How about being able to wait a week to see the review on "Siskel and Ebert" knowing the movie would still be in the theatres. Do movies even play that long today?
Cult Classic or not, if someone or Gene didn't like the movie, it didn't matter, i'm pretty sure if Gene still alive and knowing that he didn't give a shit.
Devon Lott What up? Never know where you'll see someone on the tubes. I always loved True Romance. Just always wondered what it would've been if Tarantino had directed as well. But Tony Scott had some style with this one.
Siskel watched films to subjectively where as Ebert had a tendency to be more wide eyed and see certain merits in films wether he liked them personally or not.
He was good in True Romance too. Brad Pitts best when he can do character roles, I think. He can really disappear. Nobody saw that Jesse James movie, but Pitt was fantastic in that as well.
True Romance is one of the most underrated movies of my lifetime. These two knobs don't have a clue. "Don't give me the finger! I'll have you killed!" Classic
True Romance is an absolutely fantastic movie! And one where I am so glad that they changed the ending of Tarantino's original story. How anyone could not completely fall for the "romance" of the picture, is beyond me.
It's even better in the original cut, following the chronology of Tarantino's script. Tony Scott butchered it in re-editing because he thought it would be too confusing to general audiences. There is a fan edit floating around that restores it as much as possible to its original state, and it's almost like watching a whole new movie. The scene where it transitions from flashback to their arrival in California gives so much more meaningful impact to the events before and after.
A lot of women did pass as men in the old west. It was the only way to travel safely. If not as men, then as teen boys. Of course, it depended on breast size, big breasted women could dress and act like men if they wanted too,, and were tough enough to pull it off, but could never pass as men. But the old west, or at any rate, California at the time, was relatively unstructured, people came there to be in a place where nobody knew them and the rules were still being made. They came there to reinvent themselves, in many different ways. (Isabel Allende's book "Daughter of Fortune" covers a lot of that territory.)
Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt both could have been nominated for Oscars. It's awesome. Classic. It went over Siskel's head. He should have watched it again.
Not much like True Romance except the road trip to California part. And having Brad Pitt in it. Juliet Lewis played the same role in like 5 movies in that span of years, including NBK and this one. Kalifornia hasn't been in TV rotation so much, but was kind of big deal when it came out.
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 It's better than True Romance and Natural Born Killers imo. True Romance to me feels like Pulp Fiction lite, and Natural Born Killers is just too slick and Oliver Stone-y for my taste... too dripping with irony. Kalifornia is just a straight up movie, not full of that ironic self-awareness that was characteristic of so many 90's films.
@@xxcrysad3000xx Exactly. Kalifornia is far more sincere regarding it's use of violence. I saw the film for the first time last night and it made my skin crawl for all the right reasons.
when you binge-watch S&E episodes ... Siskel's consistent biases against excessive sex, violence, sometimes even profanity .. make his reviews predictable.
Ebert was a dick about excessive violence, especially toward women, often too. He made a point of comically loathing slasher films in general. They both could be thick as shit, man....
@@babymammoth34 I often think this is why Ebert has such a distaste for David Lynch. He got visibly angry about Rossellini's part in "Blue Velvet". It's hard not to see what a great film that is.
True Romance is pure Cinema. If Roger and Gene would have returned to it, they would have realised it(and they did with many films like Diehard). It's like taking a Joel Silver-type 80s action movie but with a sharper mind at the helm(QT). So many great scenes, great acting, great dialogue and moments. This movie is a candy store of awesome. I've never seen a movie so on point for everybody from Tony Scott bringing in his usual beautiful cinematograpghy but backed by a great script this time by QT, all the actors are perfect for their parts. And Brad Pitt in his best acting job lol. Chemistry between Slater and Arquette is off the hook.
True Romance is what a Tarantino movie would look like if played in chronological order. S/E missed the boat but they did have a rare quality where I could disagree with them but still respect their opinions. Maybe because they left their own open for criticism as well.
Good grief!! Everytime I watch one of these old Siskel & Ebert shows, regardless of decade, it seems there are always two to three memorable to classic to cult films in the rotation!! It makes it seem like back then there were great films coming out week to week. Maybe there were. It doesn’t seem so much that way now, and there are so many more films hearing theaters weekly these days!! Back then you didn’t have the cute little indy houses in every city, and you didn’t have 16-20 screen monstrosities needing films. Back then, two screen, four screen, to maybe six or eight were the more norm. Maybe that’s why the movies had to be decent at least for the most part, just to get made, much less distributed.
Well, I liked "The Real McCoy" a little more. I thought it was okay. Kim Basinger was good as Karen McCoy. She was in prison for 6 years, bailed out, finds a job, people couldn't afford it, and all she wants to do is to go and see her son, Patrick. When Atlanta crime boss Jack Schmidt (Terence Stamp) discovers her intention to go straight, he kidnaps her son to force her into one last job. Teaming up with an amateur (Val Kilmer), McCoy has to use all her cunning to pull off this heist and save her Patrick. I know that this movie is a failed opportunity when it borrowed from other caper movie, but, in my opinion, It was a decent film. Sorry, Siskel and Ebert, but I enjoyed "The Real McCoy" a little. Thumbs up for me. The Real McCoy 3/4 👍
Its interesting how some of these reviews are off, as the test of time surely proved their longevity. True Romance is a lot more enjoyable than either of them made it out to be.
It's a funny question - No, is the short answer. True Romance came out in 1993 and Enemy of the State came out in 1998. Both films were directed by Tony Scott. So perhaps he borrowed a little from True Romance. It's hard to say but some times stories need to resolve themselves in a big shootout.
@@captaincaveman2040 throughout the movie he has conversations with him. He looks like elvis. He's in the siskel & ebert review. He's the character that says " killings the hard part, getting away with it is easy " it's hard to tell it's kilmer.
@@DrRiddlez2015 nope. The Hayes Code, the MPAA, and Michael Powell's FCC crackdown under Bush II were all right wing initiatives. This isn't a "both sides do it" thing.
LOL I love these guys but they got this one wrong,True Romance lives on and is still talked about today,who the hell remembers Kalifornia? I think I remember seeing it as a kid and have never wanted to see it again
Kalifornia is truly fantastic. Brad Pitt's finest performance. You rarely see such brutal and unglamorous depictions of violence in Hollywood movies. It's pretty much the polar opposite to what Tarantino does, though. It's aimed at adults.
I think these two critics would lament exactly the phenomenon you are describing: that very good movies are forgotten and mediocre ones are remembered (based on their perspectives of what's good and bad, I mean).
I am disappointed that Siskel didn't express more vituperative outrage over True Romance. It is juvenile, exploitative, and shallow - like almost everything Tony Scott ever directed. Few popular films from the mid-90s glorify violence in a more disgusting manner. It's pleasantly ironic that they reviewed Kalifornia on the same program, which at least has a critical attitude toward violence and American culture.
@@flaccidusminimus2170 I'd definitely put in the the "Cult Classic" category...This movie came and went in 1993 and over the many years it has gained a strong following, whether it's by men or not is irrelevant. "Kalifornia" on the other hand never really found an audience. The point is that this film apparently isn't for everyone but it has a strong fan base considering that it's a gritty Tony Scott film penned by a fledgling Quentin Tarantino released over two decades ago that wasn't a huge box office success.
The only part of 'True Romance' that I would criticize is that hammy-assed steel-pan/island groove original score by Hans Zimmer that plays throughout it.
@@Bladerunner-yd5lk Yeah I don't know. It's a bit of ass to me; very hokey and lovey-dovey ( I get that that's the point, though). In spite of that, I'll say something positive about it: it's a signature soundtrack, which Hans Zimmer is usually really hit-or-miss on. Sometimes he writes these memorable movements, and other times it seems like he just shits one out for a paycheck. Like I think he did great with the OST for 'Broken Arrow', for ex., which was very distinct; you hear that clean, country-Western baritone guitar riff once and it sticks with you; you always remember it as "the music from 'Broken Arrow'" (and also 'Scream 2' for some reason). But then there's like, say, the 'Black Hawk Down' OST, which sounds like every single generic score ever produced for films taking place in Africa: Brian Eno-like ambient keyboard + operatic North/East African vocals. All in all, nothing mentioned here--or anything else, for that matter--will ever truly top his finest work of all: the theme song from 'The Critic'.
The movie starts as a bad tv episode. It is elevated for a while by the phenomenal acting of Odlman, but also Gandolfini, walker and hoper, and then it continues for another insufferable hour.
@@parapoliticos52 Growing up in the 80's and 90's True Romance was one of those films that really surprised me. It made an impression. At the heart of it was this growing love between two lost souls who didn't know where they would end up, and when they found each other something sparked, something was electric and no matter the odds they weren't going to let it go. I don't know if it was the actors, the writer or the director but everything meshed in the right way. It was a love letter to movies and what movies can accomplish. This film along with Big Trouble in Little China will always be my all time favorites. Now I don't know or really understand your previous comment but like with all people stuck in a pandemic crisis resulting from our current administration's bungled response I will say peace and good luck to you.
For various reasons Joy Luck Club reminds me of a female Bridge Over The River Kwai. I think the sweep of history and intertwined story lines are perfectly executed.
True Romance is one of the best movies ever made.
My goodness 1993 was incredible. Great films
I just watched "True Romance." Man, I miss watching a film and then watching their review right after.
How about being able to wait a week to see the review on "Siskel and Ebert" knowing the movie would still be in the theatres. Do movies even play that long today?
The Hopper/Walken scene is genius
john flanigan classic
True Romance does not disappoint.....
True Romance is one of the best & most memorable movies of the 1990's.
Agreed. It's a great film.
Oldman was only in the film for five minutes, but very memorable.
Definitely a great film. I wonder if they reviewed it today what they would have thought?
Jim Smith wrong
@@DrRichardCranium I think maybe you haven't "aged well"
Ming na Wen is amazing 👍
True Romance is number 5 on my top ten best film list.
Juliette Lewis is so good in Kalifornia.
I love the JOY LUCK CLUB!!!!!
J.E.M. Hull I prefer the porno version
@@jamesmack3314
Is your mom in it?
@@blinksstayfresh2524 no but seeing yours made it special
My English teacher showed us the Joy Luck Club in high school.
The joy luck club a great movie.
Sorry, Siskel. True Romance is now a cult classic.
He didn't like Predator either.
Cult Classic or not, if someone or Gene didn't like the movie, it didn't matter, i'm pretty sure if Gene still alive and knowing that he didn't give a shit.
I didn't care for it, I did find James Gandolfini's performance great but not in it much.
@K, U aren’t a KILLA What?
@@davebrayfb You're FRIED!!
True Romance will last just based on the Gary Oldman scene and the eggplant scene.
whatho85 the Christopher Walken & Dennis Hopper scene Damn Quentin Tarantino was a fuckin genius back then and now.
Devon Lott What up? Never know where you'll see someone on the tubes. I always loved True Romance. Just always wondered what it would've been if Tarantino had directed as well. But Tony Scott had some style with this one.
The whole movie is awesome.
And the Pitt' stoner scene as well.
CorbCorbin
This is what Tarantino said he would of done if he would of directed it.
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Siskel watched films to subjectively where as Ebert had a tendency to be more wide eyed and see certain merits in films wether he liked them personally or not.
Siskel begins watching a movie wanting to hate it; Ebert wants to like it.
@@papigringo5692 Unless it's the holiest of holies "Woody Allen" ... Siskel was a pretentious douche.
Early was one of Pitts best roles.
He was good in True Romance too. Brad Pitts best when he can do character roles, I think. He can really disappear. Nobody saw that Jesse James movie, but Pitt was fantastic in that as well.
@@Ken_Scaletta I think he would have done much better as Calvin Candie than Leo did.
@@Nominay No way, Leo Killed that role
I thought his character was called Easy...
The Joy Luck Club is a masterpiece
blinkzone1 please
That only you Siskel & Ebert watched.
Overrated
True Romance is one of the most underrated movies of my lifetime. These two knobs don't have a clue.
"Don't give me the finger! I'll have you killed!"
Classic
I always tell people how underrated it is. One of my top 5, all time. Directers cut 👍
"Live fast, die young, leave a good-looking corpse!"
True Romance is an absolutely fantastic movie!
And one where I am so glad that they changed the ending of Tarantino's original story.
How anyone could not completely fall for the "romance" of the picture, is beyond me.
kalifornia was great
Don't know why no one ever mentions Kalifornia. it's fantastic.
+3rd Gunman Right? It's so underrated. Saw it when I was 11 and have loved it since.
@@winterlynn9012 That's a little young to see a hard-R film. Your parents should have known better than that.
Wow so many good new releases in one week
True Romance is a fucking Masterpiece.
It's even better in the original cut, following the chronology of Tarantino's script. Tony Scott butchered it in re-editing because he thought it would be too confusing to general audiences. There is a fan edit floating around that restores it as much as possible to its original state, and it's almost like watching a whole new movie. The scene where it transitions from flashback to their arrival in California gives so much more meaningful impact to the events before and after.
***** Greatest love story ever told.
+jobless205 n it really isn't.. it's just a fun movie.. dumb at times like all tarantino films
One of, certainly.
Brad Pitt's finest role.
Such an underrated performance.
My favorite moment: his critiquing Michelle Forbes' porno-artsy photos. "Boring... boring... boring... DAWWGSHIT!... boring... boring..."
A lot of women did pass as men in the old west. It was the only way to travel safely. If not as men, then as teen boys. Of course, it depended on breast size, big breasted women could dress and act like men if they wanted too,, and were tough enough to pull it off, but could never pass as men. But the old west, or at any rate, California at the time, was relatively unstructured, people came there to be in a place where nobody knew them and the rules were still being made. They came there to reinvent themselves, in many different ways. (Isabel Allende's book "Daughter of Fortune" covers a lot of that territory.)
They were so wrong about True Romance. It is a great movie.
This is fantastic, I didn't have access to WGN even when Pulp fiction came out, so great to see their reviews. LoL
Val Kilmer went from Jim Morrison to Elvis Presley Lizard King to The King 👑
this show is so ''late 80s-early 90s'', in everything from clothes to music to aisthetics.
NO SHIT that's when they filmed 'em. You think this was filmed yesterday that seemed to look like late 80's early 90's?
Kalifornia is very good, and the JLC is great, for very different reasons.
True romance classic
The movie is trash.
@@acrovader Honestly - You don't know what you are talking about.
True Romance is a classic. Siskel had a tendency to be a bit of a snob sometimes.
CLASSIC...
A wonderful movie! Siskel is nuts.
He must've thought it was whiteboy day.
Gary Oldman and Brad Pitt both could have been nominated for Oscars. It's awesome. Classic. It went over Siskel's head. He should have watched it again.
@@softbatch1 It ain't whiteboy day, is it?
I think it is weird that in the intro to this show, they both go buy a newspaper, even though they get a free one at work every day.
thoughts become things....
😂
They liked Kalifornia more than True Romance.
WROOOOONG!!!!!
I've never even heard of Kalifornia. Seems like a store brand combination of Natural Born Killers meets True Romance.
Kalifornia has nothing similar to True Romance. It is similar to NBK though
Not much like True Romance except the road trip to California part. And having Brad Pitt in it. Juliet Lewis played the same role in like 5 movies in that span of years, including NBK and this one. Kalifornia hasn't been in TV rotation so much, but was kind of big deal when it came out.
@@johnnyskinwalker4095 It's better than True Romance and Natural Born Killers imo. True Romance to me feels like Pulp Fiction lite, and Natural Born Killers is just too slick and Oliver Stone-y for my taste... too dripping with irony. Kalifornia is just a straight up movie, not full of that ironic self-awareness that was characteristic of so many 90's films.
@@xxcrysad3000xx Exactly. Kalifornia is far more sincere regarding it's use of violence. I saw the film for the first time last night and it made my skin crawl for all the right reasons.
Gene didn't like an awesome movie, what a surprise.
when you binge-watch S&E episodes ... Siskel's consistent biases against excessive sex, violence, sometimes even profanity .. make his reviews predictable.
Ebert was a dick about excessive violence, especially toward women, often too. He made a point of comically loathing slasher films in general. They both could be thick as shit, man....
@@babymammoth34 I often think this is why Ebert has such a distaste for David Lynch. He got visibly angry about Rossellini's part in "Blue Velvet". It's hard not to see what a great film that is.
Ebert just didn't like exploitation movies much and usually wanted the violence to serve a purpose in the story.
We're u named after him?
Ebert is at Siskel's throat in this episode. Brilliant. Truly is the progenitor to On Cinema At The Cinema.
These two were good together. I like how Gene is a little more discriminating than Roger.
True Romance is pure Cinema. If Roger and Gene would have returned to it, they would have realised it(and they did with many films like Diehard). It's like taking a Joel Silver-type 80s action movie but with a sharper mind at the helm(QT). So many great scenes, great acting, great dialogue and moments. This movie is a candy store of awesome.
I've never seen a movie so on point for everybody from Tony Scott bringing in his usual beautiful cinematograpghy but backed by a great script this time by QT, all the actors are perfect for their parts. And Brad Pitt in his best acting job lol. Chemistry between Slater and Arquette is off the hook.
Eberts eyes kinda look like they were painted on his glasses, love these guys they should come out with a new show.
Too soon!
Well, they're both dead!
I'm an edgy teen who just saw Pulp Fiction and I love True Romance!
True Romance is what a Tarantino movie would look like if played in chronological order. S/E missed the boat but they did have a rare quality where I could disagree with them but still respect their opinions. Maybe because they left their own open for criticism as well.
Bonnie and Clyde-Badlands-Wild at Heart-True Romance-Kalifornia-Natural Born Killers ... did I miss any ?
Thelma and Louise was two girls ...
Oh yeah ... One False Move
Weather: Windy!!! Oh I get it. Chicago: windy city. Oh AHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! So, funny!!
Drexl!
Good grief!! Everytime I watch one of these old Siskel & Ebert shows, regardless of decade, it seems there are always two to three memorable to classic to cult films in the rotation!! It makes it seem like back then there were great films coming out week to week. Maybe there were. It doesn’t seem so much that way now, and there are so many more films hearing theaters weekly these days!! Back then you didn’t have the cute little indy houses in every city, and you didn’t have 16-20 screen monstrosities needing films. Back then, two screen, four screen, to maybe six or eight were the more norm. Maybe that’s why the movies had to be decent at least for the most part, just to get made, much less distributed.
They sound like my two aunts at the Olive Garden
Christopher Walken plays a good evil person.
He plays an evil man, exceptionally well.
Well, I liked "The Real McCoy" a little more. I thought it was okay. Kim Basinger was good as Karen McCoy. She was in prison for 6 years, bailed out, finds a job, people couldn't afford it, and all she wants to do is to go and see her son, Patrick. When Atlanta crime boss Jack Schmidt (Terence Stamp) discovers her intention to go straight, he kidnaps her son to force her into one last job. Teaming up with an amateur (Val Kilmer), McCoy has to use all her cunning to pull off this heist and save her Patrick. I know that this movie is a failed opportunity when it borrowed from other caper movie, but, in my opinion, It was a decent film. Sorry, Siskel and Ebert, but I enjoyed "The Real McCoy" a little. Thumbs up for me.
The Real McCoy 3/4 👍
Agreed and thumbs up here too. That one went pretty far up over their thick heads. Absolutely.
"The Real McCoy" is a remake of "Bellman and True" which has a 100% Rotten Tomatoes rating while the "The Real McCoy" has a 23% rating
Natural Born Killers just overshadowed Kalifornia so much. Don't know which came out first but I never saw Kalifornia
_Kalifornia_ was released on September 3, 1993
_Natural Born Killers_ was released on August 26, 1994
What about "The Real McCoy"?
Tight movie. I should watch that again.
Its interesting how some of these reviews are off, as the test of time surely proved their longevity. True Romance is a lot more enjoyable than either of them made it out to be.
Did tony Scott steal the ending of true romance for enemy of the state?
NO. Enemy of the state came out after True Romance.
Frank Davis sorry I did not make my position clearer,I was asking if tony Scott took the ending of true romance and used it for enemy of the state
It's a funny question - No, is the short answer. True Romance came out in 1993 and Enemy of the State came out in 1998. Both films were directed by Tony Scott. So perhaps he borrowed a little from True Romance. It's hard to say but some times stories need to resolve themselves in a big shootout.
Was Val Kilmer in True Romance? They put his name on the credits every time I see it on cable, but I never saw him in the movie. WTF?!?
He plays the elvis character.
@@stevedecker91 In what part of the movie? Don't remember seeing him.
@@captaincaveman2040 throughout the movie he has conversations with him. He looks like elvis. He's in the siskel & ebert review. He's the character that says " killings the hard part, getting away with it is easy " it's hard to tell it's kilmer.
@@stevedecker91 Gotcha!! Thanks again!!!!!
@@captaincaveman2040 no problem.
Siskel didn't live long enough to see "True Romance" become a classic. Ten or fifteen years later, he would have forced him to give it another look.
Why ? I don't see why he should have been pressured into liking a film.
True Romance has good acting but the story and directing is all over the place
They were way, way, way wrong about True Romance.
They always wear the same sweaters, shirts, and blazers, these two (albeit nice looking ones). what up with that?
Siskel didn't like Reservoir dogs either.
True Romance Is one of the best movies. Written by Quentin Tarantino and directed by Tony Scott. Magic!!!!!
Tarantino did too many lines.
They used to say "Whore" on television.
Is it that offensive when used in context?
You could until broadcasting got more prudish in the 2000's because of right-wing reactionaries.
@@75aces97 And now it's the left wing that are offended by everything. saying "whore" in that context nowadays would be considered "slut shaming"
@@DrRiddlez2015 nope. The Hayes Code, the MPAA, and Michael Powell's FCC crackdown under Bush II were all right wing initiatives. This isn't a "both sides do it" thing.
@@75aces97 It is now... absolutely driven by the insane left, Idk what planet you're living on.
@@DrRiddlez2015 I'm on the planet where people like you don't provide counter examples to the ones that I mentioned.
LOL I love these guys but they got this one wrong,True Romance lives on and is still talked about today,who the hell remembers Kalifornia? I think I remember seeing it as a kid and have never wanted to see it again
Kalifornia is truly fantastic. Brad Pitt's finest performance. You rarely see such brutal and unglamorous depictions of violence in Hollywood movies. It's pretty much the polar opposite to what Tarantino does, though. It's aimed at adults.
+Ian Robinson True Romance lives on only because of the success of Pulp Fiction
I think these two critics would lament exactly the phenomenon you are describing: that very good movies are forgotten and mediocre ones are remembered (based on their perspectives of what's good and bad, I mean).
Who's "they"? Ebert gave TR a favorable review.
It’s a shame Brad Pitt is too pretty for character work, because Kalifornia remains his best performance, in a long career replete with good roles.
Remember when you could give a female lead film a bad review without being accused of sexism, before the dark time, before the twittepire?
🤡
c'mon Gene goddammit! lol
I am disappointed that Siskel didn't express more vituperative outrage over True Romance. It is juvenile, exploitative, and shallow - like almost everything Tony Scott ever directed. Few popular films from the mid-90s glorify violence in a more disgusting manner. It's pleasantly ironic that they reviewed Kalifornia on the same program, which at least has a critical attitude toward violence and American culture.
Kalifornia was always, Meh and is now utterly forgotten. True Romance on the other hand has become a classic.
@@DrRiddlez2015 I'd say "True Romance" has established itself as an audience favorite among men. That doesn't make it a "classic".
@@flaccidusminimus2170 Actually, that's exactly what it means.
@@DrRiddlez2015 "Classic" is not synonymous with "popular among men", and popularity has no necessary correlation with quality.
@@flaccidusminimus2170 I'd definitely put in the the "Cult Classic" category...This movie came and went in 1993 and over the many years it has gained a strong following, whether it's by men or not is irrelevant. "Kalifornia" on the other hand never really found an audience. The point is that this film apparently isn't for everyone but it has a strong fan base considering that it's a gritty Tony Scott film penned by a fledgling Quentin Tarantino released over two decades ago that wasn't a huge box office success.
Sure Kalifornia was a whole lot scarier. But it was depressing, too. I'll take True Romance over Kalifornia any day.
The only part of 'True Romance' that I would criticize is that hammy-assed steel-pan/island groove original score by Hans Zimmer that plays throughout it.
I love that. I've heard variations on it for years but only just tracked down where it was from
@@Bladerunner-yd5lk Yeah I don't know. It's a bit of ass to me; very hokey and lovey-dovey ( I get that that's the point, though). In spite of that, I'll say something positive about it: it's a signature soundtrack, which Hans Zimmer is usually really hit-or-miss on. Sometimes he writes these memorable movements, and other times it seems like he just shits one out for a paycheck. Like I think he did great with the OST for 'Broken Arrow', for ex., which was very distinct; you hear that clean, country-Western baritone guitar riff once and it sticks with you; you always remember it as "the music from 'Broken Arrow'" (and also 'Scream 2' for some reason). But then there's like, say, the 'Black Hawk Down' OST, which sounds like every single generic score ever produced for films taking place in Africa: Brian Eno-like ambient keyboard + operatic North/East African vocals.
All in all, nothing mentioned here--or anything else, for that matter--will ever truly top his finest work of all: the theme song from 'The Critic'.
How dare you.
@Hambone Jones my favourite score by him is still The Lion king so I might like the Black Hawk Down score
Effin hell. Kalifornia over True romance.. lmaooo
Once again Gene gets it wrong. Generally speaking, when they get it wrong Gene dislikes good movies and Roger likes bad ones.
the real mccoy was a good movie These two are too self absorbed
Am I the only one that has seen Badlands? And knows TR copied it completely?
What the heck is R? Can you use complete words possibly?
Sorry I left out the T by accident. So "TR" True Romance"
Has anyone noticed The Town is a complete ripoff of Heat?
Really? True Romance is just a vehicle for Tarantino dialogue and Tony Scott's slick filming style.
If TR copied Badlands, then Badlands copied Bonnie & Clyde.
The movie starts as a bad tv episode. It is elevated for a while by the phenomenal acting of Odlman, but also Gandolfini, walker and hoper, and then it continues for another insufferable hour.
Honestly - You don't know what you are talking about.
@@williamcoate9491 Coming from a person that idolizes a serial rapist and a pedophile, that doesn't mean anything.
@@parapoliticos52 What are you talking about? Who are the serial rapist and a pedophile? Is there a criminal in the film? Please explain.
@@parapoliticos52 Growing up in the 80's and 90's True Romance was one of those films that really surprised me. It made an impression. At the heart of it was this growing love between two lost souls who didn't know where they would end up, and when they found each other something sparked, something was electric and no matter the odds they weren't going to let it go. I don't know if it was the actors, the writer or the director but everything meshed in the right way. It was a love letter to movies and what movies can accomplish. This film along with Big Trouble in Little China will always be my all time favorites.
Now I don't know or really understand your previous comment but like with all people stuck in a pandemic crisis resulting from our current administration's bungled response I will say peace and good luck to you.
True Romance is one of the greatest movies ever made... lol... clowns.
Double Brad Pitt
I saw JLC when it came out and it was one of the most boring movies I've seen ever.
Quentin Tarantino wasn't Quentin Tarantino yet... they didn't get it. But I imagine their opinions would have changed
Ill take True Romance over ALL and Any of these other films, especially Kalifornia, which is a total piece of trash..
hated it, hated it, hated it
Natural born killers is even worse.
Kalifornia was riveting and disturbing for the right reasons. True Romance is vapid.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Life has become disturbing enough. I'd rather take a ride in the Pink Cadillac.
They were pretty terrible critics.
They often were and really preachy. Especially that rodge ebert.
True Romance is really quite lousy and obnoxious. Tarantino let too much of that white powder go up his nose.
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Honestly - You don't know what you are talking about.
Tarantino drank coffee ... couldnt afford cocaine when he wrote True Romance ...
Joy Luck Club looks terrible
Stay with it. It's terrific 👍 👍 for me
You’re terrible
Thank you
For various reasons Joy Luck Club reminds me of a female Bridge Over The River Kwai. I think the sweep of history and intertwined story lines are perfectly executed.
kalifornia was such a transparently stupid movie with a plot you could see a mile away and obvious characters.