“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.
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…🤔
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.
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
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.
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.”
