Callum Russell -- Click really surprisingly resonated with me and pressed an emotional button which I never expected from an Adam Sandler movie. The scene where he can see himself ignoring his poor father is just heartbreaking to me.
Just think he wasn’t bad in “reign over me”. There’s a particular scene where he has a heartbreaking scene with Don Cheadle, really quite underrated in some films.
I think this is a common misconception about the French. Lewis is playing what they regard as a caricature of American gung-ho stupidity. So he's the "perfect American" in their view, taking the piss out of our whole schtick.
What I love about watching Siskel and Ebert is you discover bad films that you may have never have heard of but you understand why they aren’t remembered.
I came upon them during the covid on you tube. They kept me company during it in which I'll be forever grateful. We also lost another great movie critic called Barry Norman. Hopefully wherever they are they found peace in their eternal sleep.
Im shocked how many of these movies I saw when they came out. My family must have had no standards...we just watched whatever garbage was new on video :D
Yeah, they are entertaining. Sometimes you wonder why some choices aren't there, but they can't put everything on the show. For example, I wanted to see them put Eye for an Eye, The Juror, and The Chamber on here.
We need more movie criticism like these two! They can disagree but still move on and not just banter with filler like they do nowadays... Legends of their time.
Agreed. The best part of their review segments is that they get a couple of words in, but then they move on. It's almost like they set a rule in advance where they can't get in any more than one response.
Well, they were doing a TV show. It's not like they had any time for filler. Even when they talked about great movies about which they had many things to say, they couldn't just keep going.
Ebert's print review of "Little Indian, Big City" is one of his best ever. It ends with him writing that if you see it in a theater instead of "Fargo," you're never allowed to read any of his reviews ever again. Interesting how most of the movies featured on this episode have faded into obscurity, but "Jingle All The Way" is now considered a Christmas classic and "The Cable Guy" has undergone a critical reevaluation.
@@simonbaker95 If you mean The Cable Guy, almost *everyone* - critics and audiences - hated it in 1996. People even thought it derailed Jim Carrey's career, though he bounced back quickly with Liar Liar. If you mean Little Indian, Big City is a great movie, well...I think you're on your own with that one.
@@Brian-qn7fn Yeah, its reputation has definitely improved over the past 20 years but "classic" implies it holds a status similar to A Christmas Story, which it.... doesn't. It's generally just regarded as a goofy Christmas movie.
@Bold One I still like George of the jungle. But it was the start of his making silly movies like Dudley doright, and things like that. So while I do like George of the jungle, his other ones along the same lines, I agree were not good.
It wasn't that unusual, internet access was certainly less common, but there was still a significant number of people going online - including myself. I can remember being careful with minutes used though, so it may been charged by the minute along with presumably data(at least where I lived). It was getting towards the highest dialup speeds by then, probably about 33k, 56k was only 2 years later I think. The next year, as a polytechnic student I could access the internet there with (from memory) no restriction on time, at no cost. It was of course slow for large images etc, though websites were far less bloated. The 'web' was much more exciting at the time, partly just being new, but also the diversity and quality of content, as private web pages were inherently made by people putting in genuine effort, rather than all the drivel that clogs everything up now. I used to actually be able to find what I was searching for too!(on altavista at the time, I really liked that search engine), google and co have become near unusable for finding specific info in the last few years - perhaps partly just due to the overwhelming amount of data though.
I knew what the internet was at 13 but it's interesting that it had no part in my life, and I still wasn't going online in 1996. I'm glad that I had a childhood without it.
@@BishopWalters12I started getting online in 1997 but it was different then. I spent the majority of my time in movie chats but even that was just an hour or so. Kids back then didn't live eternally online like they do now.
It was, in 1996. The show had recovered a little bit from the doldrums of 1994/95, but the Ferrell/Wiig/Kattan cast still needed some time to really find its stride.
@@zombiedodge1426 Wiig wasn't there in 1996 she didn't get there until 2005, in 1996 it was Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, and Cheri Oteri. But he's right about 1996 it wasn't great it didn't hit its stride until 1998 when Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz arrived.
@@marmcd2003 My mistake. It feels like Wiig has been around a lot longer than that. Of course, the Phil Hartman-anchored late eighties/early nineties SNL cast is the best ever. That's just scientific objective fact.
'94 to '97 were only good because of Norm Macdonald, and he only had one segment per week. The rest of the time you had to endure Mango and the Cheerleaders. It only got really good again with Will Feral playing George Bush. And then they had a string of great casts up until maybe 2012. BTW, I highly doubt Siskel had affection for the SNL golden years of 1988-1993. Anyone who badmouths Chris Farley you can safely ignore.
You can tell this was when their personal rivalry had somewhat subsided, and it's good to watch. I can't believe this was most 25 years ago - seems like it was yesterday.
When they were saying that Shaquille O'Neal should try to take a smaller role under a good director it reminded me of Kevin Garnett's part in Uncut Gems. That's a perfect example of what they were talking about.
He did get off to a promising start in Blue Chips, directed by the late William Friedkin. Not a great movie, but Shaq was perfectly fine in it (basically playing a version of himself). I read someone say the best ever acting performance by an athlete was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane! simply because he was able to keep a straight face when Peter Graves asked the little kid if he'd ever seen a grown man naked.
It is also in Roger's print review. He ended the print review that if we see that film under any circumstances, he'd never let us read one of his reviews again. Of course, how could he do that? We can buy his companions, look at his website, etc.
I used to watch it twice on Saturdays. Where I live they'd play a new episode midday, then repeat the week before and the new episode sometime in the late evening.
@@sha11235 1996 was an exceptionally good year, the last in which independent films dominated. Just check out this list: Fargo, Jerry Maguire, The English Patient, Sling Blade, Big Night, Secrets and Lies, Angels and Insects, Breaking the Waves, Hamlet, Looking for Richard, Hard Core Logo, Trees Lounge, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Shine, Lone Star, The People Vs. Larry Flynt. Additionally, Mission:Impossible, Dragonheart, Mars Attacks, Scream and The Arrival all deserve special mention as commercial or genre films that went beyond formula.
You had to be a teen going into Happy Gilmore. I was 14 when I saw it with my friends and I can't think of any movie I've laughed harder at in the theaters.
I don't think so. It's considered a classic, and definitely Sandler's best movie. Considering the garbage he went on to create, that's not saying much. I think most people agree Happy Gilmore is a good movie though.
I was 10 then, but just a couple years later, waterboy came out, and we laughed our teenage asses off(13) So much. Too much actully, my friend timmy was laughing so hard, the cute girls in front of us told him multiple times to shhhh, but I respected he didn't care, kept laughing. Embarrassing at the time then, but I'm glad he was himseld
I don’t even usually like Jim Carrey but Cable Guy was a killer dark comedy and way ahead of its time. This kinda of comedy got really big just a few years later. Carrey pulls off a tough role and the ending is great. Would have loved a sequel actually.
@@kane4013 I was 12 when this came out, and it was right after Ace, Dumb n Dumber, and the Mask. All super bright, light hearted but slapsticky comedy. And Cable Guy was super dark and dry. I love it as an adult.
I don't love these guys because they were always right. (Case in point: The Cable Guy.) I love them because they were so entertaining and could usually back up their stances.
They’re not entertaining, they’re stuck up and annoying. Cable guy was n is still awesome. Everyone in my life that knows that movie likes it. These guys don’t have a sense of humor so how do they know what’s funny
@@Patrick19833 LOL, yeah, we did but the marketing for Cable Guy was bad because they made the trailers look like it was going to be another Ace Ventura or Dumb and Dumber. I always loved The Cable Guy even as a kid but I get why people were disappointed at the time.
@David Porter: I agree, I still watch Jingle All The Way every year at Christmas time and I even got one of the Turbo Man action figures that Funko toys released for the movies 25th anniversary in 2021.
It was a bomb of the time, but I think it’s become a Christmas classic. I caught up with it on television a few years later, and laughed my head off. I honestly think if it wasn’t Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role, it wouldn’t be as good.
It seriously underperformed when it came out in 1996, but it found its audience on video/TV/streaming, where Christmas movies basically live forever. My 11-year-old son loves it. I've been introducing him to the *real* Arnold classics like Predator and The Terminator this year.
It's not a guilty pleasure; it's just a fun, silly film. I get the point about Happy just being angry for NO REASON, but at least the film acknowledges he's being a jerk. In other Sandler films he's being a jerk but the film seems to think his behavior is fine.
it is my favorite Adam Sadler comedy..there are some really funny scenes......it also has some scenes that should have ended up on the cutting room floor
Spot on. Most Sandler movies suck. But that one was decent enough. I don't think Sandler promises too much to his audience in the first place.. he makes comedy movies for adults who wish they were still 9 years old again. The Waterboy,however was the crime of the century. Only Freddie Got Fingered is worse than that flick.
I'd had watch those two since I was a child and they were reviewing films in the 1970's. Their print reviews were more detailed, but their on air reviews were more fun. RIP Siskel & Ebert. No duo will ever have your sauce.
Black Sheep and Happy Gilmore are perfect examples of a generational gap. Farley was an absolute treasure and Black Sheep was brilliant. Happy Gilmore?! A dead-nuts classic.
Like they said about comedies, you either find it funny or you don't. There's no right or wrong; it's just opinion. I didn't care for those two Farley films, but I did like Beverly Hills Ninja.
I like Happy Gilmore when I was a teenager back in the 90s, but I grew up and it's not funny to me anymore. I don't think that immature humor is funny anymore. Now I could understand why Siskel and Ebert hated the movie.
I was in the perfect age group for these movies when they were released and I still love Happy Gilmore at 40 but I really can't defend Black Sheep, it's a very poor version of Tommy Boy and most of the humor falls flat.
Chris was actually trying to get away from these kind of roles. He was sick of his weight being the punch line, and wanted to dive into more serious roles
The Ghost and The Darkness is based on actual events! It's a cool movie! The elevated platform you see in the movie was actually built and used by the real Colonel Paterson, to hunt the lions!!
I have always loved Siskel and Ebert. They were just as entertaining as the movies they reviewed. What I don't get is if they have given thumbs down on a movie why would you want to look back and share movies you have already told us you think they are bad. Wouldn't it be a good idea to avoid bad movies? If movie stinks let it lie if it stank fifteen years ago, I bet it still stinks.
Comedy is hard to critique. These two don’t exactly seem tuned in to younger people and what they enjoy. Notice the comedies they mentioned as good ones were from when they were young themselves.
The Cable Guy flopped at the box office because people wanted to see Jim Carrey being funny. They still do want to see him being funny while he tries "experimental" projects that no one sees. And Happy Gilmore is Sandler's Citizen Kane. I liked it and the Waterboy, but nothing else Sandler has done.
Shows the huge difference between elitists and regular people. “Jingle all the Way” is one of America’s greatest loved family Christmas movies of all time.
I watched Jack for the first time recently, and while it’s certainly bizarre, Williams’ physical commitment to the role is incredible - he totally inhabits the soul of a child, for better or worse. I found it pretty touching too, especially considering it was quasi-art therapy for Coppola (who was trying to work through the death of his own son).
@@sha11235 Yep it wasn't screened for critics, and if they even knew it existed, they were probably grateful for that, given how much they couldn't stand Shore.
I liked Happy Gilmore aswell, however I was just a teenager when I first saw it so I think that obviously played a part in why. The movie was made for younger people to enjoy and these guys were old men at the time it was released and they watched it so its not at all a shocker that it didn't resonate with them.
@@quebeckfilms5797 I absolutely agree that the Cable Guy was ahead of its time. Loved the satire within the film. It still holds up very well today and always will. One of those films that everyone hated initially, but with time, people eventually appreciated it. And in Siskel and Ebert's case, a film they would likely reassess and be more positive towards.
I used to watch this show when I was a little kid. I don't know why I liked watching two old dudes sit and discuss films. I still quote Black Sheep and Cable Guy to this day though. I love how they hate both those films haha.
Cable Guy wasn’t well received when it first was released. I remember hating it. However, over time and multiple viewings made me understand it was ahead of its time as a black comedy.
I happened to see the short version of "Joe's Apartment" and, despite living in NYC at the time and a massive phobia of roaches, I really liked it! It was much simpler; Joe has a big date at his apartment that night with a girl he really likes, and the cockroaches do their best to help. Of course, it all goes horribly wrong. I found it very sweet. ☺️
they attack this and "cable guy" a bit unfairly. they say they are mad at the studios for making the same movie over and over again, but then they also are extremely harsh when a movie is slightly different, or even when an actor plays a different role than normal.
@@alicewright4322 I agree, most critics were pretty rough on Jim for doing Ace 2 and called him out for playing the same character. Jim couldn't win with the critics no matter what.
I kind of liked "The Cable Guy." It was really different. Happy Gilmore is a fundamentally good guy with a serious character flaw: a hair-trigger temper. That doesn't make him a sociopath. It just means he has anger management problems. He is fundamentally decent and honest, trying to win money for his grandmother and take on a real sociopath: Shooter McGavin.
Buena Vista Television? So Disney owns the rights to all these episodes of Siskel & Ebert? I'd absolutely love to see them restore them to their original fidelity.
I know so many people growing up that just loved adam Sandler movies. My family & friends loved his movies , I never got it I guess. The cable guys problem was it was a very dark comedy but also tried to be a comedy.
His point was that he (and the theater goers) wanted to see Jim as the protagonist; a likable guy that is funny. It flopped, compared to Jim's other films at the time.
I think Biodome was so bad they had to have an entire show dedicated to it cos its baffling why it isnt on this episode. especially knowing eberts strong disgust of pauly shore. which he was far from alone in.
@@sha11235 Yeah, Ebert wrote the following back in 1997 as to why he doesn't review certain mainstream films: "Some of the titles you mention never opened theatrically in Chicago. In other cases, they opened while I was away on vacation, at a film festival, etc. I hope that when my archives are assembled, the lack of 'The Stupids' will pass unnoticed."
Little Indian, Big City was a flop in America, so they decided that the only reasonable thing to do was to make an American version, Jungle 2 Jungle, which also flopped.
I know, right?! At least soon afterwards he did the wonderful *GALAXY QUEST* which really wasn't a Tim Allen movie, if you know what I mean. Instead, it was a very good film with smart writing that just happened to have him in the cast. To his credit, though, he did avail himself nicely in his role in that picture.
I love watching Roger and Gene laughing in unison and backing each other at 16:56 and 19:50 re: "Joe's Apartment" and "Little Indian, Big City"... 2 films I'll be sure to NEVER see. 👊 👍
Sandler: 36 films for 3 billion = $83,000,000 a picture. Hardly impressive. His career peaked in 2008 and has gone steadily downhill since; most recent films are now consistently box-office dog shit. Do you think he cares? He's worth half a BILLION and just signed a Netflix deal for ANOTHER 250 million. Gene's test is correct. They wouldn't watch 99% of the slop they churn out.
Little Indian, Big City is a good reminder that the foreign films which make it to America are usually their absolute best of the best, and that when Europeans try to make mass-market entertainment it's often *even worse* than anything from Hollywood.
"If it was the legendary missing reel from The Magnificent Ambersons this movie would still suck." Classic.
One of anybody’s best slams, lol.
@@tommyroseguitar4557 Epic Slam:)
Gene usually had the best sarcastic lines and responses on the show.
It is in Roger's film review of Little Indian, Big City.
It’s one of my favourite all-time lines
If they only knew at this point how bad Adam Sandler movies would get they would have been grateful of Happy Gilmore.
I don't think Roger even saw That's My Boy, which really sucked shit. Worst film of 2012.
Happy Gilmour is Sandler's career highlite.
Happy Gilmore, punch drunk love and click are his 3 best movies.
Callum Russell -- Click really surprisingly resonated with me and pressed an emotional button which I never expected from an Adam Sandler movie. The scene where he can see himself ignoring his poor father is just heartbreaking to me.
Just think he wasn’t bad in “reign over me”. There’s a particular scene where he has a heartbreaking scene with Don Cheadle, really quite underrated in some films.
"If the French laughed at this, that helps me to understand why they think Jerry Lewis is the funniest man on Earth."
SPOT-ON, Roger!!
I think this is a common misconception about the French. Lewis is playing what they regard as a caricature of American gung-ho stupidity. So he's the "perfect American" in their view, taking the piss out of our whole schtick.
The French never saw him do the maudlin telethons 😅
What I love about watching Siskel and Ebert is you discover bad films that you may have never have heard of but you understand why they aren’t remembered.
Ppl actually remember and love the cable guy and happy Gilmore.
Heaven bless their souls, I miss Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert.
So do I.
They were the very best.
They were alright
I came upon them during the covid on you tube. They kept me company during it in which I'll be forever grateful. We also lost another great movie critic called Barry Norman. Hopefully wherever they are they found peace in their eternal sleep.
Too bad most of the movies they named off in this episode aged to cult hits, and they sound like pretentious jerks.
Man, I could watch these Worst of.... episodes all day
Same here!
I've literally been watching them for like four hours now.
Im shocked how many of these movies I saw when they came out. My family must have had no standards...we just watched whatever garbage was new on video :D
Yeah, they are entertaining. Sometimes you wonder why some choices aren't there, but they can't put everything on the show. For example, I wanted to see them put Eye for an Eye, The Juror, and The Chamber on here.
I used to look forward to it all week when I was young...
"Danny DeVito doesn't play short guys; he just plays guys."
*mind blown* *but mind unblown when I think of Twins and Batman Returns*
Think about the better films he's been in, though.
@@rsmith02 What are you trying to say about Twins?
DeVito was terrific in Other People's Money.
His short stature was something of a running gag in Taxi, but they never belabored it.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Easily one of his best movies (and most underrated as well).
We need more movie criticism like these two! They can disagree but still move on and not just banter with filler like they do nowadays... Legends of their time.
Outgoing entertaining man your opinion is useless. People actually wanted theres opinions.
Agreed. The best part of their review segments is that they get a couple of words in, but then they move on. It's almost like they set a rule in advance where they can't get in any more than one response.
Well, they were doing a TV show. It's not like they had any time for filler. Even when they talked about great movies about which they had many things to say, they couldn't just keep going.
@@Cableguy15 It was practice. I'm sure they had to cut stuff down if they ran too long.
Umm, did no one ever tell you about Red Letter Media?
its pretty bad when the worst of 1996 are better than most movies today.
LOL, true
Way better
The only way you could think that is if you dont watch many movies.
Cable guy was ahead of it's time and predicted exactly how xennials/millenials like me would turn out.
Francis Ford Coppola directed Jack? The guy who did Godfather and Apocalypse Now?
he owed someone a favor...
@@marctronixxhaha....or needed a tax writeoff
"A $30 million budget...for a cockroach movie!"
Ebert's print review of "Little Indian, Big City" is one of his best ever. It ends with him writing that if you see it in a theater instead of "Fargo," you're never allowed to read any of his reviews ever again.
Interesting how most of the movies featured on this episode have faded into obscurity, but "Jingle All The Way" is now considered a Christmas classic and "The Cable Guy" has undergone a critical reevaluation.
SO many great movies they consider stinkers. They take themselves far too seriously.
@@simonbaker95 If you mean The Cable Guy, almost *everyone* - critics and audiences - hated it in 1996. People even thought it derailed Jim Carrey's career, though he bounced back quickly with Liar Liar.
If you mean Little Indian, Big City is a great movie, well...I think you're on your own with that one.
"Jingle All The Way" is not considered a classic by anyone without neurological damage.
@@Brian-qn7fn Yeah, its reputation has definitely improved over the past 20 years but "classic" implies it holds a status similar to A Christmas Story, which it.... doesn't. It's generally just regarded as a goofy Christmas movie.
Not to mention, Happy Gilmore is now considered a classic
Their burns are so clever, subtle and yet hilarious 😂
The VERY NEXT YEAR, the American remake of "Little Indian, Big City" topped Gene's list of worst pictures. It was "Jungle to Jungle" with Tim Allen.
@Bold One I still like George of the jungle. But it was the start of his making silly movies like Dudley doright, and things like that. So while I do like George of the jungle, his other ones along the same lines, I agree were not good.
@@DW3010 Are you talking about Brendan Fraser?
@@joelmgodleski yeah, the guy I replied to must’ve deleted his account. I made that comment over a year ago.
I remember back in the day that these “worst of” shows were the ones I most looked forward to every year.
I love how Gene makes Roger laugh so good :)
It's interesting to hear Siskel talk about reading about movies online back in 1996.
It wasn't that unusual, internet access was certainly less common, but there was still a significant number of people going online - including myself. I can remember being careful with minutes used though, so it may been charged by the minute along with presumably data(at least where I lived).
It was getting towards the highest dialup speeds by then, probably about 33k, 56k was only 2 years later I think.
The next year, as a polytechnic student I could access the internet there with (from memory) no restriction on time, at no cost.
It was of course slow for large images etc, though websites were far less bloated.
The 'web' was much more exciting at the time, partly just being new, but also the diversity and quality of content, as private web pages were inherently made by people putting in genuine effort, rather than all the drivel that clogs everything up now.
I used to actually be able to find what I was searching for too!(on altavista at the time, I really liked that search engine), google and co have become near unusable for finding specific info in the last few years - perhaps partly just due to the overwhelming amount of data though.
We even had the runnin' water an' the ee-lectricity back in them days too, Sonny!
I knew what the internet was at 13 but it's interesting that it had no part in my life, and I still wasn't going online in 1996. I'm glad that I had a childhood without it.
@@BishopWalters12I started getting online in 1997 but it was different then. I spent the majority of my time in movie chats but even that was just an hour or so. Kids back then didn't live eternally online like they do now.
He called SNL "teetering." In '96.
It was, in 1996. The show had recovered a little bit from the doldrums of 1994/95, but the Ferrell/Wiig/Kattan cast still needed some time to really find its stride.
@@zombiedodge1426 It never found it again. The only thing keeping SNL afloat for at least 30 years is sheer cultural inertia.
@@zombiedodge1426 Wiig wasn't there in 1996 she didn't get there until 2005, in 1996 it was Molly Shannon, Ana Gasteyer, and Cheri Oteri. But he's right about 1996 it wasn't great it didn't hit its stride until 1998 when Jimmy Fallon, Chris Parnell and Horatio Sanz arrived.
@@marmcd2003 My mistake. It feels like Wiig has been around a lot longer than that.
Of course, the Phil Hartman-anchored late eighties/early nineties SNL cast is the best ever. That's just scientific objective fact.
'94 to '97 were only good because of Norm Macdonald, and he only had one segment per week. The rest of the time you had to endure Mango and the Cheerleaders. It only got really good again with Will Feral playing George Bush. And then they had a string of great casts up until maybe 2012.
BTW, I highly doubt Siskel had affection for the SNL golden years of 1988-1993. Anyone who badmouths Chris Farley you can safely ignore.
Joe's Apartment... wow, I forgot about that one. That's why I love old clips like these.
I watched that in theaters and forgot all about it lol
And I've never heard about Mad Dog Time!
Cable Guy is actually a very twisted dark comedy
It only became acceptable within the last 5 years.
These need to be on netflix
There is a website: siskelandebert.org.
You want them behind a paywall?
You can tell this was when their personal rivalry had somewhat subsided, and it's good to watch. I can't believe this was most 25 years ago - seems like it was yesterday.
Agreed. This was their best Era. Light and funny but still intelligent. Before Gene got sick.
20:17 Roger's laugh was funny!
Hiatt Grey that’s how my grandpa laughs. Priceless
Hiatt Grey I love it, too. 😊
Loved these two guys! If there is an afterlife, hope they continue to banter.
You are so right it's that laugh made me want to laugh
When they were saying that Shaquille O'Neal should try to take a smaller role under a good director it reminded me of Kevin Garnett's part in Uncut Gems. That's a perfect example of what they were talking about.
I thought the same thing…
He did get off to a promising start in Blue Chips, directed by the late William Friedkin. Not a great movie, but Shaq was perfectly fine in it (basically playing a version of himself).
I read someone say the best ever acting performance by an athlete was Kareem Abdul-Jabbar in Airplane! simply because he was able to keep a straight face when Peter Graves asked the little kid if he'd ever seen a grown man naked.
...and he next did Freddy Got Fingered.
Loved the last review and Rogers remembrance of Genes reply to the missing reel. Classic. Miss these guys
It is also in Roger's print review. He ended the print review that if we see that film under any circumstances, he'd never let us read one of his reviews again. Of course, how could he do that? We can buy his companions, look at his website, etc.
Pathetic old Sha
Dottiecurran Go fuck yourself.
Thanks for posting this. Interesting and valuable time capsule.
That intro and music brings back so many memories, waiting for Saturday afternoons to watch S&E
I used to watch it twice on Saturdays. Where I live they'd play a new episode midday, then repeat the week before and the new episode sometime in the late evening.
Black Sheep isn't the 1st movie Gene walked out on. He also walked out on Maniac in 1980.
1996 was such a great year for movies, that I forgot all the awful movies released that year. Thanks for the reminder!
Well, I think it's the same for each year. There are good and bad films each year.
@@sha11235 1996 was an exceptionally good year, the last in which independent films dominated. Just check out this list: Fargo, Jerry Maguire, The English Patient, Sling Blade, Big Night, Secrets and Lies, Angels and Insects, Breaking the Waves, Hamlet, Looking for Richard, Hard Core Logo, Trees Lounge, Welcome to the Dollhouse, Shine, Lone Star, The People Vs. Larry Flynt. Additionally, Mission:Impossible, Dragonheart, Mars Attacks, Scream and The Arrival all deserve special mention as commercial or genre films that went beyond formula.
@@KRhetor Transpotting and Brassed Off are two more for your list.
@@benisrood They're studio flicks.
@@benisrood I didn't say they were indies.Try carefully reading a post before responding next time.
It’s nice the way they always respected each others opinions and never argued
Huh? They argued quite a bit over the years
Siskel & Ebert would despise 99% of modern superhero movies, rightfully so.
You had to be a teen going into Happy Gilmore. I was 14 when I saw it with my friends and I can't think of any movie I've laughed harder at in the theaters.
were you stoned as well?
@@dont-want-no-wrench I doubt it, I was a little young yet to score weed very often.
I don't think so. It's considered a classic, and definitely Sandler's best movie. Considering the garbage he went on to create, that's not saying much. I think most people agree Happy Gilmore is a good movie though.
I was 10 then, but just a couple years later, waterboy came out, and we laughed our teenage asses off(13) So much. Too much actully, my friend timmy was laughing so hard, the cute girls in front of us told him multiple times to shhhh, but I respected he didn't care, kept laughing. Embarrassing at the time then, but I'm glad he was himseld
Facts
this is better then 90% of the comedy out there
I don’t even usually like Jim Carrey but Cable Guy was a killer dark comedy and way ahead of its time. This kinda of comedy got really big just a few years later. Carrey pulls off a tough role and the ending is great. Would have loved a sequel actually.
100% that Cable Guy is way underrated and gets a bad rap when the story its telling is actually really great and uplifting.
No it was a person in pain.
It was advertised as being another Jim Carey zany comedy. That’s why most people walked out of the cinema saying ‘WTF was that?!’
@@kane4013 I was 12 when this came out, and it was right after Ace, Dumb n Dumber, and the Mask. All super bright, light hearted but slapsticky comedy. And Cable Guy was super dark and dry. I love it as an adult.
Siskel seemed to be a bit more comfortable with dark humor than Ebert was.
This one was a riot--I loved it when these guys cracked each other up!
Loved that gene had roger in stitches the last few reviews.
I don't love these guys because they were always right. (Case in point: The Cable Guy.) I love them because they were so entertaining and could usually back up their stances.
Cable Guy is awesome, YOU suck.
@@StephenRahrig So, people suck because they have different opinions about a movie than you? Grow up.
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They were right in that audiences wanted Jim to be the funny good guy and not the unfunny villain.
They’re not entertaining, they’re stuck up and annoying. Cable guy was n is still awesome. Everyone in my life that knows that movie likes it. These guys don’t have a sense of humor so how do they know what’s funny
Never got the blame for Cable Guy. Its funnier than every comedy nowdays
because It was a dark comedy. People did not understand the concept of "Dark Comedy" back in the 90s. They were way ahead of it's time!
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Lol how did people not understand black comedy in the 90's? I'd love to hear this.
@@Patrick19833 LOL, yeah, we did but the marketing for Cable Guy was bad because they made the trailers look like it was going to be another Ace Ventura or Dumb and Dumber. I always loved The Cable Guy even as a kid but I get why people were disappointed at the time.
Jingle All The Way is the most under appreciated comedy ever and best Christmas movie ever.
@David Porter: I agree, I still watch Jingle All The Way every year at Christmas time and I even got one of the Turbo Man action figures that Funko toys released for the movies 25th anniversary in 2021.
It was a bomb of the time, but I think it’s become a Christmas classic. I caught up with it on television a few years later, and laughed my head off. I honestly think if it wasn’t Arnold Schwarzenegger in the role, it wouldn’t be as good.
It seriously underperformed when it came out in 1996, but it found its audience on video/TV/streaming, where Christmas movies basically live forever. My 11-year-old son loves it. I've been introducing him to the *real* Arnold classics like Predator and The Terminator this year.
I would describe "Happy Gilmore" as a guilty pleasure. It's not a particularly good movie, but I didn't care because I laughed my butt off at it.
It's not a guilty pleasure; it's just a fun, silly film. I get the point about Happy just being angry for NO REASON, but at least the film acknowledges he's being a jerk. In other Sandler films he's being a jerk but the film seems to think his behavior is fine.
it is my favorite Adam Sadler comedy..there are some really funny scenes......it also has some scenes that should have ended up on the cutting room floor
@@Paulafan5 You're right......................never thought of it that way! That's been the main problem with the majority of his career.
Spot on. Most Sandler movies suck. But that one was decent enough. I don't think Sandler promises too much to his audience in the first place.. he makes comedy movies for adults who wish they were still 9 years old again.
The Waterboy,however was the crime of the century.
Only Freddie Got Fingered is worse than that flick.
Yep, it's their only miss on this list. Every other movie here is forgotten (or remembered as a career mistake) but Happy Gilmore lives on.
Siskel literally walks out of the theatre showing Black Sheep but still doesn't consider it the worst of the year, lmao.
I miss these guys, I would always watch them as a kid on the weekend
I'd had watch those two since I was a child and they were reviewing films in the 1970's. Their print reviews were more detailed, but their on air reviews were more fun. RIP Siskel & Ebert. No duo will ever have your sauce.
The Cable Guy is underrated af
Hell yea it is fuck these guys
Hundred percent right!! CABLE GUY is great.
Black Sheep and Happy Gilmore are perfect examples of a generational gap. Farley was an absolute treasure and Black Sheep was brilliant. Happy Gilmore?! A dead-nuts classic.
Like they said about comedies, you either find it funny or you don't. There's no right or wrong; it's just opinion. I didn't care for those two Farley films, but I did like Beverly Hills Ninja.
I like Happy Gilmore when I was a teenager back in the 90s, but I grew up and it's not funny to me anymore. I don't think that immature humor is funny anymore. Now I could understand why Siskel and Ebert hated the movie.
i disagree. Black Sheep is (to me) just awful. I do agree on Farley though, and he is great in Tommy Boy and THAT film is sweet and fun.
I was in the perfect age group for these movies when they were released and I still love Happy Gilmore at 40 but I really can't defend Black Sheep, it's a very poor version of Tommy Boy and most of the humor falls flat.
@@Patrick19833I don't want to know what mature comedy is.
I was 35 in 96 and haven't seen ANY of these
Chris was actually trying to get away from these kind of roles. He was sick of his weight being the punch line, and wanted to dive into more serious roles
Absolutely had to watch these two every week 😍
The Ghost and The Darkness is based on actual events! It's a cool movie! The elevated platform you see in the movie was actually built and used by the real Colonel Paterson, to hunt the lions!!
I remember finding Jack on VHS in our old apartment when I was a kid. Didn't even know we had it. Perhaps there was a reason for that.
XRJ92 What did you think of it?
@ Bob Schneider: As a kid, I always liked it. Haven't seen it in years but I enjoyed it.
Some of these have become classics. Especially compared to the slop we're served nowadays.
When Gene said parents locked in a basement attacked by cockroaches I fell off my chair 😁😁😁😁😁
I did too. Siskel couid really be a wit. 😅😅
Liked Gene way more than Roger
Back when people knew how to entertain
TDIL Francis Coppola directed Jack and I'm STUNNED
Man... I almost forgot just how horrendous Shaqs acting was in that horrendous genie movie.
At least his video game was pretty... Oh... Nevermind.
@@Paulafan5 I just wonder how kids today know him in every other commercial as opposed to his real career…Shaq Fu!
I have always loved Siskel and Ebert. They were just as entertaining as the movies they reviewed. What I don't get is if they have given thumbs down on a movie why would you want to look back and share movies you have already told us you think they are bad. Wouldn't it be a good idea to avoid bad movies? If movie stinks let it lie if it stank fifteen years ago, I bet it still stinks.
Happy Gilmore was and still is hilarious to me.
Cable guy? One of my favorite Jim Carrey movies!
you watch pieces of shit for breakfast?
Cable Guy is as mis-marketed. They trailer makes it out to be another Ace Ventura. That’s why audiences were disappointed. It’s actually good.
Comedy is hard to critique. These two don’t exactly seem tuned in to younger people and what they enjoy. Notice the comedies they mentioned as good ones were from when they were young themselves.
Ebert had the lost the plot at this point. Soon he would lose the jaw
This is my first time ever watching siskel and ebert and 5 minutes in I get the impression siskel hates ebert for constantly interrupting him lmao
He did not. They liked each other very much. Roger was one of Gene's pallbearers at Gene's funeral.
Man they really didn't anticipate the legacy of Happy Gilmore and The Cable Guy.
The Cable Guy flopped at the box office because people wanted to see Jim Carrey being funny. They still do want to see him being funny while he tries "experimental" projects that no one sees. And Happy Gilmore is Sandler's Citizen Kane. I liked it and the Waterboy, but nothing else Sandler has done.
@@Paulafan5 I mean he was funny in that movie! It was just different than his other movies
Every time I watch Cable Guy it just leaves me with a bad taste in my mouth, it has like 2 funny moments, it's tolerable but falls flat
Shows the huge difference between elitists and regular people. “Jingle all the Way” is one of America’s greatest loved family Christmas movies of all time.
They're so wrong about Happy Gilmore on the Cable Guy.
I watched Jack for the first time recently, and while it’s certainly bizarre, Williams’ physical commitment to the role is incredible - he totally inhabits the soul of a child, for better or worse. I found it pretty touching too, especially considering it was quasi-art therapy for Coppola (who was trying to work through the death of his own son).
The graduation speech at the end was the first thing I cued up on YT the day Robin Williams died :(
Happy Gilmour was a comedy classic
Happy Gilmore is straight up legendary lol
I’m gonna disagree with High School High, one of the funniest films out there!!
Where’s Bio-Dome? That’s the WORST movie I’ve ever seen
They didn't see it.
@@sha11235 Yep it wasn't screened for critics, and if they even knew it existed, they were probably grateful for that, given how much they couldn't stand Shore.
Joe's Apartment was good.
Bio Dome is great
Siskel understood The Cable Guy.
I remember dating a chick in 1996 and walking out of the English Patient.
I never understood why it it got Oscar nominations. It looked boring and painful to watch. Were the razzies lazy not to nominate it?
There were much better films that came out in 1996 that deserved that award.
Stop lying, you walked out because she wouldn’t give you head.
The English Patient, but I don't see what the big deal about was.
I took a date to that, and neither of us liked it. My opinion was the same as that of Elaine on "Seinfeld."
Quarreling parents, locked in a basement, attacked by cockroaches! Make it happen!
Matter of opinion. The Cable Guy is probably one of my favorite comedies. It hits the modern time perfect. Plus it's hilarious 😆.
I like the cable guy and happy Gilmore
I liked Happy Gilmore aswell, however I was just a teenager when I first saw it so I think that obviously played a part in why. The movie was made for younger people to enjoy and these guys were old men at the time it was released and they watched it so its not at all a shocker that it didn't resonate with them.
Happy Gilmore doesn't translate well for critics like Siskel and Ebert. However The Cable Guy was truly ahead of it's time.
@@quebeckfilms5797 I absolutely agree that the Cable Guy was ahead of its time. Loved the satire within the film. It still holds up very well today and always will. One of those films that everyone hated initially, but with time, people eventually appreciated it. And in Siskel and Ebert's case, a film they would likely reassess and be more positive towards.
I have so much more respect for Ebert now that I heard his take on Jerry Lewis.
I used to watch this show when I was a little kid. I don't know why I liked watching two old dudes sit and discuss films. I still quote Black Sheep and Cable Guy to this day though. I love how they hate both those films haha.
I got chocolate pudding in my underwear!!!
Happy Gilmore turned out to be a high point in Adam Sandler’s filmography
I'd take Billy Madison by a hair if I had to pick one
Cable Guy wasn’t well received when it first was released. I remember hating it. However, over time and multiple viewings made me understand it was ahead of its time as a black comedy.
the 90's were awesome...even the crappy movies were good
I happened to see the short version of "Joe's Apartment" and, despite living in NYC at the time and a massive phobia of roaches, I really liked it! It was much simpler; Joe has a big date at his apartment that night with a girl he really likes, and the cockroaches do their best to help. Of course, it all goes horribly wrong. I found it very sweet. ☺️
Don't worry Joe, you still have us....
It played all the time on MuchMusic as a "Liquid Television" segment.
they attack this and "cable guy" a bit unfairly. they say they are mad at the studios for making the same movie over and over again, but then they also are extremely harsh when a movie is slightly different, or even when an actor plays a different role than normal.
@@alicewright4322 I agree, most critics were pretty rough on Jim for doing Ace 2 and called him out for playing the same character. Jim couldn't win with the critics no matter what.
I miss these guys so much. 1996 was the year I really got into movies. Cable guy was a big disappointment as a life long In Living Color fan
Joe's Apartment is a cult classic! It's original and funny.
Critics at the time didn't understand The Cable Guy. A film ahead it's time.
So many of these movies are considered classics by my generation.
I kind of liked "The Cable Guy." It was really different. Happy Gilmore is a fundamentally good guy with a serious character flaw: a hair-trigger temper. That doesn't make him a sociopath. It just means he has anger management problems. He is fundamentally decent and honest, trying to win money for his grandmother and take on a real sociopath: Shooter McGavin.
Buena Vista Television? So Disney owns the rights to all these episodes of Siskel & Ebert? I'd absolutely love to see them restore them to their original fidelity.
Sandler was in two fabulous films: Reign O'er Me with Don Cheadle as well as Punch Drunk Love..a very entertaining offbeat film.
And he knocked it out of the park with Uncut Gems.
He did a nice job in Spanglish as well!
The Ghost in the Darkness was a really good movie. Daylight was also a good movie. I miss the 90s SO much.
I know so many people growing up that just loved adam Sandler movies. My family & friends loved his movies , I never got it I guess. The cable guys problem was it was a very dark comedy but also tried to be a comedy.
18:25. Lol. The movie was not preferable to staring at a blank wall.
Ebert apparently missed the point of The Cable Guy. He is supposed to be malicious and annoying. He's a stalker and a con man FFS!
His point was that he (and the theater goers) wanted to see Jim as the protagonist; a likable guy that is funny. It flopped, compared to Jim's other films at the time.
I think Biodome was so bad they had to have an entire show dedicated to it cos its baffling why it isnt on this episode. especially knowing eberts strong disgust of pauly shore. which he was far from alone in.
I don't think they saw it.
@@sha11235 Yeah, Ebert wrote the following back in 1997 as to why he doesn't review certain mainstream films: "Some of the titles you mention never opened theatrically in Chicago. In other cases, they opened while I was away on vacation, at a film festival, etc. I hope that when my archives are assembled, the lack of 'The Stupids' will pass unnoticed."
Little Indian, Big City was a flop in America, so they decided that the only reasonable thing to do was to make an American version, Jungle 2 Jungle, which also flopped.
I know, right?! At least soon afterwards he did the wonderful *GALAXY QUEST* which really wasn't a Tim Allen movie, if you know what I mean. Instead, it was a very good film with smart writing that just happened to have him in the cast. To his credit, though, he did avail himself nicely in his role in that picture.
I love watching Roger and Gene laughing in unison and backing each other at 16:56 and 19:50 re: "Joe's Apartment" and "Little Indian, Big City"... 2 films I'll be sure to NEVER see. 👊 👍
House Arrest is baffling.
Damn Robin William's is in a lot of these Siskel and Ebert worst of's 😑
Sandler: 36 films for 3 billion = $83,000,000 a picture. Hardly impressive. His career peaked in 2008 and has gone steadily downhill since; most recent films are now consistently box-office dog shit. Do you think he cares? He's worth half a BILLION and just signed a Netflix deal for ANOTHER 250 million. Gene's test is correct. They wouldn't watch 99% of the slop they churn out.
The Cable Guy is one of the worst movies I've ever seen. Simply atrocious.
Siskel:"France has got 12% unemployment. I don't know what's going on over there:
That France burn was terrific.
Little Indian, Big City is a good reminder that the foreign films which make it to America are usually their absolute best of the best, and that when Europeans try to make mass-market entertainment it's often *even worse* than anything from Hollywood.
"It's okay to play deeply trouble guys..." Would have loved to see their review of "Kidding"
They had Mad Dog Time on one of those channels that shows old movies. I lasted about 15 minutes. It's just as awful as S&E say it is.
No it's not.... It's even worse than they say. I sadly saw the whole film. Truly the worst movie I have ever seen.
"I hated this movie for not being horny enough" - roger ebert
Yeah ebert was a cringe, old pervert