they're in a profoundly goofy, good-natured mood this episode. it's such a treat, watching two witty, funny _smart_ people get in a conversational groove like this.
Despite many attempts by other teams, and Roger teaming up with others after Siskel's death, no review team ever came close to replicating the conversational and humorous chemistry between these two guys. This was lightning in a bottle, never to be recaptured. Glad to have been watching them when they were doing their thing.
Roger did a good job with Richard Roeper, I thought. I think what helped with this show was the fact that they burned off many episodes on PBS to build up their chemistry. They sucked at the beginning.
ROPER IS BLAND. SRSLY ROPER IS LIKE VANILLA WAFERS IN THE MIDDLE OF A CONFECTIONARY SHOPPE. ROPER JUST WANTED THE GLORY WITHOUT PUTTING IN THE WORK (EXAMPLE = FUCKING OPRAH) LIKE EBERT DID. BTW GROWING UP DID Y'ALL ALSO THINK "EBERT" WAS ANOTHER WORD MEANING "FAT" ??
You're absolutely correct! Did anyone EVER really care at all about movie reviews until these two teamed up? They had the highest rated show on PBS until moving on to more lucrative pastures. Still, their show, regardless of its name or location on the TV dial, was priceless. Their interactions with each other were half the fun, while their reviews were insightful, humorous, and entertaining. There will never be another duo to replace them. They are truly timeless.👍
Now I saw all of these movies when I was twelve years old and with the exception of Porky's Revenge, I liked every one of them! Like I said, I was twelve years old. God, I miss Siskel and Ebert.
14:00 What an astute critique of the Vietnam War movies of the 80's: There's a need for Americans to see that we won the war that we lost in real life. There really are no critics like this today. The exchange at 10:35 is one of the best.
I was already working as a Broadcast Engineer when Friday the 13th Part IV: The Final Chapter was released. As a commercial for it aired, after "...the final chapter" line I said to the other engineer on duty "not if this one makes money. We'll get Part V - A New Beginning or A New Chapter." Well, I was right.
The movie we know as “Missing in Action 2” was supposed to be the first Missing in Action movie. The first and second movies were shot back to back, and the producers thought the first one didn’t have enough action and would bomb and kill the franchise. So, the producers decided to release the second one first, then release the initial first part as a prequel. Cannon Films was a weird studio.
@Ember Enfierno you'd be able to boss that puss at age 8. Plus think about all the 13-17 girls you'd be able to run game on with your mind being in your 30s-40s... And it wouldn't be statutory!
The sad thing is, in 1985 this probably was't a great week at the movies. In 2019, all of these films are probably way better than the releases most weeks.
What Siskel and Ebert never understood about the Friday the 13th movies was the experience, and the era. In those times, it was about taking or meeting your teenage girl to the movie. It was kind of a right of passage. A few smiles, her grabbing your arm when Jason was around, and a few laughs with other friends, and strangers due to the dumb moves people made in the film. Getting dropped off by your parents, sneaking in, meeting girls at the mall, and seeing Friday the 13th. If you experienced that as a kid, you know why the movie had appeal.
I disagree - at least some of these movies are somewhat original scripts. Now, I find myself asking 'what's the Star Wars movie that's coming out THIS week? What number are we up to in the Fast and Furious franchise? Or as comedian Chris D'Elia said: "Hey Marvel! How do you know when you're making too many movies? When you're making fucking Ant Man!'
28:23 Siskel talks about how impressed he is by the directors who turn down directing F13th sequels, only for the next director to come along and make Friday The 13th VI: Jason Lives. It is arguably the best F13th sequel in the franchise, and it wouldn't exist had writer/director Tom McLoughlin hadn't come along with his own ideas on the direction the series would go. He turned Jason from a bland, mindless killer, into an unstoppable, intimidating killing machine who wouldn't fall for any of the tricks that he fell for in the previous movies. It was meta a full decade before Scream came along and made meta movies mainstream. It just goes to show you that in the hands of a GOOD director, a stale franchise can be rejuvenated and the sixth entry in the series can surpass its previous films.
I'm trying to remember where I read about Aroma the skunk biting Roger Ebert on his thumb during a take. In a fit of rage, Ebert picked the Skunk up, bit his head off, spitting it out, and flung Aroma's headless corpse down the aisle, while Gene stared in horror. I read it just now, as I was typing this paragraph. I knew I'd remember.
This episode has more big laughs than the entire Police Academy and Porky's franchises combined. Siskel and Ebert were so funny when they were dogging on movies they hated, and this is a prime example.
You guys are lucky that you lived in a time when there were only 5 Friday the 13th movies. I am living in time there are 10 of that movies plus 1 remake.
Ebert can not have seen part 5 if he says that nothing is different from the earlier Friday the 13th movies. It may play out exactly like the other ones but it isn´t even Jason going on berserk. I don´t say it was great. But if you watch the entire movie you know that the killer is not Jason at all in the end. Proof that they didnt see the movie.
Missing in Action 2 is not a prequel, it's actually the first film. Cannon knew that the "first" was better so they decided to reverse the order of these films.
Thank you, S&E, for pointing out that people don't "hit the trampoline" when a bomb goes off. More often their arms and legs go off. Sorry to be so graphic. War movies have always romanticized combat, but I've known guys who fought in Viet Nam, and they didn't all come home intact.
Yeah, but he did have an appreciation for movies that were really good like beavis and butthead, beauty and the beast, mask of the phantasm and star wars
The kid in the Police Academy 2 clip is the older brother from The Wonder Years, isn't he? At least someone went on to have some success after being in that one, lol.
"Police Academy 7; Mission to Moscow," was one of the entertainment industry of the 80's rare deep sequential films that actually turned out to be pretty good lol especially in contrast to its predecessors, 3 through 6. Part 4, "Citizens on Patrol," including a young David Spade and Tony Hawk, made that one slightly better than any of the following ones though. (xcept of course part 7.) 👍
Siskel was wrong how the first Police Academy movie was raunchy and the same continues in part 2. It seemed for the most part they toned down the raunch in the sequels
Pretty much. The first one was rated R, and I don't think Warner expected it to be such a hit with grade school kids. But since they discovered this was their best bet as repeat customers, they pivoted and toned down the material to keep the kids coming back.
@@75aces97 I seen the first 7 movies like 1-2 times each in the 80s, so a few years ago i re-watched part 1 since i had it free on some streaming service and I was like wow I don't remember the series being that raunchy
@@WhatAboutThemApples I saw the first 4 either in the theater, or many times between home video and cable airings. I've only seen 5 and 6 in the past year, still haven't seen 7. I'd forgotten the first was rated R until someone reminded me in recent years. It's just that we got more gratuitous nudity in the 1980s and took it for granted. I don't think most movies of that time hold up all that well, but I do miss that. 😁
Among audiences, interest in the categoies of movies to which the *Friday the 13th* and *Porky's* sequels belonged was on the way down by 1985. Teenage fantasies were beginning to be catered to more strongly by the likes of films such as *Ghostbusters* and *Back to the Future,* whilst John Hughes was crafting very successful teenage romances that relied on something other than sex to gain their appeal; for instance, Hughes' *The Breakfast Club* was released a month earlier and proved to be far more successful than the *Porky's* installment that was reviewed here. Also, as far as Paramount Pictures was concerned, audiences of that time were beginning to be a lot more interested in seeing Eddie Murphy (who was under an exclusive contract to the studio) than they were in seeing Jason Voorhees.
They're watching these movies as critics, which they are. Teens are going to these movies to get the hell away from their parents on a Friday night and hang out with their friends. If these movies required any thought, it would be too much effort for the hanging out experience.
Very funny episode of this two. Well, bad movies can give us good reviews. This reminds the old "Dog of the Week" specials! The description of Friday 5 is so funny that Gene can't stop laughing! 24:27
This is the best Cisco neighbor show I've seen in all of them they are real real funny especially their review of Friday the 13th part 5 a new beginning which I thought was the best of all the Friday the 13th movies because of all the violence in it more dead bodies in that movie than any movie of the Friday the 13th series like them or not Cisco neighbor they were the best reviewers on TV and entertaining in their own way funny very funny this episode is their best one like I said Friday the 13th part 5 a New beginning was just shockingly funny by them very very funny
If only they'd known that the director of Friday The 13th: V was actually a hard core porn director and the original cut of the movie had to be secretly re-edited behind mr director's back just so they'd have something they could actually submit too the mpaa for a rating.
He did 1 or 2 softcore porn films in the early 70s , I wouldn't say he was a hardcore porn director. By the 80s he had moved into low budget exploitation films
I wonder if the knew missing in action 2 was meant to be the first one released. But since the second one filmed was a better movie they released it first. Hope that makes sense.
If Roger hates a movie, fine, but he shouldn't make up stuff about one. No one in Friday the 13th 5 goes skinny dipping knowing where is a killer on the loose. Not in any of the other ones either.
