Siskel & Ebert (1995): Nixon, Jumanji, Heat, Mr. Holland's Opus, Sense & Sensibility & Othello
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0:51 Nixon - 👍👍
4:40 Jumanji - 👎👎
7:20 Heat - 👍👍
10:18 In Current Release
10:29 Mr. Holland's Opus - 👍👍
13:26 Sense & Sensibility - Siskel 👍 & Ebert 👎
16:39 Plaza Hotel
16:48 Othello - Siskel 👍 & Ebert 👎
19:34 The reviews
Astounding how many classics they reviewed in one show.
too bad we don't get weeks like this anymore, something for everyone
Nixon and Heat are masterpieces!
I get their praise of "Nixon", but I feel the film was weighed down by Stone's excessive, trademark "flash n' daze ya'" visuals.
No they are not. No one talks about Nixon these days and Heat is a flawed overrated movie.
If u say so
@@oobrocks I did say so, and what I said is true.
No problem, god
Heat is one of my favorite movies and almost 30 years later, it's still the best gunfight on film.
It's awful!
You obviously have never seen The Wild Bunch (1969)
Great movie. And yes, it is the best gun fight in movie history; nothing short of amazing.
@@paulmckinney8141 Nah. Although I admire Heat (1995) it simply can/t hold a 🕯 to Peckinpah/s The Wild Bunch (1969) As far as I/m concerned the opening and especially closing sequences of The Wild Bunch (1969) are hands down the GOAT of cinematic gun fights! Often imitated never duplicated.
@@user-mj1qo8vm1x I'll have to rewatch that movie. Haven't seen it in such a long time.
Jumanji was sooo fun as a kid
Sense and Sensibility was beautiful.
And best adapted script, deserved for Emma Thompson
Heat is brilliantly cast, exciting, cool, and Mann is terrific capturing Los Angeles, especially at night.
He is. ‘Collateral’ as well.
Alan Rickman's performance in Sense & Sensibility was worth the price of admission.
I'm quite miffed that Rickman was never nominated for an Academy Award. There's a few where he was very deserving and S&S was one of them.
Not really.
There aren't enough comments about Mr. Holland's Opus. My favorite movie ever. It's sweet, caring, sad, amazing music, and the whole thing is so heartfelt.
My school band played parts of the soundtrack in 1997. Was very enjoyable playing that music.
One of the worst movies ever made. It singlehandedly has caused the downfall of public school teacher as a profession.
Jesus, they totally missed the point of Jumanji. They needed to look at the calmer scenes, scenes that didn't have any special effects. The final scene with Alan (being young again) and his father is heartbreaking and beautiful.
They didn’t miss the point at all. They got the point, it was just a lame point. How do you justify Alan being perfectly well-adjusted after a terrible childhood with mean parents followed by 20 years alone in an extremely dangerous jungle? Suddenly ready to fall in love and raise a couple kids of his own, right? Ridiculous! This man belonged in a mental institution with round the clock therapy.
I miss Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert so much. Back in 1999 and 2000 - when you could actually do this - I wrote Roger Ebert a few times via email about specific films and he was gracious enough to respond every time. He always signed with "RE." He was my favorite film critic.
Certified Classic ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
Nixon
Jumanji
Heat
Othello
I don't care what Siskel or Ebert said - "Jumanji" has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it. Everyone involved brought their best game (no pun intended), and while some of the effects do look dated now, the overall story still holds up very well.
Jumanji has a flawed plot and characters that make absolutely no sense. Their job as critics isn’t to tell you what to like- they make recommendations based on classic film conventions. You enjoyed a sh**** movie, and that’s perfectly fine! We all have a few
Deep cut shout out to the late great Christopher Plummer 19:19
Heat, some of our first DVDs we had in our collection. :)
Man they were brutal with Jumanji. I was an older kid I guess when I saw it, about 11, but I can imagine 7 to 8 year olds would have no problem with it whatsoever. I know my kid wouldn’t. Not sure how well it holds up today but, it was a gem. They got it wrong in that one.
At the time it looked cool and some of the effects were amazing but looking at it now although still an amazing film some of it doesn't hold up but it's still great with Robin Williams doesn't do it now without him sadly as he made that film also
all six of these are still beloved 30 years on.
Saw HEAT & NIXON once & I enjoy them. 👍👌✌🙏🌟🌟🌟🌟
Wow! You'd be hard pressed to get three films as good as these in a year now. This was ONE week's openings.
Just saw an episode from 1997 with reviews of Amistad, Titanic, Good Will Hunting & The Apostle. Definitely not the same now :(
I just was at a Q & A with Deniro and Pacino at the Tribeca Film festival 25th anniversary of Heat. Awesome experience. Deniro didn't say much, but Pacino was charming and funny.
I loved Jumanji as a kid, I think they were too hard on it
I actually still like it. The actor who plays the dual role of the father/over the top hunter was great.
It's a classic!
Most of their opinions suck tbh.
@@theburnout8715Everything they said about Jumanji is true. People are too attached to their childhood nostalgia to acknowledge that the film makes absolutely no sense. I could ask 3 questions that would unravel the entire film.
I still think it's a decent romp.
Nixon and Heat are both great! Thumbs up!
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Every time I listen to these two talk about what kids will like or be scared of it makes me think they were never kids themselves or they were the biggest sheltered babies around… I showed this movie to my 9yr old, 5yr old and my 3yr old watched as well. The older kids liked it and were anything but scared, and the younger one got bored and went to play with toys.
In the cinema it's different
I know right? The biggest thing that doesnt work in Jumanji are the effects. If kids are scared of those CGI effects, I dont know what to think
Yeah old stick in the muds both of them were it's all CGI and really fun not scary at all
They grew up with movies that were very tame when they grew up as kids. So movies then were probably a culture shock at what was marketed for children. Just imagine how they would react to movies aimed at kids today
Yeah, I don't buy it. Jumanji has plenty of horrifying moments that could and have traumatized young children watching it.
Wow, first class movies in one show!
Not too long ago, maybe a month or so ago, I checked out Mr. Holland's Opus on Disney+. And while it's not necessarily a "funny" film, it is a very MOVING movie. An absolutely stirring portrait of this music teacher with persistence and dedication to succeed in the backdrop of a rapidly-changing America. Absolutely a MUST-SEE.
My favorite movie ever.
I remember really liking it and watching it with my grandma, who coldly pronounced it "mediocre." Haha. Everyone's taste is different, I guess.
Wanted to be Forrest Gump so badly. Still a good movie. Would’ve been a tedious soap opera if not for Richard Dreyfuss. He made it work.
Nixon is still my favorite Oliver Stone movie
My god! What a week at the movies!
A great week for movies. Saw both Nixon and Heat in the theater. I remember some guy offered me $20 for my ticket while waiting in line to see Heat. I said no of course.
I remember watching this review of Heat by these two. Amazing that I remember Roger's quote at 9:56 lol. I loved Heat, and was glad to see what these guys thought of it after I saw the movie. Great stuff.
These two fellas are simply electric in this round, and their disagreements are still even-tempered. 👍 👍
What a holiday weekend woah classics
I have to see heat just for pacino & Kilmer. I have soured over denero over the years. Hopkins is such a great comeback story. His career was literally dead & moved home to wales. Demme remembered him as the good dr & thought what would happen to see a dr go very very wrong. Such outside the box thinking. After that phenomenon film hopkins had to be doing 2 movies a year at least in the 90s. Big time movies as the star. So I'm so impressed to see the English accented Hopkins as California bred Nixon & I love he did not do an impersonation as they said esp bc nixon is the most imitated & parodied president in history. Gosh looking at all these great movies in the 90s released at the same time. I swear the worst of the lot is so much better than the schlock unoriginal crap today.
1995 might be the best year for film me personally...most of my faves are from this years alone. Usual Suspects, Fear, Casino, Heat, and Seven.
It's definitely up there but I'll take 1999 over it.
Fear was 1996
2013 was up there, too.
-42
-Captain Phillips
-Blue Jasmine
-Her
-Inside Llewyn Davis
-Nebraska
Look how many great, diverse films would come out in a 1-2 week period back then compared to today. No sequels or reboots or prequels. Just original films and adaptations.
From great to worst
1. Sense and Sensibility, 👍👍👍
2. Heat, 👍👍
3. Nixon, 👍
4. Othello, 👍
5. Mr. Holland's Opus, 👍
6. Jumanji, 👎
Mr. Holland’s Opus is Richard Dreyfuss’ best movie!
I saw this movie at school in the 11th grade. I loved it.
Mr Holland's Opus is a GREAT film - but it's hard to say it's his best movie. After all, he was also in Jaws and Close Encounters! Also, if you want to see another great film that features Dreyfus, check out "Whose Life is it Anyways" which is very underrated. But yeah, Mr Holland' Opus is GREAT!
What About Bob is the best.
@@utube9000 Y ou should see the Big Fix and The Goodbye Girl- he won his Oscar for his very first role!
I know they are classics,all I'm saying that is If you want to see two more classics check out the Big Fix and the Goodbye Girl
YOU have to say that Gg is very important film in Richard 's life
Heat. Awesome flick. And I really miss these two guys.
I remember watching Jumanji as a kid and just being exhausted by it. And not because it got my adrenaline going. It was just one damn thing after another after another. Since then, people have hailed it as a great movie. I don't agree with them that it's traumatizing, but it's refreshing to hear these guys confirm how I felt.
Can't believe they gave Jumanji thumbs down 😀
I liked jumanji i love the concept about a board game comming to life
Have you seen "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" and/or "Jumanji: The Next Level"? if so, did you the concept of those movies? you know, actually going into the world of a video game?
You'll like Zathura
@@ThePoreproductions
Nah their just cash cows,
I liked Jumanji a lot as a kid. Huh. (I read Ebert's review after watching this; he really hated it!) I will have to watch it again and see if it hits me differently nowadays.
Nixon, Othello, Sense and Sensibility, Heat, Mr. Holland's Opus are good movies. I haven't seen Jumanji.
nixon,heat and mr hollands opus were all great
Jumanji was a fun kids movie. Everything doesn't have to teach a lesson, fellas.
They say the movie was a jumbled mess, but that little kids will be traumatized by it. I love looking back and seeing how out of touch these guys would get sometimes.
Oh no Jumanji might scary for the little kids!!!!!
Jesus, these movies all came out the same WEEK!
Not exactly the same week, just all reviewed on the same episode...these all came out around the same time as each other, from one weekend to the next...
Heat is one of the finest films ever made.
Hahahahaha!! Good one.
Thank you for posting this
I saw part of Jumanji as a kid. The scene where the kid got sucked into the board game terrified me
I'd like to see a video of movie scenes that terrified kids, whether something from _Willy Wonka_ or wheelers from _Return to Oz._
Sense & Sensibility is a comedy, Roger 😂
Not sure how you can talk about Heat and not mention that it has one of the greatest shootouts ever to be put on screen. But hey, I guess thats just me.
It was a particularly exhilarating scene. The sound of the gunfire is some of the most realistic I've heard on screen.
Saw it in 95 at a theatre with Sony Dynamic Digital Sound. It looked great, sounded better.
They probably didn't want to spoil it
@@imcallingjapan2178 It's a cops and robbers movie of course there's going to be a shootout
@@J4sse the big difference is other cops vs robbers movies uses Hollywood dubbed gun sound effects heat didn’t heat said fuck that and used the real thing
I've seen all of these but Nixon. I'm not usually into president movies and Frost/Nixon tended to bore me, but I'd be tempted knowing Hopkins and Joan Allen would be terrific to see.
Sense & Sensibility is a great Jane Austen movie. What are you talking about?
Nixon 👍🏾 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 not a strong as Stone’s Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, and JFK, but still an eye opening dissection on the controversial Nixon White House. Hopkins and Allen are terrific.
Jumanji 👎🏾 ⭐️⭐️ 1/2. The film on the whole is a treasure of my childhood so for nostalgic reasons I watch it whenever it is on tv. As an adult I loved the premise, but disliked the execution. The idea of a board game coming to life to help one face his or her fears is a good idea but the movie dissolves into predictable conveyor belt. It becomes obvious that when a player rolls the dice that something wild will happen. It has intensity but lacks excitement. Robin Williams and Jonathon Hyde and David Alan Grier have fun but that’s it.
Heat 👍🏾 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ what can I say? I don’t even have to review it. One of the greatest pictures of all time.
Mr. Holland’s Opus 👍🏾⭐️⭐️⭐️ it doesn’t avoid typical caring teacher movie clichés entirely but on the whole I like that we see Mr. Holland engaging with different students over the years. It was a stroke of genius to make him a music teacher. I like inclusion of his home. We see the students caring about music more than his wife and son, especially with the son’s hearing problem. But they do love him and support him dearly. And the conclusion is emotionally tear-inducing. At that point I had already liked Mr. Holland but when that scene comes, I realized I loved him. Dreyfus’s is compelling thru and thru.
Sense and sensibility 👍🏾 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I like the film but I find a might overrated. Winslet’s portrayal as Marianne is remarkable. I liked some of the suitors like Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant more than I liked Elinor played by Emma Thompson. She’s supposed to be shy and introverted but sometimes she came off as cold. It is plush and in well dress.
Othello 🤷🏽♂️ I haven’t seen it 😂
Pacino & Deniro never starred in the same movie before Heat?
Godfather II?
They both appeared in GFII but they didn't play opposite each other.
They weren't in the same scene is what he meant.
I agree with them about Jumanji, it seemed like the moral of the story was don't be curious because the world is full of scary shit and you're better off just staying at home. It was like a children's version of Hellraiser
Robin Williams seemed determined to ruin his 1980-1990 terrific drama edge
I would say the opening trade to china should no longer be considered a big achievement...
Is this one of their most iconic episodes of all time?
Joan Allen in Nixon was Awesome
My reviews: out of 5
1 " Nixon " 3 out of 5 👍
2 " Jumanji " 3 out of 5 👍
3 " Heat " 4 out of 5 👍
4 " Mr. Holland's Opus " 3.5 out of 5 👍
5 " Sense and Sensibility " 2.5 out of 5 👎
6 " Othello " 3 out of 5 👍
"Jumanji is an ambitious mess." I wonder if Siskel and Ebert would've liked Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle, or Jumanji: The Next Level.
Man did they rip into Jumanji yet another classic they tore to shreds 🙆🤦 mind you at least they got the others right in particular Heat although i would say it's actually awesome not just simply very good it's one of the greatest of all time! They really didn't get Jumanji which is a shame just hope they didn't influence others too much to not go and see it because i went to see it at the time and thought it was amazing unlike the remake and sequel but they really could slag off some great films and Robin Williams was incredible again
i just think of how often they both hate some film, and then it goes on to have multiple sequels. i bet that drove them crazy.
I liked Jumanji as a kid
Heat is the best!! Essential 90's flick
Thank you for posting this. Heat is GOAT
My pleasure👍
I would have to agree with them on jumanji. That movie is scary and not meant for kids, I watched it as a kid and I was scared out of my mind from it. I would recommend jumanji for older kids.
Robin Williams he was an amazing actor and I loved watching him in a lot of his movies. Jumanji was pretty scary.
The movie I disagree on is it’s not an ambitious mess and it’s pretty good.
Jumanji was one of my childhood movies in the 90s. Great, Classic film. Ebert is wrong.
Roger Ebert thinks everything is too scary for kids🙄
Did Roger forget about Godfather Part II? Pacino & De Niro both starred in that aswell.
Yeah, I think he meant to say they had never been ON SCREEN together before. It was such a big deal when this movie came out.
They got it wrong with Jumanji
Still understand their reasons
Hmm. Overall 1995 was a good year for movies.
Ebert is dead wrong about Jumanji being too scary for kids. I watched this movie a million times when I was around 5 or 6 years old. There's a lot of action, but it's not particularly violent. No one even gets killed in the film!
Jumanji is great fun for the whole family. It's so good that we would get a very good sequel to it years later. The biggest problem with the movie are the effects.
Kids dealing with childhood traumas?? Come on. Jumanji would terrify kids?? Its PG for a reason, you knuckleheads.
What I took from Othello, after studying it in college, is that Iago HAS no motive. He is Shakespeare's psychopath, a villain who does what he does for no discernable reason except it is his nature to do so. I know Ebert was better read than I am, though, so maybe his interpretation is right, and Iago is supposed to be jealous of Othello's relationship with Desdemona. My interpretation would explain away Ebert's criticism of the film, however.
That s Not why He Jealous ...Its HIS POSITION To Her FATHER BEING USURPED!
Nixon 👍 3 stars out of 4
Jumanji 👍 2 & a half stars out of 4
Heat 👍 4 stars out of 4
Mr. Holland’s Opus 👍 3 & a half stars out of 4
Sense and Sensibility 👍 3 stars out of 4
Othello 👍 4 stars out of 4
7:08 Heat
I don’t understand why my new favorite show is old. Then again most are including Cheers so why complain at all?
The same goes for me. I rarely watch anything from within the last twenty five years. Television or film and music. Not impressed with 95% of the crap coming out of Hollyweird or the music world
I think they were totally wrong about "Jumanji"
Never saw this and had no idea stone directed it....but I felt like roger.....with the movie W. I thought stone was gonna make this crazy, oil conspiracy, 9/11 conspiracy, god knows what, type movie, but no, it was a guy eating sandwiches haha
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Jumanji would scare kids.... yeah but they love it still lol. so out of touch.
They kept saying that Pacino and DeNiro never starred in a movie together before Heat. What about The Godfather, Part II?
They were in the same movie but never onscreen together because Deniro played a younger version of Don Corleone and Pacino's character was not born in those scenes.
In heat dont they share one scene & are never in the same frame together .
@@natalieps2387 Actually twice. In the restaurant and then at the airport in the end.
@@ronaldboyker9781 yeah she clearly never watched the film lmao
Siskel was sense to Ebert's sensibility???
Jumanji is a mess that will scare kids? Did they not read the book? We kids loved it. It hard some dark stuff to it. But as a film adaptation sometimes you gotta make it more dark and gritty and even action packed a little. As a 90s kid myself, this shows how out of touch they were with kids in that era. That’s what we were into. They thought they knew kids.
Al Pacino Robin Williams and Richard Gere
Anthony Hopkins did a good job, but he was a little heavy physically. The real Nixon was husky, Hopkins looks bulky. He got the voice and facial expressions down well except the nose. I think Walter Matthau would have been a perfect Nixon for the movie. Hopkins was still good and so is the movie.
Even if Matthau was the right age, I doubt he would have been able to pull off a great Nixon.
@@ricardocantoral7672 another choice in 1995 would be Michael Douglas.
Uh, I liked "Jumanji" a lot.
Try watching the dwayne johnson jumanji films you havent seen garbage
Love the vid but I wish you wouldn't spoil the reviews in the the notes
Y?
@@Jbaxter85I feel the opposite. I love it when the thumbs are shown in the description!! Sometimes that’s all I want to know.
A spectacular albeit bloated year for cinema
4:40 Siskel and Ebert both say that the greatest kids movie of all time is "not suitable for children".
They also claim that there is no humor in the film, and that it should've spent more time on the issue of childhood trauma.
9_9 9_9
Lol, the "greatest kids movie of all time"? It was basically anti-curiosity, the moral of the story was don't play with a new game and don't go near any jungle because it's all scary and will mess you up
@@jaredbond7908 I never really liked the film for that reason, I got the impression that was the message even when I saw it a sa little kid
@@imcallingjapan2178 i got from it life and can be scary but you have to face it anyway also cherish the ones you love cus they could be gone aburptly
That is a pretty scary film. A lot of misery for opening a.random game.
@@christianlorre Michael Jackson said, when making captain EO - "kids like to be scared". To me, Jumanji seemed like a very adult movie; and most people don't realize that kids actually have a burning desire to be grown up, and to impress grown ups. I think this movie is "just scary enough". I'm actually a squeemish person to this day. I don't like horror, or even violence in movies. But even though I watched this movie at age 9-10, nothing in it traumatized me. I just enjoyed it very much.
Also, I erased my previous comments here. (I drink a lot.) Eh... I actually don't think that the movie is anti-adventure. But that's interesting that you thought so. Who knows. The 90s were a long time ago now, and such movies do seem outdated. For better or worse? I dunno. I suppose kids these days are watching Breaking Bad or something.
Robert DeNiro is more Irish than he is Italian.
Hard to believe that Pacino and that loud mouthed liberal are going toe to toe in Heat, despite having both appeared in the Godfather part 2, without a single scene together.
They later appeared in 2 more movies since. The awful Righteous Kill from 2008 & the iconic The Irishman from 2019.
I don't understand y nobody to my knowledge has a serious critical show today. Yes i real realize there's plenty of movie critics online. I said "serious" not attempting semi-comedy
RIP Robin Williams.
Joan Allen was robbed.
Wow. They were so out of touch with Jumanji.
Did they EVER like a Robin Williams film?
Good Will Hunting? What Dreams May Come? Awakenings? Not to mention Aladdin??
Good Morning Vietnam? Moscow On The Hudson? Popeye?
Not the ones that made money.
They def liked good morning vietnam.
Deniro and Pacino were in GF2 together so im a bit miffed at the comment-does he just mean they shared a bit of dialogue in this movie and were adversarys
I’m sure he meant to say they’ve never been on screen together.
I would take Siskel & Ebert over any of the CZcams reviewers and Rotten Tomatoes any day. I don’t trust any of these ding dongs reviewing today
Blink and you miss it, but Siskel somehow gave Casino a thumbs down!
Probably the violence, these guys were never fans of violence.
Casino isn’t that great the second half falls apart and they held Scorisee to a high standard since more or less Ebert gave him his big break reviewing his first film and gave him an insanely positive review
Eh. Casino is not a great film.