Siskel & Ebert (1997) - Contact, Shall We Dance?, This World Then the Fireworks, A Simple Wish

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  • In this episode, Siskel and Ebert review: Contact, Shall We Dance?, This World Then the Fireworks, A Simple Wish, 4 Little Girls and The Big Sleep.

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  • @davidnelson6874
    @davidnelson6874 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I utterly adore Shall We Dance? It was my favorite movie for a few years. The characters are utterly unforgettable.

  • @DannyCosmos
    @DannyCosmos ปีที่แล้ว +5

    contact is a masterpiece . im so happy they both liked it.

  • @richardb.1938
    @richardb.1938 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Back in the 90s, I took some grief from friends for watching Siskel & Ebert. But if not for their program, I would have never have watched little gems like the Japanese version of Shall We Dance. Eve's Bayou and The Secret of Roan Inish also come to mind.

  • @steveconn
    @steveconn ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Contact and Shall We Dance hold up in their ways as philosophical and dramatic entertainments.

  • @hevyonez97
    @hevyonez97 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    "Contact" and "Shall We Dance" are terrific..."4 Little Girls" is documentary perfection...

  • @hungwilliam44
    @hungwilliam44 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    The GOOD version of Shall We Dance!!! GREAT MOVIE. It's totally worth seeking out if you haven't seen it.

    • @hungwilliam44
      @hungwilliam44 ปีที่แล้ว

      Lucky! It's on youtube! th-cam.com/video/Tlf5cLizJ_A/w-d-xo.html

    • @reneedennis2011
      @reneedennis2011 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      I have. It's a good movie 🎬.

    • @davidb5864
      @davidb5864 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Saw it in the theater with my Mom first run we both loved this great film.

    • @monkeyballs512
      @monkeyballs512 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Yeah, it’s the 4th best film on this list. Must’ve been quite a week at the theaters.

  • @Antonio_Ortiz
    @Antonio_Ortiz ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I love Contact, even as a kid. The last act, I admit, is a bit of a sentimental cop-out, just like Interstellar, but still 9/10.

  • @hungwilliam44
    @hungwilliam44 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Contact is a very special movie. My favorite part is when Jodie Foster's character discovers a celestial event so magnificent that it shakes her to her core and inspires her to finally find her faith and serenity in a benevolent higher power. "They should have sent a poet." Her performance really moved me.

    • @rodrigosebastianpagano8198
      @rodrigosebastianpagano8198 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      She never stops being an atheist. You can have a powerful emotional and moving experience, that doesn't mean that you believe there is a god.

    • @FriendZone75
      @FriendZone75 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@rodrigosebastianpagano8198 Yeah, I'm not really sure where OP got that from. It's obvious she continues to be an atheist with a belief in extra terrestrials basically.

    • @hungwilliam44
      @hungwilliam44 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@rodrigosebastianpagano8198 quibbling nit. you know what she means.

    • @rodrigosebastianpagano8198
      @rodrigosebastianpagano8198 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@hungwilliam44 it tries to force a religious narrative where there's none.

    • @gspendlove
      @gspendlove ปีที่แล้ว +4

      What movie were you watching?

  • @TZ61
    @TZ61 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    In "4 Little Girls" how, how, HOW does a parent even begin to explain this incomprehensible, unconscionable, egregious thing called racism to their 6-year-old girl. I can't even conceive of how you do that. In "The Big Sleep" Warner panicked when he saw how Lauren Bacall was panned in her second movie. "The Big Sleep" is in my top 20 all-time favorites, and I've seen the comparisons many times, and it is really interesting. (for me at least) Love watching these Siskel and Eberts, thanks.

  • @reneedennis2011
    @reneedennis2011 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Shall We Dance? and Four Little Girls are good.

  • @lajeteefan
    @lajeteefan ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Regarding "Contact", I haven't read the book, but in the movie when Foster asks her "outer space" father about who built the device and he responds, "We didn't build it. We don't know who did." It makes me wonder Foster's deceased mother had anything to do with it.

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Wait, FAULKNER wrote The Big Sleep screenplay? Wow, I had no idea .

  • @matthewschwartz6607
    @matthewschwartz6607 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gina Gershon was (And still is.) sooo hot!

  • @the-np4mr
    @the-np4mr ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I think the rabbi rabbit think honestly wasn't a bad joke

  • @bobbya9722
    @bobbya9722 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Contact would be better if Jodie Foster was karate fighting aliens, making loud noises like they do as they chop wood

    • @hungwilliam44
      @hungwilliam44 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      See? SMH

    • @bobbya9722
      @bobbya9722 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@hungwilliam44 I was joking lol

    • @hungwilliam44
      @hungwilliam44 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@bobbya9722 I was deadly serious.

  • @marcomacias3960
    @marcomacias3960 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    would that make Short's character a fairy godfather? also the effects look dated especially hen Short is flat.

  • @NWAWskeptic
    @NWAWskeptic ปีที่แล้ว +1

    One thing I hated about Contact is how they portrayed Matthew McConaughey’s weak, slow pitch, bush league theological questions to Jodie Foster like they were some super clever “gotcha” questions that would cause an atheist to get flustered and unable to respond. Much like that idiot McConaughey himself. He doesn’t make one strong argument for the existence of god, but he’s written like he’s some genius. Big fail.

    • @lysanderofsparta3708
      @lysanderofsparta3708 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Indeed, "Contact" is a vapid theologically illiterate movie. What would you expect from something based on a book by Carl ("billions and billions") Sagan?

  • @nativeroscoe64
    @nativeroscoe64 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    I Love SHALL WE DANCE.... The Hollywood version with J-Lo is God Awful.

  • @vominator
    @vominator ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Stereotyped shop owner? Wonder what he said about Menace to Society.....

  • @crakatoot5480
    @crakatoot5480 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Contact was a MASSIVELY disappointing film

    • @sonnyblack0870
      @sonnyblack0870 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      It was so intriguing and good right up until the final act.

  • @JohnSmith-xx9se
    @JohnSmith-xx9se ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I dunno. Contact was pretty boring IMO.

    • @littlekingtrashmouth9219
      @littlekingtrashmouth9219 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      I remember it as having mixed reviews and that was a complaint back then.

    • @gspendlove
      @gspendlove ปีที่แล้ว +4

      Yeah, there weren't enough car chases and dragons and superheroes and stuff. There was an explosion, but it wasn't cool enough. Contact wasn't made by Disney, that's the problem.

    • @JohnSmith-xx9se
      @JohnSmith-xx9se ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@gspendlove how reductive and, ironically, stupid.

    • @sonnyblack0870
      @sonnyblack0870 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Contact was gripping right up until the final act. I saw it when I was 12 years old and wasn’t bored by it, just very disappointed with the ending.

    • @littlekingtrashmouth9219
      @littlekingtrashmouth9219 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @@sonnyblack0870 South Park made fun of the ending.