Ebert & Roeper - Best of 2002 

LOL, true

you should see him now, very sad.

Same with Hugh Grant

Yep, and that’s not a good thing. 😂

@@SladeBlingyeah fell off a cliff unfortunately

It was great. I remember seeing it in a packed theater, it was a fun experience

Signs is a masterpiece it's Mnights best work I'm sorry Sixth Sense is ok after twist not rewatchable BUT Signs omg I'll watch it now

@@jstewlly4747 Nah I'm going to Unbreakable is his best. Signs though yeah that was the last good one until Split

@@dynamicvoltage9765 Best Picture Nominees (Ebert's Review Stars): - Chicago (3.5) - Gangs of New York (3.5) - The Hours (3.5) - The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (3) - The Pianist (3.5)

⁠@@jfranki8198And mind you in an interview that is fortunately posted on RU-vid, Ebert said that he had given 20 four star reviews in 2002. So while he may have enjoyed the nominees, there are 20 films he reviewed higher than each of them

It's crazy how far removed from the 2000s we are now.

The sad thing is, it flies even when you're not.

@@BishopWalters12Even 2008 feels like a different world

@@the44118they show the iPad in 2001 a space Odessy also the iPad wasn’t the first tablet …

i could not disagree more, did not enjoy minority report at all

was very hard to believe he had a blk wife

100% true, I like and know more of Eberts list. I think gangs of new york could've taken a spot on his list tbh

I didn’t like city of god, I found it preachy and overly long

@@BL-mf3jp that's cool man. I can see that.

GoNY is actually a poorly cast, poorly edited film. It’s one of Scorsese’s worst films.

@@BL-mf3jp Ha ha ha. I agree with you. I’m laughing because you were willing to say it. I like a negative review of the film that said something along the lines of when the violence is made to look so cool why bother doing anything about it? It’s simply an ugly, mean spirited, overly stylized and superficial film. I don’t just dislike it. I hate it!!

Yes, mind blowing. Although both are great films The Pianist > Schindler’s List.

It was fine but not great.

Agreed!

Yes agreed. Way better than I thought

Post 9/11 energy

Talk to Her was really great - and messed up

Thats probably my top ten except for Spirited Away which i havent seen

Fucking good list

I am not a fan of films like LOR but outside of that you have a great list- I did not realize Talk To Her and City of G-d were the same year .

Glad He Ate Her And Gang Bang of New York Are my personal favorites

Good list, 25th Hour did nothing for me but I haven't seen it since 2002. I would add City of God and Soderbergh's Solaris. Take off 25th Hour and All or Nothing, otherwise my list would be very similar.

Good list! Minority Report and The Pianist are two of the best films of all time.

What are your thoughts on Spirit: Stallion of the Cimarron?

@@joshmontemayor1212 Never saw it! I know Roger liked it though, can't remember if it got Two Thumbs Up.

@@flaccidusminimus2170, it's worth checking out. It's 1 of those movies that's so good that even the Nostalgia Critic likes it.

Love when he not only pays for Jennifer Garner with a fake check, but she pays him in cash the difference to spend the night with her.

@@rollotomassi4768 That's such a nice little detail in a truly great and endlessly enjoyable film! If you haven't already, I recommend the book written by the real Frank Abagnale. By the way, I love your user name, or is it really Dudley Smith? (Ha-ha!)

That’s a good one, for sure.

The movie is very good, but that the guy the movie's based on is has (unsurprisingly)never stopped lying about himself(and making money from it) makes it harder for me to re-watch. I wasn't surprised though, just watching the movie the story sounded like bs - which is why I looked up info on him at the time. Journalists easily found out multiple lies in his story way back in 1978: whyy.org/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/frank2.jpg But people ignored it because they *wanted* to believe his story, and interviews made for good tv. He didn't do anywhere near as much(and didn't get anywhere remotely near as much money) as he claims - he was even in prison when he claimed to be doing things. The $2.5m he supposedly conned out of Pan Am, was more likely...$0. Likewise the money he supposedly got from all the banks was physically impossible. In reality he was likely little more than a petty criminal, and general a**hole, but has talked up a myth. He was immensely creepy with women, using fake recruiting of air hostesses as an excuse to do physical examinations of female students(after a short time there were multiple complaints), and even(bizarre as it sounds) manipulated his way into staying in the childhood bedroom of a woman he was stalking(from memory he also stole from her parents when he left), and so on. Likewise he didn't only steal from big faceless companies as he claims, he also stole from ordinary people & those close to him. The truth has become more widespread since a book about him was released a few years ago, though no doubt many people will still choose to dismiss often indisputable evidence.

That's a good list.

I feel that way much of the time with E&R, but I think Roeper was just fine for the first couple of years (2000-02). When Ebert's decline set in following his cancer surgery in 2003 (a few months after this episode), the show declined in direct proportion because Roeper became the dominant half of the act. There was too much passive, gentle camaraderie in the later years and not enough combativeness and competition. Gene was sometimes ready to pop out of his seat with enthusiasm, but Roeper was usually just jovial and casual.

Agreed!!!!!!!

Agreed. That's my favorite live action movie of 2002. :)

meh

It's genuinely the best made film in the series

DPT is pretty great!

Spirited Away has one of my favorite film scenes ever, and that’s the train ride. Not only does it provide a welcome pause to breathe, but everyone in the spirit world dreams of riding the train. It turns out to be nothing more than an ordinary commute, but if you’re a fantastical creature, what can be more fantastic than the mundane?

You wil be blow away by both of them. I really like Gangs and some of the others on your list but both those films are actually better

@@robertriteman3227 out of my list I’m curious of the ones you haven’t seen. Also if you’ve seen White Oleander, I’m very intrigued to know what your thoughts are on that. No one talks about it. I personally believe it’s a heavily underrated gem

I acually have seen all of the films on your list. As I said in my own post I hated Adaptation and indeed I find virtually all Charlie Kaufman pretentious . I really liked that you had selected Insomina ( the original Norweigan film was even better) . Here is what I recall about WO . First film I saw of Alison Lohman. It had three women I am still willing to marry and it left me very uncomfortable in the good way. I am going to have to watch it again . I also recall that within a year or so Lohman was also in a film with Sam Rockwell that had a grifter thing going on ( Matchstick Men) . I am going to have to look to see where I can stream WO so I can look at it again. Speaking of Insomnia I would also be willing to marry Hillary Swank and Maura Tierney Both Insomnia and WO had great male supporting actors ( Nick Katt, Martin Donovan, Cole Hauser , Patrick Fugit ) . Catch Me If You Can is so underated which likely is because SS has had several films that were even better ( amazing ) and I would rate it as one of the three best Tom Hank's performances. Funny enough Road To Perdition may not make my Top 3 Hanks roles as for me Newman , Daniel Craig, and Jude Law really impressed ( and yet again another woman I would marry......Jennifer Jason Leigh). No wonder my marriage did not work out. @@AnimationNation2004

@@robertriteman3227 White Oleander is actually on RU-vid. Here’s a link. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-YVgeLmowlEc.html

thanks . I am so behind of films at this point respecting 21 and 22. I will say that I really liked Belfast, Licorice Pizza, Passing . Drive My Car, Power of the Dog and so many more to go but I will watch WO again . So again thanks @@AnimationNation2004

Maybe cause Roeper was Ebert’s junior so he wasn’t as competitive?

Their dynamic was actually really boring and Roeper was an overly agreeable sycophant.

@@waynefisher9824 I don't like Roeper all that much, but this was just a pleasant top 10.

Roeper wasn't actually a newspaper critic, just a columnist who wrote about movies sometimes. But he was from the same newspaper and a nice guy to talk about movies with.

Roeper added some youth, nobody could touch Siskel or Ebert but Roeper deserves more credit and he was good when Roger was off the air because of his health issues.

Dragonfly is one of my favourite dramas of 2002. It’s with Kevin Costner and Kathy Bates and Joe Morton that were mutually in movies directed by James Cameron. Such a beautiful movie about life and death. It’s a supernatural drama thriller and it has some vibes of The Sixth Sense.

Pretty dam good. I saw it , The Pianist and Y Tu Mama Tambien in the same week Maybe the best Xmas ever ( but then again I am Jewish so not that high of a bar)

Left speaker audio only.

Couldn't have said it better myself.

It's actually sucks. Apart from DDL.

Gonna hafta disagree with you there…the final act is a mess

Yup, finale sucks, the romance sucks, it's got a lot of great scenes (mostly involving DDL) but they don't amount to anything, just a revenge story we have seen dozens of times done better. I honestly don't think the film even looks very good, the sets and costuming are mediocre.

Cameron Diaz is horrible

You have it backwards. You can hardly say it’s criminally underrated when it was mostly well received. I haven’t looked at RT in a long time but as I recall it received 70-some percent positive reviews. If anything I’d say it’s criminally overrated and really boring. A criminally overlooked film by Scorsese however is Silence. I think hardly anyone has seen it. It’s both a very thoughtful, well-made film and extremely thought provoking.

Thumbs up for including Insomnia.

Nope, Amelie hit American theatres in 2001. They both liked it a great deal, but it wasn't a Top 10 for either.

Panic Room isn't the kind of movie that makes critic lists. It may have been on a few that year, but at the time it was widely considered a commercial compromise for Fincher.

The panic room is one of Finchers weakest films IMO. I enjoyed Alien 3 more, but maybe it's because I really don't like Jodie Foster.

Nothing planned. Something else may turn up eventually.

You are correct good sir. Richard has the reasoning skills and charisma of a piece of cardboard.

They reviewed it on their show in December 2002.

I thought One hour photo was excellent personally, Robin Williams had a good run around then, with Insomnia as well.

Terrible flick

@@BL-mf3jp No it's not, is not, IS NOT!!!

I enjoy Chicago and its commentary on the criminal justice system and the media quite a bit myself.

No that came out the year before. 2002 was the year of Chicago!

2002 was the best year for movies so far in this century.

Last great movie? He has had many great films since then. Catch Me If You Can, The Adventures of Tintin, Lincoln, Bridge of Spies, The Post, Ready Player One, The Fablemans, etc. Maybe you meant to say last great one to you.

@@NeoConnor1 Don't get butthurt because other people have standards.

Copyright restrictions require edited film clips, but the rest is the episode as it aired.

Not in the internet. No one has yet shared any of their 2002 content apart from a single summer episode.

I see, thanks

Well...Ebert didn't agree with you on that. And I don't know you can feel this way about a movie and still call it "good"!

Yes, and it received Two Thumbs Up. Roger's print review is very strong.

It may not have been the critic's consensus pick that year, but it's a very well liked film.

It’s better than Gangs of New York at least.

Actually they both liked it a great deal. It was their job to see every major release. Which means they saw many brilliant pictures, and there is only room for 10 on each list.

It has little to do with sexism and more to do with how disjointed and maudlin the film is. It feels very stagey. I bet there were 40 better films that year, many of which have already been mentioned. I love Walter Chaw’s highly negative review of The Hours-it’s hilarious!

In all fairness, it's studios and corporate power that aren't ignoring talented writers.

No. Shrek was from the year 2001 and it won Best Animated Feature for films released that year (the first year for that category). Spirited Away did in fact win for the year 2002.

Signs was shlocky and so so

It’s on my top 5. Love it.

I’m curious, what didn’t you care for about that movie?

Occasionally, but even when they did it was seldom passionate. Because they both worked for the Sun-Times (with Roeper having an inferior position), they were never competitive.

Ah but the best was when Roger and Gene would go on shows like Carson or Letterman and really start sniping at each other. @@flaccidusminimus2170

Roeper is a dope and was always Elbert’s patsy. Siskel was incomparably superior to Roeper. Roeper is not even moderately intelligent. His opinions are not illuminating or insightful.