“The movie shows its characters throwing away life because they think they’ve found something more important.” One of the best one-line descriptions of a movie I’ve ever heard. RIP Ebert
Yes, Roger had a way with Phrases. But he's a little off here. These people took these jobs very seriously and didn't want to Shit where they Ate. Besides, Thompsons character tries to engage with him..practically throwing herself at him in that uncomfortable scene but I guess he believes there will be consequences so He pushes her away. It is simply one of the saddest movies ever and the ending killed me. Have you seen "Sunflower" with Loren and Mastroiannni?
Once again a hell of a masterful performance by Anthony Hopkins in "Remains Of the Day" , and Christopher Reeve gave a touching, and subtle, often overlooked performance as well.
This movie is overdue for some brave director to remake it. It was an overlooked gem that took a fresh look at dystopian science-fiction: The PC dystopia of the Happy Smile Face Pod People.
“Laser disc pick of the month” near the end had me shaking my head. I had a $1000 laser disc player back then and $2k - $4k in laser discs. All that money flushed down the toilet. 🤦 I just got rid of everything last year when I moved. Practically 2/3 of my collection were special editions. I remember looking at all of them one last time as they sat in the dumpster. 🙁
rum runner I did check. The ones you’re talking about are rare productions. I had the special editions of very common movies. They weren’t worth much at all. Most people who sold their collections, sold them as a group and were offered very little. I didn’t think it was even worth going through the trouble.
Remains of the Day is a very sad and beautiful movie. The ending will absolutely break your heart. Movies like this are disappearing from the world, and the world is worse for their absence.
Fatal Instinct is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen in my life 😂😅🤣. i loved it ever since the first time I saw it and I was like 12 or 13 and hadn't seen many [or maybe any] of the movies it parodied. Later in life I saw many of those and all I could think about was how much better Fatal Instinct is lolol. That movie makes me laugh til it hurts.
Fatal Instinct is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen in my life 😂😅🤣. i loved it ever since the first time I saw it and I was like 12 or 13 and hadn't seen many [or maybe any] of the movies it parodied.
Fatal Instinct is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen in my life 😂😅🤣. i loved it ever since the first time I saw it and I was like 12 or 13 and hadn't seen many [or maybe any] of the movies it parodied.
Maybe I'm a jerk, but Ebert's line "two of my favorite actors: Armand Assante and Sean Young" made me burst out laughing. I don't believe anyone ever said this before or since.
@@highwaystar3780 I think he was being needlessly hyperbolic with the word "favorite". Unless that list extended to his top 200 actors working in movies at the time.
Fatal Instinct has the problem most spoof comedies have: They didnt bother to put in actual jokes. Only references. And references by themselves are not funny. Airplane did it better, and so did The Naked Gun. It had jokes on top of the references. Also that joke about the guy making noise as he tries to sneak out of the house just wasnt funny. But at least it was a joke.
Isn’t it interesting how many things from demolition man are actually coming true? No salt, no sex, get fined for swearing, no toilet paper (have to save the trees), police being told to stand down…🤔
Is this the only spoof movie in that era without Leslie Nielson? If your doing a spoof movie it's has no shot at working when you use serious actors as the leads Edit: totally agree with ebert
Ebert is being very nice to “Fatal Instinct.” I agree more with Siskel; it just wasn’t funny. All the elements were there except the writing. Same with “Wrongfully Accused.”
“The movie shows its characters throwing away life because they think they’ve found something more important.” One of the best one-line descriptions of a movie I’ve ever heard. RIP Ebert
Yes, Roger had a way with Phrases. But he's a little off here. These people took these jobs very seriously and didn't want to Shit where they Ate. Besides, Thompsons character tries to engage with him..practically throwing herself at him in that uncomfortable scene but I guess he believes there will be consequences so He pushes her away. It is simply one of the saddest movies ever and the ending killed me. Have you seen "Sunflower" with Loren and Mastroiannni?
Once again a hell of a masterful performance by Anthony Hopkins in "Remains Of the Day" , and Christopher Reeve gave a touching, and subtle, often overlooked performance as well.
Romansilvercoin Reading the book right now and liking it a lot. I will have to seek out the film after I finish the novel.
Watch the movie. It's a masterpiece.
Don't be surprised if the film is different than the book. That always happens, okay?
That was horribly funny. A guy in a wheelchair (Reeves) being overlooked!
Superman is good enough for Christopher Reeve but this film he starred in went on to be nominated for Best Picture
Come on Gene, again you gotta lighten up buddy. Demolition Man was just a fun movie...Ebert gets it as usual.
Forget the Hannibal films, Hopkins gave the performance of his life in Remains of The Day.
I heartily concur !
Actually, Demolition Man had some funny stuff in it. I liked the take off on the PC bullshit that was going on in 1993 at the time.
This movie is overdue for some brave director to remake it. It was an overlooked gem that took a fresh look at dystopian science-fiction: The PC dystopia of the Happy Smile Face Pod People.
Remains of the day. Essentially, a love story. Brilliant film.
Yes, it's a love story of one party reaching out and another shielding himself from her emotions.
Double indemnity might be the greatest film ever produced in the United states.
It's no "Bela Lugosi Meets a Brooklyn Gorilla" ('52), but "Double Indemnity" is indeed one fine flick.
Demoliton man was a documentary of the future
Yep. PC, woke society and the rise radical leftists
Wish there were more video from their PBS days. Those were their best shows.
Demolition Man was a great movie. It was surprisingly prescient to the society we live today.
saw double indemnity in College as part of film studies brilliant film and very intense.
“Laser disc pick of the month” near the end had me shaking my head. I had a $1000 laser disc player back then and $2k - $4k in laser discs. All that money flushed down the toilet. 🤦 I just got rid of everything last year when I moved. Practically 2/3 of my collection were special editions. I remember looking at all of them one last time as they sat in the dumpster. 🙁
Are you kidding? Some of them are worth a few hundred bucks. You should have checked out what they go for on ebay first.
rum runner I did check. The ones you’re talking about are rare productions. I had the special editions of very common movies. They weren’t worth much at all. Most people who sold their collections, sold them as a group and were offered very little. I didn’t think it was even worth going through the trouble.
@@NemeanLion- I hear you. Laserdisc was the 8track tape of the 90s.
rum runner Good comparison.
You could have sold them online for collectors
@15:30 ... paging "Manos, the Hands Fate." Get this on your soundtrack!
Remains of the Day is a very sad and beautiful movie. The ending will absolutely break your heart. Movies like this are disappearing from the world, and the world is worse for their absence.
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I was wondering if you could post up more Siskel and Ebert episodes from the years 1990, 1991, 1992, 1993, 1994, 1995, 1996, 1997 and 1998?
Heads up, you’re allowed to write 1990-1998
TWENTY BUCKS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I never knew they reviewed it before!!!!! Very excited to see that one here!
Demolition Man has become a total cult classic
Fatal Instinct is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen in my life 😂😅🤣. i loved it ever since the first time I saw it and I was like 12 or 13 and hadn't seen many [or maybe any] of the movies it parodied. Later in life I saw many of those and all I could think about was how much better Fatal Instinct is lolol. That movie makes me laugh til it hurts.
It was a missed potental
Thanks very much for uploading!
"Fatal Instinct" was great. I love Sherilyn Fenn in almost everything.
Especially Twin Peaks.
Fatal Instinct is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen in my life 😂😅🤣. i loved it ever since the first time I saw it and I was like 12 or 13 and hadn't seen many [or maybe any] of the movies it parodied.
Check out her movie Nightmare Street from 1998
That film has a missed potental
The remains of the day is a devastating film, how blind some of the characters are....
Laser disc pick of the month. lol
How is it that I didn't know about Fatal Instinct? Or, I should say, I didn't know that it was a ZAZ-style spoof. Must investigate further.
Fatal Instinct is one of the funniest movies I've ever seen in my life 😂😅🤣. i loved it ever since the first time I saw it and I was like 12 or 13 and hadn't seen many [or maybe any] of the movies it parodied.
Maybe I'm a jerk, but Ebert's line "two of my favorite actors: Armand Assante and Sean Young" made me burst out laughing. I don't believe anyone ever said this before or since.
Sean Young is very talented
I did the same. I really wasn’t expecting it.
Roger was Human after all and had a right to have his own quirky taste in things like anyone else !
@@highwaystar3780 I think he was being needlessly hyperbolic with the word "favorite". Unless that list extended to his top 200 actors working in movies at the time.
“Maybe I’m a jerk,”. You just summed yourself up perfectly.
I enjoyed Tango & Cash immensely. Sure, it's a Lethal Weapon ripoff, but it's also one of Stallone's best non Rocky or Rambo movies.
Isn’t it weird how much he looks like congressman Eric Cantor in that movie?
Tango & Cash is a good movie.
Geez, Ebert. Thanks for the spoiler.
Fatal Instinct has the problem most spoof comedies have: They didnt bother to put in actual jokes. Only references. And references by themselves are not funny. Airplane did it better, and so did The Naked Gun. It had jokes on top of the references.
Also that joke about the guy making noise as he tries to sneak out of the house just wasnt funny. But at least it was a joke.
Never heard of 20 bucks. Ill have to check it out.
Isn’t it interesting how many things from demolition man are actually coming true? No salt, no sex, get fined for swearing, no toilet paper (have to save the trees), police being told to stand down…🤔
Is this the only spoof movie in that era without Leslie Nielson? If your doing a spoof movie it's has no shot at working when you use serious actors as the leads
Edit: totally agree with ebert
I think ebert was too harsh about leslie Nelson who had range as an actor
Not really. He was a competent actor who excelled as a comic performer. I would say as much about The Three Stooges as well.
@@ricardocantoral7672Did you ever watch Creepshow? It's one of Nielsen's best performances. He's a villain! It's amazing!
Ebert is being very nice to “Fatal Instinct.” I agree more with Siskel; it just wasn’t funny. All the elements were there except the writing. Same with “Wrongfully Accused.”
Gene Siskel called him Steve Bu-Shame-E 😏
They spoil the movie in all their reviews...
Ebert said Spock dies in Star Trek II. All us Trekkers hated that.
Fatal Instinct reminded me of an unfunny version of a Naked Gun movie.
Fatal instinct has Missed potental
7:31 - 7:38 *SPOILER ALERT*
Demolition Man 👍⭐⭐⭐
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That passed for eroticism in 1951?
TWENTY BUCK'S!!!
I thought Remains of the Day was so boring. I fell asleep during it. Demolition Man on the other hand was awesome!
Jesus Christ. 🙄