Siskel And Ebert-Speed, The Lion King, The Endless Summer II, City Slickers II, 1994

[@lkw7482]

I came for the Speed review, as I wasn't quite sure, after ALL this time, how they felt. And... you gave me the intro to the show. This was appointment, family viewing for my Mom, my brother, and I. THAT... took me back. Thank you.

[@natr3980]

Wow what a week for movies

[@MiceOnParole]

Speed is one of the best action films ever.

[@reneedennis2011]

I agree.

[@wwekid1457]

It was crazy, I loved it!

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Almost the 30th anniversary of this beloved action classic.

[@ArthurCSchaperMR]

Yes, indeed! I watched it twice in the theater!😊

[@flmbyz]

Ever

[@markbraverman9622]

The lion king is a masterpiece

[@cjwright79]

I concluded some time ago that Speed is the single most glorious action movie of the entire decade, of the nineties

[@spencerhensley5495]

Easily. And while it’s sequel is one of the 90’s worst action movies and one of the worst sequels ever every time I watch the original it still blows me away. Excellent cinematography and stunts and it just moves so fast to keep you entertained and you’re never bored for a second even though some of it is ridiculous and makes you roll your eyes. But it’s a movie that respected its audience by giving them pure entertainment they wanted by paying admission. Unfortunately with a small exception of Willem Dafoe and a few excellent stunts the total reverse can be said about Speed 2.

[@patrickc3419]

Speed is an awesome, fun film to watch. Loved it as a teenager & still love it today.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

I still love improvised action films like Speed and trust me Patrick watch Die Hard fam that's also a great action film that improvises.

[@langdonalger9219]

Just watched it for the first time. Lots of fun. I really enjoyed it.

[@WhistlesToAnimals]

Very often, I don't agree with these fellas, but as a kid, I loved hearing them discuss something I loved so much: movies. I really enjoyed their company a lot. If I could call it that.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Perfectly stated. That's why I come back to these old shows again and again.

[@christianlucas7656]

God 1994 was a great year for movies

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Though 93 was amazing, but 94 was damn epic.

[@quarantinebored1427]

This is why I loved Siskel and ebert growing up. I love Siskels interview with Eddie Murphy. Eddie was taken aback by siskels comment.

[@ScootyPuffSr7]

"The prettiest woman on board. There isn't a whole lot of competition. It's Sandra Bullock." Well that seems unnecessarily cruel to the other women on the bus Gene. 😂

[@brianstjohn]

Right?! That caught my ear, too. Why the shade??

[@Ratchet299]

@@brianstjohn Roger and Gene were d*cks lol, it was part of their charm.

[@vivianamuntean146]

@@Ratchet299 - I get why you're saying what you're saying, but Roger had far more empathy than Gene.

[@jamessparkman6604]

We’re talking about the same Sandra Bullock who voiced Miriam in the prince of Egypt right

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Or Frank Costanza would put it in context: "Two months ago I saw a very provocative film on cable📺 it was called The Net (Sandy's 1995 thriller) with that girl from the bus." Best Seinfeld episode right there.

[@dancahill9585]

"This Marks Keanu as an action star with a whole lot of Charisma". Good call, Gene.

[@spencerhensley5495]

I don’t know if this is meant to be a sarcastic comment or not because I know some people don’t like Keanu’s acting but the more I watch Speed I appreciate his performance more in that he is just a typical cop trying to keep his hostages and himself alive and doesn’t act like a macho Dirty Harry type except maybe at the end on the Subway train. If this isn’t a sarcastic comment I’m happy we agree. His performance at first to me was the weakest element of Speed but the more I watch him in it and see what a good guy he is in real life I think Keanu is great.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Both Speed and Lion King were just great films growing up watching on both tv and VHS which I had.

[@stephenkissane4268]

The bus that couldn't slow down

[@SirZapdos]

This is like Speed 2, except on a bus instead of a boat

[@Realistic316]

i miss these guys… and imagine having their career?… just watching movies and giving your opinion while making alot of money to do it. 👍🏼💰

[@sm5574]

Their skill was in expressing their opinions. And the show was just an extension of their published reviews, meaning, they were professional writers. It's difficult to stand out in that field. That and their chemistry together was the key to their success. (There's a reason the era after Siskel's death is not nearly as fondly remembered.)

[@Realistic316]

@@sm5574 agreed… i was just thinking it must have been great to make alot of money for watching movies and talking about them

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Pound for pound this is one of their best episodes. All it's missing is a verbal quarrel between the guys

[@alexthompson9516]

They had a pretty good back-and-forth about Gene's lame idea for what the plot of 'City Slickers II' "should" have been.

[@DannyCosmos]

lion king is a masterpiece i cant believe they just kinda liked it...an the songs are epic

[@RabidNemo]

Well you also have to remember it was kind of something new where is the others were based on classic and somewhat known fairy tales this was also during the Disney Renaissance when they were a lot of really some of the best Disney movies ever made coming out so the scrutiny was a lot higher when they were fresh

[@sm5574]

Meh. I also thought it was a step down for Disney. I was surprised at its popularity.

[@DannyCosmos]

@@PJVids83 what? He kills his own brother in front of his son and then tries to kill his own nephew …

[@christophmatthews4313]

@@sm5574I thought it was and is great….it just doesn’t quite measure up musically to the LM, BB and Aladdin before it.

[@777radius5]

Between the extremely enthusiastic review of Speed and Ebert immediately rejecting Siskel's City Slickers II idea this is one of my personal favorite S&E episodes for sure.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Love the Gene interview with Eddie, but I want more! I like how Gene can speak frankly, but not insultingly. I don't think you'd see an interview like that nowadays.

[@mikeeddings432]

City Slickers 2 Is one of my favorites too. The ending was great.

[@jeremygill2409]

Should be 2 thumbs wayyy up for Lion King. But I agree, Speed is just a great action movie. I like their excitement over Speed.

[@steelionx9255]

I'm giving your comment thumbs wayyy down because no one chooses how anyone enjoys something.

[@SirZapdos]

It's quite fun to hear Siskel and Ebert rave about a movie like Speed

[@Locadel2003]

Dennis hopper was also really great as a villain in Speed

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

"from the prettiest woman on board...there isn't a whole lot of competition" 🤣

[@nongthip]

The Endless Summer 2 was not intended to be an instruction or history lesson on the evolution of surfing itself. I watched it dozens of times at home in the 90s while working many hours so I could quit my job and go travel the world to my heart's content, which I did for about 10 years. The movie was a big influence and motivator to keep that dream alive until it could become real. Sure it's a surf movie, but at least to me more of a celebration of taking a chance and heading out for unknown adventures and exotic destinations.

[@joefriedman9843]

This is great. Man Jeremy Irons voice is amazing hah

[@JDobbsy79]

City Slickers II has some of the funniest dialogue…can’t believe they didn’t sense that.

[@Jbaxter85]

0:00 Intro 0:47 Speed is simple nonstop fast-paced action delivers the goods. 👍 🌟🌟🌟 4:32 Endless Summer 2 is a movie that keep searching for the perfect wave pointlessly 👎🌟🌟 6:23 Lion King not as great as other animated films but enjoyable 👍🌟🌟🌟 10:13 In Current Release 10:25 City Slickers 2- searching treasures that went nowhere 👎🌟 12:52 Siskel interview Eddie Murphy Video pick of the week 18:03 (1992) Glengarry Glen Ross 19:40 The reviews

[@martinmoore2468]

I gave Disney's The Lion King thumbs up 👍.

[@djd620]

"Only a couple of songs are memorable" That didn't age well.

[@christophmatthews4313]

Nah, I completely agree with them on this one. Lion King is great and deserves to be lauded, but musically it doesn’t match up to the previous three masterpieces.

[@rhyancoleman6462]

Siskel and Ebert had no idea how big this film was going to be. This is the pinnacle of the Disney Renaissance. This one would be the one that defined animated films and has been the measuring stick for which all animated films since have been judged just like Snow White And The Seven Dwarfs and also be one of the greatest animated films of all time.

[@sha11235]

Well, the films built up successes from Little Mermaid to this. This was the peak, then it started to decline, but they still did well.

[@nickperkins8477]

Well, critically, The Lion King is not great. They made good critical points about it. The movie is charming and engaging and it caught a moment in the zeitgeist.

[@patrickshields5251]

Well I got news for ya, neither did Disney, because this was a B list production.

[@vigilante8374]

​@@sha11235The pinnacle? I mean, no, it's alright but it's nowhere near as good as The Little Mermaid (better villain, much better protagonist and supporting characters, better comedy) or even Aladdin (Aladdin & Jasmine were blah but Genie, Iago and Carpet made up for it.) Heck I'd even put The Rescuers Down Under over this (Joanna was hilarious.) Musically, the Lion King's songs were good but lyrically they were pretty darn bland compared to previous movies. You could argue about the visuals I guess but animation quality alone can't carry a whole movie. The whole plot and moral that tries to revolve around responsibility vs. escapism is really weakly done, the comedy is weak, the romance is phoned in, the characters are all weak and forgettable except Scar.

[@sha11235]

I love the clip where the animals trample Rowan Atkinson's character because Simba is singing everybody look left/right.

[@jackthomas6952]

They both missed the Boat in regards to the Lion King

[@AaronJohnson-mo8rf]

speed is a great action film whats interesting about lion king is the different sequences, i like the comic relief involving zazu aside from Later in the film where simba meets timon and pumbaa but whats interesting is, the story is Mixed what the film couldve helped increase it, is increase the Length of the Love story to help Heal from the First half involving scar city slickers 2 is as entertaining as the first film but Both Movies tend to have their own types of Humor and what makes it good to the viewer for Both movies is the obvious character interaction

[@martinmoore2468]

Two thumbs up 👍 for both Speed and The Lion King. Two thumbs down 👎 for both The Endless Summer 2 and City Slickers ll: The Legend of Curly's Gold.

[@pedroper859]

Me encantaria ver la entrevista completa q le hizo a Eddie Murphy

[@HiThereIAmChico]

the endless summer 2 review is gold

[@philipcalderon3208]

“The Lion King” (1994) Review: 6:37 Recap: 20:00

[@duckhive]

LION KING > ALADDIN the soundtrack seals it, for me

[@indyj16]

Now I got ta cutcha.

[@cosmos34]

I love it when they get catty (eg at 12:20 and 12:45)

[@nickperkins8477]

I agree with Siskel & Ebert about The Lion King.

[@mr.mustang8955]

Still waiting for your next standup Eddie! Its only 2 to 3 years away in 1994?🤔

[@sha11235]

He is planning it, although the coronavirus may have postponed it.

[@vivianamuntean146]

Haha, Eddie will do stand up again when George Lucas makes "small personal films."

[@spencerhensley5495]

Speed was definitely the best movie on this show. Sure it has some moments that are corny and ridiculous but what makes it so great is the cinematography is some of the best I have ever seen in any film the attention to detail is magnificent and the stunts were also incredible and Reeves brings a lot of humanity to his role of a cop and a natural quality as well. Add in a fantastic villain by Hopper and a great female lead and it all works even if the story is just plain ridiculous it knew audiences just wanted entertainment and delivered plenty of it. City Slickers 2, on the other hand for me was unwatchable. Without Bruno Kirby I just felt it didn’t work, and the story was just uninteresting. The first movie worked because it was funny and insightful but the sequel was a desperate cash grab that had nothing going for it and audiences seemed to agree because the first film made over $100 million whereas the sequel didn’t even make $50. A completely unnecessary sequel only made to capitalize on the success of its far superior original and the original film was more than enough. Also Jon Lovitz wasted his talent in this and a month later in North which Roger infamously hated with a passion. 1994 was not his year. A very talented guy that can get some of the best laughs with the right material his performance in The Wedding Singer is so funny I feel I need to almost be hospitalized from laughing every time I see it. Sadly he has participated in some stinkers and is way too talented to do movies like the ones he did in 94.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

You think Speed is better than The Lion King?

[@patrickshields5251]

@@ricardocantoral7672So did Siskel and Ebert.

[@tiotito31]

Goddamn did they spoil movies in their show. "It wouldn't be a Disney film without parental death." (90s person watching this on TV) Gee... thanks.

[@CorbCorbin]

Lovitz sounds like he’s using flat earther science, in City Slickers.

[@patrickshields5251]

So many upset comments from people who have trouble accepting that The Lion King is an overrated movie. It's an epic and entertaining film yes, but the film's central message is botched, because if Simba wasn't responsible for Mufasa's death, then his journey of taking responsibility and facing his past and problems is meaningless, since he ran away for absolutely nothing. As for comments saying that Siskel and Ebert having no idea that The Lion King would be successful, well I got news for ya, neither did Disney because the movie was a B list production. Disney paid more attention to Pocahontas than Lion King.

[@vigilante8374]

Yeah the comments have been surprising me as well... the only thing I can figure is a lot of these people watched it when they were *young* children and have it cemented in their minds as a classic on those grounds. Not just a kid, but specifically as a little kid. I could see a young kid being swept up in the animals, the nice animation and the unexpected death of Mufasa and stuff, but when I saw it as an older kid I was pretty underwhelmed. The comedy is nowhere near as good as the earlier Disney renaissance stuff, the characters are all forgettable except Scar (and even then... he's no Ursula), the romance subplot phoned in, and as you correctly point out the central theme of the film is really thin and illogically executed.

[@patrickshields5251]

@@vigilante8374 I know people defended the movie because it’s about Simba taking responsibility for his kingdom when it’s thrust upon him. I can’t quibble with the message, but I don’t think there’s any reason for Simba to run away from his responsibilities as king since he’s not responsible for Mufasa’s death. You know the story that Disney didn’t have faith in the movie? I think it shows, and its reputation is primarily a nostalgia trip.

[@vigilante8374]

@@patrickshields5251 The general theme of running away vs. taking responsibility is fine and it could work out great in some other movie, but I don't see how it can be fixed in The Lion King. It's not just about what Simba did and didn't do.... the movie's universe and internal logic is just too damn silly. And sure, it's ok to have silly nonsense in a kid's film, but not as an integral part of the serious central theme. I think the Lion King supposedly began with a quasi-nature documentary tone before they started adding Shakespearean elements and it REALLY shows. Maybe this sounds like quibbling, I dunno, but um... what exactly are the king's responsibilities again? The hyenas are evil and/or overly destructive why exactly? Scar and Mufasa controlled all of this how exactly? The attempt to blend bits of ultra-simplified environmentalism with some sort of handwavy, medieval absolute monarchy just doesn't work. It didn't make any sense to me at 10 years old and it makes tremendously less sense now. At heart it's just *dumb* , and if you squinted and dumped ALL of that 'circle of life' nonsense to one side and tried to take it all super metaphorically the only thing you'd left with is a nakedly pro-classist / pro-racist / pro-monarchical universe. (To be clear, I'm not a conspiratorial w*** sort of person--I don't think that's what the movie actually reinforces; I just think that if you tried to be clever and sophisticated and completely ignore the idiotic ecology of the movie's universe you'd just be left with equally idiotic sociology.) Compare LK to the monarchies in The Little Mermaid or Aladdin-- by making the antagonists singular, magic and powerful, those movies' universes, internal logic and moral signposts are clear. But you can't do that in the LK's universe, so I don't think you could fix it without basically ditching the entire universe. (In other words: why the hell was Simba the only one who could stop Scar... and whence came Scar's power, anyway?)

[@masterelmstreet5886]

@@vigilante8374 You're just as dumb know as when you were a little kid.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

Eddie DID take a supporting role as Donkey in Shrek, and the movie (and Eddie) made about a zillion dollars

[@LittleJoeTheMoonlightCat]

Well if The News hadn't Spoiled Mufasa's death scene, This would've

[@apocalypsepow]

Endless Summer movies are great.

[@CraigMcfly1985]

Sandra Bullock🚨🚨👍🏿🎥😍😍👍🏿👍🏿🚨🚨

[@TheAnxietyCloset]

Is it just me or did Eddie Murphy look like he was trying to kill Siskel with his stare at the start of the interview?

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

I would imagine it was because it was one of the first times that someone had publicly challenged him on the relatively poor quality of his recent filmography. For a long time, Murphy I think had been surrounded by a whole group of people (friends, family, agents, managers) who did nothing but praise every single thing he did, as they weren't going to stop the goose laying golden eggs.

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@scottyunitedboy2925 You can easily say that about many A-listers.

[@scottyunitedboy2925]

@@ricardocantoral7672 true, but they didn’t all get targeted by S&E

[@DotelMotel]

@@scottyunitedboy2925 S&E absolutely loved and adored Eddie Murphy as a talent and actor. They just didn't like a lot of the movies he was making. I am sure he knew that.

[@Antonio_Ortiz]

How did Siskel even get that interview? And yeah, having someone tell you to your face, even with tactfulness, that they didn't like your career choices can't be an easy feeling to mask.

[@twmax6525]

Why would they totally spoil the Lion King???? Wtf.

[@christophercampbell2929]

Gene is right, Lion King is in a class above those other films.

[@stevenmarkoll552]

Swing and a miss on Lion King from these guys ! Time is always the biggest and most important critic and boy oh boy did these two get Lion King wrong. Lion King became one of the most iconic animated films of all time that turned into a broadway play and a major box office success remake in 2019. Just like Unforgiven, Gladiator, The Professional, and Lion King - these two guys didn't always get it right.....

[@barfytheclown3925]

They didn't always get it right? What do you think a critic's job is? There is no "right" with movie reviews. Opinions are completely subjective. And they gave it "two thumbs up", their trademark seal of approval. They both agreed on recommending it. Not enough gushing and fawning over Lion King for you? If mass appeal and box office success (Lowest Common Denominator) are your criteria for "good" movies, and you'd prefer a show where critics from opposing newspapers correctly predict and agree upon which of those will be "good" enough to remake and rebrand and remarket, you not only have philistine taste but you simply don't understand the point of criticism or difference of opinion.

[@CorbCorbin]

What you’re talking about is their opinions on films they have actually watched, which is subjective. My problem with them is how they joined right in with the Tipper Gore’s of the time, and protested Horror movies of the early 80s. They did an entire special show on it in which they speak about characters and films they hadn’t even seen, and state they would never see based on “women in peril” tropes. Roger’s opinion was especially dumbfounding, because he once was a major force in getting The Wild Bunch shown in more theaters, as well as championing the use of violence in more realistic ways. For how much they hated the rating system, and told parents it was up to them on what their kids see or not, they dropped all of it over slasher movies and a couple Christmas themed horrors.

[@J4sse]

That's easy to say in retrospect/hindsight.

[@davidnelson6874]

The day my wife and I took our young daughters to take The Lion King we stopped to buy tires and I spent a lot more than I had planned. Then when the movie started the sound was W-A-A-A-Y too loud. The only interesting character that day was Scar. Upon further viewing years later I thought it was fine. But, to my ears anyways, young Simba was rather annoying.

[@ilovebrandnewcarpets]

I'm surprised Gene thinks Lion King isn't in the class of Beauty in the Beast or Little Mermaid. I always thought it was regarded as the best of the bunch (personally I've always had Aladdin as my top Disney flick of that era).

[@vigilante8374]

Apparently a lot of people thought this, but I've no idea why. Lion King is easily the worst of the bunch other than the animation.

[@tiotito31]

90s intros man

[@davidf1985]

I never surfed & I like ES2. It's about finding a dream & making it happen. Ebert is happy doing nothing but couch surfing, watching movies with a box of twinkies. Good for him he was able to earn a living at it.

[@nickperkins8477]

The Lion King is good, but is overrated. It is better than Aladdin, but not The Little Mermaid or Beauty And The Beast.

[@albertoramirez6388]

What's wrong with me? I like City Slickers II...

[@rossviles7794]

I've always thought CS 2 was better than the original. It's non-stop laughs!

[@Nick64266]

John McClaine is cool don’t get me wrong but I’d rather rely on Jack Traven. Don’t know why. Maybe cause Keanu Reeves just rocks!

[@dragondaveltd1992]

My review for these movies: Speed 👍🏻👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ The Lion King 👍🏻👍🏻⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ Movies which I never see (includes one of them I'll never see) City Slickers 2 👎🏻👎🏻 Endless Sunmer 2 👎🏻👎🏻

[@newfrontierfilms6314]

They liked speed more than lion king? Smh.

[@hamburgareable]

"Smack my hiney" 😂?

[@MichaelBrookham]

I hated City Slickers 2. I did like the first one, though.

[@PurushaDesa]

Ebert gave Die Hard a negative review and Speed 2 a positive one. Weird little man.

[@christianlucas7656]

Siskel said he watched 4 movies after watching kids in one afternoon. I imagine stuff starts to blend together and they definitely got a lot wrong. I blame oversaturation lol

[@SamJohnsonAZ]

Man they had the best intro of all time. I really do miss the simplistic design and the smooth jazz.

[@andrewcutler1380]

‘Lion King’ wasn’t as good because Howard Ashman (RIP) wasn’t doing the songs anymore. Still better than Pocahontas though.

[@bobbya9722]

Yes better than Pocahontos, but the songs in The Lion King are classic and timeless. There's not a long running Broadway show of it for nothing

[@thomasbabilon9146]

My reviews: out of 5 1 " Speed " 3.5 out of 5 👍 2 " The Lion King " 3 out of 5 👍 3 " City Slickers II " 2.5 out of 5 👎

[@onemanschorus12]

What did these guys see in Eddie Murphy? He was a limited comic actor.

[@sonnyblack0870]

It’s an 80’s thing..

[@Frederick-t8t]

😅 THESE TWO COULD BE IDIOTS AT TIMES.