The great thing about posting SISKEL AND EBERT videos is the picture quality doesn't have to be perfect and you can still enjoy it. If those guys were still around I'd still be going to the theater.
These days they talked about what was coming out on Video, whether or not they liked the damn thing. This was the beginning of their new show, before they changed that format.
_Crocodile Dundee_ was top at the box office for 7 weeks, but _increased_ its box office through word of mouth! I don't think that's happened for years, if not decades. Movies now go to premium pay streaming (used to be called pay-per-view) long before 7 weeks. Some movies I want to see the first week or two to avoid spoilers, but aren't there some movies worth seeing later in the theater?
I looked at their best of the year shows 1985-1990 and hear about movies I haven't seen and am not particularly interested in seeing. Sometimes they just completely miss what appeals to the public in the top 10 box office receipts, as well as those movies I consider worth watching more than once, like _Crocodile Dundee._
"I was waiting for her to show some concern"---Hahahah what about the scene we just watched where she's screaming her head off? The whole review shows that Roger did not really pay attention to the movie.
That's not what he said. He said "I kept waiting for her to be more concerned _about her children_." And he's right---in the movie, she shows precious little concern for both their mental and physical well-being.
There comes a time when someone needs to just leave. But when you're raised on female subservience to men, particularly to the father and husband, that goes against her indoctrination.
It is fascinating that both Ebert and Siskel decry the hypocrisy and exploitative nature of pornography and then one minute later promote and praise the work of a director that was convicted of heinous crimes perpetrated on a child.
Gene Siskel was far too kind to Harrison Ford's deranged character in Mosquito Coast; so much so that it if I was Gene's kid, I'd think twice before going on a long voyage with him....
I think the point of watching the movie is to figure out when he goes off the deep end, and when his family should abandon him. There was a story I saw about some mountain gorillas where the head male, who's growing old, takes his family or troop up to the heights where it's too cold for the babies, and just sits. Finally, a younger big male, his son I think, leads the females and supporters back down to the warm jungle, splitting the group and taking leadership. The message I got was the old leader wanted to transfer leadership without violent conflict, which is likely the norm. So he would live out his life with his remaining supporters in a group of bachelor males.
I don't think they liked each other very much. Funny how the "new" intro I liked shows them waiting for their respective papers, opening them and arguing.
The great thing about posting SISKEL AND EBERT videos is the picture quality doesn't have to be perfect and you can still enjoy it. If those guys were still around I'd still be going to the theater.
Oh how I miss these two guys! Loved how they would get into a little argument now and then over the finer points of the movie.
Harrison really took chances back then, not just Han Solo/Indiana all the time. Klaus Maria Branduer is an incredible actor.
He's reprising his old roles in order to attract better parts.
It's also from the same director of Witness-the great Peter Weir.
Witness is a great movie.
Also directed Dead Poets Society. Another 80s classic!
These days they talked about what was coming out on Video, whether or not they liked the damn thing. This was the beginning of their new show, before they changed that format.
_Crocodile Dundee_ was top at the box office for 7 weeks, but _increased_ its box office through word of mouth! I don't think that's happened for years, if not decades. Movies now go to premium pay streaming (used to be called pay-per-view) long before 7 weeks. Some movies I want to see the first week or two to avoid spoilers, but aren't there some movies worth seeing later in the theater?
Ebert even mocks Hollywood's lack of originality by suggesting crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles and years later they did exactly that ‼️what a joke😆😬🙄😖
Ford's character in Mosquito coast was a total nut job!!! Ebert was 100% on point here!
Damn it, where is my tracking dial...
Tracking wouldn't fix this problem. Looks like a storm was blowing the guy's antenna around when he was recording the show.
Thanks for posting!
My Opinion: The Mosquito Coast - Thumbs Up; Streets of Gold - Thumbs Up; Crocodile Dundee - Thumbs Up. Almost everything was good this week.
Can relate to Harrison Ford's character with the way our country is now.
Got, the opening credits are lists a MTM (Marty Tyler Moore) production with the cheesy sax and everything.
Oh wow, I didn't even know Rate It X had a wide release. What a total crock.
A forgotten Harrison Ford film. I liked this movie
Wesley Snipes is in the Streets of Gold clips!
Dundee drilling that Croc wasn't an overly clean metaphor.
Roger's original review of CD was negative. I wonder what Gene thought of it.
He didn't like it either.
I looked at their best of the year shows 1985-1990 and hear about movies I haven't seen and am not particularly interested in seeing. Sometimes they just completely miss what appeals to the public in the top 10 box office receipts, as well as those movies I consider worth watching more than once, like _Crocodile Dundee._
They don’t always give thumbs up to popular films, nor do they always give thumbs down to flops. They look at them at their own personal viewpoint.
Fight, fight!
What did u do film it super 8 off a 1956 tv with an antenna?
phildirt3, on a stormy night.
"I was waiting for her to show some concern"---Hahahah what about the scene we just watched where she's screaming her head off? The whole review shows that Roger did not really pay attention to the movie.
That's not what he said. He said "I kept waiting for her to be more concerned _about her children_." And he's right---in the movie, she shows precious little concern for both their mental and physical well-being.
There comes a time when someone needs to just leave. But when you're raised on female subservience to men, particularly to the father and husband, that goes against her indoctrination.
I love Siskel & Ebert. The picture quality here is shitty.
Ebert was dead set on being gutted from Mosquito Coast. man this was amazing.
Yes. It’s like that 60s notion of helping the world even if I have to ruin the world to be the hero.
Its sorta like The Swiss Family Robinson gone wrong..
Mosquito Coast. Thumbs Up
Why does Allie call his wife, "Mother"? Was that in the book?
+sha11235 yes it was. It was their roles within their unit.
I actually liked "Streets of Gold."
Roger is always right
I think it vacillates between the two of them. Sometimes Siskel is right, sometimes Ebert is right.
Even when I didn’t agree (A Clockwork Orange, Die Hard), he still got his point across.
His reviews of David Lynch films were usually off base.
except Die Hard...and liking Congo
Looks sice. Hey- dream useful #
Mosquito Coast was a dreadful torturous experience to dot through!
It is fascinating that both Ebert and Siskel decry the hypocrisy and exploitative nature of pornography and then one minute later promote and praise the work of a director that was convicted of heinous crimes perpetrated on a child.
You post it on 9/11?
When Siskel liked something, you know that it was a full fledged turd.
Gene Siskel was far too kind to Harrison Ford's deranged character in Mosquito Coast; so much so that it if I was Gene's kid, I'd think twice before going on a long voyage with him....
I think the point of watching the movie is to figure out when he goes off the deep end, and when his family should abandon him.
There was a story I saw about some mountain gorillas where the head male, who's growing old, takes his family or troop up to the heights where it's too cold for the babies, and just sits. Finally, a younger big male, his son I think, leads the females and supporters back down to the warm jungle, splitting the group and taking leadership. The message I got was the old leader wanted to transfer leadership without violent conflict, which is likely the norm. So he would live out his life with his remaining supporters in a group of bachelor males.
Way to be annoying, Ebert. I wanted to hear what Siskel thought. Makes me think of a politician that speaks over the other person. Shut up.
I don't think they liked each other very much. Funny how the "new" intro I liked shows them waiting for their respective papers, opening them and arguing.
Not very good video quality.
Oh wow, you are right, I don't think I would have noticed if you had not mentioned it.