Siskel & Ebert (1993) - The Firm, House Of Cards, Sleepless In Seattle, Dennis The Menace & Orlando

[@MediaBuster]

"you ascribed negative qualities to it, don't back away from them." Gene Siskel.. LOL

[@nongthip]

When Sam Baldwin (Tom Hanks) first sees Annie Reed (Meg Ryan) in Sleepless in Seattle, it's at SeaTac airport gate N7 (scene @9:48) which I have personally used several times, including departing the US in 1992 bound for Hawaii en route to New Zealand, to go live far away for six years. So watching that scene is like re-living a life-changing moment. Yes it's personal, and it was/is. In the 29 years since I still look at that Sea-Tac gate with a sense of nostalgia.

[@themagickalmermaid]

Gene has a point about Sleepless but Hollywood has often used music as a handicap or buffer! It's technically a story telling cheat but I will make an exception in this case since the music was so wonderfully chosen! One of the best modern day romantic comedies!!

[@karenobyrne8060]

9:06 "It rains 9 months of the year in Seattle." Well, Niles, you should know 😏

[@sha11235]

He didn't become that until the fall.

[@walterclark3198]

The firm is a great movie. Very appealing and deals with morals and principles of a man and his wife.

[@anthonybirkholz6104]

I have a personal connection to Sleepless in Seattle. I was chosen by the studio who made the movie to preview it MONTHS before it came out around Christmas 1992. They asked me what I liked about it and what I didn't like about it. I, then, saw it in theatres when it came out in June 1993. Still it is in my top 20 of all time.

[@uhdudewhy7980]

In an old issue of Mad magazine, they show a comic of Dennis the Menace walking into the kitchen (where his mom is) carrying a human skull and saying, "Hey Mom. Look what I found in Mr. Wilson's head."

[@Brian-qn7fn]

I believe you are confused. There was a time when the captions for Dennis the Menace and The Far Side were accidentally switched.

[@Jbaxter85]

The Firm: exciting & intriguing 👍🌟🌟🌟 Orlando: Special & satisfied👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 Dennis the Menace: Home Alone rip-off 👎🌟🌟 Sleepless in Seattle: good love story 👍🌟🌟🌟

[@Paul8820]

I have yet to watch The Firm all the way through. It looks really good from what I did see. I will watch it at again some point. I saw Sleepless In Seattle with my parents as a little kid. Have not watched it in quite some time. All I really remember is near the end when they finally do meet. With Dennis the Menace I'll agree with Siskel and Ebert that the focus should've stayed on the hijinks involving Dennis and Mr. Wilson instead of the homeless guy played by Christopher Lloyd But as a little kid I enjoyed it. The other two I haven't seen at all.

[@Redmenace96]

Have watched about 10 of these old episodes on YT. Hard to explain why S and E were so great, except two very talented and brilliant men. Deeper mystery: Why can't this formula be repeated? Because the two people were special? Because of the era/times? Wish a media company could "re-boot" this magic!

[@sha11235]

Remember that they worked for years on PBS to get it right. They burned off a lot of episodes to make it work. What also helped was they way they were truthful in issues.

[@sm5574]

Their chemistry was unique. They were fiercely competitive, even after they eventually became friends. They were always trying to one-up the other (and not in a playful way), becoming furious when the other succeeded. And yet, they respected and admired each other, because professionally they had the same love for movies even if they didn't always have the same taste in them. It was lightning in a bottle.

[@hunterwyeth]

Check out On Cinema at the Cinema. The co-hosts Tim and Gregg really capture the simmering tension you see with Siskel and Ebert

[@FUGP72]

Tom Cruise saw Gene praising the foot chase scene in The Firm and thought..."Hmmmm..he likes to see me run."

[@thekingofmovies193]

Okay, I agree with S&E that Christopher Lloyd's character in Dennis the Menace is dark, grimy and unnecessary (especially for a family film). But here's a question for them (particularly Ebert), "How are you going to give this movie a thumbs down, because of the kidnapper/Thief who pulls a switchblade out on Little kids, and yet you gave thumbs up to Cop and a Half (another kids movie from 1993), where Devon witnessed a murder, was kidnapped, exposed to drugs (by that, I meant he saw them), and at one point, had a gun pointed at him?" Just askin'.

[@kathymoriarty1441]

God I Miss Those Two So Much, Died Years Apart from Each-other, SISKEL - 1999, EBERT - 2013, God I Wish They were both still alive, I would've loved seeing them Review other movies too, Like, 1. Paranormal Activity. 2. Paranormal Activity 2. 3. Paranormal Activity The Marked Ones. 4. The Legend of Hercules. 5. The Nut Job. 6. Ride Along. 7. Robocop. - 2014. 8. Son Of God. 9. Mr. Peabody & Sherman. 10. God's Not Dead. 11. Muppet's Most Wanted. 12. Noah. 13. Paddington. 14. Paddington 2. 15. The Spongebob Movie Sponge Out Of Water. 16. Cinderella. - 2015. 17. Home. 18. The Marine 4 Moving Target. 19. The Visit. 20. Poltergeist. - 2015. 21. Tomorrowland. 22. Jurassic World. 23. Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. 24. Inside Out. 25. Ted. 26. Ted 2. 27. Minions. 28. Ant-Man. 29. Despicable me. 30. Despicable Me 2. 31. Despicable Me 3. 32. Pixels. 33. The Peanuts Movie. 34. The Hunger Games. 35. The Hunger Games Catching Fire. 36. The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 1. 37. The Hunger Games Mockingjay Part 2. 38. The Good Dinosaur. 39. Victor Frankenstein. 40. Rouge One a Star Wars Story. 41. Solo A Star Wars Story. 42. Star Wars The Force Awakens. 43. Star Wars The Last Jedi. 44. Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker. 45. Kung Fu Panda. 46. Kung Fu Panda 2. 47. Kung Fu Panda 3. 48. Shrek 2. 49. Shrek 3. 50. Deadpool. 51. Zootopia. 52. Batman V Superman Dawn Of Justice. 53. Wonder Woman. 54. Wonder Woman 1984. 55. Doctor Strange. 56. Guardians Of The Galaxy. 57. Guardians Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. 58. Black Panther. 59. The Jungle Book. - 2016. 60. Pete's Dragon. - 2016. 61. Captain America. 62. Captain America Civil War. 63. Thor. 64. Thor Ragnarock. 65. Thor Dark World. 66. The Angry Birds Movie. 67. The Angry Birds Movie 2. 68. Alice In Wonderland. - 2010. 69. Alice Through The Looking Glass. 70. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. - 2014. 71. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out Of The Shadows. 72. Finding Dory. 73. Avatar. 74. The BFG. 75. The Secret Life Of Pets. 76. The Secret Life Of Pets 2. 77. How To Train Your Dragon. 78. How To Train Your Dragon 2. 79. How To Train Your Dragon The Hidden World. 80. Ghostbusters. - 2016. 81. Star Trek. - 2009. 82. Star Trek Into The Darkness. 83. Star Trek Beyond. 84. Sausage Party. 85. The Simpson's Movie. 86. Storks. 87. Cars. 88. Cars 2. 89. Cars 3. 90. Planes. 91. Planes Fire & Rescue. 92. Ponyo. Anime Movie. 93. Trolls. CGI Animated Movie. 94. Trolls World Tour. 95. Fantastic Beasts and Where To Find Them. 96. Fantastic Beasts The Crimes Of Grindlewald. 97. La La Land. 98. Sing. 99. Wreck-It-Ralph. 100. Ralph Breaks The Internet. 101. The Lego Movie. 102. The Lego Movie 2 The Second Part. 103. The Lego Batman Movie. 104. The Lego Ninjago Movie. 105. Kong Skull Island. 106. Godzilla. - 2018. 107. Godzilla King Of Monsters. 108. Kong Vs Godzilla. 109. Beauty and The Beast. - 2017. 110. It. 111. It Chapter 2. 112. Power Rangers. - 2017. 113. The Marine 5 Battleground. 114. The Boss Baby. 115. The Smurfs. 116. The Smurfs 2. 117. Smurfs The Lost Village. 118. Baywatch. 119. Transformers Age Of Extinction. 120. Transformers Dark of the moon. 121. Transformers The Last Knight. 122. The Planet Of The Apes. 122. Dawn Of The Planet Of The Apes. 123. Rise Of The Planet Of The Apes. 124. War For The Planet Of The Apes. 125. High School Musical. 126. High School Musical 2. 127. High School Musical 3 the Senior Year. 128. The Emoji Movie. 129. Toy Story 2. 130. Toy Story 3. 131. Toy Story 4. 132. Annabelle. 133. Annabelle Creation. 134. Annabelle Comes Home. 135. Curse Of Chucky. 136. Cult Of Chucky. 137. Child's Play. - 2019. 138. Happy Death Day. 139. Happy Death Day 2 U. 140. The Star. 141. Wonder. 142. Coco. 143. Mary and the Witch's Flower. Anime Movie. 144. Peter Rabbit. - 2018. 145. Early Man. 146. A Wrinkle In Time. - 2018. 147. Gnomeo and Juliet. 148. Sherlock Gnomes. 149. Ready Player One. 150. Tron Legacy. 151. A Quiet Place. 152. Deadpool 2. 153. Ant-Man and The Wasp. 154. Hotel Transylvania. 155. Hotel Transylvania 2. 156. Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation. 157. The Hobbit an unexpected journey. 158. The Hobbit the battle of the five armies. 159. The Hobbit The Desolation of Smaug. 160. The House With a Clock In Its walls. 161. Goosebumps. - 2015. 162. Goosebumps 2 Haunted Halloween. - 2018. 163. Halloween. - 2018. 164. The Nutcracker and the four realms. 165. Spider-Man Homecoming. 166. Spider-Man Into the Spider-Verse. 167. Mary Poppins Returns. 168. Bumblebee. 169. Ferdinand. 170. Alpha. 171. A Dog's Purpose. 172. A Dog's Way Home. 173. The Kid Who Would Be King. 174. Percy Jackson and the Olympians The Lighting Thief. 175. Percy Jackson Sea Of Monsters. 176. Wonder Park. 177. Missing Link. 178. Abominable. 179. Dumbo. - 2019. 180. Shazam. 181. POKEMON Detective Pikachu. 182. Aladdin. 183. Mulan. - 2020. 184. Joker. 185. A Beautiful Day In The Neighborhood. 186. Cats. 187. Men In Black International. Etc. Etc.

[@marcofalzone6469]

Dude😯

[@wcs494]

I don’t think they would like a lot of the movies made today.

[@Hammerhead547]

I remember seeing dennis the menace in the theatre when I was a kid, it wasn't great, but it wasn't terrible either. Walter Mathau's performance really made it work since you did get to see that despite how much he can't stand dennis because of the trouble he causes mr wilson does still care very much for dennis because he knows how much mr & mrs, mitchel love him and how heartbroken they are when he's kidnapped.

[@chrisfinch8637]

Well, he wasn’t so much kidnapped, it was just that Dennis ran away on his own, after realizing the trouble that he caused, during Mr. Wilson’s flower ceremony- only because Sam stole Mr. Wilson’s “gold”, from his safe, just moments before, and announced that “somebody robbed your house!”, as an emergency call. After George expressed his true frustration that made him run away from their home (and all he said recently to him), he then realized his big mistake and tried his best to figure out where he had gone.

[@NC7491]

"Dennis, we have to go back".

[@chrisfinch8637]

As a kid, I always considered “Dennis the Menace” to be one of my childhood favorites, especially with Walter Matthau, who would always be “Mr. Wilson” to me. Sometimes, I wish the writing or direction of the film, could’ve been a little more clearer and such, on certain characters, or even have a glimpse of Jack Lemmon, Matthau’s co-star, make an appearance in the film, too. But on the other hand, Lea Thompson and Christopher Lloyd are reunited together, following their “Back to the Future” movies, in the past.

[@reneedennis2011]

Orlando is a good movie.

[@Hellraiser0601]

I'm so intrigued about "Orlando". Inspired by a Virginia Woolf story, starring Tilda Swinton and dealing with immortality (and a gender swap)... Count me in!!!

[@danielberg7644]

Gene loves Cruise sprints.

[@toymanreturns546]

I've seen three of the five films Siskel and Ebert reviewed on their show: The Firm: 👍⭐⭐⭐1/2 A terrific adaptation of a John Grisham novel, which fuses clockwork and manipulation to keep the audiences on the edge of their seats Sleepless in Seattle: 👍⭐⭐⭐ A good but not great romantic comedy; slowly but steadily matching hearts between Tom Hanks and Meg Ryan Dennis the Menace: 👍⭐⭐⭐ A fun family comedy based on a the comic strip by Hank Ketchum

[@reneedennis2011]

I like The Firm and my late mother liked Dennis the Menace.

[@toymanreturns546]

@@reneedennis2011 they're both good movies to sit through again and again.

[@reneedennis2011]

@@toymanreturns546 Yup.

[@Jbaxter85]

Only enjoy the firm & sleepless in Seattle but not Dennis the Menace

[@toymanreturns546]

@@Jbaxter85 OK let's talk about why do we disagree with Dennis the Menace. Can't wait to have a discussion about that.

[@alexthompson9516]

'The Firm' is not that complicated, Roger.

[@christianhafer9819]

Michael Myers himself directed Dennis the Menace, huh?

[@crakatoot5480]

I have never Understood the ending of the Firm

[@knownpleasures]

Rather than exposing the mafia’s total financial activities Cruise just asks them for their overcharged hourly bills so that the firm would be charged and effectively closed down

[@sm5574]

In the novel, he makes hard copies of proof that the firm is engaging in illegal activities. He uses this to take them down, but it puts a price on his head, so he flees the country. In the movie, instead of turning that evidence over to the feds, he keeps it hidden to prevent there from being a price on his head. Instead, he takes the firm down by providing evidence of mail fraud (false billing claims that were sent through the USPS).

[@Kevincarlloven]

Greatest foot chase in a movie was in "Rockn'rolla"

[@movieman104]

i dont think switchblsde sam will scare kids as much as they thought. funny but was he needed?

[@Jbaxter85]

No need Christopher Lloyd in Dennis the Menace

[@movieman104]

@@Jbaxter85 he was funny

[@Jbaxter85]

@@movieman104 Funny & distracted

[@ericestrada2634]

As a kid I liked Christopher Lloyd bad guy character

[@chrisfinch8637]

@@Jbaxter85There was no need for him, since that wasn’t even a character in the original strip by Hank Ketchum. On the other hand, I loved the fact that he and his co-star, Lea Thompson, had a brief “Back to the Future” reunion, while working on the film itself.

[@steveprice2718]

Tom Cruise is questioñg something? WTF!!!

[@mattklinghamer370]

Tom Cruise doing a foot chase? Say it aint so 😂

[@ricardocantoral7672]

Sleepless in Seattle...BLECH !!!!!

[@ltopomcfly5583]

They always complain about anything dark or scary in kids films. Kids need to be afraid of things. The 90s was about teaching kids safety and avoiding strangers and being abducted.

[@5andup]

From great to worst Orlando by Sally Potter, 👍👍 Sleepless in Seattle, 👍 House of Cards, 👍 The Firm, 👎 Dennis the Menace, 👎

[@Jbaxter85]

Why like House of Cards & dislike The Firm?🤔

[@5andup]

@@Jbaxter85 1. Overloaded and predictable climactic scenes 2. Tom Cruise is clearly acting, and is not believable in the role. 3. A glossy, Hollywoodized adaptation that gives disservice to the book (a high-octane legal thriller)

[@citygirl5705]

@@5andup You obviously have some weird prejudice against Tom Cruise. His acting was brilliant, as always. If you asked 100 people if they liked "The Firm," 99 or 100 would say yes.

[@sha11235]

Sleepless in Seattle was junk to me.