to be on this list.

@lunartat77 3 жыл бұрын

Those ads are such a nostalgia rush!

@reneedennis2011 2 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@dondee5439 9 ай бұрын

At the 8:27 mark, cool seeing the full 1982 ad for the RCA VideoDisc player. A commenter below said that at the MSRP of $299 it would be close to $1,000 today. Movies on those giant discs were $25 which would be close to $100 today. I rented one for a day back in the day for $20 and it included 3 movies. I think I picked Swiss Family Robinson, Old Yeller and a third film.

@redadamearth 11 ай бұрын

1982 was just insane. Go to a list sometime of all the films released in '82 and it's almost hard to believe the amount of classics that were being released that year. A lot of films that ended up becoming classics were just swallowed up in the tidal wave of films coming out.

@larrykramer2761 Жыл бұрын

8:49 "Players start at $299"...that would be over $900 in today's dollars.

@kevinkim390 2 жыл бұрын

The lady in the commercial for Memorex video tape looks like the actress Cynthia Sikes. I had a crush on her when I was a kid. At that time she was a regular on NBC's medical drama St. Elsewhere.

@brashballs 3 жыл бұрын

Diva is an excellent film.

@reneedennis2011 2 жыл бұрын

Yup.

@ezequielgomez7083 10 ай бұрын

For me my best and favorite flims of 1982 was Annie, Poltergeist and especially E.T.

@joerich1629 2 жыл бұрын

Tron, Tron and Tron.

@user-ne6gp4gn6x Ай бұрын

fast times at rigdemont high and no ghandi best picture 1982

@frankbutterfield7800 Жыл бұрын

Conan the Barbarian also came out in 1982. Set the bar for sword and sorcery genre.

@sandal_thong8631 Жыл бұрын

Just about every other fantasy/sword-and-sorcery movie lost money at the box office. They said video purchases really did it for Conan, and probably others. I imagine studios only got one purchase for each VHS tape on a rental store's shelf?

@mattm6580 3 жыл бұрын

What's up with the thumbnail?? That is freaky. This week on Siskel & Ebert & Demon

@kicka11 Жыл бұрын

Pazuzu

@matthewsmith5374 6 ай бұрын

@@kicka11Lilu

@MrCarpen7er Ай бұрын

@@kicka11 No, Captain Howdy.

@rgwebb5165 Жыл бұрын

Sophie's Choice, World According to Garp, Rocky III, Wrath of Khan, Blade Runner my fav 5.

@xxxYYZxxx Жыл бұрын

That Memorex commercial totally hoodwinked me three times, even though I'd seen it back in the day.

@capt.animosiac5093 Жыл бұрын

It's funny you could hear the intro to Styx's "Too Much Time On My Hands" sounding strikingly similar in that RCA disc ad.

@flaccidusminimus2170 3 жыл бұрын

The clips from Tootsie and Diva have been cut out due to copyright restrictions. The video would have been blocked if I hadn't done that. Also, please spare me the "How dare they not include my favorite movie, I can't believe other people have different taste!" comments. Don't be a dullard.

@hevyonez97 3 жыл бұрын

I've been waiting for this particular episode to be uploaded just do I could hear their actual thoughts on their picks...I've had their 10 best lists for years, but here is where I get to enjoy hearing their enthusiasm for each movie...

@ajs41 Жыл бұрын

Diva was a 1981 movie in the UK but probably 1982 in the USA.

@acholl980 Жыл бұрын

My '82 choices Star Trek II E.T. The Secret of NIMH Rocky III Tron Mad Max 2 Poltergeist 48 Hours First Blood Pink Floyd The Wall

@saymynameice-zen-berg511 2 жыл бұрын

1982 was an awesome year. Some overlooked and even initially disliked films would go on to be classics from that year, including Blue Thunder, John Carpenter’s The Thing, Blade Runner, Poltergeist, Night Shift, Zapped.

@acholl980 Жыл бұрын

Blue Thunder was in '83.

@garys1266 Жыл бұрын

Never understood why Night Shift wasn't more popular. Keaton and Winkler were brilliant together in that film.

@gus4u2c Жыл бұрын

Zapped with Scott Baio, you lost me there with your list

@josephscottadams39 Жыл бұрын

'82 - One of the best ever years for great movies. Too bad they suck now days.

@michaelhouser4778 Жыл бұрын

My favorite films of 1982: 1. The Long Good Friday 2. Blade Runner 3. Gandhi 4. E.T. The Extraterrestrial 5. An Officer and a Gentleman 6. Sophie's Choice 7. Tootsie 8. The World According to Garp 9. The Verdict 10. One from the Heart So there.

@jeshkam 10 ай бұрын

"The long good friday" was filmed in 1979 and released the following year.

@michaelhouser4778 10 ай бұрын

I saw it in 1982 so as far as I am concerned it is a 1982 movie. That's when it got a major release in the United States. I know that Bob Hoskins was nominated for best actor at the British awards for the year 1981 but he lost to Burt Lancaster in Atlantic City.

@Doobie1975 3 жыл бұрын

I'm surprised they both thought highly of Personal Best considering it's not a very popular movie.

@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729 2 жыл бұрын

no connection to popularity

@CaptainSpalding72 2 жыл бұрын

thats not a reason to dislike a movie. They liked it because of the lesbian love story.

@vinnayt 2 жыл бұрын

Gotta love the ads. $300 VCR. Frankie Faison hocking toothpaste

@mykal.7424 2 жыл бұрын

That's not a vcr that's an early version of Laserdisc

@JoeOConnellAllNew 2 жыл бұрын

"That's Meryl Streep as Sophie..." It's funny to see this review and remember a time when Streep wasn't a living legend. She wasn't even that well-known when that movie came out. And I guess their prediction that "Moonlighting" was going to stand the test of time was a little off.

@flaccidusminimus2170 2 жыл бұрын

Well, yes, she was already an Oscar-winner and had starred in back-to-back Best Picture winners. She became pretty well known in the late 70s but this movie solidified her reputation as an A-list *lead* actress.

@ppuh6tfrz646 Жыл бұрын

You're right. Moonlighting is practically unknown. I saw it the other day. I gave it 6/10. It was OK but not particularly interesting.

@piper888 2 жыл бұрын

Personal Best: Who else watched the sauna scene over and over again ❓🤔😆

@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729 2 жыл бұрын

I liked the arm wrestle scene or right after it...

@piper888 2 жыл бұрын

@@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729 I have a song called lovebirds and a video go to panpiper Pete

@oobrocks 3 жыл бұрын

I had a RCA vdp: piece of crap. I threw it out 😆

@DeanDaubenton 6 ай бұрын

WHY IS THERE A PIC OF PAZUZU'S FACE IN THE THUMBNAIL???

@flaccidusminimus2170 6 ай бұрын

You must be imagining things.

@DeanDaubenton 5 ай бұрын

@@flaccidusminimus2170 Quit Bullshiting. When I say I see evil, I see evil. So you'd better explain yourself, cuz I doubt that pic got there by accident.

@flaccidusminimus2170 5 ай бұрын

How do you do, very stable person?

@nospam3327 Жыл бұрын

Ok, full disclosure, my favorite part of this video is the Memorex ad. That was such an iconic advertising campaign. So meta! :) 19:52

@alexlella8771 Жыл бұрын

I think this episode aired the same day that Sneak Previews (Geoffrey Lyons and Mike Medved) aired their episode about the worst of 1982. Lo and behold someone on that show (I can't remember which one) picked "Personal Best" as one of the worst. Make what you will of that.

@TariqBusy 2 жыл бұрын

Look at a young Frankie Faison, and the late Leo O' Brien doin a toothpaste ad. Vintage old school. And what the hell is a stereodisc player?

@malichitte Жыл бұрын

Sometimes it’s a movie’s ending that leaves the lasting image. Have to say that about Mephisto.

@wingitprod Жыл бұрын

The original sit around and talk about movies.

@jeshkam Жыл бұрын

Blade Runner, TRON, Tootsie, First Blood, Poltergeist & Koyaanisqatsi.

@Shorty_Lickens Жыл бұрын

TRON and Blade Runner were so good the average movie watcher didnt even understand how good they were.

@guyansell9659 3 жыл бұрын

Needs more feedback

@ronniebishop2496 4 ай бұрын

What happened on ET? I didn’t see a darn thing,guys!!!

@martydworkis12345 Жыл бұрын

Did Siskel and Ebert give the dark crystal two thumbs up or two thumbs down?

@flaccidusminimus2170 Жыл бұрын

Neither one liked it.

@martydworkis12345 Жыл бұрын

@@flaccidusminimus2170 maximum clarification please!

@harrisonutoft5871 3 жыл бұрын

The Dark Crystal is one of the best films of 1982 in my opinion. If I were Gene or Roger I would've put it on my list.

@sandal_thong8631 Жыл бұрын

Did they even review it? I don't see it when searching for their shows. I think they said it came out alongside _Tootsie_ and _The Toy_ so I'll check those.

@harrihaffi2713 Жыл бұрын

The commercial break confused me! I was wondering what movie sounded that way...

@ppuh6tfrz646 Жыл бұрын

19:34 44 De Vere Gardens, Kensington. I wonder if Siskel ever visited it.

@Jbaxter85 3 ай бұрын

My list of 1982 E.T. Tootsie Diner Sophie's Choice The Verdict A officer & A Gentleman Tron Blade Runner 48 Hrs. Das Boot First Blood The King of Comedy Poltergeist Annie Come Back to the 5 & Dimen Jimmy Dean, Jimmy Dean

@JimSmith-nb4tx 2 жыл бұрын

4:05 - Lol Did he just jump out his seat in excitement like a little kid? His smile says it all.lol

@jamesasali9233 Жыл бұрын

Nothing against these choices, but how was Gandhi on neither list?

@flaccidusminimus2170 Жыл бұрын

It hadn't played in Chicago yet. Made Roger's list for 1983.

@jamesasali9233 Жыл бұрын

@@flaccidusminimus2170 Doesn’t appear so: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/l8WBZKdyyN6zlmg.html

@flaccidusminimus2170 10 ай бұрын

@@jamesasali9233 I stand corrected. In any case, I'm pretty sure they didn't get to see it in time for the cut-off date of this list.

@erichaynes7502 3 жыл бұрын

I agree that 1982 was the absolute peak in movie history, never to be repeated again. The Thing Das Boot Road Warrior The Verdict Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan 48 Hours Poltergeist Sophie's Choice Blade Runner

@LumpyAdams 2 жыл бұрын

There have been better years. This wouldn't even make the top 10 of years. Peak is pushing it.

@KRhetor 2 жыл бұрын

@@LumpyAdams Too many people have been brainwashed into thinking nothing meaningful was made before the 80s.

@LumpyAdams 2 жыл бұрын

@@KRhetor I think it's more so these nostalgic 80s kids that want to put that decade on a pedestal. They're worse than 90s kids. Everything from that decade is tHe bEsT eVer. While the 80s did have classics, there's so much garbage.

@allanfifield8256 Жыл бұрын

What a year? Das Boot The Verdict Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan Ghandi was relased Dec 82. Was it too late to be included in these lists?

@flaccidusminimus2170 Жыл бұрын

Timely distribution in Chicago was apparently iffy back then. Roger had it on his list for 1983, so it probably wasn't screened for them until January.

@Lindenmuthbrian Жыл бұрын

The toothpaste dad is Frankie Faison, played Burrell from The Wire

@d.martin7692 Жыл бұрын

I miss the eighties. Oh well.....

@WatchitforDays Жыл бұрын

It's funny how Roger can say so much without moving his lips

@morgan8757 Жыл бұрын

ET, the verdict,,tootsie,gandhi,an officer and a gentelman,48 hours,sophies choice ,

@bnegs521 Жыл бұрын

7:42 Gene cant even say that with a straight face. 😃

@philipcohen7192 11 ай бұрын

Is that Danhausen?

@ajs41 Жыл бұрын

Anyone know the original broadcast date of this show?

@flaccidusminimus2170 Жыл бұрын

January 8th, 1983. Part of their first season on the Tribune-syndicated "At The Movies" program. Probably recorded several days earlier.

@ajs41 Жыл бұрын

@@flaccidusminimus2170 Thanks.

@ppuh6tfrz646 Жыл бұрын

I'm amazed that Moonlighting would be anyone's film of the year. It's OK but nothing more. It's pretty dull, I don't see how the words 'spectacular' and 'adventure' can be applied to it.

@twikirobot6897 2 жыл бұрын

1. The Thing 2. Creepshow 3. Friday the 13th Part 3 4. Basket Case 5. The Slumber Party Massacre 6. The Beast Within 7. Amityville II: The Possession 8. Midnight 9. Xtro 10. Pieces

@NinjaKurosai 2 жыл бұрын

Big rom-com fan eh?

@WatchingUntiltheEnd 2 жыл бұрын

Ya forgot poltergeist 👻

@KRhetor 2 жыл бұрын

LOL. Your tastes are horrible.

@boogerbrains138 Жыл бұрын

Hell yeah

@zetetick395 4 ай бұрын

Whatever is happening to the audio is both awful AND psychedelic

@acesovernines 9 ай бұрын

That neither of them chose Gandhi just shows how astute they were. They just saw right through the BS and recognized it was a propaganda film produced by the then Nehru-Gandhi Congress dispensation in complicity with the UK government. As an Indian, I applaud the wisdom that the legendary Siskel and Ebert showed there

@flaccidusminimus2170 9 ай бұрын

But...they both liked it a great deal. Ebert gave it 4 stars! It just didn't make their lists in what both thought was an extraordinary year.

@josephpanzarella1417 18 күн бұрын

They both wisely didn't choose Oscar-bait "Gandhi". A great performance by Ben Kingsley. Not a great film. It was a sentimental favorite ar the Oscars.

@freddyfurrah3789 6 ай бұрын

Sophie's Choice is not a good movie.

@richhopkins6968 Жыл бұрын

Funny how- if ET was that great - Ghandi won Best Picture Oscar that year. ET is the better film but I still think the same way about it now when I saw it 40 years ago: overrated!

@mikeberry2332 Жыл бұрын

My ex and I sat stone-faced throughout 'Tootsie' while everyone else kept exploding with laughter. The only time we laughed, when Bill Murray said, 'That is one zany hospital' the theater was quiet. I guess we just didn't get this movie.

@lukedunham5010 Жыл бұрын

Author!Author! , Airplane II!, HonkyTonk Man, An Officer and a Gentleman, First Blood!!! Ha ha ha!

@drumtum 11 ай бұрын

I am amazed how Siskel and Ebert thinks it is ok with female athletes shown totally nude in the shower in a movie about sports. How does this contribute to the movie? And on the other hand they always were against slashers where nude women were killed.

@flaccidusminimus2170 11 ай бұрын

I don't recall them ever objecting to nudity in general. Both were big fans of it, wishing for more of it and less violence. Skin exposure in slasher films was never among their principal objections to that genre.

@Lunchladydoyle 11 ай бұрын

OMG Personal Best is such a shit movie 😂 They skipped over Tootsie and chose that crapfesg instead ?? Oh vey !!

@flaccidusminimus2170 11 ай бұрын

Ummm...Tootsie was #2 on Gene's list!

@stevensatanson 4 ай бұрын

I remember seeing e.t. as a very young kid (must have been the '85 re-release) and i just remember being bored to tears and thinking the whole thing was stupid. Mom insisted we stay for the whole movie, but realized that she was gonna have an incorrigible hipster on her hands. Is there any legacy for this movie, besides being referenced & lampooned? I never hear even the sappiest nostalgia victims speak of it at all, let alone wistfully.

@BILLYMORGAN1971 5 ай бұрын

It's funny they're well known for mocking cheesy movies but they use the cheesiest theme song and gravitate towards aliens and transvestites ha!

@The3rdGunman 7 ай бұрын

I can't for the life of me see what makes ET so special...I think it's Speilberg's most overrated film. He has plenty of MUCH better films.

@michaelbirke6050 7 ай бұрын

I saw ET in a movie theater full of kids. To say they were spellbound is an understatement. I thought the movie was highly entertaining as all of Spielberg’s are, but I’ll always remember that afternoon at the movies.

@The3rdGunman 7 ай бұрын

@@michaelbirke6050 Yeah...I mean I saw it in theaters when I was 7 back in the day but I've watched it at least 2 or 3 times as an adult, including with my own kids and I don't get it.

@michaelbirke6050 7 ай бұрын

@@The3rdGunmanWhat’s not to get? It’s not a “get it” movie. It’s a sit back and munch on popcorn movie.😊😊

@The3rdGunman 7 ай бұрын

@@michaelbirke6050 Withb all due respect I think that's about as lazy of a reply as I could think...Frankly it makes my point. What's so entertaining about it? Why is it held in such high regard. Very little is explained. There's no real reason given for Elliot and ET's connection, ET getting sick then magically recovering is not explined nb the least, and other than cute child actor performances-not much happens. It's slow paced and I don't see much of any character arc. A sit back and eat popcorn movie would a Marvel, F&F, Transformers or Gerad BUtler movie. Beut even then I could name plenty of high action, popcorn movies that have plots, story, character arcs, etc. Hell no one shuts off their brain for T2, Jurassic Park, or even something more modern like John Wick...

@michaelbirke6050 7 ай бұрын

@@The3rdGunman Gee. If the movie upset you that much send me your address and I’ll refund your ticket.

@davidowen74 Жыл бұрын

There is no way Tootsie could be made today.

@flaccidusminimus2170 Жыл бұрын

I think the main reason for that is people have had their fill of crossdressing movies in the years since (most of which have been bad) and the concept is no longer intriguing, novel, or funny.

@crystalshaw8744 11 ай бұрын

Gene Siskel needs therapy.

@mjgyrosdude484 3 жыл бұрын

I don't care what anyone says E.T. was kinda boring. I enjoyed Mac and Me even more. Yeah I have issues!

@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729 2 жыл бұрын

definitely have issues..Mac was a 90 minute McDonalds commercial

@garys1266 Жыл бұрын

ET was a marketing ploy to sell candy. Agreed, it was not good film.

@mildred714 Жыл бұрын

@@garys1266 wow an actual braindead person using the internet. You realize it was based on a book right?

@garys1266 Жыл бұрын

@@mildred714 Oh wow, based on a book? That changes everything. Many movies based on books have been bad including The Golden Compass, Ender's Game and Battlefield Earth. Your point being?