Siskel & Ebert Review The Films of...Steven Spielberg 

Well said

There was for sure a certain type of mutual understanding and camaraderie but also competition that really made that pairing special. I wonder, too, if part of it may have been that both Siskel and Ebert had interesting careers before they went into movie criticism that made their analyses so interesting and illuminating. They both seemed like accomplished people before they ever went into critiquing movies, which means they had a wealth of experiences and insights to draw from that somebody who only ever knew movie criticism as their job may not have had.

@@RosesRedThorns This is a good observation too.

Get me his Mexican non-Union equivalent!

@@ianmillerdevilsfan1223 Who is that Tobe Hopper, you are talking about? If you mean Tobe Hooper, he struck lightning in the bottle once with TTCM and for the rest of his career directed schlock after schlock. 'Eaten Alive' or 'The Funhouse' are not even good horror movies on their own merit. Of course, he didn't direct 'Poltergeist.'

@@karlkarlos3545 Poltergeist was a Steven Spielberg production (which basically means, we are pretty sure) 'supervised' by Spielberg and Directed by Tobe Hooper. Spielberg handed over the Directing keys to Joe Dante for Innerspace, a Spielberg Production, also. Reminds me of the original The Thing (James Arness as monster) is always said to be a Howard Hawks Production, but people seemed to forget Christian Nyby Directed. Hawks certainly 'supervised' like Spielberg probably was on hand on occasion for Poltergeist. But, Steve was busy with ET so he did not direct Poltergeist. Hence, Hooper. Also, worth pointing out some people think the alien vampire movie (watch London burning) Lifeforce (1985) is an underrated classic horror movie: If you have seen it, it is not soon forgotten--Mathilda May! whoa! Vampire vixen from outer space hell! Lifeforce Directed by Tobe Hooper. Just worth saying.

@@user-mu9cw8xe4r Everyone knows that Dante directed Gremlins and Innerspace. He was also closely involved in the pre-production. Those are typical Joe Dante films. As I said previously, I've seen all of Tobe Hooper's films, and Poltergeist is the only one that stands out stylistically and tonally. This is the reason why, to this day, the doubt remains about who should be credited or co-credited as director. By the way, the famous mirror scene where one of the characters' rips off his own face-do you know whose hands those are? Right, Steven Spielberg's. (Also I've seen Lifeforce. Sorry, but it's crap.)

@@karlkarlos3545 oh ok Spielberg could not have directed 1 scene in Joe Dante's movie making process of Innerspace AND Gremlins. Spielberg should've given himself a directing credit in Poltergeist for 'the tone' and for using his hands in the ripped off face scene (does this mean special FX man Tom Savini gets a directing cred for using his hands as Mrs Vorhees (Betsy Palmer) in the chopped off head scene in the gore fest Friday the 13th? tidbit: Sean S Cunningham did not work sequel cuz he was not proud of first movie. Good for Sean S cuz Jason movies are a special form of crap) Speaking of 'crap' great you give Tobe cred for Lifeforce cuz your opinion matters?

@@user-mu9cw8xe4r take a breath.

Thanks so much! I really appreciate it

I love Empire of the Sun. Absolutely love it. I cannot believe that they dud not like it.

@@justylex Ditto. It's long overdue for a wider critical reappraisal.

It is a wonderful film. Visionary in its own way.

The only reason I knew it existed was because of The Nostalgia Critic.

That is the end as far as I am concerned. Four was hot garbage and I haven't seen Five yet.

It was an average movie, coming from a wunderkind director. It was also a remake. Back then, anything not completely original was heavily criticized.

Good but fluff.