Siskel & Ebert review (1984): Revenge of the Nerds, The Woman in Red, Red Dawn & Tightrope
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 13 เม.ย. 2021
- 0:00 Intro
1:40 Revenge of the Nerds: 👍👍
4:47 The Woman in Red: 👎👎
8:45 Red Dawn - Siskel 👍 & Ebert 👎
14:47 Tightrope: 👍👍
19:07 X-Ray Segment: The New Patriotism
20:53 The reviews
RIP to both critics. They were a big part of my childhood and growing up with their influence 🙏🏽❤️☮️
I was 14 going on 15 when both Revenge of the Nerds and Red Dawn came out. I LOVED them!
Respect Gene for liking Red Dawn.
That opening alone brings back fond, nostalgic, warm memories. I saw each and every movie reviewed in this episode at the time they were released to the theaters in 1984
Saw them all with my then best friend. We were 15 years old and a couple of fanatics about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. We went to the movies together once a week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s (and yes, we religiously watched Siskel and Ebert together on his living room tv).
My friend was the one who chose what movie we would go see. I didnt mind. I loved the theatergoing experience in itself. We tried to see every new movie that came out regardless of story, genre (he loved horror, I preferred comedy), critics reviews, who was starring in it, etc.
So there was no particular reason why we went to see all the movies mentioned in this video. They just happened to be the newest movies that just came out.
Going to the movies with my best friend in the 1970s-1980s is among my most fondest and happiest memories of my life.
Right? Streaming movies doesn't replace those times
I have a similar feeling for my time, the 90s. We watched almost every movie worth seeing. I miss those times.
I've seen Revenge of the Nerds, Red Dawn, and Tightrope. All are good movies.
Woman in Red is okay, not great.
I think TIGHTROPE is one of Eastwood's better films. Nice to learn that Siskel & Ebert liked the film as well 14:47
It is a good psychological thriller.
I absolutely agree. I’m a New Orleanian, so I may be biased, but I thought the killer was super creepy and the suspense well paced throughout the film.
They sure were the best.
👍😉
Love that they “got” revenge of the nerds.
At 12:00 there was a teenage Western....it was called "Young Guns".
Yup -- it took about four years to hit the screen, and Charlie Sheen was in that one also.
I’ll add Red Dawn to my list of 80s end-of-days movies to see.
I liked it, as cheesy as the 80s were, there's a sense of spirit that films today with bigger budgets lack.
Tightrope is an underrated film and it features one of Clint Eastwood's best performances !
I think it had the same screenwriter (Richard Tuggle) as Escape from Alcatraz. I saw him speak at a film class at UVA around '84.
@@haybill3000 Tuggle wrote and directed the film.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Correct. For Alcatraz he wrote the screenplay but didn't direct. When he spoke in front of our class in 1985, a female student commented that he seemed burned out. Perhaps that's why his 1986 movie "Out of Bounds" was nowhere near as good as 1984's "Tightrope".
From what I heard Eastwood ghost directed most of the film
@@joetamburello6292 I heard as much as well. Either Tuggle was too slow to make decisions or Eastwood wanted to get it over with and he is notorious for cutting corners when it comes to filmmaking.
Wolverines!
I think I got a frush. What fu*k is a frush? Buger and Toshiro playing cards was funny. I love when the nerds are fleeing the sorority house and you hear Toshiro saying hair pie, hair pie over and over again.
Honestly, if you think about it, Gene Wilder really didn’t make many good movies at all (of the very few he even made). All I can think of are Young Frankenstein, Stir Crazy, Willy Wonka, and Blazing Saddles (and even that, his character Jim wasn’t anything to write home about).
Yes, I know everybody goes on and on about The Producers; never saw it.
The Producers is great
The woman in red 👎🌟🌟
Revenge of the nerds 👍🌟🌟🌟
Tightrope 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
"The Woman in Red" wasn't bad, in my opinion. For the first half-hour, it felt like nothing important was happening, but after that, I thought it was classic Gene Wilder.
Roger saying panties...Was hoping Roger favorite part was them saying we've got bush
NERDS!!!
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Red Dawn is not your typical war movie Ebert. A. It was teens fighting something new. B The ending was tolly different from war movies. C it was sad. D. Its not a Political gun movie and yes this is why should own a gun. YOU Got This Movie Wrong Ebert! Thumbs up for Red Dawn!
I don't think he will be able to reply.
Miss those two. Nowadays, everyone's a critic.
@@m3talentagency680 I agree.
The director even said Red Dawn was a anti-war movie. Ebert was a moron.
Ebert did try to be objective and at times succeeded - such as giving “The Passion of the Christ” four stars despite not being religious.
But at other times, his personal views did interfere with his objectivity, as was the case here. He clearly viewed the movie with his liberal bias on gun control. But in fact, one of the reasons that our founding fathers gave us the Second Amendment was to make a military takeover of the country much harder.
But on the other side, both he and Siskel did warn on the danger of political correctness, and they were right on that.
So I look back with very mixed feelings about those two. But I do miss them both and it says a lot that 24 years after Siskel’s death and 10 years after Ebert’s, no movie critics have even come close to their impact.
@@leczornEbert cited statistics throughout the years that demonstrated that residents in households with guns were far more likely to be injured or killed than any would be criminal. I personally think gun ownership is fine and should always be protected, but that gun owners should have to learn and demonstrate safety with guns. That’s reasonable.
Never forget the hero of Revenge of the Nerds committed sexual assault. I can’t believe Siskel & Ebert did not point this out.
I know the scene you’re talking about, and by the letter of the law, I guess you’re right, but Siskel and Ebert were selective in their outrage. For example, Ebert routinely bashed certain movies for their gratuitous violence, but he praised the “Kill Bill” movies, which are more gratuitously violent and gory than many slasher films.
It's a FUCKING COMEDY and you're a literal minded idiot
Charles Grodin is the only interesting character in The Woman in red. Red Dawn was just a stupid movie. Tightrope only good movie here, and that one is actually still a good movie in 2024.
I didn't like everything in Revenge of the Nerds, but I did like it enough to buy it. P.S I'm sure Roger was a major NERD.
An obese intellectual, yes, he would’ve been.