Siskel And Ebert-Jack, Aladdin and the King of Thieves, Escape from L.A., Basquiat, The Pompatus of

[@sammybear7100]

Basquiat is amazing with a great soundtrack. If it came out today Jeffrey Wright would have definitely been nominated for an Oscar

[@JazzyUte]

I love Escape from LA and think Roger nailed it. It's a satirical movie full of camp. Completely different take on its predecessor.

[@jasoncinema]

Precisely this. And I find it the superior of the two films. His opinions oscillate daily, as everyone knows lol, but the last I read, Carpenter prefers the sequel too.

[@garaschneider4808]

Bizarrely enough, when they reviewed Escape from NY fifteen years earlier, Gene liked it and Roger was down on it.

[@oooh19]

I loved Jack! Honestly George was my favorite

[@CR055FIRE]

Steve Miller's reference to the "pompatus of love", in his 1973 song "The Joker", is a reference to the 1954 Vernon Green song "The Letter" where he mentions a "puppetute", meaning a woman who happy to do what you want - in exchange for love.

[@PeterMayer]

Watching Basquiat on KZbin again as we speak. Great flick. Jeffrey Wright is terrific. Loved him in Boardwalk Empire as well.

[@billscannell93]

Jack was one to be remembered. It is inexplicable how and why Coppola made that movie.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

He did many films from the 1980's onward strictly for the cash. His newest film however looks like his biggest gamble in years and I eager to see it.

[@SoleaGalilei]

Interesting the discussion of RDJ's downfall and how disrespected he was at this time. It's lucky that he was able to get his life back together.

[@Hellraiser0601]

He was a mess. I remember he even had a standoff with the police and some other shit. He could've ended like Charlie Sheen, but he managed to avoid that.

[@ericfelds6291]

‘Managed to get his life back together’ uhhhhmmmmm excuse me?

[@matthewschwartz6607]

@@ericfelds6291 - He got sober .

[@uyeda]

Wasn't until Basquit became Siskel's video pick in 1997.

[@oldfashionedguy1368]

Yes, Gene recommended Basquiat as the video pick of the week in the 1997 episode where they reviewed Liar Liar, Crash and Selena.

[@reneedennis2011]

Basquiat is a good movie.

[@Kurosawa3]

@10:20 - Basquiat review

[@redandbluebulldog1508]

Loved Basquait! Saw Jack at the same theater that I saw Basquait. Sadly, it has long since torn down, but Jack was one of the only movies I’ve ever seen in the theater where an actual boom mic falls into the frame. I remember sitting there, like, what?? Was that a friggin boom mic I just saw?? How did that make final cut?? I like Escape From LA, which I rented on video, but it pales strongly to Escape From NY!!

[@babybird871]

if you see the boom mike it`s the projectionists mistake not the film company,,,,it`s not set right

[@sammybear7100]

The first ever visible boom mic I ever saw was in Cheaper by the Dozen with Steve Martin, I was so confused

[@rlmaass]

I was 14 when I saw Escape from LA in theaters and it was the worst movie I had ever seen in the cinema at that point. The Animal with Rob Schneider in 2001 replaced it.

[@matthewschwartz6607]

How accurate was the movie Basquait?

[@Shalanaya]

More than 20 years later and Escape From LA is regarded as a cult masterpiece now, go figure. For me personally it has become perhaps Carpenter's greatest achievement as a director, it is a celebration of anarchy in the name of freedom, so anything goes, this film could have not been made anytime else than before 2000 when there was a sense the world was going to end, but that collective feeling has not vanished, in fact it has perhaps only got bigger, so much so people desire there was someone like Snake willing to push that button like at the end of the film. Siskel you dont get it, in the sense you have not been able to tune into the tone of the film, it is not boring if you can get lost in its created world. The film is about extremes in the polarity, this is why there was this character Hershey, in one interview during the promotion of this film Pam Grier has explained that her transgender character was there to strenghen the theme of the whole film which is about bringing a balance towards the extreme polarity that is only strenghened by gender binary itself as it programs the consciousness towards a dualistic pattern that breeds sexism and racism and extreme beliefs, this is basically what the existence of transgender species has served here on earth for centuries within indigenous cultures, harmonizing and balancing the polarity, transcending the oppositional mind-set, most transgender people are in a sense much closer to God or unity consciousness by the existence of their intersexed body through the evolutionary changes of mother nature, this is why they bring so much confusion to humans who are so dogmatically attached to the polarity symbolized by labels man and woman. Within the unity consciousness you are a man or woman from the divine authority within, not some authority outside of you, this is why Hershey in the film is acting at a moment like she wants to kill Snake and in another like she is seducing him, she is balancing the extreme views so many hold within the world of that film, including in our world these days.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

Your gender studies professor gave you an A, but you still work at Starbucks

[@onlyrevolutions2010]

Gene was absolutely right about Escape from LA. Despite all the fun ideas, it was boring as all hell. I'd be willing to laugh along with the film if the jokes were actually well executed.

[@FervAnimalLover]

Nah Ebert is right on Escape from LA

[@melissaforknerlesher9463]

I had a friend that worked at Paramount. When we visited we saw it before official release. It was so boring and to be polite, I found myself propping my eyelids open with toothpicks to get through it.

[@timb4248]

Totally agree. Watch that movie now it feels SO cheap and dated. Kurt Russell looks bored out of his mind the whole time and gets ZERO dialogue. Such a dumb movie.

[@littlekingtrashmouth9219]

At least Pam Grier had a comeback with Jackie Brown

[@refinedsugar]

It's not about the comedy not landing. The whole movie feels like a rehash of NY with nothing new.

[@Hellraiser0601]

Fran Drescher was the only worthy character in Jack 😍... And jlo, kinda.

[@stonefree1911]

Drescher was good in this....and a total babe.

[@Dim4323]

2 robin williams movie

[@sha11235]

They didn't mention with Jack that Bill Cosby was in it in a supporting role, and that still didn't fuckin' work for his ass.

[@movieman104]

jack wasent as bad as they say it is

[@MrGabeanator]

Agreed I watched it couple months back

[@Musiclover19]

You’re right. It’s worse.

[@movieman104]

@@Musiclover19 was kinda funny Williama's has done worse

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I love Roger but dammit, he downvoted Brazil, Blue Velvet, and Die Hard but he loved Escape From LA ? Jesus H. Tap Dancing Christ.

[@Hellraiser0601]

Everyone is entitled to their own opinions 😘

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

Funny, if true, because later on the pair raved about Die Hard II as being a great action movie!!! (spoiler - it's not!)

[@xxcrysad3000xx]

@@fearlessjoebanzai They both liked Die Hard With a Vengeance.

[@fearlessjoebanzai]

@@xxcrysad3000xx, shiiiit, they probably both liked that aids movie as well!

[@TheLiveMusicGroup]

yeah he was often a complete idiot

[@sha11235]

Notice that in one of the Jack clips they had the fart word? But this film was shit.

[@pokeysdad17]

who has made more stinko movies than robin williams? anyone? anyone? no, sadly not.

[@hothotmeat]

Steven seagal

[@Smeatbass]

Burt Reynolds

[@pokeysdad17]

Deliverance makes up for all the bad ones. i think.@@Smeatbass

[@Smeatbass]

@@pokeysdad17 Then I think Aladdin, Dead Poets Society, Good Morning, Vietnam, and Good Will Hunting make up for Williams' bad movies 😁

[@josephdarkhelmet9494]

Sister nailed it. Same plot as original, awful fx, weak villain, no suspense, no surprises. Garbage.