Siskel & Ebert Review - Moonraker, Nightwing, Bloodline, Prophecy, Dracula
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- Опубликовано: 5 апр 2021
- In this episode, Siskel and Ebert review: Moonraker, Nightwing, Bloodline, Prophecy and Dracula.
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I can't believe you loved Siskel and Ebert so much that you've been taping their shows since the "Sneak Previews" on PBS days! WOW! Thank you!
I love all those John Barry scores they used for this era of Bond
Totally agree.
What a compelling lineup for one SP episode: all horror, sci-fi, and lurid mystery. Two Thumbs up!, Way Up!
Moonraker was, hands down, the silliest James Bond adventure ever to hit the screen. I'm so glad they decided to take the series in a more serious direction with For Your Eyes Only. Dracula with Frank Langella is one of the best Dracula pictures ever, and Prophecy is an entertaining entry into the whole ecohorror genre.
I've seen worst: View / Kill and Octopussy are even more stupid. Btw imo Moore nearly destroyed the franchise
Moonraker had the same problem as the other Moore era films, the humor undercutting the suspense. Also, there was the issue of Moore himself. He was charismatic and even Connery could not rival Moore's quip delivery. Unfortunately, those qualities did not compensate for his inability to appear as a convincing threat to his enemies. He was too much of a lightweight. He had none of Connery's ruggedness.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Connery will forever be overrated just because he was the first one. He did six (or seven if you count the borefest NSNA in 83) movies but was only good in his first three. Connery was really terrible in You only live twice.
@@oobrocks Agree on a View to a kill, not on Octopussy. That was entertaining. No actor could destroy that franchise since none of the movies have flopped.
@@drumtum I think with the exception of You Only Live Twice, Connery was a lot of fun to watch but the scripts he got from Thunderball onward were junk.
MOONRAKER came out when I was 7-8, and I saw it in the theater. I don't remember a whole lot from the movie but I absolutely do remember the Marlboros and the 7UP product placements.
And now your teeth have all fallen out and you’ve got lung cancer?
Bond In SPAAAAAAAAAACE!!!
"I believe he's attempting re-entry, Sir".
Prophecy
(1979) was a cheesy entertaining jump-scare monster flick I watched at the theater with friends back in high school aged 15. I grew up in Bigfoot territory (western Washington in the woods) so it was relatable and therefore extra scary, and good movie to take a girl so you could "comfort" her during the intense scenes. Now it's an occasional fun re-watch, for nostalgic and comedic value. ;-)
1979 was a great year ! They deemed this "Scary Summer" Alien, Dawn of the Dead , Phantasm , Prophecy , Night Wing.
Stephen King talks about '79 in depth in his book _Danse Macabre._
Dawn Of The Dead was actually released in 1978, not 1979.
Ebert not liking the monster in Alien sure hasn't aged well. Pretty much no one agrees with him.
Bloodline was the first R-rated movie I ever saw. I was six, and it was on cable TV in the middle of the day.
BARTON FINK!!!
BARTON FINK!!!
Moonraker is Bonkers but I like it. It's the first one I ever watched, it's what it is. Agree with Ebert here.
I’m disappointed they neglected to mention Kate Nelligan’s outstanding performance in Dracula. She has a scene with Langella that is incredibly romantic where her character tells Dracula what she’s all about…
I really enjoy Bloodline in particular of these 5 films reviewed this particular week. It's fun.
Ebert liked Dracula creeping head first down the wall. During that scene, I was wondering what on earth keeps his cape from falling over his head? Maybe they should have rethought his costume.
Now I'm picturing him trying to climb down the wall & his cape keeps getting in the way. So Lucy wakes up & hears "Stupid...cape...oh for the love of...gaaaargh!!!!!"😂😂😂
I think it was falling down over his head but then they turned the camera the right way up.
Two words: *Butt tape*
@@alyzu4755 Sounds like a gag they SHOULD have done in Dracula Dead and Loving It. And I **HATED** that movie!
Gene has a point. MOONRAKER has a lot of product placement scenes.
Giving credit where credit is due, I had a bit of a crush on Valerie Bertinelli back then, so I actually watched CHOMPS. And Wesley Eure, the inventor of the dogbot in the movie, starred in the original Land of the Lost TV series (the good one). The movie's not THAT bad - it's perfectly in the style of your typical 80s Disney teen sci-fi goof-fest like The Cat From Outer Space. Only Hanna-Barbera made THIS one.
You were not alone re: Valerie Bertinell!
Of all the Roger Moore James Bond movies that he’s done (7 in total from 1973-1985) the Star Wars inspired Moonraker is the one that i care for the least and yet Disney clipped and used some footage of the movie in the MCU’s Black Widow. All of us purists know damn well that his best of the seven outings as the character is in The Spy Who Loved Me (1977).
Which PBS station was this recorded from? What city and state?
I've seen 4 of the 5 main movies (all except Bloodline) and I would recommend Prophecy. It does have a creature that doesn't look so impressive in the close ups but other than that I think it's an effective monster movie.
Lois Chiles had zero chemistry w Roger and is miscast. I gave the film a slight 👍 due to it's last act but just barely
Lois Chiles is beautiful, though
I like Moomraker. The Prophecy is entertaining, but silly.
“The people are smart, but the monster is dumb. Like in Alien”
No idea what movie he was watching. 🙄
Moonraker great fun.Its an entertaining film.
Nice pat, Ebert 26:25
Audrey Hepburn was so beautiful 🤩 what an Angel 😇
I liked prophecy! Most of the the time there right though.
I'm sorry, but minus 5 points for not mentioning the double taking pigeon in moonraker. Moonraker has so many laugh out loud moments(not sure all of them were intentional, but most were!) it makes up for a flimsy plot and poor main villain
Moonraker is so silly. It’s funny to compare that sort of bond movies to the very serious, dour Craig movies (which are “better”’movies, just different). It’s like how the same Star Wars franchise includes the Jamaican slapstick cartoon Gungans and also the Vietnam-coded battles of Rogue One.
Moonraker. This one kinda got a pass from me for a while since it was my first Bond film, so Roger Moore was MY Bond for a very long time. And then I saw Connery's when I got a little older, and I realized what a joke Moore had become by this point. I am more impressed with Michael Lonsdale's Drax than I used to be - he had a nice touch with very dry humor - and Richard Kiel is always fun to see. But the story goes WAY too far overboard too quickly, and it's very dumb. It's also Bernard Lee's last outing as M before he passed, which is also unfortunate.
Dracula. It's not bad, I suppose, but this DID start the ridiculous turn towards the more romantic Draculas that would infest vampire movies through Francis Coppola's film, which I hated. You can't take Frank Langella's glamour boy seriously when you grew up with Bela Lugosi and Christopher Lee, both of whom presented themselves as real threats. I never saw that in Langella's take, but I don't think we were supposed to.
Great show as I watched from the beginning .It lost the appeal when new critics took over
I like moore's bond
I thought Nightwing was an especially very good movie. If I remember correctly they had to work with the native American people to control the bats which I think simply were acting appropriately but felt threatened by people unfamiliar. It was a good film.
Siskel thinks he's so cool because he thinks "the only Bond is Sean Connery". 😂
Dirty Harry's black partner is the same guy he arrested in the first Dirty Harry movie. Dirty Harry arrested him after a failed bank robbery attempt. I don't see how that character could ever be a police officer much less a detective because bank robbery even back then was a major crime. Even if he could prove that he had been rehabilitated, bank robbery is a major hurdle to overcome even if you have someone like Dirty Harry vouching for you.
Sean Connery was the best, but Diamonds Are Forever is one the worst
Gene and Roger (who somehow, after writing the awful 'Beyond the Valley of the Dolls' became a respected critic) are so much better than the shills we have today on Rotten Tomatoes. The entire job of 'critic' has been dumbed down since the days of Gene and Roger. Today these 'critics' (Grace Randolph, Jeffery Jahns, John Campea among them) will spend a week urging you to go see a film that is trash, and then months later off-handedly mention that in fact they did not care all that much for the film but needed to push it in order to get more access to the next studio film.
"Beyond the Valley of the Dolls"...awful? That's Ebert's crowning achievement and legacy. Forget that Pulitzer prize he won for criticism
@@eargasm1072 Crowning achievement? Yeah, that's why it is regarded as a CLASSIC. Oh, wait, it's not. Well, a CULT CLASSIC then. No. Not even that. Indeed, it is as if this film has been hidden. Pulitzer Prize, You mean the same award they gave to the NEW ORGANIZATIONS for their OUTSTANDING coverage of the MADE up RUSSIA-GATE thing? I sort of lost respect for the Pulitzer when I saw it was just a political tool. Thanks for playing.
@@WilAdams it’s an extremely well directed film. Criterion put it out.
@@Tolstoy111 Roger did not direct it. He WROTE it. It is sleazy schlock and filled with crap that would not even make it to Netflix today.
@@WilAdams It’s Russ Meyer! That was what he wanted.
Prophecy=manbearpig
☺️☺️☺️p
Bela Lugosi is Dracula and he is better than Langella.
EVERY James Bond flick has an element of SCI FI you numbskulls. Its not like THIS one started THAT.
High-tech gadgetry is not enough to qualify as science fiction. It would be like saying Batman is sci-fi because he has a utility belt.
@@JanetStarChild I said had an element, not that they were FULL-FLEDGED science fiction.
@@ianfindly3257
Fair enough, but Moonraker is the first Bond film that went full sci-fi. I think that's what S&E were alluding to.
@@ianfindly3257 yes. And this is "full-fledged sci-fi."
I hate S & E starting w crap films
Screw you guys! Prophecy was fun.
I enjoy Prophecy but it is not a good film at all. lol
Funny how people liked James Bond 11, and its series outperforms the Mission Impossible series, with Mission Impossible 7 opening no better than 6.
Moonraker is the best Bond movie.
Man, that's an amazing way to start a war among Bond zealots..lol
I am a Bond fan and I am sorry to that they will never find your body.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Moonraker is the funniest Bond with the best one liners. The parachute scene opening is by far the best opening ever. The villain is the greatest. Moonraker is the quintessential Bond movie.
"Goldfinger" & "From Russia with Love" are THE best Bond films...followed by Moore's best "Spy Who Loved Me". "Majesty's Secret Service" rates 4th
@@eargasm1072 That's pretty much my list. On Her Majesty's is my third favorite Bond film.