Siskel & Ebert - Dawn of the Dead, Manhattan, A Little Romance, Love on the Run, Hanover Street

[@kevinhoffman8112]

Roger's greatest line ever to Gene was "How did you like the intestines that were disemboweled? "

[@matthewmarcinko9157]

Gene and Roger's endorsement of "Dawn Of The Dead" was spot on. Damn, I miss those guys...

[@jacobjones4628]

24:29 that may be Genes most pure laugh I've heard in this whole series lol

[@BuckyNugget]

Roger's most pure laugh happens at the end of their Worst of 1996 show! 🤣

[@TobeyStarburst]

lmao

[@bb6640]

Here because of the Gene and Roger podcast doc on The Big Picture.

[@sammybear7100]

Meryl Streep is so beautiful in Manhattan!!

[@lw3646]

She was great in that period 1978-79, Manhattan, The Deer Hunter, Kramer v Kramer.

[@DestinyPifer]

Have been to the Monroeville Mall where Dawn of the Dead was filmed many times. So cool walking through it and knowing that a zombie flick was filmed there.

[@robzilla730]

Has the mall been changed much?

[@DestinyPifer]

@@robzilla730 Haven't been there in years but from what I heard it has more upscale type stores. Last time I was near there was to park and go to the Comic Con then Barnes and Nobles. Never stepped in.

[@lw3646]

Manhattan is a masterpiece, Woody Allen's best movie in my opinion, really great cast too.

[@pinkpinkpink32]

Interiors is his best film.

[@joePARKS]

Manhattan was such a great movie

[@Maniac1607]

It's always awesome when elite critics like ultraviolent movies like "Dawn."

[@Fiveash-Art]

Dawn's ultra violence was more cartoonish due to the bad blood effects "*orange paint*" and the goofiness of the zombies. It read to me as comedic, not violent or scary. Personally I don't understand the massive following of this movie when clearly Night, and Day are much better movies. Day being the best of Romero's zombie series ... don't really even need to mention his other ones. The best thing about Dawn of the Dead was the soundtrack .. and Snyder doing the remake.

[@richardenglish2195]

Were Siskel and Ebert elitist, though? They gave positive reviews to plenty of crowd-pleasing movies alongside arthouse fare. Plus they had Spot the Wonder Dog: you didn't get that with Pauline Kael.

[@thannaske5371]

@@Fiveash-Art Wow. Did you actually SEE the Snyder remake? It sucks SO BAD!

[@Fiveash-Art]

@@thannaske5371 Why would I have mentioned it if I hadn't seen it? I enjoyed it. The original Dawn is overrated.

[@thannaske5371]

@@Fiveash-Art To each his own.

[@DWNicolo]

How ironic. Gene Siskel describes malls as vampires that suck the life out of communities. Flash forward to 2023 and you read people on KZbin/the internet waxing nostalgic on the death of the shopping mall.

[@centralpete6044]

My local mall only had Mall Rats filmed in it…never a zombie movie. Even so, as a precaution, I never get my blood pressure checked there while wearing a sombrero.

[@Tricob1974]

"Dawn Of The Dead" - I do see the symbolism here, but I interpret as something different. I believe it signifies culture and what it drives us to do. It causes us to go through the motions ... to rob us of our identity. That we go through life imitating others and nothing more. That we never evolve, never make progress, never solve problems ... all for the sake of a culture we're told not to question. It was one of those films that helped solidify the Age Of Individuality of the 1980s.

[@newwavepop]

in Dawn Of The Dead i can get their praise that it is a critique on consumerism and other such lofty complaints people always have about society, but 40 something years later i sure do miss Malls and people and teens having somewhere to hang out and socialize.

[@Jbaxter85]

Dawn of the Dead 👍🌟🌟🌟 Manhattan 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 Love on the Run 👎🌟🌟 Hangover Street 👎🌟 A little Romance 👍🌟🌟🌟

[@thequickthinker]

"Woody runs away from an uncomplicated relationship with a 17 year old girl.". Somehow I don't think a movie with this relationship would be allowed today...

[@RIP_Greedo]

S&E’s lack of any further comment about that aspect definitely shows the difference in outlook between then and now. This is one of those areas where I think we have a better grasp of things today. Even if you don’t think it’s predatory, it’s weird! Why does this grown ass man want to date a 17 year old? Shows a very poor personality.

[@pinkpinkpink32]

But trsns gender lies are.

[@Johnlindsey289]

Dawn of the Dead is a classic

[@newwavepop]

ive never been a horror fan, but i always loved "Dawn Of The Dead" its a classic. dont recall "A Little Romance" but noticed a very young Diane Lane, i dont know who the boy is but he looks like a little kid version of Randy Quaid LOL.

[@Johnlindsey289]

Dawn of the dead is classic satire

[@Mondomeyer]

I think Ebert meant mirrors rather than contrasts.

[@mikes380]

Are they wearing rouge?

[@TheDas9582]

It’s a shame Dawn of The Dead isn’t available anywhere. Maybe you can get a used dvd for $100

[@NoirFan84]

It's widely available here in the UK on 4k & BluRay courtesy of Second Sight, you just need to import it if you're in the States which is easily done.

[@reneedennis2011]

I like A Little Romance. I have seen the remake of Dawn of the Dead.

[@ThatOldTV]

Renee! Where have you been? I've been waiting weeks for you to show up! :)

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

The original Dawn of the Dead is much better.

[@stephennootens916]

As I understand it the original has long been out of print in America for a few years due to some copy right issue.

[@kali3665]

Manhattan really has not aged very well, especially when Mariel Hemingway (then barely 17) recently admitted that Woody Allen asked her to accompany him in Paris, but didn't mention anything about separate rooms. She rejected the offer. Not sure I could watch the movie today.

[@angelthman1659]

It's a masterpiece. 17 is the age of consent in NY. Would you say the same thing about Call Me by Your Name?

[@kali3665]

@@angelthman1659 Never saw Call Me By Your Name.

[@angelthman1659]

It's a love story between a 17-year old and an adult. Of course, that film hasn't been cancelled since the media fawns over lgbt content. Lgbt are a protected group.@@kali3665

[@ricardocantoral7672]

I have never understood this love of Woody Allen. I am not saying he isn't a great film maker but the man is clearly in love with himself.

[@angelthman1659]

So what? He's a great filmmaker. The world was in love with him too at one time. I still am. @@ricardocantoral7672

[@joePARKS]

I didnt even know there were episodes without "Thumbs UP or DOWN"

[@teejaye6226]

11:10...Dawn of the Dead

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

As usual, Siskel and Ebert gush over Woody Allen.

[@stephennootens916]

To be fair this was the hay day of Allen's film career which went into a slump in the nineties and he hasn't reached the nights again. Sure he has hits but he has just as much crap or at least in the view of critics.

[@johnfitzpatrick3094]

@@stephennootens916 Don't tell that to the critics who love him.

[@freemangriffin4953]

Manhattan is a great movie!

[@stephennootens916]

@@freemangriffin4953 It has been years since I have seen it but I recall it was one of his better movies.

[@citygirl5705]

Gene doesn't think "Dawn of the Dead" is very terrifying? Yeah, try watching it at home alone with the lights out. I saw it in the theater when I was a kid and had nightmares for years. He also said "When a Stranger Calls" wasn't scary, and that film is scary as hell too. So Gene basically has NEVER said a horror film is scary.

[@ricogomez4020]

He HALLOWEEN was I do believe.

[@joesimon2029]

The SCARIEST scene is when Fly Boy is in the boiler room / basement in that small control room-- and WE can see a slight figure of a zombie way in the background through the window of the office (but he DOESN'T !) and then he is confronted and is fumbling with the bullets !! I cannot watch that alone at night!!

[@robzilla730]

@joesimon2029 the part with the zombies in the basement of the apartment building was TERRIFYING! Looked like a scene straight out of Hell.

[@citygirl5705]

@@robzilla730 In the DOTD documentary, even the guy who played the blonde cop said he was really freaked out doing that scene and shocked at what he saw.

[@robzilla730]

@@citygirl5705 LOVE the Goblin soundtrack! It makes the scene!

[@JerrySaraviaCinema1895]

Hanover Street is truly a maddeningly boring movie

[@hamburgareable]

I agree. Nothing inventive. Its a corny exercise in style if there is a style at all. The clichee tropes, the regular things we have all seen before.

[@Jeffdraws101]

Dawn of the Dead is a cartoon by today’s standards. Funny how back then it was seen as violence so horrific it had to carry a warning.

[@Johnlindsey289]

What makes Zombie aka Zombi 2, Maniac 1980, Cronenberg’s movies, day of the dead etc no different on violence scale? It’s a satirical movie and meant to be a comic book like movie

[@DS8379]

24:30 when Siskel loses it

[@crystalshaw8744]

Can you imagine Charlton Heston trying to fight off the zombies? Get your hands off me u damn filthy zombie...

[@centralpete6044]

Check out Omega Man…A classic Zombie movie that stars Heston! It is highly recommended (by me).

[@haruruben]

RIP George Romero

[@tonydemaria3386]

You should add the year these reviews were done in by look up one of the movies on IMDB and add the year to the titles. And annotate the where each review starts....by clicking share and check the box to start at a specific start point, kzbin.info/www/bejne/iWizoGOhfc-jnq8 For example ?t=670 at the end of the share link starts at 670 seconds where where the Dawn of the Dead review starts. Cool Retro Channel, Thanks!

[@ricogomez4020]

I just thought DAWN OF THE DEAD was great because of it's realistic flesh eating scenes. I don't get how critics love it for it as a movie.

[@haitolawrence5986]

There's a great social satire message about consumerism hidden underneath all of the gore. Both Siskel and Ebert picked up on that.

[@joesimon2029]

@@haitolawrence5986 It's also a legitimately ENTERTAINING movie with good acting , tight direction & REAL locations and the real feeling that you are there in the mall with them .

[@Johnlindsey289]

@@haitolawrence5986 It's a unique satire

[@AT-sd9qq]

To make a classic like Rocky? Siskel gave Rocky a thumbs down like a year ago!!!

[@freemangriffin4953]

I really don't like it when these two malign soap operas. They clearly don't watch them. Roger's line about Search For Tomorrow is so stupid! Manhattan and Love On The Run were great, A Little Romance was good. Haven't seen the other two films.

[@JamminOnThe1]

Interesting how they really loved Manhattan. His whole filmography has been pretty much been blacklisted.

[@newwavepop]

not sure what you mean by interesting, critics and fans loved and gushed over almost everything Allen did for decades. i am not bashing him or getting into the accusations and rumors that have plagued him the last many years, but personally i never liked his films growing up. obviously they were probably too adult for my tastes back then, but still even as a kid i thought they were sort of cringe. because it seemed like all of his movies were just about him having affairs with younger far too attractive women for him, and even as a child i was like how the hell is this guy dating that women. and it was always just sex sex sex, even that earlier film i saw him in where he was a robot or something and he is at a party and the whole room is passing this white ball around and obviously the ball is suppose to represent the robots arousal zone or something. i did like Radio Days though, i prefer his films to not have him in them.

[@stephennootens916]

I would say Allen has had his fair share of movies that were viewed poorly by critics. His hay day was in like the seventies and eighties.

[@PatTheBatmanFan]

@@newwavepop I like his films except for that nervous fella that’s always in them.

[@zefallafez]

Sleeper

[@zefallafez]

Tony Roberts?😁

[@simonrangel9522]

Dawn of The Dead was an epic Zombie Flick….. George Romero is the creator of Zombie movies….. Scary AF!!!!! Classic when u consider all these shit Netflix Zombie movies

[@Johnlindsey289]

Great satire