I think the main reason why the Siskel-Ebert duo works so well is that they never come across as pretend. They are two very intelligent people who have passionate disagreements and take movies very seriously -- and what is really telling is that Siskel and Ebert were last together more than 25 years ago and yet nobody has been able to find a duo of film critics who were just as good since then. Siskel and Ebert are an art that just cannot be followed.
It's the sort of chemistry you can't replicate. Vastly different temperaments, but they complimented each other. And behind the gibes and the bickering there was obviously a deep, mutual respect.
@@thegreatreverendxno because it’s not an average of scores like meta critics: it’s an average of the binary outcome of « good » vs « bad ». This is like saying a percentage of how many weathermen say it’s hold vs cold is a good estimate of weather compared to an aggregate of temperatures reported by weathermen on a specific day (which is what meta critic is for critics and what IMDB is for audiences).
@@igotkiwi Well, unfortunately, Metacritic has neither movie, so we’re going to have to go with RottenTomatoes. Although, if you want to go with IMDB, Roger wins by a slight margin. (Cop & 1/2: 4.1/10, vs Carnosaur: 3.6/10).
And just remember comedies that Ebert did NOT like: Christmas Vacation, The Jerk, Spies Like Us, Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, or My Cousin Vinny. 😳😳😳😳
I took an 18-hour flight across the world and the only movie they had to show was this one, which is only 1 1/2 hours. It was a total stinker and I cannot believe Roger liked it. I have disagreed with him before but saw his point. He was way to enthusiastic about this movie and I cannot see why.
Well I've never seen _Cop & A Half_ although it certainly sounded and looks stupid, AND Gene was right in saying that Roger Ebert was the ONLY major film critic who liked it. That being said, I've actually SEEN _Carnosaur,_ and boy, was it BAD.
It looks like a straight to video Jurassic Park rip-off and I imagine it was. I was a kid in 1993 and probably watched this episode then and I have no memory of this movie until now. Putrid looking movie.
@@nomadcowatbk I was an adult working in a residential facility for kids with behavioral disorders. The kids I worked with loved this movie because they could relate with that kid's situation. Most of them had ADHD but this movie kept their attention until the end.
@@sleuthentertainment5872 what are you talking about? cop and a half is a wholesome kids movie about a child that witnesses a mob murder. It can't get better then that. Except for maybe "man of the house." With Chevy Chase.
Im not picking a favorite critic, cuz thats pointless and not necessary and may color my opinion on movies. I will say the Cop and a Half is very generic, trite, rote, and saccharine. If thats something you want from a movie, fine. Its stupid but you are allowed to like a stupid movie. It doesnt make it good, it can make it popular with the average simple suburban family who seems to buy tickets in droves for this shit. Carnosaur is in that special category I have: Fun But Not Good. Yeah it only appeals to a small audience, but for that audience its kind of original and genuinely entertaining and also fun. It is the superior film simply because they tried to do something kind of weird and they succeeded. I'm glad its not popular. If it were popular it would have been complete mindless garbage. You gotta let yourself enjoy a weird movie, at least once a year. And Carnosaur was definitely that movie. Not popular, but still fun. Cop and a half feels like every other safe cute family movie out there only it starred someone who used to be badass, and would later on have better acting roles like a pervy senator in basically softcore porn, and a sleazy porn producer in a very serious ugly look at the rise of the porn industry in the 70's. Thats acting. Not cute, not sweet, real. And we needed more of that from Burt Reynolds before he died.
If "Cop and a Half" would have been released while they had their old show it would be for sure the Siskel's "Dog of the Week"... Anyway, one of the most epic moments of this duo and even american television and one of the most out-of-mind moments of Roger Ebert.
@@lyndonchastain3181 he listed "The color purple", "hoop dreams", "do the right thing", "Eve's bayou" and "Malcom X" as the best films of the respective years they came it. No, he's not at all biased
This was the final theatrical film co-produced and directed by Emmy Award winning legend Henry Winkler. This was a co-production of Imagine Entertainment, Boardwalk Entertainment, MBST and Renfield Enterprises for FairDinkum Productions, distributed by Focus Features in the spring of 1993. Cop and a Half has honored a 1994 Young Artist Award nomination for Norman D. Golden II. As of 1998, Paramount/Viacom finally bought the entire Imagine Entertainment library of television and films, beginning with 1986's Gung Ho. Now seen on syndication variants, including My9/WWOR TV, THIS and CHARGE! Peace!
Roger Ebert went to his grave endorsing Cop and a Half. You gotta respect that he stood on his reviews.
True.
Was Ebert buried with his laserdisc copy of Cop and a Half?
You can swear it😂😂😂😂😂
Gene’s “WHAT???” @8:06 is the funniest damn thing ever
What about that "WOOW! here? 2:43😂😂
"...no i wont do that"
WHAT?!?!?!?
No, no, no I won’t do that. I saw things in Cop and a Half that I admired.
@@jackmahanes4591 -THAT NO ONE ELSE IN AMERICA DID
@@scubasteve7439 Ok well, in any event, you've done a very good thing and I've also done a good thing too by sticking to my guns.
Ebert was always proud about being stuck to her guns
I think the main reason why the Siskel-Ebert duo works so well is that they never come across as pretend. They are two very intelligent people who have passionate disagreements and take movies very seriously -- and what is really telling is that Siskel and Ebert were last together more than 25 years ago and yet nobody has been able to find a duo of film critics who were just as good since then. Siskel and Ebert are an art that just cannot be followed.
It's the sort of chemistry you can't replicate. Vastly different temperaments, but they complimented each other. And behind the gibes and the bickering there was obviously a deep, mutual respect.
@@richardenglish2195the same can’t be said for Ebert and Roeper.
"Wow! Whee! Where's your big red suit and beard, Santa? You just gave them a gift!"
🤣🤣🤣
😀 My sons LOVED this movie when they were growing up! 😂😂
do they still like it? did you like it?
Baby Legs & Regular Legs
Final say: Rottentomatoes: Carnosaur - 18%, Cop and a Half - 13%. So, Siskel wins by the slimmest of margins in the most dubious of ways.
@@ianmillerdevilsfan1223 For that reason, it’s more accurate a measure of movie quality than any one critic.
@@thegreatreverendxno because it’s not an average of scores like meta critics: it’s an average of the binary outcome of « good » vs « bad ». This is like saying a percentage of how many weathermen say it’s hold vs cold is a good estimate of weather compared to an aggregate of temperatures reported by weathermen on a specific day (which is what meta critic is for critics and what IMDB is for audiences).
@@igotkiwi Well, unfortunately, Metacritic has neither movie, so we’re going to have to go with RottenTomatoes. Although, if you want to go with IMDB, Roger wins by a slight margin. (Cop & 1/2: 4.1/10, vs Carnosaur: 3.6/10).
@@thegreatreverendx Letterboxd - 'Cop and ½' - 2.2/5 and 'Carnosaur' - 2.3/5. So, Gene wins here by a slight margin.
@@monte68x Ha. There you go. Gene gets two out of three of those aggregate scores. He wins.
And just remember comedies that Ebert did NOT like: Christmas Vacation, The Jerk, Spies Like Us, Uncle Buck, The Great Outdoors, or My Cousin Vinny. 😳😳😳😳
My Cousin Vinny isn't good tho
Cop n a half is shite 😂
@@JM-ll2vvwrong
so what, he liked alot of stuff nobody else did
@@ganglabesh
He sure did.
Speed 2, The Island of Dr. Moreau, Junior, Popeye, Kids in the Hall Brain Candy 😳😳
I took an 18-hour flight across the world and the only movie they had to show was this one, which is only 1 1/2 hours. It was a total stinker and I cannot believe Roger liked it. I have disagreed with him before but saw his point. He was way to enthusiastic about this movie and I cannot see why.
Carnosaur is a movie worthy of MST3K which makes it more fun.
Cop and a Half is just a bad kids movel. Bland and boring drivel.
the boy is a good actor, I'll give Roger that.
Hell no....
He is unbearable
Not really, not even for a kid. Kids can be fine actors too, just look at The Sixth Sense or The Spirit of the Beehive.
Give me a name.
Bobo.
Bobo who?
Bobo I don't know.
Id rather see Carnosaur than Cop and a half…. 100%
I’m dying of laughter, thank you for this. I’ve only seen the first review, I love Genes reaction but I’ve never seen the other clips.
Funny how it became a consecutive review over their shows.
Brilliant stuff
Well I've never seen _Cop & A Half_ although it certainly sounded and looks stupid, AND Gene was right in saying that Roger Ebert was the ONLY major film critic who liked it.
That being said, I've actually SEEN _Carnosaur,_ and boy, was it BAD.
Jmo but carnasour looks way worse 😂
It looks like a straight to video Jurassic Park rip-off and I imagine it was. I was a kid in 1993 and probably watched this episode then and I have no memory of this movie until now. Putrid looking movie.
I never heard of Cop and a Half and I'd rather see anything else than any of those clips to Cop and a Half again
Same bro
Lmao I'm with Ebert its a cute film!
So am I!
Gotta go with Siskel on this one.
Love these boys- miss them!
I saw this movie years ago and I just found it to be mostly forgettable than anything else, but not horrible. It was extremely ok.
Miss these two
I love the brother like chemistry between them lol
I actually liked cop and a half too. Never saw Carnnorsour.
how old were you when you saw it? it was written for kids, Burt Reynolds was to draw in parents who remembered his better days
@@nomadcowatbk I was an adult working in a residential facility for kids with behavioral disorders. The kids I worked with loved this movie because they could relate with that kid's situation. Most of them had ADHD but this movie kept their attention until the end.
You go to watch Carnosaur. Is a so so bad movie that is actually good; Cop and a Half is a so so bad movie that is actually...bad
@@sleuthentertainment5872 what are you talking about? cop and a half is a wholesome kids movie about a child that witnesses a mob murder. It can't get better then that. Except for maybe "man of the house." With Chevy Chase.
Went to see that thirty years ago. Well written movie,the kid was amazing. It has good plot.
I think a better movie would one about the relationship of these 2 guys.
Yeah…I remember this now. Couldn’t make it through. Might try again one day.
can't believe "cop and a half" got a sequel with lou diamond phillips
If this was a double bill, it would be called The Jonestown Experience
Ya know what, I may take Gene up on that double bill with Carnosaur and Cop and a Half.
I have seen Carnosaur and Cop and a Half, and they're both tremendous and amazing films, but Cop and a Half is better.
I can't believe I missed both of these excellent films.
WOWWW where's your red suit and beard Santa
Cop and a half was definitely entertaining in a so bad its good way... carnosaur was just too weird and unwatchable
Give me your smoke.
when i was 11 this was an awesome film!
it was written for kids 11 and under
Credit to little Norman D. Golden II!
Long career.
THIS IS FUNNY SHIT
Had it on vhs, watched it 100x. Thumbs up👍 Gene.
What's wrong with you 😂
should have cast jeremy dewitte
Im not picking a favorite critic, cuz thats pointless and not necessary and may color my opinion on movies.
I will say the Cop and a Half is very generic, trite, rote, and saccharine. If thats something you want from a movie, fine. Its stupid but you are allowed to like a stupid movie. It doesnt make it good, it can make it popular with the average simple suburban family who seems to buy tickets in droves for this shit.
Carnosaur is in that special category I have: Fun But Not Good. Yeah it only appeals to a small audience, but for that audience its kind of original and genuinely entertaining and also fun. It is the superior film simply because they tried to do something kind of weird and they succeeded. I'm glad its not popular. If it were popular it would have been complete mindless garbage.
You gotta let yourself enjoy a weird movie, at least once a year. And Carnosaur was definitely that movie. Not popular, but still fun.
Cop and a half feels like every other safe cute family movie out there only it starred someone who used to be badass, and would later on have better acting roles like a pervy senator in basically softcore porn, and a sleazy porn producer in a very serious ugly look at the rise of the porn industry in the 70's. Thats acting. Not cute, not sweet, real. And we needed more of that from Burt Reynolds before he died.
If "Cop and a Half" would have been released while they had their old show it would be for sure the Siskel's "Dog of the Week"...
Anyway, one of the most epic moments of this duo and even american television and one of the most out-of-mind moments of Roger Ebert.
Cop and a half was definitely more entertaining in a so bad its good way... carnosaur was just too weird and unwatchable
Roger liked any movie with black actors. He was married to a black woman
Not true. He hated on Eddie Murphy quite a bit
@@lyndonchastain3181 he listed "The color purple", "hoop dreams", "do the right thing", "Eve's bayou" and "Malcom X" as the best films of the respective years they came it. No, he's not at all biased
@@lyndonchastain3181 he didn't like Ghost Dad
Yeah, but what does that have to do with him liking this movie?
@@markgossett386He didn’t like Leonard Part 6, or Lethal Weapon 4.
Carnosaur... Thumbs up from Ebert? Wow😫
Siskel gave Carnosaur a thumbs up. Ebert called it the worst film of the year.
It's definitely not a 'good' movie but it's a guilty pleasure for me
@@ianmillerdevilsfan1223 its been so long since I watched Carnosaur (1 and 2) ... But I hate Jurassic World, true
@@JM-ll2vv
Everyone's got them. I have some. Ebert had at least one: Speed 2.
Cop and a Half was pretty good
This was the final theatrical film co-produced and directed by Emmy Award winning legend Henry Winkler. This was a co-production of
Imagine Entertainment, Boardwalk Entertainment, MBST and Renfield Enterprises for FairDinkum Productions, distributed by Focus
Features in the spring of 1993. Cop and a Half has honored a 1994 Young Artist Award nomination for Norman D. Golden II.
As of 1998, Paramount/Viacom finally bought the entire Imagine Entertainment library of television and films, beginning with
1986's Gung Ho. Now seen on syndication variants, including My9/WWOR TV, THIS and CHARGE! Peace!
These two were BY FAR the best
"WWOww..."