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Roger Ebert liked those (so did I). If they were alive today, they'd be super busy with all the movie choices.
They both agreed (as did many) that Goodfellas was the best picture of 1990. But Gene Siskel said the Academy might pick the epic, Dances with Wolves
instead for Best Picture. He was right.
Yep. Goodfellas should have won, and Scorsese should have won for best director. I agreed with them on that. Dances with Wolves winning was an abomination. I disagreed with them on Do the Right Thing. They BOTH put that movie on their best of the DECADE list. And it said absolutely nothing to me.
What was the most fun about watching their show was when they disagreed on a movie, and the arguments it would start. I remember Siskel liking Falling in Love and Ebert did not. For weeks afterward, Ebert would needle Siskel about "liking" Falling in Love.
Do the Right Thing notwithstanding, I could generally expect a good movie if they both gave it a "thumbs up."
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Yep. Goodfellas should have won, and Scorsese should have won for best director. I agreed with them on that. Dances with Wolves winning was an abomination. I disagreed with them on Do the Right Thing. They BOTH put that movie on their best of the DECADE list. And it said absolutely nothing to me.
What was the most fun about watching their show was when they disagreed on a movie, and the arguments it would start. I remember Siskel liking Falling in Love and Ebert did not. For weeks afterward, Ebert would needle Siskel about "liking" Falling in Love.
Do the Right Thing notwithstanding, I could generally expect a good movie if they both gave it a "thumbs up."
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I liked when they disagreed about Full Metal Jacket.
I still remember the sgt's marching chants:
"Good for you/ Good for me..."
Just dumb stuff he was making up.
I saw FMJ in the theater with my dad, who was a Vietnam vet. He's a lifelong Kubrick fan, and he hated that movie. Not because it was anti-war, but because it was so blatantly unrealistic. I had to sit through the whole movie listening to ...
"That would never happen."
"Oh, come on!"
"There's no way he'd be allowed to do that."
"Puh-leeeeeze."
"Bull****! What moron wrote this?"
I was kinda surprised we didn't get kicked out, but I think the audience was more entertained by my dad than the movie.
I saw FMJ in the theater with my dad, who was a Vietnam vet. He's a lifelong Kubrick fan, and he hated that movie. Not because it was anti-war, but because it was so blatantly unrealistic. I had to sit through the whole movie listening to ...
"That would never happen."
"Oh, come on!"
"There's no way he'd be allowed to do that."
"Puh-leeeeeze."
"Bull****! What moron wrote this?"
I was kinda surprised we didn't get kicked out, but I think the audience was more entertained by my dad than the movie.
I had read the book it was Full Metal Jacket was based on and see two movies, the boot camp movie and then the Vietnam War movie.
Fun Fact:
In 1970, Roger Ebert wrote a column in the Chicago Sun-Times about a local mailman who was playing his music in area clubs during the evenings.
The mailman's name? John Prine.
Roger gave the as-yet-unknown musician an enthusiastic review.
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