There aren't enough comments about Mr. Holland's Opus. My favorite movie ever. It's sweet, caring, sad, amazing music, and the whole thing is so heartfelt.
@@paulmckinney8141 Nah. Although I admire Heat (1995) it simply can/t hold a 🕯 to Peckinpah/s The Wild Bunch (1969) As far as I/m concerned the opening and especially closing sequences of The Wild Bunch (1969) are hands down the GOAT of cinematic gun fights! Often imitated never duplicated.
Heat, some of our first DVDs we had in our collection. :) Man they were brutal with Jumanji. I was an older kid I guess when I saw it, about 11, but I can imagine 7 to 8 year olds would have no problem with it whatsoever. I know my kid wouldn’t. Not sure how well it holds up today but, it was a gem. They got it wrong in that one.
At the time it looked cool and some of the effects were amazing but looking at it now although still an amazing film some of it doesn't hold up but it's still great with Robin Williams doesn't do it now without him sadly as he made that film also
Not too long ago, maybe a month or so ago, I checked out Mr. Holland's Opus on Disney+. And while it's not necessarily a "funny" film, it is a very MOVING movie. An absolutely stirring portrait of this music teacher with persistence and dedication to succeed in the backdrop of a rapidly-changing America. Absolutely a MUST-SEE.
I don't care what Siskel or Ebert said - "Jumanji" has been one of my favorite movies since I first saw it. Everyone involved brought their best game (no pun intended), and while some of the effects do look dated now, the overall story still holds up very well.
Jumanji has a flawed plot and characters that make absolutely no sense. Their job as critics isn’t to tell you what to like- they make recommendations based on classic film conventions. You enjoyed a sh**** movie, and that’s perfectly fine! We all have a few
I just was at a Q & A with Deniro and Pacino at the Tribeca Film festival 25th anniversary of Heat. Awesome experience. Deniro didn't say much, but Pacino was charming and funny.
I remember watching Jumanji as a kid and just being exhausted by it. And not because it got my adrenaline going. It was just one damn thing after another after another. Since then, people have hailed it as a great movie. I don't agree with them that it's traumatizing, but it's refreshing to hear these guys confirm how I felt.
I miss Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert so much. Back in 1999 and 2000 - when you could actually do this - I wrote Roger Ebert a few times via email about specific films and he was gracious enough to respond every time. He always signed with "RE." He was my favorite film critic.
A great week for movies. Saw both Nixon and Heat in the theater. I remember some guy offered me $20 for my ticket while waiting in line to see Heat. I said no of course.
Every time I listen to these two talk about what kids will like or be scared of it makes me think they were never kids themselves or they were the biggest sheltered babies around… I showed this movie to my 9yr old, 5yr old and my 3yr old watched as well. The older kids liked it and were anything but scared, and the younger one got bored and went to play with toys.
They grew up with movies that were very tame when they grew up as kids. So movies then were probably a culture shock at what was marketed for children. Just imagine how they would react to movies aimed at kids today
I remember watching this review of Heat by these two. Amazing that I remember Roger's quote at 9:56 lol. I loved Heat, and was glad to see what these guys thought of it after I saw the movie. Great stuff.
Have you seen "Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle" and/or "Jumanji: The Next Level"? if so, did you the concept of those movies? you know, actually going into the world of a video game?
I have to see heat just for pacino & Kilmer. I have soured over denero over the years. Hopkins is such a great comeback story. His career was literally dead & moved home to wales. Demme remembered him as the good dr & thought what would happen to see a dr go very very wrong. Such outside the box thinking. After that phenomenon film hopkins had to be doing 2 movies a year at least in the 90s. Big time movies as the star. So I'm so impressed to see the English accented Hopkins as California bred Nixon & I love he did not do an impersonation as they said esp bc nixon is the most imitated & parodied president in history. Gosh looking at all these great movies in the 90s released at the same time. I swear the worst of the lot is so much better than the schlock unoriginal crap today.
Jesus, they totally missed the point of Jumanji. They needed to look at the calmer scenes, scenes that didn't have any special effects. The final scene with Alan (being young again) and his father is heartbreaking and beautiful.
They didn’t miss the point at all. They got the point, it was just a lame point. How do you justify Alan being perfectly well-adjusted after a terrible childhood with mean parents followed by 20 years alone in an extremely dangerous jungle? Suddenly ready to fall in love and raise a couple kids of his own, right? Ridiculous! This man belonged in a mental institution with round the clock therapy.
@@theburnout8715Everything they said about Jumanji is true. People are too attached to their childhood nostalgia to acknowledge that the film makes absolutely no sense. I could ask 3 questions that would unravel the entire film.
They say the movie was a jumbled mess, but that little kids will be traumatized by it. I love looking back and seeing how out of touch these guys would get sometimes.
I liked Jumanji a lot as a kid. Huh. (I read Ebert's review after watching this; he really hated it!) I will have to watch it again and see if it hits me differently nowadays.
Mr Holland's Opus is a GREAT film - but it's hard to say it's his best movie. After all, he was also in Jaws and Close Encounters! Also, if you want to see another great film that features Dreyfus, check out "Whose Life is it Anyways" which is very underrated. But yeah, Mr Holland' Opus is GREAT!
I know they are classics,all I'm saying that is If you want to see two more classics check out the Big Fix and the Goodbye Girl YOU have to say that Gg is very important film in Richard 's life
Look how many great, diverse films would come out in a 1-2 week period back then compared to today. No sequels or reboots or prequels. Just original films and adaptations.
I agree with them about Jumanji, it seemed like the moral of the story was don't be curious because the world is full of scary shit and you're better off just staying at home. It was like a children's version of Hellraiser
Nixon 👍 3 stars out of 4 Jumanji 👍 2 & a half stars out of 4 Heat 👍 4 stars out of 4 Mr. Holland’s Opus 👍 3 & a half stars out of 4 Sense and Sensibility 👍 3 stars out of 4 Othello 👍 4 stars out of 4
Not exactly the same week, just all reviewed on the same episode...these all came out around the same time as each other, from one weekend to the next...
I've seen all of these but Nixon. I'm not usually into president movies and Frost/Nixon tended to bore me, but I'd be tempted knowing Hopkins and Joan Allen would be terrific to see.
Nixon 👍🏾 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 1/2 not a strong as Stone’s Platoon, Born on the Fourth of July, and JFK, but still an eye opening dissection on the controversial Nixon White House. Hopkins and Allen are terrific. Jumanji 👎🏾 ⭐️⭐️ 1/2. The film on the whole is a treasure of my childhood so for nostalgic reasons I watch it whenever it is on tv. As an adult I loved the premise, but disliked the execution. The idea of a board game coming to life to help one face his or her fears is a good idea but the movie dissolves into predictable conveyor belt. It becomes obvious that when a player rolls the dice that something wild will happen. It has intensity but lacks excitement. Robin Williams and Jonathon Hyde and David Alan Grier have fun but that’s it. Heat 👍🏾 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ what can I say? I don’t even have to review it. One of the greatest pictures of all time. Mr. Holland’s Opus 👍🏾⭐️⭐️⭐️ it doesn’t avoid typical caring teacher movie clichés entirely but on the whole I like that we see Mr. Holland engaging with different students over the years. It was a stroke of genius to make him a music teacher. I like inclusion of his home. We see the students caring about music more than his wife and son, especially with the son’s hearing problem. But they do love him and support him dearly. And the conclusion is emotionally tear-inducing. At that point I had already liked Mr. Holland but when that scene comes, I realized I loved him. Dreyfus’s is compelling thru and thru. Sense and sensibility 👍🏾 ⭐️⭐️⭐️ I like the film but I find a might overrated. Winslet’s portrayal as Marianne is remarkable. I liked some of the suitors like Alan Rickman and Hugh Grant more than I liked Elinor played by Emma Thompson. She’s supposed to be shy and introverted but sometimes she came off as cold. It is plush and in well dress. Othello 🤷🏽♂️ I haven’t seen it 😂
Not sure how you can talk about Heat and not mention that it has one of the greatest shootouts ever to be put on screen. But hey, I guess thats just me.
@@J4sse the big difference is other cops vs robbers movies uses Hollywood dubbed gun sound effects heat didn’t heat said fuck that and used the real thing
My reviews: out of 5 1 " Nixon " 3 out of 5 👍 2 " Jumanji " 3 out of 5 👍 3 " Heat " 4 out of 5 👍 4 " Mr. Holland's Opus " 3.5 out of 5 👍 5 " Sense and Sensibility " 2.5 out of 5 👎 6 " Othello " 3 out of 5 👍
Man did they rip into Jumanji yet another classic they tore to shreds 🙆🤦 mind you at least they got the others right in particular Heat although i would say it's actually awesome not just simply very good it's one of the greatest of all time! They really didn't get Jumanji which is a shame just hope they didn't influence others too much to not go and see it because i went to see it at the time and thought it was amazing unlike the remake and sequel but they really could slag off some great films and Robin Williams was incredible again
They were in the same movie but never onscreen together because Deniro played a younger version of Don Corleone and Pacino's character was not born in those scenes.
I would have to agree with them on jumanji. That movie is scary and not meant for kids, I watched it as a kid and I was scared out of my mind from it. I would recommend jumanji for older kids. Robin Williams he was an amazing actor and I loved watching him in a lot of his movies. Jumanji was pretty scary. The movie I disagree on is it’s not an ambitious mess and it’s pretty good.
What I took from Othello, after studying it in college, is that Iago HAS no motive. He is Shakespeare's psychopath, a villain who does what he does for no discernable reason except it is his nature to do so. I know Ebert was better read than I am, though, so maybe his interpretation is right, and Iago is supposed to be jealous of Othello's relationship with Desdemona. My interpretation would explain away Ebert's criticism of the film, however.
Never saw this and had no idea stone directed it....but I felt like roger.....with the movie W. I thought stone was gonna make this crazy, oil conspiracy, 9/11 conspiracy, god knows what, type movie, but no, it was a guy eating sandwiches haha
Ebert is dead wrong about Jumanji being too scary for kids. I watched this movie a million times when I was around 5 or 6 years old. There's a lot of action, but it's not particularly violent. No one even gets killed in the film!
The same goes for me. I rarely watch anything from within the last twenty five years. Television or film and music. Not impressed with 95% of the crap coming out of Hollyweird or the music world
Jumanji is great fun for the whole family. It's so good that we would get a very good sequel to it years later. The biggest problem with the movie are the effects. Kids dealing with childhood traumas?? Come on. Jumanji would terrify kids?? Its PG for a reason, you knuckleheads.
Anthony Hopkins did a good job, but he was a little heavy physically. The real Nixon was husky, Hopkins looks bulky. He got the voice and facial expressions down well except the nose. I think Walter Matthau would have been a perfect Nixon for the movie. Hopkins was still good and so is the movie.
Jumanji is a mess that will scare kids? Did they not read the book? We kids loved it. It hard some dark stuff to it. But as a film adaptation sometimes you gotta make it more dark and gritty and even action packed a little. As a 90s kid myself, this shows how out of touch they were with kids in that era. That’s what we were into. They thought they knew kids.
4:40 Siskel and Ebert both say that the greatest kids movie of all time is "not suitable for children". They also claim that there is no humor in the film, and that it should've spent more time on the issue of childhood trauma. 9_9 9_9
Lol, the "greatest kids movie of all time"? It was basically anti-curiosity, the moral of the story was don't play with a new game and don't go near any jungle because it's all scary and will mess you up
@@christianlorre Michael Jackson said, when making captain EO - "kids like to be scared". To me, Jumanji seemed like a very adult movie; and most people don't realize that kids actually have a burning desire to be grown up, and to impress grown ups. I think this movie is "just scary enough". I'm actually a squeemish person to this day. I don't like horror, or even violence in movies. But even though I watched this movie at age 9-10, nothing in it traumatized me. I just enjoyed it very much. Also, I erased my previous comments here. (I drink a lot.) Eh... I actually don't think that the movie is anti-adventure. But that's interesting that you thought so. Who knows. The 90s were a long time ago now, and such movies do seem outdated. For better or worse? I dunno. I suppose kids these days are watching Breaking Bad or something.
Deniro and Pacino were in GF2 together so im a bit miffed at the comment-does he just mean they shared a bit of dialogue in this movie and were adversarys
Hard to believe that Pacino and that loud mouthed liberal are going toe to toe in Heat, despite having both appeared in the Godfather part 2, without a single scene together.
I don't understand y nobody to my knowledge has a serious critical show today. Yes i real realize there's plenty of movie critics online. I said "serious" not attempting semi-comedy
Casino isn’t that great the second half falls apart and they held Scorisee to a high standard since more or less Ebert gave him his big break reviewing his first film and gave him an insanely positive review