Ruthless People is one the most original and funniest comedy movies I've seen. It's absolutely genius in it's writing, acting, directing and humor, which is a different type of humor from the type in the Zucker Brothers' other two hilarious comedies Airplane and The Naked Gun. I think that it's also Danny DeVito's best movie. Big Trouble in Little China is also a great movie.
@sha11235 yeah, that was odd. In my opinion, I think that Ruthless People is better than Airplane and the Naked Gun movies....although, that's not really saying much. They all make me laugh.
John Carpenter gotta love em. Assault on prescient 13 came out. Critics hated it, but in Europe it was loved. A year later it was re-reviewed in North America and it’s a classic. Halloween came out critics hated it. But it was re-reviewed and became a box office smash. The Thing came and received so much hate and was even nominated for Raze awards. Now it’s considered one of the greatest films of the 80’s. Big trouble in little China comes out to bad reviews, it dies at the box office, now it considered a classic. Do you notice a running theme here. John Carpenter’s films are ahead of their time. It takes awhile for critics to catch up. I guess their kinda slow.
Huh. Big Trouble In Little China is a classic??...Funny, I found it totally forgettable. At best a dud with cool practical effects. Halloween and The Thing we can agree on.
@@deckofcards87 LOL Big Trouble In Little China forgettable??? WTF are you smoking? So many memorable lines, and scenes in that movie, memorable characters ( a villain that inspired Raiden in Mortal Kombat). The movie is widely considered a cult classic at the very least.
@@TheWuCepticon1981 it actually didn't. It's very well documented that initial reviews were poor. It was audience word of mouth that built momentum, and the good reviews only came in once it had started to put bums on seats.
@@dominicraynes1569 not totally true.... they loved Halloween and I believe they both thumbed up escape from New York but I do believe they thumbed down the thing..... wtf?!?!?!?!?!
@@stevestarscream5182 You are correct. They did shit on the Thing. In my opinion, is his best movie. Which says a lot, because Carpenter made awesome movies back in the day.
All of these movies were released on the 4th of July and, in my opinion, the perfect flick to see on that holiday would've been Big Trouble in Little China. You get plenty of fireworks in that movie -- hilarious, spooky, action-packed, and absolutely charming.
I remember seeing Ruthless People with my parents in the movie theater while we were vacationing in Maine. I was 12. Later that week, my father & I saw Back To School, too. I think that was the last time I heard my old man laugh hysterically.
I loved watching this show as a teenager in the 80's because they showed extended scenes of movies. People didn't really care about spoilers back then, as they do now. Sometimes Gene and Roger really got it wrong though. They totally didn't get Big Trouble at all! Jack Burton was supposed to be a buffoon! I don't think I could ever fully relate to people who don't like Big Trouble in Little China, lol. Its just a fun movie and that's all it was ever meant to be.
+purpletoe101 Yeah, brings back memories of my teen years. And 30 years ago was when they went from At the Movies to their final home: Siskel and Ebert.
Ruthless People was one of the funniest films of the 80s. Bill Pullman stole the film as Morris's dimwitted boyfriend And it included the classic line "This could very well be the dumbest man on the face of the Earth."
About Last Night was the first live action picture directed by Emmy and Oscar winner Edward Zwick with an wonderful cast that makes this romantic picture one of the biggest box office successes of the year. Released in July 1986 by Sony Pictures Studios.
Funny how in 2019 About Last Night is forgotten (I've never seen it and, well, no one talks about it) but Big Trouble in Little China is beloved by many, a true cult classic. Ruthless People is still considered well done and fondly remembered. Psycho III is mostly forgotten.
+MORE1500 This was the early summer (June). Man, 30 years now. I will be thinking of it a lot this year. It wasn't a terrible summer, but I was a 16 year old and not very social in hs, although I did have friends. Also, some of my favorite shows I grew up with ended, so it bothered me a bit.
When I think about my love for movies John Carpenter is one of the first names that pops into my head. I’m disappointed they didn’t see the fun in BTILC. Kurt Russell gave perhaps the funniest tongue in cheek performance ever in an adventure movie.
@@DH-xh3pg A better example of actual humor in an action movie? Wow, where do I start? How about any Quintin Tarantino movie, The Die Hard Series. Total Recall, True Lies..... Those movies had humor, and plots that could actually be followed.
@Brian Keech Tarantino characters are always funny. It’s his writing that makes them funny. So John McClane is funnier than Jack Burton? No. I’m not seeing that. True Lies is a better example as it’s basically a spoof but I still don’t see it as being funnier. Like I said … humor is subjective. If your main problem with the film is the plot that would be a fair argument. Because admittedly it isn’t the strongest of Carpenters work.
I loved both these guys, but good lord did they miss the boat on BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Totally misunderstood it. "Kurt Russell is not heroic here." That's the POINT, Gene!
@@jayazathoth8530 : I sure hope not, because it was Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone. Anyway, both of them apparently missed the comedic angle that ran rampant through Big Trouble in Little China. Siskel did actually slag on Kurt Russell for not being the heroic type, but the whole point of his character is that he thinks he's a classic hero but is really in many aspects a buffoon who vastly overrates himself (while still being courageous and occasionally competent). It's rather obvious that Carpenter and Russell played it this way purposefully. They're also wrong about it not being a spoof of kung fu films. It is certainly that in part, but also an homage at the same time. They just didn't get it. It's Carpenter's funniest film and a real triumph that demonstrates his great versatility. Too bad that audiences seemed to react to it the way Siskel & Ebert did.
@@joeblow166 The same thing happened with THE THING critics and audiences at the time hated it just like BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA TOWN Unfortunately Bad Critical and Audience Reception to THE THING and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA drove John Carpenter to the brink of suicide But over 30 years later almost 40 for THE THING people still talk about these films favorably I might add. I've heard about PSYCHO III Never seen it I was barely aware of ABOUT LAST NIGHT and I've never even heard of RUTHLESS PEOPLE.
@@thing1thing2themediamaniac43 At least Carpenter will know before hitting the grave that his once-rejected films are now heralded as triumphs by people who actually like movies and pay attention to their nuances.
@@joeblow166 John Carpenter didn't direct another film after BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA for ten years until he directed ESCAPE FROM LA which is the sequel to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK both films I LOVE but I think ESCAPE FROM LA is better
I wish BTILC got more love when it came out. One of Carpenter’s very best. It sits happily alongside Escape from New York, The Thing, Halloween, and They Live, for me.
I watched _Ruthless People_ as a teen (born '88) back in '02-'03, and I absolutely fell in love with *Helen Slater.* She's so pretty, and she has comedic talent. I remember being upset that the movie was so old, she would be too old for me back then. As if she would have wanted an Swedish aspie teenager even if she was still in her mid 20's. :P Edit: Thanks for uploading this, war guild!
great to revisit Siskel .& Ebert after all these years. Of course they couldnt be more wrong about Big Trouble (and John Carpenter in general). Its amazing.
RE: _Psycho 3,_ leaving your bloody evidence (on the very top layer!) in your outdoors freezer may be the dumbest serial killer move in the history of cinema.
All except Psycho 3 were good movies in my book. With BTILC and About Last Night classics.1986 was one hell of a year for movies, period. It's no wonder it seemed like we went to the movies every weekend in high school.
And I thought they were very harsh on it myself. I loved it. I think its meant to be a big dumb, and fun b-movie which doesn't take itself too seriously. It works on those levels for me and I think Russell is really great in it. Still enjoy it today.
@Devon Lott - and without those generic side-scrolling beat'em ups where every installment is the same, we wouldn't have those god-awful Mortal Kombat movies, and oh, what a shame that would be. Oh, what the world would be deprived off.
About Last Night: "Give the guy a medal" "A drawer? A whole drawer?!" Also loved the final scene where she's riding away on her bike. Ruthless People: The spider scene. So cute.
_About Last Night:_ I remember enjoying this when I watched my RCA/Columbia tape of it a few years back. Will have to rewatch the film sometime. _Ruthless People:_ 1986 was a GREAT summer for movie comedies: that year, the likes of _Back to School_ and _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_ were joined by this delight of a film. I've never gotten tired of seeing this one and Danny DeVito and Bette Midler are terrific in it, as always. Also, it is the only Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker film that wasn't a parody (it's actually a loose adaptation of O. Henry's _The Ransom of Red Chief_ ). Have not seen _Psycho III_ or _Big Trouble in Little China,_ but I understand that the latter has attracted a sizable following.
Yep! They didn't show the supporting hilarity with Wang being chased by Thunder where they'd go off scene to one side of Jack Burton then a pile of debris and furniture would come flying from there then Wang would sprint back and stop near JB and pose defensively only to run off the other way with Thunder chasing and more shit come flying from there...total howl and no over-the-top effects just someone off screen flinging as much crap as they could.
im always sort of shocked and amazed when they actually like a film i like, i have always loved "about last night" and have never understood why no one seems to remember it. and i fully expected them to crap all over it somehow.
I don't like Siskel and Ebert's reviews sometimes, but I find myself agreeing with everything they say. Their observations about aspects of movies are always accurate, even if I still liked the final product.
Really strong set of movies that remain relevant today due to the franchises or stars involved. Ruthless People might be the one that's hanging on by a thread as few born since the '80s seem to have heard of it.
Ruthless People is such a funny movie! I did like their comment about wanting more background scenes showing the relationship between DeVito's and Midler's characters. I would have liked to see that interaction between those two stars!! Boy did they miss on BTIC! Probably the most quoted and watched of all of these now. I think all three but Psycho I have watched many times. They were all good or fun movies!
Yeah, but I caught my brother jacking off to that one scene at least a dozen times. He wanted me to play and then rewind it over and over again while he masturbated to it. Interesting that this wasn't mentioned in the review.
Although Ruthless People was a very funny comedy it didn't stand the test of time in that it has largely been forgotten. The funny thing is after all these years it was Big Trouble in Little China that became a cult classic. This is yet another example of how art for the most part is completely subjective. Siskel and Ebert were not alone on their opinion of BTILC. The film flopped in theaters however over time grew a huge following once released on VHS. Not so long ago there was talk of a reboot which I'm glad never happened. The movie is perfect the way it is.
In Pycho, the shower scene is a shocking scene to this day. In Pycho 2, Robert Loggia falling down the stairs with that chef's knife he was stabbed with in his chest. Pycho 3...nothing stands out.
At the same time, Siskel would like a movie as long it achieved its desired purpose. Like, he enjoyed Don't Be a Menace as a satire of hood movies, while Ebert disliked it for practically the same reason Siskel liked it.
Psycho 2 was great. It is very underrated and was written by Tom "Fright Night" Holland who is a good writer and I believe he did a thesis on Hitchock. Ebert is saying that Psycho 3 was better? Never seen it but I'm intrigued now.
Big Trouble in Little China was good campy fun. Not the best plot or story and not a great movie but it was enjoyable. The best movie in this set was Ruthless People, loved that movie so much. Siskel and Ebert both gave a great review of that film.
Psycho III is now older now than the original was at the time this was recorded. It's kind of a mood thing for me. I honestly can see where Gene is coming from. I wasn't compelled by it the first time I saw it. But upon revisiting the film, I actually think it works as kind of a twisted character study. It's a very double sided film, one that is sometimes very trashy and yet can be too classy for it's own good. Watch it more for the characters than the story and it works.
+BoingBurg This was a different program. In 1986 they moved from Tribune to Buena Vista and the set was different for the obvious reason. It doesn't look dim here.
Hearing them say 20 years from now I realize that Gene would be dead and Roger would lose his voice to jaw cancer and no longer be able to do the show.
Until Gene said it, I had no idea that the guy who played Sweetchuck in the Police Academy movies co-wrote About Last Night. You learn something new every day, I guess.
So the one they liked the most is all but forgotten, and the one they liked the least is a cult-classic that people are still watching and talking about to this day. Sigh! Critics never change.
Big Trouble in little China was amazing and they missed the entire point. Kurt Russel wasn't the main character and if anything he was a parody of John Wayne not a copy so complaining about that was weird. You care about the characters because you want them to reach their goal and rescue the women and defeat David LoPan. The movie had action, adventure, funny interactions and an epic story. Why couldn't they see that is beyond me.
The first Psycho is out on its own, but 2 had some good moments as well. 3 is middling only, and 4 the same, although that one is more unique. Regardless, Perkins' facial ticks and emotions are brilliant throughout each film.
I liked Big Trouble in Little China but they do have a point that the writers/director could of taken more of an effort to make the audience care more about the characters.It is an action/comedy though not a drama and that is what they should of judged it on more.
While I like 'Psycho III' I disagree with Ebert, it's not as good as 'Psycho II', by the third film the series had fully embraced the slasher side of it's personality and had put the more subtle stuff on the back burner.
Never saw about last night, have to check it out one day maybe. Never saw Ruthless People either looks kind of like I love you to death which was hilarious.
Born in 77. Had Big Trouble on VHS. My sister and I watched it 50 times, easily. Love that movie. Ruthless peeps was hilarious too.
Ruthless People is one the most original and funniest comedy movies I've seen. It's absolutely genius in it's writing, acting, directing and humor, which is a different type of humor from the type in the Zucker Brothers' other two hilarious comedies Airplane and The Naked Gun. I think that it's also Danny DeVito's best movie.
Big Trouble in Little China is also a great movie.
The ZAZ team just directed the film, maybe that's why it isn't in the same vein as their other works. Notice it wasn't even brought up?
@sha11235 yeah, that was odd. In my opinion, I think that Ruthless People is better than Airplane and the Naked Gun movies....although, that's not really saying much. They all make me laugh.
Ruthless People was one of the great 80s comedy movies. Great script and performances by all. S&E obviously loved it, as do I.
John Carpenter gotta love em. Assault on prescient 13 came out. Critics hated it, but in Europe it was loved. A year later it was re-reviewed in North America and it’s a classic.
Halloween came out critics hated it. But it was re-reviewed and became a box office smash.
The Thing came and received so much hate and was even nominated for Raze awards. Now it’s considered one of the greatest films of the 80’s.
Big trouble in little China comes out to bad reviews, it dies at the box office, now it considered a classic.
Do you notice a running theme here.
John Carpenter’s films are ahead of their time. It takes awhile for critics to catch up. I guess their kinda slow.
In fairness, I believe both Siskel and Ebert liked Halloween. So it's not just that they're against John Carpenter.
Huh. Big Trouble In Little China is a classic??...Funny, I found it totally forgettable. At best a dud with cool practical effects.
Halloween and The Thing we can agree on.
@@deckofcards87 LOL Big Trouble In Little China forgettable??? WTF are you smoking? So many memorable lines, and scenes in that movie, memorable characters ( a villain that inspired Raiden in Mortal Kombat). The movie is widely considered a cult classic at the very least.
I'm with on you everything except Halloween. I'm pretty sure that movie got good reviews when it was released.
@@TheWuCepticon1981 it actually didn't. It's very well documented that initial reviews were poor. It was audience word of mouth that built momentum, and the good reviews only came in once it had started to put bums on seats.
Gene: 'No one is going to remember any of the scenes in the movies released so far this year'
Big Trouble in Little China: HOLD MY BEER 🤘🏻😎🤘🏻
Exactly.
Lmao 💯
That movie was boring. They weren't wrong.
@@jvick87 Amen. That movie was incoherent from beginning to end.
Big Trouble in Little China was awesome...camon Siskel & Ebert
They could not see the fact that Dennis Dun was the star of the film
It’s funny that they shit on every John Carpenter classic 🤣
@@dominicraynes1569 not totally true.... they loved Halloween and I believe they both thumbed up escape from New York but I do believe they thumbed down the thing..... wtf?!?!?!?!?!
@@stevestarscream5182 You are correct. They did shit on the Thing. In my opinion, is his best movie. Which says a lot, because Carpenter made awesome movies back in the day.
Siskel gave The Thing a thumbs up.
always liked Ruthless People, really funny movie, one of Danny's best
Love the ending with them walking out of the movie theater and going their separate ways down the street.
All of these movies were released on the 4th of July and, in my opinion, the perfect flick to see on that holiday would've been Big Trouble in Little China. You get plenty of fireworks in that movie -- hilarious, spooky, action-packed, and absolutely charming.
Big Trouble in Little China sucked. Completely indecipherable plot, wrapped around a bunch of stupid special effects. And funny as a plane crash.
Ruthless People is one of my all-time favorite comedies! Just love it!
I remember seeing Ruthless People with my parents in the movie theater while we were vacationing in Maine. I was 12. Later that week, my father & I saw Back To School, too. I think that was the last time I heard my old man laugh hysterically.
And 30 years later the only one of these films that still has legs is Big Trouble in Little China.
About last night is still a pretty great film.
Overrated crap for dumb people.
Mike C'mon, what about Ruthless People? Great movie.
@@CelestialWoodway Says the guys who is overrated.
@Devon Lott - That comeback doesn't even make any sense.
I loved watching this show as a teenager in the 80's because they showed extended scenes of movies. People didn't really care about spoilers back then, as they do now. Sometimes Gene and Roger really got it wrong though. They totally didn't get Big Trouble at all! Jack Burton was supposed to be a buffoon! I don't think I could ever fully relate to people who don't like Big Trouble in Little China, lol. Its just a fun movie and that's all it was ever meant to be.
Thanks for putting these old ones up, especially from At the Movies.
Absolutely! This was made thirty years ago. Seems like last month.
+purpletoe101 Yeah, brings back memories of my teen years. And 30 years ago was when they went from At the Movies to their final home: Siskel and Ebert.
I’ve been watching so many of these At The Movies episodes lately that I find myself whistling the theme song around my apartment...
Psycho III is criminally underrated. It's my favorite of the Psycho films.
I’m glad Ebert could see how well done Psycho III is. Perkins didn’t get the credit he deserved for it.
Ruthless People was one of the funniest films of the 80s. Bill Pullman stole the film as Morris's dimwitted boyfriend And it included the classic line "This could very well be the dumbest man on the face of the Earth."
No way Psycho 3 was better then 2, loved part 2
:) Yes, 2 was good.
About Last Night was the first live action picture directed by Emmy and Oscar winner Edward Zwick with an wonderful cast that makes this romantic picture one of the
biggest box office successes of the year. Released in July 1986 by Sony Pictures Studios.
Funny how in 2019 About Last Night is forgotten (I've never seen it and, well, no one talks about it) but Big Trouble in Little China is beloved by many, a true cult classic. Ruthless People is still considered well done and fondly remembered. Psycho III is mostly forgotten.
About Last Night, one of my all time favorite movies! Worth a watch.
Forgotten? We’re talkin space here, recreational f-ing space!
Big trouble in little China is a fun movie!
Movies from the summer of 86'. What a great time.
+MORE1500 This was the early summer (June). Man, 30 years now. I will be thinking of it a lot this year. It wasn't a terrible summer, but I was a 16 year old and not very social in hs, although I did have friends. Also, some of my favorite shows I grew up with ended, so it bothered me a bit.
the year 1984 was a great year for movies as well.
I think every year has good and bad films.
Yeah, to be 24 again!
The summer of Ferris.
Hey!!! I loved "Big Trouble in Little China."
When I think about my love for movies John Carpenter is one of the first names that pops into my head. I’m disappointed they didn’t see the fun in BTILC. Kurt Russell gave perhaps the funniest tongue in cheek performance ever in an adventure movie.
Yeah - funny as a plane crash.
Humor is subjective, Brian. You give me a better example.
@@DH-xh3pg A better example of actual humor in an action movie? Wow, where do I start? How about any Quintin Tarantino movie, The Die Hard Series. Total Recall, True Lies..... Those movies had humor, and plots that could actually be followed.
@Brian Keech Tarantino characters are always funny. It’s his writing that makes them funny. So John McClane is funnier than Jack Burton? No. I’m not seeing that. True Lies is a better example as it’s basically a spoof but I still don’t see it as being funnier. Like I said … humor is subjective. If your main problem with the film is the plot that would be a fair argument. Because admittedly it isn’t the strongest of Carpenters work.
Love big trouble in little china great movie 🎥
I loved both these guys, but good lord did they miss the boat on BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA. Totally misunderstood it. "Kurt Russell is not heroic here." That's the POINT, Gene!
He was comparing him to Kirk Douglas in _Romancing the Stone_ when he said that.
@@jayazathoth8530 : I sure hope not, because it was Michael Douglas in Romancing the Stone. Anyway, both of them apparently missed the comedic angle that ran rampant through Big Trouble in Little China. Siskel did actually slag on Kurt Russell for not being the heroic type, but the whole point of his character is that he thinks he's a classic hero but is really in many aspects a buffoon who vastly overrates himself (while still being courageous and occasionally competent). It's rather obvious that Carpenter and Russell played it this way purposefully. They're also wrong about it not being a spoof of kung fu films. It is certainly that in part, but also an homage at the same time. They just didn't get it. It's Carpenter's funniest film and a real triumph that demonstrates his great versatility. Too bad that audiences seemed to react to it the way Siskel & Ebert did.
@@joeblow166 The same thing happened with THE THING critics and audiences at the time hated it just like BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA TOWN Unfortunately Bad Critical and Audience Reception to THE THING and BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA drove John Carpenter to the brink of suicide But over 30 years later almost 40 for THE THING people still talk about these films favorably I might add. I've heard about PSYCHO III Never seen it I was barely aware of ABOUT LAST NIGHT and I've never even heard of RUTHLESS PEOPLE.
@@thing1thing2themediamaniac43 At least Carpenter will know before hitting the grave that his once-rejected films are now heralded as triumphs by people who actually like movies and pay attention to their nuances.
@@joeblow166 John Carpenter didn't direct another film after BIG TROUBLE IN LITTLE CHINA for ten years until he directed ESCAPE FROM LA which is the sequel to ESCAPE FROM NEW YORK both films I LOVE but I think ESCAPE FROM LA is better
I wish BTILC got more love when it came out. One of Carpenter’s very best. It sits happily alongside Escape from New York, The Thing, Halloween, and They Live, for me.
I only watched this review for "Big Trouble in Little China".
Suffice to say, I disagree with their review.
BTILC is great!
Yes it is.
Its all in the reflexes. Ruthless people is good too.
Of course, that movie is great it had a "6 Demon Bag" in it.
They didnt understand that this wasn't an American Action Movie, this movie was about an American in an Asian Action Movie
Ruthless people is hilarious
I watched _Ruthless People_ as a teen (born '88) back in '02-'03, and I absolutely fell in love with *Helen Slater.* She's so pretty, and she has comedic talent. I remember being upset that the movie was so old, she would be too old for me back then. As if she would have wanted an Swedish aspie teenager even if she was still in her mid 20's. :P
Edit: Thanks for uploading this, war guild!
What a week that was for movies.
great to revisit Siskel .& Ebert after all these years. Of course they couldnt be more wrong about Big Trouble (and John Carpenter in general). Its amazing.
I love siskel and ebert aguing
at 14:09 Helen Slater such an great person to meet and she was very welcoming .
About Last Night is a great movie!!
RE: _Psycho 3,_ leaving your bloody evidence (on the very top layer!) in your outdoors freezer may be the dumbest serial killer move in the history of cinema.
Jack Burton doesn't care if fancypants critics can't handle the awesome he brings.
All except Psycho 3 were good movies in my book. With BTILC and About Last Night classics.1986 was one hell of a year for movies, period. It's no wonder it seemed like we went to the movies every weekend in high school.
Theyr out their mindsss BIG TROUBLE is a classic!! beyond them
And the only one anyone still talks about is the one they both thumbed down
And I thought they were very harsh on it myself. I loved it. I think its meant to be a big dumb, and fun b-movie which doesn't take itself too seriously. It works on those levels for me and I think Russell is really great in it. Still enjoy it today.
+Stone Gasman
Said one man ever. You.
chance maybe I don’t how none of the people who responded to your comment figured out that it was a joke but I gotchu 2 years later
If it wasn't for this movie. We wouldn't have Mortal Kombat.
@Devon Lott - and without those generic side-scrolling beat'em ups where every installment is the same, we wouldn't have those god-awful Mortal Kombat movies, and oh, what a shame that would be. Oh, what the world would be deprived off.
Ruthless people & about last night were great 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
About Last Night: "Give the guy a medal"
"A drawer? A whole drawer?!" Also loved the final scene where she's riding away on her bike.
Ruthless People: The spider scene. So cute.
I'm shocked how that movie didn't get any Oscar love.
I'm still amazed that Big Trouble in Little China wasn't a hit when it came out.
It wasn't a hit cause it is a boring film with a paper thin plot which is just an excuse for bunch of fight scenes.
@@JohnSmith-jn7nc And now is a cult film.
@@JohnSmith-jn7nc well, that's like, um, your opinion man.
_About Last Night:_ I remember enjoying this when I watched my RCA/Columbia tape of it a few years back. Will have to rewatch the film sometime.
_Ruthless People:_ 1986 was a GREAT summer for movie comedies: that year, the likes of _Back to School_ and _Ferris Bueller's Day Off_ were joined by this delight of a film. I've never gotten tired of seeing this one and Danny DeVito and Bette Midler are terrific in it, as always. Also, it is the only Zucker-Abrahams-Zucker film that wasn't a parody (it's actually a loose adaptation of O. Henry's _The Ransom of Red Chief_ ).
Have not seen _Psycho III_ or _Big Trouble in Little China,_ but I understand that the latter has attracted a sizable following.
I love Big Trouble in Little China and I love Ruthless People too.
Interesting how the DVD release of About Last Night dropped the Pet Shop Boys track you hear in the background of the scene featured at 8:00.
Love comes quickly. Hmm nice catch
Oh Jack Burton says, ‘these critics have no idea of the greatness they had seen.’
Yep! They didn't show the supporting hilarity with Wang being chased by Thunder where they'd go off scene to one side of Jack Burton then a pile of debris and furniture would come flying from there then Wang would sprint back and stop near JB and pose defensively only to run off the other way with Thunder chasing and more shit come flying from there...total howl and no over-the-top effects just someone off screen flinging as much crap as they could.
@@billyboblillybob344 yep
Obviously Siskel and Ebert did not bring beer with them for Big Trouble in Little China. It's a movie you drink to. And enjoy doing it.
im always sort of shocked and amazed when they actually like a film i like, i have always loved "about last night" and have never understood why no one seems to remember it. and i fully expected them to crap all over it somehow.
I don't like Siskel and Ebert's reviews sometimes, but I find myself agreeing with everything they say. Their observations about aspects of movies are always accurate, even if I still liked the final product.
If they thought special effects were replacing real stories in 1986 what would they think of movies today?
Very little.
Jeff Fahey.
All the onscreen presence, charisma and acting ability of a heavily sedated house brick!
wow did these guys not get big trouble in little china..wow
Insane to give Big Trouble in Little China a thumbs down
I love Psycho 3 because it is a great Thumbs Up to me as if Joysticks, Where The Boys Are '84, and Hardbodies are for me.
Really strong set of movies that remain relevant today due to the franchises or stars involved. Ruthless People might be the one that's hanging on by a thread as few born since the '80s seem to have heard of it.
I can't believe these guys hate it. It's such a fun movie.
"They should make a movie about these characters in a few years to see how have their iives turned out". Kind of like "Before Sunrise"Before Sunset"?
Liked Psycho III....slates Big Trouble in Little China...
Ruthless People is such a funny movie! I did like their comment about wanting more background scenes showing the relationship between DeVito's and Midler's characters. I would have liked to see that interaction between those two stars!!
Boy did they miss on BTIC! Probably the most quoted and watched of all of these now. I think all three but Psycho I have watched many times. They were all good or fun movies!
Fuck I loved those guys.
I bet you jam to Alice Cooper's "I love the dead."
Big Trouble is a classic.
As far as Big Trouble goes, clearly
These two didn't get it..
Psycho III is not HALF as good as II.
3 had more gore.
The Psycho sequels got lesser and lesser in terms of quality
Yeah, but I caught my brother jacking off to that one scene at least a dozen times. He wanted me to play and then rewind it over and over again while he masturbated to it. Interesting that this wasn't mentioned in the review.
Psycho and Psycho ll are the best after that they were crap
Psycho III is the best sequel.
Siskel on BTILC: "It's not a spoof!". Clearly he wasn't all that clever.
Russell Challenger ive never got the love in for Siskel, have always found him to be a humourless tool
Funny thing, BTILC is pretty tame compared to the HK fantasy movies it spoofed (and it obviously is a spoof).
Although Ruthless People was a very funny comedy it didn't stand the test of time in that it has largely been forgotten. The funny thing is after all these years it was Big Trouble in Little China that became a cult classic. This is yet another example of how art for the most part is completely subjective. Siskel and Ebert were not alone on their opinion of BTILC. The film flopped in theaters however over time grew a huge following once released on VHS. Not so long ago there was talk of a reboot which I'm glad never happened. The movie is perfect the way it is.
In Pycho, the shower scene is a shocking scene to this day. In Pycho 2, Robert Loggia falling down the stairs with that chef's knife he was stabbed with in his chest. Pycho 3...nothing stands out.
17:45 - 17:55 lol this is where Ed Boon got the idea for Raiden for Mortal Kombat?
doobdoob2 yep. it most certainly is
Hyaaaagh! Hggeeeehhh!! Hyggggggh!!! Hyuuuuugggghhh!
A film had to be perfect for Siskel to like it....Ebert was 10 times the movie critic Gene was....RIP both of them...
ehh not really, but I get where you're coming from... Siskel liked Blank Man with Damon Wayans LOL
At the same time, Siskel would like a movie as long it achieved its desired purpose. Like, he enjoyed Don't Be a Menace as a satire of hood movies, while Ebert disliked it for practically the same reason Siskel liked it.
80s Kurt Russell 🤤
about last night is a really good movie
Bette Midler: I'm being marked down?
In Some of these if binging, come across an actors golden hour's it's fun
John carpenter is the master of filmmaking.
“No movies this year are going to be recalled for their classic scenes.” [goes on to bash Big Trouble in Little China]
I’m shocked they felt about last night was prob one of the best of the year
Big trouble is terrible lol.....people love that movie now I guess from reading comments?
Big Trouble wasn't well received when it came out. Took some time to get appreciated. Ruthless People was a hit and is still a baller 80's movie lol
Psycho 2 was great. It is very underrated and was written by Tom "Fright Night" Holland who is a good writer and I believe he did a thesis on Hitchock. Ebert is saying that Psycho 3 was better? Never seen it but I'm intrigued now.
He's talking bollocks.... it isn't.
Big Trouble in Little China was good campy fun. Not the best plot or story and not a great movie but it was enjoyable. The best movie in this set was Ruthless People, loved that movie so much. Siskel and Ebert both gave a great review of that film.
Psycho III is now older now than the original was at the time this was recorded. It's kind of a mood thing for me. I honestly can see where Gene is coming from. I wasn't compelled by it the first time I saw it. But upon revisiting the film, I actually think it works as kind of a twisted character study. It's a very double sided film, one that is sometimes very trashy and yet can be too classy for it's own good. Watch it more for the characters than the story and it works.
This show always looked very dim lit until they revamped the set in 87. Many thanks for the upload nevertheless.
+BoingBurg This was a different program. In 1986 they moved from Tribune to Buena Vista and the set was different for the obvious reason. It doesn't look dim here.
BoingBurg It was supposed to look like it was filmed in a movie theatre...
Hearing them say 20 years from now I realize that Gene would be dead and Roger would lose his voice to jaw cancer and no longer be able to do the show.
Until Gene said it, I had no idea that the guy who played Sweetchuck in the Police Academy movies co-wrote About Last Night. You learn something new every day, I guess.
gspendlove he was also on the blind double date with the English accent. SNL player, too.
siskel opens his briefcase, the drink & the popcorn have not spilled. perfect 80's cheese, yummy.
So the one they liked the most is all but forgotten, and the one they liked the least is a cult-classic that people are still watching and talking about to this day. Sigh! Critics never change.
Hard to believe Ebert gave the pass to Psycho 3, but not Big Trouble in Little China.
I watched this for psycho 2
"you know what ol' Jack Burton always says in a time like this?" -WHO?? "Jack Burton... ME!". They really missed the mark on this one.
I can't believe Ebert liked Psycho 3. Some of his taste was really questionable!
No.. Psycho 3 is an effective thriller. It's no Hitchcock but people have come around to it in recent years and recognized it for what it is.
i liked 2 better than 3. 3 has no mystery only one good part i liked
Big Trouble in little China was amazing and they missed the entire point. Kurt Russel wasn't the main character and if anything he was a parody of John Wayne not a copy so complaining about that was weird. You care about the characters because you want them to reach their goal and rescue the women and defeat David LoPan. The movie had action, adventure, funny interactions and an epic story. Why couldn't they see that is beyond me.
The first Psycho is out on its own, but 2 had some good moments as well. 3 is middling only, and 4 the same, although that one is more unique.
Regardless, Perkins' facial ticks and emotions are brilliant throughout each film.
There's not a bad film on that show. I'd have sent people to Ruthless People though, which is hysterical.
Has anyone ever been so wrong about anything as these guys were about Big Trouble in Little China?
I liked Big Trouble in Little China but they do have a point that the writers/director could of taken more of an effort to make the audience care more about the characters.It is an action/comedy though not a drama and that is what they should of judged it on more.
To war guild, Do You Have Any S&E Reviews On The Charles Bronson Movie Murphy's Law Which Came Out The Same Year As These Movies (1986)?
While I like 'Psycho III' I disagree with Ebert, it's not as good as 'Psycho II', by the third film the series had fully embraced the slasher side of it's personality and had put the more subtle stuff on the back burner.
Never saw about last night, have to check it out one day maybe. Never saw Ruthless People either looks kind of like I love you to death which was hilarious.
Devito is awesome in Ruthless People !
Gene was the biggest square.. I’m a little disappointed that Ebert didn’t like Big Trouble