Siskel & Ebert Review - Night Shift, Xica, Smash Palace, An Officer and a Gentleman

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  • čas přidán 13. 05. 2021
  • In this episode, Siskel and Ebert review: Night Shift, Xica, Smash Palace and An Officer & A Gentleman.

Komentáře • 37

  • @solidsnake58
    @solidsnake58 Před 2 lety +18

    I’ve been watching all of these old episodes and I love/prefer the original intros with the montage of the ticket counter and the concession stand or the one where they sneak up to the balcony. It really reminds me of my love for the theater, not just film.

  • @e.l.norton
    @e.l.norton Před rokem +8

    Night Shift is a classic. EVERY comedy is "old bits". Every single one.

  • @brihiggins
    @brihiggins Před rokem +7

    " You wondering why I carry this tape recorder? " Henry shakes his head No . Comedy gold.

  • @TheAvargas687
    @TheAvargas687 Před 7 měsíci +3

    Night shift is a classic ,love that movie it never gets old seen it at least 10 times ,an officer and a gentleman another great 80s film

  • @Ststephennj68
    @Ststephennj68 Před 9 měsíci +4

    Can’t believe they didn’t like Night Shift loved it an awesome movie didn’t even mention directed by Ron Howard

  • @kashmirikhalifashad50
    @kashmirikhalifashad50 Před 2 lety +11

    We love Night Shift. Thumbs down to both of you.

  • @latvguy1
    @latvguy1 Před 9 měsíci +2

    Had Ron Howard been an established director at the time, I imagine they would have loved "Night Shift". They probably just figured "Richie Cunningham" was directing his first major film and cast his friend, The Fonz.

  • @vincentwilliams5271
    @vincentwilliams5271 Před rokem +4

    Loved the music from an Officer and a Gentleman

  • @newwavepop
    @newwavepop Před 2 lety +10

    i use to love "Night Shift" i wont say its a great film or anything and i havent seen it in 30 something years but i use to watch it all the time on cable. i also always think its sort of funny how many films Shelley Long played a crush girl in back before she was uptight snooty Diane on Cheers.
    yeah prostitution is not the best thing to center a comedy around, but the nest year it worked out really well for "Risky Business" which i know is not exactly a comedy and a few years after that did really well for "Pretty Women".
    NO Roger, no not the dog of the week. not "Enter The Ninja". us kids of the time LOVED that film.

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 Před 11 měsíci +1

      I felt it was worth seeing once; though not as good as _Bachelor Party._ I still think of the line from the latter, "Hi, come on in! Drugs to the right; hookers to the left" when I see couples split up to use respective restrooms on opposite sides of the room.

  • @BobCat623923
    @BobCat623923 Před 2 lety +15

    They're flat out wrong about Night Shift...a classic well made funny comedy

    • @sdne1959
      @sdne1959 Před 2 lety +6

      .
      I couldn't agree more !! Really strange how these guys could choose to come down on some fun, admittedly lightweight movies like this, but every once in a while they would then decide that they LOVED some other equally lightweight movies.......for instance, Home Alone 3, which Roger Ebert actually gave a thumbs up to, saying it was the BEST of ALL Home Alone movies (and if you've actually seen this one, you know just how ridiculous this is!), and Gene Siskel giving Starship Troopers a thumbs up (not a favorite of mine, but I know it does have its fans) !!
      LOVED these two guys, but sometimes they just BLEW IT !!
      .

    • @BobCat623923
      @BobCat623923 Před 2 lety +5

      @@sdne1959 Yeah they did...I loved their show too though...part of my youth!

    • @Nathan-gd7xq
      @Nathan-gd7xq Před rokem +1

      An opinion can't be wrong.

    • @BobCat623923
      @BobCat623923 Před rokem +1

      @@Nathan-gd7xq That one is

  • @michaelsliwkowski5897
    @michaelsliwkowski5897 Před 2 lety +14

    night shift was great-Keaton rules

  • @herotheblackhousepanther4393

    Gene is a dope..Night Shift is a classic

  • @BuckyNugget
    @BuckyNugget Před 2 lety +2

    Weren't there commercials in 1982?

    • @ThatOldTV
      @ThatOldTV  Před 2 lety +9

      Not on PBS or WTTW (Public Access TV).

    • @BuckyNugget
      @BuckyNugget Před 2 lety +5

      @@ThatOldTV Ahhh, thank you. No wonder they were able to show longer clips of the movies back then!

  • @reneedennis2011
    @reneedennis2011 Před 3 lety +5

    Xica, Smash Palace, and An Officer and a Gentleman are all good movies. Night Shift is stupid.

    • @drumtum
      @drumtum Před 2 lety +2

      I will check out Smash Palace. I liked Bruno Lawrence in The Quiet Earth from 1985.

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 Před 2 lety +1

      @@drumtum I haven't seen that movie.

    • @Nathan-gd7xq
      @Nathan-gd7xq Před rokem +1

      ​@@drumtum The Quiet Earth is a hidden gem

  • @davidgangemi3314
    @davidgangemi3314 Před 2 lety +5

    Night Shift was great!
    Sometimes these guys are a little too stuck up.
    Who cares if it's about prostitution?

    • @aliali-ce3yf
      @aliali-ce3yf Před 10 měsíci +1

      because its about often exploited women so desperate to scrape a living - hardly anything funny about that

  • @TheAvargas687
    @TheAvargas687 Před 7 měsíci +2

    I totally disagree with these guys ,night shift is a classic they really don't know slap stick 80s comedy , living I another Era

  • @freemangriffin4953
    @freemangriffin4953 Před 2 lety +2

    While I liked An Officer and a Gentleman very much I truly disliked Louis Gossett, Jr.'s performance - one of the worst Oscar winners ever. Blech! But Gere and Winger are wonderful.

    • @knownpleasures
      @knownpleasures Před rokem +5

      Gossett is brilliant in the movie are you kidding?!?

    • @sandal_thong8631
      @sandal_thong8631 Před 11 měsíci +1

      They gave away the key line of the movie. "I got nowhere else to go!"
      Funny that the guys all thought the ending was cornball, but all the women (including the extras) loved it that he showed up at her work in his dress uniform and carried her out.

    • @johnfitzpatrick3094
      @johnfitzpatrick3094 Před 9 měsíci +3

      Gossett was the best thing about the movie. Why do you think he won an Oscar?

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 Před 8 měsíci +2

      What? LGJ was awesome in that movie.

  • @danielmaher7108
    @danielmaher7108 Před 10 měsíci +2

    An Officer And A Gentlemen is a movie as dated as something from the 1940s, despite the profanity and sexual explicitness. Reagan era pro-military propaganda at its most shameless.

    • @ricardocantoral7672
      @ricardocantoral7672 Před 8 měsíci +3

      Yes, it's an old fashioned melodrama and pro-military but so what? The film is well done and special because Gere doesn't just get the girl, he becomes a better person.