I’ll always have Planes and Trains as my fav Hughes film, Pretty In Pink coming in second, but I wanna say a couple things about his underrated titles, Curly Sue and Dutch. Now, they are both very predictable and formulaic, but I really liked those two flicks. Curly Sue had great chemistry between the two main characters and Curly Sue herself, stealing every scene she’s in. Also the movie theater scene still makes me laugh out loud to this day, along with the maid and her gambling with the two on the clock 😅. Now Dutch was both panned by S&E and pretty much the rest of America, and I can understand why. And maybe it’s because I grew up with these movies starting at a young age and my nostalgia goggles for them turned into laser eye surgery but Ed O Neal, I thought, was very likable, not overly abrasive, and had great chemistry with the kid. To this day there are 3 scenes that still make me crack up loudly and I admit I still have a goofy smile throughout the rest of the flick. Are these two movies great? No. Are they objectively bad? Probably. But I like Curly Sue and Dutch darn it, and I think they still have a couple of very good redeeming qualities.
Na.. The movie still sucks. Pretentious nonsense. Just watch Boogie Nights instead. I can't stand people who go on about Magnolia .. calling it a 'Cinematic Operatic Masterpiece'. 😂give me a break. It's crap.
@@jon8004 Oh give me a break. It's not 'challenging' it's just artsy fartsy, self indulgent gobbledygook. A bloated, unfocused, mess of a movie. It's complicated, not complex. There's a difference .. and in that way, in my view, it doesn't work nearly as well as the visceral and hilarious Boogie Nights. Which is actually a layered and complex film in my opinion. Just because a movie is complicated doesn't mean it's 'challenging'. Sometimes it just means it's overly stuffed, and pretentious. "An intellectual says a simple thing in a hard way; an artist says a hard thing in a simple way." - Bukowski
@@Fiveash-Art I didn't say it was complex. I said it was challenging. As for your Bukowski quote. Yeah, sounds like something Bukowski would say. Also sounds like a writer talking about himself. And self-indulgence isn't a bad thing when it's as good as "Magnolia".
@@jon8004 Yes, obviously he's talking about himself ,.. But he's also comparing himself to phony pseudo intellectuals who are more concerned with impressing their audience with hollow theatrics and verbal gymnastics than conveying anything of real substance. .. Self indulgence is bad when it's bad. Which in my view, Magnolia is a bad movie.
@@Fiveash-Art You're actually gonna type that Paul Thomas Anderson is a "phony pseudo intellectual"? (Forget the fact that I don't think he'd EVER call himself a intellectual. Few filmmakers would.)
That interview at the end is everything! My favorite is “He Got Game” but I enjoy most of his films. No director,(outside of Kubrick), bats 1,000 the point is to take risks.
A compilation of Siskel & Ebert (And Michaela Pereira for one) reviewing the films of Ron Shelton I included some of his writing credits, too, though I stopped before Bad Boys II for a couple reasons: I couldn't find both movies he directed right before it, so it made for a good stopping point, and also Shelton only wrote a draft of Bad Boys II, so it barely counts. I'll save it for the Michael Bay episode. So here we have the run from the Shelton penned The Best of Times (1986) to Play it to the Bone (1999) Primarily for educational purposes, but enjoy however you see fit! For more of this series: ru-vid.com/group/PLjog8SEXXlNV9hSA2USQDeuz-Njrkhuar&si=9MBkX8IAqz2l-B1b
Thank you so much for this colossal amount of work you put in your videos, i adore these two (even if i do not always agree with their opinions) and their thoughtful rich discussions, which make you want to revisit all these movies again and appreciate them even more! Thats why your compilations are just a gem for movie-lovers!!! Please continue making them ❤
5:10…. You also have to remember that this is the same guy that told Lucy liu straight up that she was a horrible actress and the movie will suck simply because of her.
This is a truly weird setup, but Tarantino's passion for film in general and his films specifically is what carries this whole segment. The best part of films is how we all differ in our opinions and interpretations of it, and Tarantino gets that
i have only seen the departed once because its way overacted especially by Jack N. also its totally absurd that the pschiatrist would be screwing her 2 most flawed patients. contrived poppycock.
when i first saw the aviator i thought Leo was miscast, thinking he was too young for the part, but now think its oscar material for him. The only miscast was Kate Beck-she almost ruins the experience for me
Those five movies he mentions around the minute mark really are triumphs. Im always watching one of them over the course of a couple days as i use my television as sort of a fireplace. I add mighty Aphrodite and Deconstructing Harry to my go-to's as well.
This movie hit me differently when it was released. It was excessively violent like all his movies. Paul Schraders script was the main reason of its ultimate sucess.
Siskel is so clueless and does not appreciate Hughes. Pretty sad to see. A critic with only high-brow taste. As so many of Hughes movies are now classics we can see who got it and who didn't.
Images is incredible! Such a unique breath of cinematic fresh air the first time I watched it. Genuinely eerie atmosphere and relatively "terrifying" sequences. I'd love to see it programmed with Darren Aronofski's Mother!
Wonderful thank you. Was A Prairie Home Companion Ebert’s last on screen review? That would be appropriate. Also happy to hear his support for Dr. T and the Women!
A compilation of Siskel & Ebert (and others later, but Ebert for all of them) reviewing the films of Robert Altman There are a handful I couldn't find, but I wanted this one to flow like an Altman film: with little explanation. Just know I found whatever is publicly available. Primarily for educational purposes, but enjoy however you see fit! For more of this series: ru-vid.com/group/PLjog8SEXXlNV9hSA2USQDeuz-Njrkhuar&si=9MBkX8IAqz2l-B1b
