@@refinedsugar Chris Tucker made himself too rare to be in there and that was by design. In his entire film career(31 years), he's only been in 13 films(and a couple television movies). That's FAR less than even Chris Rock.
I don't think I took Siskel and Ebert for granted the first time around, but watching this reminded me there are no replacements today for intelligent professionals like they were. Thank-you so much for this post! They were as great as I remembered them to be.
They were replaced by imaginary movie critics invented by movie studios to have quotes on posters. Then in the 00s, one of them admit, oh yeah that movie critic doesn't actually exist, that's why he doesn't review anyone else's film.
@@RogueReplicant You're looking back with rose tinted glasses. There were great movies but there was a ton of crap also. Yes, this collection is a small % but my reply was also a joke, you didn't catch the "lol" at the end? It's ironic to be saying how good movies are in a video about the bad ones. You must be great at parties.
That made me laugh. 😄 I wasn't alive during most of their lifetime but thanks to TH-cam I'm catching glimpses of these two greats and really enjoying their take on movies!
I'm British I never saw these guys till recently, and was impressed by Thier professional, low key approach, watching then makes me sad , knowing we will never see people, that well infomred and competent on TV anymore, you have to watch TH-cam for decent commentary
Part of the problem is Gene died and eventually Roger left as his health declined... and the replacement people weren't anywhere as entertaining. So eventually the show ended and Ebert said he felt the whole syndicated reviews show idea was over and the internet is the way now.
They were superstars here in the USA. Their criticism was probably the most important reason to see (or not see) a movie on a weekend. The fact that they both died before their times is truly sad.
They're too hard on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It may not be the style of children's movie they're used to, but it did a good job of creating the kind of movie its target audience wanted to see. As part of that target audience when it premiered, I can say that it had just as much magic and excitement as a Disney or Pixar movie. I still have my grade 3 art assignment that I made about TMNT!
13:47 Children will have trouble accepting talking turtles that eat pizza. That's a horrible take. How much money was made by slapping a green Turtles logo on merchandise? The actual film challenged what people at the time thought of as a "children's movie." People now may not be aware that the darker tone of the film caused a massive backlash amongst parents. But the film proved that children are perfectly capable of accepting understanding and appreciating more complex storytelling.
Yep! Especially after the Pittsburgh Steelers won a game!🤪😜🤪!!! (Sorry...I couldn't help myself. I'm a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan. Try not to hold it against me...)
No. Eddie's career went to the 💩s in the 2000s. DreamGirls was the only hit he was in in that decade. Plus he was nominated for an Oscar. Eddie had a few hits in the 90s. Boomerang and The Nutty Professor was successful in the 90s.
Except when they attack a good but not great movie. I liked their shows that they disagreed on a particular movie and got hot about it. Star Wars was one of these. Close Encounters was another. I thought both of these films were great Raiders Of The Lost Ark was another one they disagreed on. Of course this was in their early shows in the 70s ..
The problem with that statement is that it isn't wrong. The problem with that statement is that there have been good sequels and remakes before, but every hollywood executive took it for wrong lessons and just said 'let em make cash' for no reason.
Gene SIskel observed that movie year 1990 was dominated by marketing, which for him explained the box office totals of "Bird on a Wire", "Another 48 Hrs." and "Robocop 2" (all of which he panned), as well as the $40 million campaign of the film "Dick Tracy" that included a tie-in with McDonald's restaurants. He had a low opinion of a report in _Advertising Age_ that suggested that advertising executives were being recruited to run the major studios, lamenting, "Does the product they're selling matter anymore? Cigars, cigarettes, movie?". He also quoted Barry Levinson, "a successful commercial director", as observing that "the 30-second TV spot is ruining the business. If the studios can't see a way to sell a story in a 30-second TV ad, they won't make it into a movie". A positive that he noted in 1990 was in the romantic movie category, where films such as "Ghost" and "Pretty Woman" were favorites of critics and audiences alike. Gene observed that this was because "audiences are always in the mood for a good love story. They're just hard to write. You have to love both men _and_ women, and most screenwriters are ignorant of women." The big business report of 1990 was another positive for Gene, who reported that the acquisiton of MCA (parent of Universal Studios) by Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan may cure Hollywood's "terrible phobia for technological change" by ensuring that "technological innovation will be corporate policy"; he also chastised those critical of the purchase of "a[n American] company named Universal" by a Japanese firm. For "Pretty Woman" and "the more daring" "Internal Affairs", Gene singled out Richard Gere as the "Comeback [Actor] of the Year". Gene also named Goldie Hawn (for "Bird on a Wire") and Gene Wilder (for "Funny About Love", one of the films panned in this video), as the "Tired Acts" of 1990. Gene said that the trigonometry sequence from "Lambada" was the silliest scene of 1990. "Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (which is discussed briefly, and which Roger went easy on in this video), "Home Alone" and "Total Recall" were in Gene's "You Liked It, I Didn't" category for 1990. (SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, December 23, 1990) [See the comment section of andyfilm's upload of S&E's "Best of 1990" for films Gene liked in 1990, both as runners-up to his top ten and as films he personally enjoyed.]
@@sahej6939 Their review of "Home Alone" was negative, but it was "Two Stars" negative, rather than the "One-and-One-Half-to-Zero" stars negative that typified their worst-of lists.
Funny how most of these have been totally forgotten, although Robocop 2 is kinda underrated. And, of course, TMNT is an all-time classic and they just can't appreciate true art. 😁 (Also, Shrek was the best thing to happen to Eddie Murphy since "Raw," as this illustrates.)
There was something funny about _Sibling Rivalry_ where both main characters think they killed the guy in bed. I think it also had Carrie Fisher in it as the overbearing sister-in-law, that she finally tells off. Maybe it has its problems because I don't remember the full plot just now.
Absolutely loved these guys, and the “can’t see anywhere else” movie snippets were always a treat. Really sad neither of them lived long, healthy lives. 😢
Another 48 Hrs. was reportedly recut a week or so before it opened because Paramount wanted to get as many showings out of it as they could because Total Recall was a big hit that summer. Brion James, may he rest in peace, who played the villain Kehoe/Iceman said they cut a lot of his scenes as well as Frank McRae who appears only in background scenes. They even cut why they called it Another 48 Hrs. and it was because Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) had 48 hours before his hearing. This along with the Coming to America lawsuit showing Paramount tried to cheat Eddie Murphy out of residuals soured his relationship with Paramount for many years.
The Night of the Living Dead remake was made solely for money and I have no problem with that. Due to some error, the original was released without a copyright. He did the remake to recoup money lost by the original investors. And it's a good remake with a good slight twist ending. And it gave Tom Savini who was supposed to do the effects for the original, but was drafted for Nam, a chance to work his magic.
Where are Siskel and Ebert now when we need them the most? Of course if the were here now they would be considered politically incorrect! Sad, here in America, the lowest denominator are called "artists"!
Funny that they're criticizing an Eddie Murphy sequel in 1990....Roger was totally right about his future roles. "Norbit" comes to mind. I won't even mention "Pluto Nash!"
These two men are truly legendary. Taught me a lot on appreciation and criticism of movies. Their commentary on sequels and remakes was ahead of its time with the way things are now.
I think with Fox gone, WB down and COVID, there weren't as many movies made and released in 2022. I counted 29 on the top ten box office list plus others I thought worth seeing (or told they were worth seeing), though they downvoted 4 in this episode. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_in_film I think there were over 30 worth seeing in 1987 and 1988.
I think because Prince completely rebounded the very next year with the Diamonds & Pearls album, but his career was always very up and down since Purple Rain. Prince’s music was always so adventurous and infectious and his skill as a musician was so strong ultimately that the public overlooked his career lows. His movie prospects definitely ended after Graffiti Bridge though.
They cry about the insulting of children, while insulting children by acting as if they cannot handle anything that isn't bright, colorful, happy and whimsical.
RoboCop 2 and Child’s Play 2 are guilty pleasures to rewatch even though both of them were ultra violent in that time. Plus Goodfellas is by far the best movie ever. P.S. I do miss them.
It hurts me that Gene Wilder is in here. I just saw that scene again with Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy when they are walking to the jail cell “ I’m getting bad” “ you a little too bad ain’t ya?”
Night of the Living Dead 2 was great but the MAIN REASON it was made was to actually make a profit due to the first one accidentally becoming public domain. The distributor forgot to copyright the film.
This video like this needs to be in a DVD/Blu-ray collection. Have all the reviews they did in a collection. Have the collection start from their first review to the last one before Siskel passed away. I'd watch that any day! If they can't get all, then at least do: the worst and best of movies, have the best of reviews, and best argument reviews.
Re: Night of the Living Dead; it was because the rights to the original we such that Romero got little out of it other than reputation. Plus Tom Savini directed the remake.
11:08 "Short Time" has one of the all-time completely-out-of-nowhere great car chases, even if you can tell this film ostensibly set in the US was filmed in Vancouver. ("There's BC Place!")
Same goes for several scenes in Friday The 13th: VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan. If you look closely in several scenes you can see the "BC Transit" branding on the sides of the supposed new york city subway cars. There's also the scenes shot in the subway tunnel where you can clearly see the signage for the stadium and eaton's center skytrain stations on the wall.
Thank you for uploading these. I used to watch their show every week from the early 90s, later than 1990 though, till about 2000. I remember I disagreed with Ebert about Gladiator in 2000 and wrote a nasty email to him and responded back with a terse response that I can't even remember, something about the way the film was shot being enough to disqualify it even though it was best picture. My friend couldn't believe he responded to me. I guess I was triggered the way teens can be. Great show though, and two great reviewers.
I love Graffiti Bridge. Could have alot to do with being 13 and loving Prince, but I still enjoy it. Prince, Morris and Jerome are worth the price of admission alone, not to mention the music
@littlekingtrashmouth9219 It isn't Purple Rain, which is a perfect album & soundtrack, which is damn near impossible to do, but still fun Prince doesn't do bad music. I don't care for Raspberry Beret, too poppy, but still a hit song
These two are some of the best people to come out of the United States. Bloody legends. Elevated the movie critic game to unheard levels before and nobody has matched them since especially in this hellscape in which critics will dodge dip duck dive and dodge to give any movie promulgating THE MASSAGE good marks. You see back then they used to pan everything. Those were the good ole days. I miss these two immensely and I was too young to be watching them before Gene Siskel died! "Ben, what ONE movie did you watch this year?" "Uh, Home Alone..." "Did you like it?" "I don't know. Home Alone is the only movie I've ever watched. Kevin McAllister looks like me except blonde." "How old are you?" "I'm five." Mom: "He's four." "I'm four years old. Back to you, Siskel and Ebert!" I heard these two had the hots for Natasha Kinski back in the day and would give all her movies good reviews like handing out candy. That would drive my mom nuts! That just makes them even better. You got a honey you're eying, you give them good reviews, or you're a concessions boy you give her extra butter. They know what they're doing!
@@giorgiopalmas7934 Well, explain this to me: If you google "Best sequels of all time" I guarantee that Godfather Part 2 is mentioned so no, whatever you personally think it is a sequel no matter what.
Funny how the "worst" movies of 1990 were better than any of the crap coming out today. The past was great, and today is so, so horrible. OH BOO HOO HOO HOO...
It interesting that in 1990 that they were complaining about sequels and reboots. That’s almost all we get now.
Roger's rant about Eddie Murphy was downright prophetic.
He was replaced by Martin Lawrence, who was replaced by Chris Rock, who was replaced by Kevin Hart.
Took awhile, though. Things didn't blow up until 2002.
@@gamesthatiplay9083 where's Chris Tucker in there?
@@refinedsugar Chris Tucker made himself too rare to be in there and that was by design. In his entire film career(31 years), he's only been in 13 films(and a couple television movies). That's FAR less than even Chris Rock.
Eddie Murphy was never that funny.
I don't think I took Siskel and Ebert for granted the first time around, but watching this reminded me there are no replacements today for intelligent professionals like they were. Thank-you so much for this post! They were as great as I remembered them to be.
Let’s not forget the fine quality of movies back then. They’d have nothing to do today.
@@chop3625 You talk about fine quality of movies while watching a video on awful movies from that time you're romanticizing lol
They were replaced by imaginary movie critics invented by movie studios to have quotes on posters. Then in the 00s, one of them admit, oh yeah that movie critic doesn't actually exist, that's why he doesn't review anyone else's film.
@@cchavezjr7 This collection of bad movies is maybe 10% of movies that year, come on
@@RogueReplicant You're looking back with rose tinted glasses. There were great movies but there was a ton of crap also. Yes, this collection is a small % but my reply was also a joke, you didn't catch the "lol" at the end? It's ironic to be saying how good movies are in a video about the bad ones. You must be great at parties.
"A teenage Heidi is shipped off to a cruel Italian orphanage--Gene, stop laughing." I miss these two!
That made me laugh. 😄 I wasn't alive during most of their lifetime but thanks to TH-cam I'm catching glimpses of these two greats and really enjoying their take on movies!
"Fortunately, Charlie Sheen comes to her rescue!" - talk about a laugh line 😂
*On the bright side of things, 'Ghost Dad' is no longer the worst thing Bill Cosby has ever done...*
Haaaaa, cheers
Lol
That was gold
Pill Cosby
Yeah, those Jello commercials were the worst
Rest in peace, Gene Siskel.
And Roger Ebert.
@@KevyNova and Kirstie Alley
@@michaelcolfin8464
She was a cool chick 😎
@@monkeywkeys3916 nah
@@monkeywkeys3916In her prime...she was totally hot!
As in:SMOKIN'!!!!!
Siskel laughing while Ebert was describing that laughably bad plot synopsis for "Courage Mountain" is hilarious.
There's a movie I never knew existed lol
@@refinedsugar only knew about it from a trsiler at the start of a second-hanf VHS tape
I'm British I never saw these guys till recently, and was impressed by Thier professional, low key approach, watching then makes me sad , knowing we will never see people, that well infomred and competent on TV anymore, you have to watch TH-cam for decent commentary
Part of the problem is Gene died and eventually Roger left as his health declined... and the replacement people weren't anywhere as entertaining. So eventually the show ended and Ebert said he felt the whole syndicated reviews show idea was over and the internet is the way now.
They were superstars here in the USA. Their criticism was probably the most important reason to see (or not see) a movie on a weekend. The fact that they both died before their times is truly sad.
They're too hard on Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. It may not be the style of children's movie they're used to, but it did a good job of creating the kind of movie its target audience wanted to see. As part of that target audience when it premiered, I can say that it had just as much magic and excitement as a Disney or Pixar movie. I still have my grade 3 art assignment that I made about TMNT!
13:47 Children will have trouble accepting talking turtles that eat pizza.
That's a horrible take.
How much money was made by slapping a green Turtles logo on merchandise?
The actual film challenged what people at the time thought of as a "children's movie."
People now may not be aware that the darker tone of the film caused a massive backlash amongst parents. But the film proved that children are perfectly capable of accepting understanding and appreciating more complex storytelling.
Great movie, now a classic, so what did they know!?!
It was, and is, a GREAT movie.
Nah. TMNT is a crummy movie.
@@terrelgeer7298 I bet you loved the Michael Bay films, and I guarantee you clap and cheer at Marvel movies.
These guys left us way too early. We should still be watching them Sunday nights around dinner time after an afternoon of football.
Yep! Especially after the Pittsburgh Steelers won a game!🤪😜🤪!!!
(Sorry...I couldn't help myself. I'm a huge Pittsburgh Steelers fan.
Try not to hold it against me...)
I'm sure Eddie Murphy took their advice and made nothing but smart script picks in the 90s. 🤣
And look where he ended up. He completely flushed his integrity down the toilet for money. He’s shameless.
No. Eddie's career went to the 💩s in the 2000s. DreamGirls was the only hit he was in in that decade. Plus he was nominated for an Oscar. Eddie had a few hits in the 90s. Boomerang and The Nutty Professor was successful in the 90s.
TMNT was amazing as a kid and at 40 I still watch it occasionally
My sister turned 40 last year, and my brother turns 40 this year. He got an autograph from one of the turtles.
"Regular or menthol?"
@@DanThibodeau1 th-cam.com/video/ZEWLnvqOsls/w-d-xo.html That scene hit hard as a kid.
@@DragonTVSJC holy crap, I didn't realize it was sam rockwell! That is amazing... It's been so long. as a kid that scene was badass to me haha
It's one of the best comic book movies ever made. Being on any worst list is just ridiculous.
It's sometimes more fun to watch these guys rate bad movies than it is good ones.
Their reviews are funnier than the actual movies
The "Worst Of" episodes have more views on here than the "Best Of" episodes, which is odd to me.
the "worst" was my favorite show of the year..
Except when they attack a good but not great movie. I liked their shows that they disagreed on a particular movie and got hot about it. Star Wars was one of these. Close Encounters was another. I thought both of these films were great Raiders Of The Lost Ark was another one they disagreed on. Of course this was in their early shows in the 70s ..
Yup.
4:22 Siskel says Cosby should "give up control".
That advice is horrifically applicable to his personal life too.
The Tom Savini _Night of the Living Dead_ remake is actually really good. Not 'better', but solid.
These guys are absolutely right about remakes and sequels. Sometimes it’s better to leave it alone
The problem with that statement is that it isn't wrong. The problem with that statement is that there have been good sequels and remakes before, but every hollywood executive took it for wrong lessons and just said 'let em make cash' for no reason.
I guess Gene must have had tremendous respect for Keanu Reeves... passing on Speed 2!
Way back in early 1990 I had such high hopes for "RoboCop 2" and was extremely disappointed after seeing it on the big screen.
Child's Play 2 is my favorite in the franchise, and I enjoy every entry.
Dabney was typically funny in Short Time, though I remember having the deepest nap of my life during Sibling Rivalry.
About Bill Cosby, Siskel says "Give up control". Oh Gene, you were so right.
I couldn't agree with you more, Gene.
7 bucks a ticket?
The Good Ol' Days! Now, they're twice the price!
That’s what I say 😃
14:14 Gene, stop laughing!
How can he NOT?!!
That intro. 90's as you will ever get. Nostalgia for my soul.
"Short Time" had one of the greatest car chases of all time in it. And all practical effects and real stunt work.
used to come on HBO all the time back then loved it, I was only 10 then but hay
I saw it on cable a year later, liked it and watch it every few years. "What kind of cop-killer are you?"
"I love you Bert Simpson."
Its amazing they did a worst of 1990 episode and somehow did NOT mention Bonfire of the Vanities.
Bonfire of the Vanities came out late in December that year. Very possible they hadn't seen it yet.
"who was this trash made for, and would you like to sit next to them in a movie theater" words to consider...
Definitely don't want to go on $2 day, if they do another one of those in 2023.
We just lost Kristie Alley. RIP Kristie.
*Oh, God I hope it was after, EEWWW!*
Kirstie
she was fine till she went complete MAGAchud
Lost is right 😕 She had a level head about her. Great gal.
Meh
Gene SIskel observed that movie year 1990 was dominated by marketing, which for him explained the box office totals of "Bird on a Wire", "Another 48 Hrs." and "Robocop 2" (all of which he panned), as well as the $40 million campaign of the film "Dick Tracy" that included a tie-in with McDonald's restaurants. He had a low opinion of a report in _Advertising Age_ that suggested that advertising executives were being recruited to run the major studios, lamenting, "Does the product they're selling matter anymore? Cigars, cigarettes, movie?". He also quoted Barry Levinson, "a successful commercial director", as observing that "the 30-second TV spot is ruining the business. If the studios can't see a way to sell a story in a 30-second TV ad, they won't make it into a movie".
A positive that he noted in 1990 was in the romantic movie category, where films such as "Ghost" and "Pretty Woman" were favorites of critics and audiences alike. Gene observed that this was because "audiences are always in the mood for a good love story. They're just hard to write. You have to love both men _and_ women, and most screenwriters are ignorant of women."
The big business report of 1990 was another positive for Gene, who reported that the acquisiton of MCA (parent of Universal Studios) by Matsushita Electrical Industrial Co., Ltd. of Japan may cure Hollywood's "terrible phobia for technological change" by ensuring that "technological innovation will be corporate policy"; he also chastised those critical of the purchase of "a[n American] company named Universal" by a Japanese firm.
For "Pretty Woman" and "the more daring" "Internal Affairs", Gene singled out Richard Gere as the "Comeback [Actor] of the Year". Gene also named Goldie Hawn (for "Bird on a Wire") and Gene Wilder (for "Funny About Love", one of the films panned in this video), as the "Tired Acts" of 1990.
Gene said that the trigonometry sequence from "Lambada" was the silliest scene of 1990.
"Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles" (which is discussed briefly, and which Roger went easy on in this video), "Home Alone" and "Total Recall" were in Gene's "You Liked It, I Didn't" category for 1990.
(SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, December 23, 1990)
[See the comment section of andyfilm's upload of S&E's "Best of 1990" for films Gene liked in 1990, both as runners-up to his top ten and as films he personally enjoyed.]
Thanks for the info.
They didn’t like Home Alone? TMNT was great for kids
@@sahej6939 Their review of "Home Alone" was negative, but it was "Two Stars" negative, rather than the "One-and-One-Half-to-Zero" stars negative that typified their worst-of lists.
Gene didn’t like Total Recall?!? Geez terrible critical error
Rest in peace, Roger Ebert.
And Gene Siskel.
@@KevyNova Eh, I never cared for Siskel.
@@MS-ns2pj ebert was no pirse
@@davidkruse4030 Roger Ebert never bothered me. He was much better than Gene Siskel.
"You still got the price tag on ya! (yow!) Don't you know who I am? (yow yow!) I wrote the book! (yow yow yow!)" 🤣😂🤣
Man, was Roger prescient about Eddie Murphy's career... it was already in free fall by 1990 as I recall
And only got back on track when he decided to be a jackass
@@donaldpaluganah. Nutty professor brought him back in 1996, 4 years before Shrek.
I love Harlem Nights!
@@Notturnoir Wow that is a bad movie.
Funny how most of these have been totally forgotten, although Robocop 2 is kinda underrated. And, of course, TMNT is an all-time classic and they just can't appreciate true art. 😁
(Also, Shrek was the best thing to happen to Eddie Murphy since "Raw," as this illustrates.)
Plus the first TMNT movie is pretty close to the comic book, the only thing director Steve Barron changed was the ending.
I hate the word "underrated;" it's totally overused on TH-cam comments.
@@sandal_thong8631very
So sad seeing Kirstie Allie after just losing her!💔💔😇😇 godbless and test her soul!
She was a well known nut.
There was something funny about _Sibling Rivalry_ where both main characters think they killed the guy in bed. I think it also had Carrie Fisher in it as the overbearing sister-in-law, that she finally tells off. Maybe it has its problems because I don't remember the full plot just now.
Absolutely loved these guys, and the “can’t see anywhere else” movie snippets were always a treat.
Really sad neither of them lived long, healthy lives. 😢
What matters is what you do with your time instead of how long you have.
@@ricardocantoral7672 two thumbs up.
8:46 The remake of Night of the Living Dead is VERY good. Especially Tony Todd, who you might know from Star Trek.
Agreed.
Candyman
Candyman
👎 Nope. I like the original more than the reboot.
@@hamburgareable Me too, but the remake is still very good.
I was waiting for Mori's Day to call Prince a "jive turkey".
14:14 "Gene, stop laughing" that cracked me up :-)
Me too! Even when they agreed it was hilarious!
The description of their viewing of Nutcracker Prince was similarly hilarious.
Another 48 Hrs. was reportedly recut a week or so before it opened because Paramount wanted to get as many showings out of it as they could because Total Recall was a big hit that summer. Brion James, may he rest in peace, who played the villain Kehoe/Iceman said they cut a lot of his scenes as well as Frank McRae who appears only in background scenes. They even cut why they called it Another 48 Hrs. and it was because Jack Cates (Nick Nolte) had 48 hours before his hearing. This along with the Coming to America lawsuit showing Paramount tried to cheat Eddie Murphy out of residuals soured his relationship with Paramount for many years.
😮😮😮
The more you know!
The Night of the Living Dead remake was made solely for money and I have no problem with that. Due to some error, the original was released without a copyright. He did the remake to recoup money lost by the original investors. And it's a good remake with a good slight twist ending. And it gave Tom Savini who was supposed to do the effects for the original, but was drafted for Nam, a chance to work his magic.
I disagree about Tom Savini’s Night of the Living Dead. It’s under-appreciated.
Where are Siskel and Ebert now when we need them the most? Of course if the were here now they would be considered politically incorrect! Sad, here in America, the lowest denominator are called "artists"!
They were spot on with the direction Eddie Murphys career was going
Funny that they're criticizing an Eddie Murphy sequel in 1990....Roger was totally right about his future roles. "Norbit" comes to mind. I won't even mention "Pluto Nash!"
Cosby: A man who can do no wrong on television, nothing right in movies, and anything he wants with an unconscious date.
I thought Short Time was great. Dabney Coleman was brilliant
Yes I agree Gavin it's great 👍
👍 I count 10 movies that year worth seeing more than once, including this one.
Short time has one of the best car chases of all time.
Saturday afternoon at 4:00.
I loved these two!
Robocop 2 is part of that golden age of action movies that are so much fun. Totally over the top villains with loads carnage and violence.
Yep, goofy Starship Troopers level of graphic carnage
Old man quoting Behave yourselves!
Yeah, it's not a work of art, but to put it in the same tier as Ghost Dad feels embarrassing.
These two men are truly legendary. Taught me a lot on appreciation and criticism of movies. Their commentary on sequels and remakes was ahead of its time with the way things are now.
Critics cant do, so they criticize.
Cringey existence imo
9:58 Ebert with a subtle double entendre 😎
*unsubtle double chin 😎
If they did this today it would require 4 episodes.
I think with Fox gone, WB down and COVID, there weren't as many movies made and released in 2022. I counted 29 on the top ten box office list plus others I thought worth seeing (or told they were worth seeing), though they downvoted 4 in this episode. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_in_film
I think there were over 30 worth seeing in 1987 and 1988.
I totally forgot about Graffiti Bridge and how terrible it was, weird how Prince got a pass for that turd.
I think because it wasn’t as hyped as Purple Rain (which succeeded) or Under The Cherry Moon (which bombed), it just slid off the radar quickly.
Shutup Merkin
I think because Prince completely rebounded the very next year with the Diamonds & Pearls album, but his career was always very up and down since Purple Rain. Prince’s music was always so adventurous and infectious and his skill as a musician was so strong ultimately that the public overlooked his career lows. His movie prospects definitely ended after Graffiti Bridge though.
Wth, Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles was AMAZING!
Soft bigotry of low expectations
It really wasn't.
Robocop 2 being the movie Gene would choose to not have to watch again is wild considering it is my most rewatched Robocop movie.
I think Short Time is an underrated movie. It is a lot funnier than it seems to have gotten credit for.
And, on top of everything, had a badass chase.
You could put that car chase up against all the acknowledged classics, from Bullit, French Connection, To Live and Die in LA, Ronin, and so on.
The Balcony Is Open:)
Mickey Rourke; "Angel Heart," "9 and 1/2 Weeks," and "Wild Orchid", that dude had quite the run of playing Sex Grease.
They cry about the insulting of children, while insulting children by acting as if they cannot handle anything that isn't bright, colorful, happy and whimsical.
Night of the Living Dead was rad. Tom Savini directing. Great location. And Barbara turns into a badass.
I love this show watch every Sunday as kid
I wonder if Siskel & Ebert actually watched the remake of The Night of the Living Dead. The remakes story had many changes which worked well.
Yes, they reviewed it, why wouldn't they actually watched it ?
RoboCop 2 and Child’s Play 2 are guilty pleasures to rewatch even though both of them were ultra violent in that time. Plus Goodfellas is by far the best movie ever. P.S. I do miss them.
It hurts me that Gene Wilder is in here. I just saw that scene again with Richard Pryor in Stir Crazy when they are walking to the jail cell “ I’m getting bad” “ you a little too bad ain’t ya?”
I loved TMNT when it came out. Yes, it's dumb, but it was fun.
That’s the second movie called The Guardian they put on their worst of
A movie about a tree called The Guardian? All they need to do is remake it as a Groot prequel and it will do a billion at the box office
In 2022 they could do a sequel called the Cleveland Guardians.
@@bigjohn08865 would it be about roller derby?
Gregg still gives all of these films five bags of popcorn and one missing Dr. San.
That clip from Grafitti Bridge looks like a scene from Hollywood Shuffle.
"I ain't be got no weapon!"
Child's Play 2 is fantastic, specifically the the last act in the factory.
I like to make queso for that big Childs Play 2 finale :]
Yeah, Siskel always had a stupid boner for "children in peril". He even hated Aliens for the exact same reason
Better than 3, shame they never reviewed it.
Eh, I actually agree with them on this one. I don't want to see small kids being terrorized in my horror flicks.
Ragging on TMNT just shows the age divide. That movie still holds up as a good action flick with legit comedic moments.
Robocop 2 while not as good as the first one, wasn't as bad as they made it out to be.
I think that kid is what made it rather tasteless.
First off, anything Prince does is purple. Purple meaning perfect. ** I don't know about anyone else, but now I MUST see Robocop 2.
Pretty spot on...although I turned 9 in 1990 and TMNT was a pretty big deal.
there wasn't a boy under the age of 13 who didn't love TMNT
It was a HUGE deal.
Night of the Living Dead 2 was great but the MAIN REASON it was made was to actually make a profit due to the first one accidentally becoming public domain. The distributor forgot to copyright the film.
Loose Cannons would be better if they'd swapped the lead actors characters. Hackman doing different voices could have been scary.
I would love to hear their takes on movies today!!
They'd be horrified.
There’s no way Gene said Robocop was a nice guy and in Robocop 2 he’s just a killing machine
Loose Cannons was silly but fun, definitely underrated.
I miss this show and those two great reviewers. Why can't we have another show like that again?
We have an even better one now, it's called red letter media
Because anytime you don't like a movie these days you're either racist, or sexist....or both!! Haha!
@@jd9708 Thanks to the wacky media and wackier celebrities.
Because the internet. There are now hundreds of Siskels and Eberts
@@nyceflix And none of them are as good.
This video like this needs to be in a DVD/Blu-ray collection. Have all the reviews they did in a collection. Have the collection start from their first review to the last one before Siskel passed away. I'd watch that any day! If they can't get all, then at least do: the worst and best of movies, have the best of reviews, and best argument reviews.
Re: Night of the Living Dead; it was because the rights to the original we such that Romero got little out of it other than reputation. Plus Tom Savini directed the remake.
The level of critics so good and entertaining
Both Robocop 2 and child play 2 consider cult classic now
“RoboCop 2” is underrated.
11:08 "Short Time" has one of the all-time completely-out-of-nowhere great car chases, even if you can tell this film ostensibly set in the US was filmed in Vancouver. ("There's BC Place!")
Same goes for several scenes in Friday The 13th: VIII: Jason Takes Manhattan.
If you look closely in several scenes you can see the "BC Transit" branding on the sides of the supposed new york city subway cars.
There's also the scenes shot in the subway tunnel where you can clearly see the signage for the stadium and eaton's center skytrain stations on the wall.
Thank you for uploading these. I used to watch their show every week from the early 90s, later than 1990 though, till about 2000. I remember I disagreed with Ebert about Gladiator in 2000 and wrote a nasty email to him and responded back with a terse response that I can't even remember, something about the way the film was shot being enough to disqualify it even though it was best picture. My friend couldn't believe he responded to me. I guess I was triggered the way teens can be. Great show though, and two great reviewers.
Gladiator was OK, I guess. I think there was a similar-themed movie about a Roman general; the 1951, Quo Vadas.
My parents gave me the Jetsons movie for Christmas when I was a kid and I nearly ran away from home.
Why?
Night of the Living Dead is underrated! Tony Todd is great in that movie.
I love Graffiti Bridge. Could have alot to do with being 13 and loving Prince, but I still enjoy it. Prince, Morris and Jerome are worth the price of admission alone, not to mention the music
There were maybe two or three good songs
@littlekingtrashmouth9219 It isn't Purple Rain, which is a perfect album & soundtrack, which is damn near impossible to do, but still fun
Prince doesn't do bad music. I don't care for Raspberry Beret, too poppy, but still a hit song
@@thegadflygang5381 oddly enough that’s my favorite song of his because it doesn’t sound like anything else he’s down
Boy Eddie Murphy should thank God for nutty professor because his career was going to the toilet.....
These two are some of the best people to come out of the United States. Bloody legends. Elevated the movie critic game to unheard levels before and nobody has matched them since especially in this hellscape in which critics will dodge dip duck dive and dodge to give any movie promulgating THE MASSAGE good marks. You see back then they used to pan everything. Those were the good ole days. I miss these two immensely and I was too young to be watching them before Gene Siskel died!
"Ben, what ONE movie did you watch this year?"
"Uh, Home Alone..."
"Did you like it?"
"I don't know. Home Alone is the only movie I've ever watched. Kevin McAllister looks like me except blonde."
"How old are you?"
"I'm five."
Mom: "He's four."
"I'm four years old. Back to you, Siskel and Ebert!"
I heard these two had the hots for Natasha Kinski back in the day and would give all her movies good reviews like handing out candy. That would drive my mom nuts! That just makes them even better. You got a honey you're eying, you give them good reviews, or you're a concessions boy you give her extra butter. They know what they're doing!
"A killer tree." M Night Shyamalan says, "Its Happening."
For me definitely the worst film of 1990 overall 😒 would be Ghost Dad
Which movie would you least want to watch again? What a great question
I would never miss their worst of the year episodes. Those movies ended up being the ones that I liked the most.
I see they didn't mention Troll 2 as one of the worst movies from 1990. Damn right! They better not have. It was a mighty fine film.
If Siskel applause directors who does not do sequels and apparently hate sequels then I guess he hates Francis Ford Coppola`s The Godfather Part 2?
Not a sequel...it was Part II.
@@giorgiopalmas7934 Well, explain this to me: If you google "Best sequels of all time" I guarantee that Godfather Part 2 is mentioned so no, whatever you personally think it is a sequel no matter what.
@@bisseborjesson9533no they like Godfather part 2
@@bisseborjesson9533or maybe the classification is just wrong.
That was one of the few times a sequel was actually good.
TMNT, Child's Play 2, and Robocop 2 do not belong anywhere near this list... but they are way ahead of the curve about remakes
I’ll take the worst of 1990 over the ‘best’ of today…socially, politically, entertainment, musically.
Most of Today's stuff is not even politically correct. It's just absolutely absurd.
I couldn’t disagree more
There is no culture anymore. It's all derivative and paranoid. The tipping point was the 2000s. I don't even wanna know how deep the nadir will reach.
NEW THINGS BAD
Funny how the "worst" movies of 1990 were better than any of the crap coming out today. The past was great, and today is so, so horrible. OH BOO HOO HOO HOO...