Siskel & Ebert - Best of 1985
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- 0:00 Intro
1:23 The Falcon & The Snowman
3:46 Lost in America
6:16 After Hours
8:25 Prizzi's Honor
11:40 The Purple Rose of Cario
13:41 The Color Purple
15:50 Shoah
18:58 The reviews
Ebert's List
Blood Simple
Streetwise
Lost in America
Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome
Witness
Ran
Prizzi's Honor
The Falcon & The Snowman
After Hours
The Color Purple
20:01
Siskel's List
The Purple Rose of Cario
Back To The Future
The Falcon & The Snowman
Mishima
The Official Story
Prizzi's Honor
Streetwise
The Color Purple
Ran
Shoah
God how do I miss this show! RIP Siskel and RIP Ebert.
As critics go
These guys are the best 😎
Ran is the best of 1985
I really miss this show. Thank you for showing these episodes. Brings back great memories
I would have to agree with you, Because I wish those two were still alive, I would've loved watching them Review Present Day Movies, Like,
1. Snow Day.
2. The Tigger Movie.
3. An American Tail the Treasure of Manhattan Island.
4. An Extremely Goofy Movie.
5. The Road to El Dorado.
6. Geppetto.
7. Ready to Rumble.
8. Angels in the Infield.
9. The Flintstones in Viva Rock Vegas.
10. Gladiator.
11. I Dreamed of Africa.
12. Dinosaur.
13. Titan A.E.
14. Chicken Run.
15. Me, Myself, & Irene.
16. The Patriot.
17. The Adventures of Rocky and BOWINKLE.
18. The Kid.
19. Pokémon 3 the movie Spell of the Unknown. Anime Movie.
20. X-men. - 2000.
21. Sugar and Spice.
22. Valentine.
23. Recess School's Out. Animated.
24. Metropolis. Anime Movie.
25. See Spot Run.
26. Spy Kids.
27. Josie and the Pussycats.
28. Crocodile Dundee in Los Angeles.
29. A Knight's Tale.
30. Angel Eyes. - 2001.
Etc. Etc.
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He did review some of those (ebert)
To Live And Die İn L.A. Very underrated film from 1985 that has aged very well.
Vision Quest, a sleeper classic that was a personal favorite growing up.
You are right about To Live and Die in L.A. ...........I kinda wanted to see The Breakfast Club on one of the lists or at least get some recognition, but I can understand why it didn't. I am glad that Witness was recognized.
So many great lists inspired by this episode! Siskel and Ebert would be proud.
I can’t believe that “Lost in America” is on Elbert’s list and “Back to the Future” is not. But he is right about “After Hours.” A very underrated film. Looking at the movies that Siskel picked, you can tell he was a philosophy major in college.
*Ran* is my 2nd favorite film ever. ❤️
My Top Ten Movies of 1985 are,
10. The Breakfast Club.
9. Mask.
8. The Care Bears Movie. Animated.
7. Police Academy 2 their First Assignment.
6. D.A.R.Y.L.
5. Cocoon.
4. Return to Oz.
3. Explorers.
2. The Black Cauldron. Animated.
1. Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird.
Here's my Honorable Mentions.
1. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure.
2. The Journey of Natty Gann.
3. Rainbow BRITE and the Star Stealer. Animated.
4. EWOKS: Battle for ENDOR.
5. Rocky 4.
6. The Jewel of the Nile.
7. Clue.
8. Legend.
9. A Chorus Line.
@@kellymiller1891where’s Back to the Future?
After Hours used to be a mainstay on early cable tv
C "Blood Simple;" very low budget but exciting film!
Thank you for this video 🙂!
My favorite films of 1985:
1. Witness
2. Brazil
3. Back to the Future
4. Kiss of the Spider Woman
5. After Hours
6. Prizzi's Honor
7. Plenty
8. The Purple Rose of Cairo
9. Sweet Dreams
10. Maria's Lovers
So there.
It says a lot about the consistently great films of the 80's that "Back to the Future" was BARELY on Siskel's list and not on Ebert's at all. There were so many great films that decade that "BTTF" was just "another one".
@@ianmillerdevilsfan1223The 1980s has been considered by many film critics and historians as the worst decade for American cinema and these guys seem to agree. In the 90s, they embraced the indie boom and their thumbs up reviews have gradually increased. And a few years after Gene’s death, Roger has given more thumbs up reviews to a wide variety of movies right up until his death in 2013. Beginning with the 90s indie boom, movies have gradually aligned to Siskel and Ebert’s taste.
Siskel gave BTTF his highest recommendation when he reviewed it.
@@philipcohen7192 Yes he did, but it doesn’t typify his opinion on the 80s as a whole.
Some great films on their list. My favorite is After Hours.
Its funny the film was not well received when it came out but over the years it has been re assesed as a classic.
I remember seeing it twice with my parents in the theater. They really knew how to pick good movies.👍
I love After Hours.
I love Witness. It's a beautiful reminder of what can be achieved when the right director is at the helm. The story itself is a good idea, the casting is pretty spot on, and it's well written. But in essence it's still basically a fish out of water thriller with a forbidden romance. Cool stuff to be sure but not entirely groundbreaking. That's where Peter Weir comes into the equation. Witness could have very easily been mishandled by another director. But Weir, who has always shown great instincts and decision making, had a very firm handle on exactly what Witness needed to be. Think of that wonderful scene in the police station when the Amish kid sees the picture of Danny Glover. All that exposition without a single line of dialogue, it's perfect. I think Peter Weir deserved top billing with Ford and McGillis lol. He guided Witness into being one of the best thrillers AND love stories of all time.
And the only film still discussed to this day is... Back to the Future. Remarkable!
Back to the Future is a perfect movie.
yep, it is, Every scene, every second, every word, every camera shot. Typical Spielberg.
@@marcmarc1967..as channeled thru Zemeckis 🙂
Would’ve been better if Marty went full-Oedipal. Just sayin’.
Color Purple: 11 Oscar nominations....zero wins!!
The Falcon and the Snowman is excellent
Gene's other favorite films of 1985 were '''Lost in America,'' ''Dance With a Stranger,'' ''A Nos Amours,'' ''Blood Simple,'' ''Mask,'' ''A Private Function,'' ''Mikey and Nicky,'' ''George Stevens: A Filmmaker`s Journey,'' ''Talking Heads: Stop Making Sense,'' ''Insignificance,'' and ''After Hours.'' (SOURCE: Chicago Tribune, December 22, 1985)
Just to let you know, I think Flaccidus Minimus has a huge ego. We debated about Ghostbusters and he blocked me, mainly because he misunderstood everything and choose not to listen to people who are trying to explain things to him.
My Favorite and Best Flims of the year 1985 in my opinion
8. Rainbow Brite and The Star Stealers
7. The Breakfast Club
6. The Black Cauldron
5. The Color Purple
4. Return to Oz
3. Summer Rental
2. Back to the Future
1. The Goonies
MY TOP 10 MOVIES OF 1985
1. BACK TO THE FUTURE
2. PEE-WEE'S BIG ADVENTURE
3. THE BREAKFAST CLUB
4. REAL GENIUS
5. JUST ONE OF THE GUYS
6. KRUSH GROOVE
7. ROCKY IV
8. WHITE NIGHTS
9. SESAME STREET PRESENTS: FOLLOW THAT BIRD
10. A NIGHTMARE ON ELM STREET 2: FREDDY'S REVENGE
I admit good choices except #10 because it wasn't good movie to me.
@@Jbaxter85 My Top Ten Movies of 1985 is,
10. Heaven Help Us. (TriStar Pictures).
9. Witness. (Paramount Pictures).
8. The Breakfast Club. (Universal Pictures).
7. Mask. (Universal Pictures).
6. The Care Bears Movie. (The Samuel Goldwyn Company). Animated Movie.
5. Police Academy 2 their first assignment. (Warner Bros).
4. Cat's Eye. (MGM/UA).
3. The Goonies. (Warner Bros/Amblin Entertainment).
2. D.A.R.Y.L. (Paramount Pictures).
1. Cocoon. (20th Century Fox). R.I.P Wilford Brimley - 2020.
Here's my Honorable Mentions.
1. Return to Oz. (Walt Disney Pictures).
2. St. Elmo's Fire. (Columbia Pictures).
3. Back to the Future. (Universal Pictures).
4. Red Sonja. (MGM/UA).
5. Explorers. (Paramount Pictures).
6. The Black Cauldron. (Walt Disney Pictures). Animated Movie.
7. Sesame Street Presents Follow That Bird. (Warner Bros/Sesame Workshop/The Jim Henson Company).
8. Pee-Wee's Big Adventure. (Warner Bros).
9. The Journey of Natty Gann. (Walt Disney Pictures).
10. Once Bitten. (The Samuel Goldwyn Company).
11. Rainbow Brite and the Star Stealer. (Warner Bros). Animated Movie.
12. One Magic Christmas. (Walt Disney Pictures). Animated Movie.
13. Ewoks: Battle for Endor. (Lucasfilm).
14. Rocky 4. (MGM/UA).
15. The Jewel of the Nile. (20th Century Fox).
16. A Chorus Line. (Columbia Pictures).
17. Clue. (Paramount Pictures). Tim Curry a National Treasure, Living Legend, the roles that he's been in is memorable and amazing.
18. Legend. (Universal Pictures).
19. The Color Purple. (Warner Bros). Whoopi Goldberg and Danny Glover, National Treasures and Living Legends, and The Roles that They've been in Respectively is Memorable and Amazing.
20. Joey. (New World Pictures).
Ebert put Ran at #5 but later it was on his 10 best of the decade.
Yea it's interesting how their perspective changed 4 years later in the end of 1989 when they ended up making their best of the decade lists. For example, they both ended up putting Raging Bull as the best movie of 1980s and yet Ebert didn't even put it number 1 for it's release year 1980(he had The Black Stallion at number 1).
I guess he felt it grew in significance over the years and aged well. It didn't leave his mind so easily as time was passing.
BEST FILMS OF 1985
1:23 THE FALCON AND THE SNOWMAN
3:47 LOST IN AMERICA
6:00 AFTER HOURS
8:25 PRIZZI’S HONOR
11:24 THE PURPLE ROSE OF CAIRO
13:41 THE COLOR PURPLE
15:47 SHOAH
Wow what a year!
My Top 10 of 1985:
1. The Color Purple
2. Brazil
3. Back To The Future
4. The Goonies
5. Mask
6. Weird Science
7. Clue
8. Real Genius
9. Out Of Africa
10.Better Off Dead
Haven't Seen From Siskel & Ebert's List: Ran, Shoah, Mishima, The Falcon & The Snowman, Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome, The Official Story.
Also, I never include documentaries on my top 10 lists as I put them in their own category.
Great list. Emerald Forest was a great one, too.
Whenever I am asked what my favorite movie is (which happens more than you might think!) I always say "After Hours."
My God...did they choose Beyond Thunderdome to be in the best movies of the year. Beyond Believable
The best film of 1985 is without question Back to the Future
Totally agree...I'd put Young Sherlock Holmes, Breakfast Club and Explorers on the list as well but they don't fit the profile for most snobby critics...
That's certainly one worth watching more than once. They totally missed "The Breakfast Club" which is one of John Hughes' greatest hits. Also, Siskel hated _Pee-wee's Big Adventure_ which was Tim Burton's and Danny Elfman's first big hit.
Of course.I would put Goonies as well.
Absolutely. I loved witness too
Frankly, the Color Purple was nicer, too. 💜💜💜💜💜
The casino scene with Julie Hagerty losing all their money is so underrated classic
Lots of comedies. I don't think they ever had so many again on their lists.
It's kind of funny that now, in the age of the internet, The Falcon and the Snowman is remembered for a whole different reason: The Captain Midnight broadcast signal intrusion.
1. The Breakfast Club
2. Back to the Future
3. Brazil
4. After Hours
5. Blood Simple
6. Pale Rider
7. Ran
8. The Goonies
9. Enemy Mine
10.The Color Purple
Going through the best of years in reverse, this's the weakest year I've come upon. Finding just 10 took awhile.
I don't remember if it was this episode, but one of those years Ebert made the same note at the ending saying next week would be the worst films of the year. My dad commented, that'll be the funny episode.
Could have put a large number of these in the worst of the year group and I would have totally agreed. The show ties together why I loved watching critics (these two, anyway), but almost always disagreed with their conclusions.
Agreed that it wasn't a great year for movies; I'd choose The Purple Rose of Cairo as #1 in a close pick over Brazil.
Glad Ebert stuck up for Beyond Thunderdome, as I'd rank it with the other Mad Max films.
I count 27 worth seeing once, (including the top-10 in box office receipts with two that I haven't seen). You'd probably also include the 7 Siskel and Ebert mentioned as best of the year, none of those I had seen, making a total of 34, so a pretty good year. I've been looking at 1987-1990 previously and they all have 25+ movies worth seeing at least once. In 1985, I count 5 worth seeing more than once.
@@sandal_thong8631 Which five do you rate highest?
@@distinguishedflyer Sorry to leave that out of this one: _Back to Future, Brazil, The Breakfast Club, Fletch, Pee-wee's Big Adventure,_ with _Spies Like Us_ and _Cocoon_ being maybes.
@@sandal_thong8631 I liked the first three of those a lot (though my favorite Back to the Future film is actually the third one).
"Ran" should have won Best Picture at the Oscar's that year.
I would have picked "To Live and Die in L.A.", a great stylish crime thriller, over sanctimonious dreck like "The Color Purple".
My top favorites from 1985:
1) Back to The Future (1985)
2) Witness (1985)
3) The Goonies (1985)
4) Blood Simple (1985)
5) Explorers (1985)
6) Come and See (1985)
7) My Life as a Dog (1985)
8) A Room with a View (1985)
9) Ran (1985)
10) Brazil (1985)
11) Taipei Story (1985)
12) The Colour Purple (1985)
You made it seem like a good year for movies after all. One great movie a month (back when movies stayed in the theaters for a while) is nothing to sneeze at.
Nice list. 1, 2 and 4 would definitely be in my top 5.
@@ac9559 Thanks. What two other films would fill out your top 5?
@@Jim_Wolf Hmm this was tough, I had to lookup all the movies from 1985. I have no pretensions to being a film critic I just go with what I enjoyed and what I continue to watch...so I am going to add Cocoon and Real Genius.......with Lost in American just missing the cut.
@@ac9559 Yes, same with me, I watch what I like. Nostalgia is a big influence. Good choices.
What?!? Tuff Turf didn’t make the cut?!?
Love them saying, Bad year at the movies, what would they say now?
Difficult to be sure. Before the pandemic, there were more than twice as many films distributed annually in the United States than there were in the 1980s. Far more variety. And films do, on average, receive far better reviews today than they did 35 years ago. Following his first cancer surgeries in 2002-2003, Roger's average rating for movies increased significantly and he began doling out 3.5 and 4 star reviews with abandon. Who can say if Gene would have done the same? In his final years of reviewing, 1997 and 1998, Gene was even more enthusiastic about the current state of movies than his partner.
@@flaccidusminimus2170 I don’t think movies receive better reviews today because they’re better movies tho. The criticism field is very different and there’s definitely lack of critical thought in film
Reviews
@@bradleyhayman2682 Flaccidus has so many biases he really can’t seem to get over. For one thing, he really can’t seem to get over his bias of the 80s, half of which I disagree with.
The Goonies was my number 1 best flim of the year 1985
My vote:
1. Ran
2. Back to The Future
3. Surviving: A Family In Crisis
4. The Colour Purple
5. The Falcon and the Snowman
6. After Hours
7. Commando
8. The Purple Rose of Cairo
9. Blood Simple
10. The Goonies
11. Lost In America
No RAMBO?
@@ricogomez4020 Honourable mention
What happened to Prizzi's Honor?...They never show it anywhere?
"After Hours" is not one of Scorsese's most famous films but it is amazing. A great comedy by someone not really known for comedy.
I haven't seen any of the movies they mentioned on the main part of the show, but I did see _Witness, Back to the Future_ and _Mad Max: Beyond Thunderdome_ which was more Hollywood but the latter wasn't better than _The Road Warrior._
PS: a villain from _The Road Warrior_ shows up in 1985's _Weird Science._
back to the future only on one of their lists and LOW? Ridiculous. I still miss them, though.
No argument about Back to the Future. Definitely the most fun movie of the year. Out of Africa was Oscar bait, but Witness was the best film of the year.
My personal 10 best list of 1985, untouched since 2002....
1-The Color Purple
2-Back To The Future
3-Weird Science
4-Better Off Dead
5-Witness
6-Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
7-Streetwise
8-Prizzi's Honor
9-Ran
10-The Falcon And The Snowman
No RAMBO?
@@ricogomez4020 on your list, maybe...
@@ricogomez4020 Mad Max over Ran. Ok 🤡
My opinion
The Color Purple
Prizzi's Honor
Blood Simple
Streetwise
Lost in America
The Purple Rose of Cairo
Back To The Future
Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome
After Hours
Witness
Mask
The Falcon & The Snowman
Ran
Good list!
@@reneedennis2011
Thanks
@@Jbaxter85 You're welcome ☺️!
Good list. All great films. My choice for best of '85: Witness.
@@ronaldboyker9781
Good 4 U
Ebert gave Prizzi's Honor 3 1/2 stars but it was number 4 on his top ten list. The rest of the movies he gave 4 stars to. So that is kinda weird. He either meant to give it 4 stars or reconsidered by year's end.
That's one case where his website mistakenly reports the original rating, and it isn't the only example. I have several of his annually published yearbooks from the 1980s, as well as the CD-ROM Cinemania '97 (which features all of his reviews up to 1996). His review of Prizzi's Honor is logged as 4 stars in all of those sources.
However there are at least a couple of titles on his 1981 list that were 3 1/2 stars and bumped off titles that were rated 4 stars from the same year.
No typo, Ebert's original review was given 3 and a half stars in the Chicago Sun Times...not every movie on theirs lists were 4 star ratings, it's normal..
Interesting that Ebert says here that Ran is the 5th best film of 1985 then chose it as the 7th best film of the eighties.
My list (based on North American release dates):
1. Shoah
2. Ran
3. After Hours
4. The Official Story
5. The Purple Rose of Cairo
6. The Color Purple
7. Out of Africa
8. Mishima
9. The Holy Innocents
10. God's Country
No Back to the Future? It's confirmed, you only like pretentious artsy fartsy movies.
@@patrickshields5251 I'm afraid it isn't possible to draw such a broad conclusion based on a single list of 10 movies. You also don't have any information to reach a conclusion about what I think of "Back to the Future".
@@flaccidusminimus2170 Come on Back to the Future is a classic.
@@patrickshields5251 Agreed!
@@flaccidusminimus2170 In fact, it's really timeless.
If you include all the top-10 money-making movies (3 I haven't seen) then I count 27 worth seeing, not including the 7 main ones Siskel and Ebert recommended in this show, none of which I've seen. More importantly, I count 6 worth seeing more than once: _Back to the Future, Spies Like Us, Brazil, The Breakfast Club, Fletch,_ and _Pee-wee's Big Adventure._ Some might see the following more than once: _National Lampoon's European Vacation, Commando, Rocky IV_ and _Rambo First Blood Part II,_ but I'm not interested. I only saw a couple in the theater when I was 14, like _Cocoon,_ but home video was taking off which let me see more.
Roger's take on Beyond Thunderdome = no bueno
1. The Color Purple
2. After Hours
3. Ran
4. Back To The Future
5. Pee Wee's Big Adventure
6. Blood Simple
7. Fletch
8. Real Genius
9. Krush Groove
10. The Last Dragon
No RAMBO?
Unfortunately, the audio is so bad that it is unwatchable.
Thumbs down!
Apparently "Witness" is one of the films being recognized, and I thought that was an excellent film!
is their a video of him reviewing warning sign
I'm shocked Mad Max Beyond Thunderdome is on a top 10 list. I know film is subjective, but it just wasn't a very good movie despite having a great theme song.
I also tilted my head at that pick, though I will say while not being a very good movie, it at least wasn’t bad.
It was the least of the 3 trilogy
In 1985, it was amazing. In retrospect, it may seem a bit sillier, but at the time, it was just a blast.
@@redadamearth yeah, i was a teenager in 1985 but i still didn't like it. i LOVED Road Warrior and Thundrdome seemed silly and ridiculous compared to that film.
Looking at the list of 1985 movies, I see _Brazil, The Breakfast Club, Cocoon, Fletch, Pee-wee's Big Adventure_ and _Spies Like Us_ as being better and worth seeing more than once, though I'm not sure if/when I saw _Cocoon_ for the second time?
One of the villains from _The Road Warrior_ appeared in _Weird Science_ which came out that year.
no back to the future?
Jeesh i thought houston was dead by this time
Thunderdome
Gene has moments where I really agree with him, but he's often a jerk to Roger without any indication of underlying friendship. Kinda unsettling.
Roger often wrote in his later years that Gene was, in hindsight, the best friend of his life and that he truly loved him. I don't know if Gene felt the same about him, but I have doubts.
I don`t think they liked each other earlier in their careers (early to mid-80`s) I remember hearing them on a radio show they didn`t..if you watch one of the behind the scenes youtube videos...they are really mean spirited to each other..but I think they grew closer over the years....they were at first competitors but they ended up so famous both newspapers benefited
@@flaccidusminimus2170 I just finished the compilation of Siskel and Ebert's appearances on David Letterman and they said in one of his last appearances that Gene didn't do anything for Ebert's birthday who was expecting to be taken to a Laker's game or something. Very low class not to have a friendship or consideration at least for the partner that took your names national.
@@sandal_thong8631 I'm pretty sure they were both joking in that segment. Male coworkers don't commonly buy each other birthday gifts, and these two didn't have that kind of outward affection for each other. Mind you, at Roger's wedding in 1992, Gene's family played a prominent role and his daughters were the flower girls.
Prizzi's Honor is a film that was highly acclaimed upon release but that no one cares about anymore and few seem to understand what all the fuss was about. It's phony to the core, and Nicholson and Anjie Huston are annoyingly mannered in it. The stakes have been raised considerably for humorous gangster tales. All the praise and attention heaped on it should have been directed towards Huston's swan song The Dead two years later.
Totally disagree, you really missed the boat on this movie, it takes the Godfather and twists it and it's also based on a Great Novel
William Hickey should have won the Oscar
yea no one talks about it ever. Another overrated film is The Color Purple.
It was wickedly funny...
What are you babbling about? It's a great movie. So is "The Dead". I love that Huston had this big hit before he passed, it's a riot. It's not supposed to be "authentic", it's supposed to be mannered. And I'm an Italian New Yawker! If you want to know John Huston's work, you don't skip "Prizzi's Honor". Ditto Jack Nicholson, ditto Angelica Huston. (or Katharine Turner, for that matter). It's fits right in with "Moonstruck", "Married To The Mob" and "I Love You To Death", all of which are predated by (the superior) "Prizzi's Honor". Nicholson is fantastic in that movie.
@@sleong What's hilarious is that you are under the moronic impression that the quality of a movie is judged by people "talking about it". You poor, conformist thumbsucker! As long as people study John Huston - which they will do as long as movies are screened - or Jack Nicholson for that matter (ditto) - they're going to be watching "Prizzi's Honor", sorry to break the news to you, "Cosplay". (eeeew. I now understand your lack of taste: cosplay, huh? Wow. Still in diapers, huh?)
They left out "Pee Wee's Big adventure! For Shame!
I just watched their Worst of 1985 show and Gene Siskel marks it as one of those, while Roger Ebert missed it while on vacation and didn't review it, though he liked the scene that Gene used to show how bad it was, with Pee-wee falling off his bike, "I meant to do that" he says to kids on bikes.
8:23 lmfao
LOST IN AMERICA is fucking great. Albert Brooks needs to make more movies.
Albert Brooks made LOUSY SHORTS for Saturday Night.
Penn abd hutton were a better pair in taps
I did not know woody allen made movies that did not have woody allen in them. That is interesting. He should have done that more.
To Live and Die in LA?
i cant believe he liked mad max beyond thunderdome, that was the worst mad max movie.
Except for BttF it was a shitty year
To live and die in la????????,,
Ebert gave a glowing 4-star review. Probably just missed his Top 10. Great movie.
Their debate on Shoah was great, especially when Siskel pointed out a month earlier in November 1985 that Ebert had said Shoah was the best film of the year. I went back and watched that episode of the show(it's on youtube):
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Ebert did say that, but in this episode of the best films of 1985 he goes back on what he said...
No he actually doesn't and his position is made quite clear. He's upfront with his opinion that it's the year's greatest artistic achievement, but he thinks it's too important to belong on a list with mainstream entertainments. They don't even have a "debate" about this, more of a clarification.
Reminder that Sean Penn has been eating scenery with ridiculous melodramatic accents and body language for nearly 40 years.
I tried watching the movie Ran but just couldn't get into it and the fool character annoyed the hell out of me.
It’s a tough film to get into, but gets better as it goes on. I also found the fool irritating at first, but he becomes something of a Greek chorus by the end of the film. If nothing else, you have to admit the visuals and the direction of the movie are incredible.
The movie is really boring and slow. But still I did enjoy the battle scenes.
It’s a little too operatic and over the top though it looks gorgeous. Kurosawa did full scale paintings as storyboards iirc and he was going blind at the time
Shoah was boring and was too preachy.
Yesterday was International Holocaust Rememberance Day. It's been just over a year that attacks on schools started with the removal of _Maus_ from the curriculum in a TN school district, with no replacement ready. I haven't seen the film, _Shoah,_ so can't say whether we need this 9-hour film in schools. But we do need civics courses again to teach the importance of voting (and give 16-year-olds the right to vote for school board members as an example). Also, to be aware of threats to democracy like fascist tactics that target or bully minorities and "undesirables" to prevent these things from happening again like in Cambodia (1975-9), Rwanda (1994), and Bosnia (1995).
@@sandal_thong8631 You'll let 16yr olds vote? What if they want firearms? If they can vote or choose their gender or have an abortion then they should be able to have a firearm. PS Maus is a stupid book. It's used to bully children into thinking only one way on a subject. Ilhan Omar has a better book but I can't mention it on this platform.
Guns kill kids.
I can't wait to miss The Color Purple ll. With Oprah behind the helm, it will be a woke mess.
There are no friends in this country of backstabbing
Wow… a lot of good movies in this list, but not a single “great” one, save for maybe “Back to the Future”
Yeah. They featured that in _Stranger Things._ But I think they overdid it by having a theater full on the night of the 4th of July. You'd think people would be going to the fireworks and such instead of inside in a movie theater.