Siskel & Ebert Review - The In-Laws, Lost and Found, Escape from Alcatraz, Rocky II, The Main Event

[@plissken2156]

7:39 - "Well, I guess Rocky 3 is gonna be the last one." Oh, how wrong you were, Roger.

[@michaelblaine6494]

He guessed right about most of the plot

[@lioneljacobs6874]

@@michaelblaine6494 I've seen there reviews of rocky III-V too.I wonder what they of thought of Rocky Balboa and the Creed films. Especially the first Creed.

[@ExVoto63]

"Serpentine! ... Serpentine! ..." In-Laws is a classic.

[@johnrife7134]

I was this many years old when I learned Cartman's Jennifer Lopez hand puppet was based on this movie.

[@lowbridge7070]

This sure does bring back nice memories. In 1979 i was 10 years old and i was going to the movies with my then best friend at least once a week, every week, from the 1970s-1980s. We were both a couple of fanatics about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies (and yes, we religiously watched siskel and ebert together every week on his living room tv). We tried to see every new movie that came out regardless of plot, genre (he loved horror movies, I preferred comedy), critics reviews, or who starred in it. And Rocky II as well as The In-Laws just happened to be a couple of the many new movies we saw that year because they just came out. I enjoyed both. There certainly was something magical about the movie theatergoing experience in itself in those years. Going to the movies every week in the 1970s-1980s with my best friend is among my most fondest, happiest memories of my entire life.

[@clintstewart5545]

thanks for sharing !!!

[@davewanamaker3690]

I love their DOG of the week! He's so cute.

[@bigtedkerrigan]

Roger did pretty well predicting Rocky III apart from the colosseum lol.

[@Comictalent]

He also said Rocky III is gonna be the last one 🤣

[@gspendlove]

I have to admit that The Main Event is a guilty pleasure of mine. My mom was a big fan of Babs and she took me with her to see it in the theater when I was eight or nine. And it was a funny movie for me. Maybe not for everybody, but for me. I still like to watch it every once in a while. Last time I did I noticed something. Ernie Hudson from Ghostbusters and Len Lesser, Uncle Leo from Seinfeld, are in it. It's always fun when you catch something like that.

[@HugoSoup57]

Rocky II was a good sequel. Escape from Alcatraz is one of the most underappreciated movies from the 70’s.

[@laustcawz2089]

"...Alcatraz" also clearly served as the blueprint for the infinitely more celebrated "...Shawshank...".

[@ricardocantoral7672]

@@laustcawz2089 Shawshank was your basic prison melodrama.

[@danieleskridge3180]

Patrick McGoohan as the warden!

[@davewanamaker3690]

A great opening to the show. That made the team extra fun to watch.

[@oobrocks]

Mr McGoohan enhances every thing he's in

[@timothymorris157]

Rocky II is a good sequel i don’t care what anyone else says or thinks otherwise. It’s a solid winner by knockout and new champion! 🥊

[@birch5757]

Holy cow. I never realized that South Park based the Jennifer Lopez episode on the hand puppet from The In-Laws.

[@Marckymarc71]

Goes back WAY farther than The In Laws. Señor Wences.

[@stevenwatchorn9816]

7:40 "Well, I guess Rocky III's gonna be the last one..." Oh, you poor, sweet, naive man; the world of film franchises had only just begun. :D

[@gwenwachsman3739]

The last two films being made after both were gone, I believe

[@JozeeWalz]

Escape From Alcatraz love that film, taught and suspenseful and Clint

[@ricardocantoral7672]

There is also just enough drama and I suppose the casting of Patrick McGoohan as the warden was a slice of irony.

[@JohnSmith-xx9se]

*Taut.

[@brianstjohn]

I saw the In-Laws about 100 times on HBO as a kid

[@4seeableTV]

I'm wondering if Siskel and Ebert even knew that Clint Eastwood's character in the Alcatraz film was based on a real person? They didn't mention that in the review. Yes, the actual escape sequence was short, with an ambiguous ending, but that's because no one knows what really happened to the three. So there's only so much to filmmakers can do with that.

[@TheNameisPlissken1981]

Wow. Three fantastic films! Rocky 2, The In-Laws and Escape From Alcatraz. If I was just a little older, I would have seen them in the theater, but alas, I got to watch them when they debuted on HBO a year later. I must have seen Rocky 2 & Escape atleast 20 times when I was 6 years old. HBO had them on a constant loop along with Hot Stuff, Just You & Me, Kid and Every Which Way But Loose! Good times. And I wonder if Gene's opinion on The In-Laws changed over time like it did for the original Rocky (which he didn't like so much). I know I didn't like it the first time I saw it, but later in life, it became one of my favorite films.

[@m3talentagency680]

The In-laws is a hoot! I've got flames in my car. I've got flames in my car!

[@highwaystar3780]

I saw it with my mom and we were Dying over that very part and whole film. Siskel had the personality of a Bowling Ball. He judged and evaluated films out of intellect and void of any emotion. He was also Tone Deaf in my opinion as he practically Never praised or hardly mentioned the Amazing and Underrated Scores and talented Composers. Fuck Siskel...and Fuck Ebert too. I Never needed their validation to enjoy a movie !

[@centralpete6044]

I was at Alcatraz around 2012 as part of a group working on some renovations there and made a point to stand exactly where “Wolf” tried to “shank” Clarence Anglin in the “yard”. My coworkers didn’t know what the heck I was talking about lol

[@CogensFamilyTV]

There is a split second where you can see Adrian working up her nerve to kiss Rocky, but then he slaps her on the shoulder like "hey buddy", and her face shows the recognition that he didn't let her realize her potential.

[@orbit_gary]

I wish Peter Falk and Alan Arkin had done more movies together,

[@kdohertygizbur]

Well they did the follow up and that stunk

[@bobwallace1880]

The In Laws was and still is a funny good time movie

[@scottshanahan3827]

I watched the in laws as an adult...I never would have guessed it came out the same year as Rocky 2

[@svjim1]

Interesting choice to play the warden in Escape from Alcatraz, and not a prisoner.

[@Anarchist86ed]

So that's where South Park got the idea for Jennifer Lopez's hand puppet.

[@davidmcmaster2083]

Just a crackup checking out what Siskel didn't like, Taxi Driver, Apocalypse Now, Pee Wee's Big Adventure, The Big Lebowski and now the In-Laws. Siskel was a sensational reverse barometer.

[@Goldenwhatever]

He liked Taxi Driver and Apocalypse Now. He flipped on both.

[@prairiedogsareextant]

@@Goldenwhatever But initially he felt, hilariously, that Taxi Driver would have been a much better movie if they had developed the love story between Travis and the blonde. Fabulous reverse barometer.

[@alistairarchibald1312]

"well i guess rocky 3 is going to be the last one" oh boy if only ol Rog was still around to see how many Rockys and Creeds they made

[@bilimus_]

There's no way that Jennifer Lopez episode of South Park wasn't inspired by The In-Laws, that was hilarious.

[@Ken_Scaletta]

There was a real puppeteer named Senor Wences that used to do the hand thing and even called it Pepe (he wasn't funny but was popular for some reason0). In-laws and SP were both riffing on the same real dude.

[@bilimus_]

@@Ken_Scaletta I've never heard of that, I'll have to look it up

[@WilliamHerlihy-p4g]

I would love to know the last time anyone watched Lost and Found. A truly forgotten film.

[@pokeysdad17]

the in-laws is very funny.

[@pmafterdark]

Can't believe Gene didn't find The In-Laws funny. I saw it in the movies when it came out and i thought it was riot.

[@d.a.thorndike8772]

Do they even know That Escape From Alcatraz is a true story?? They talk about the actual escape being the weakest part of the movie when in fact the sequence of the actual escape was filmed exactly how it really happened. Get a clue guys!

[@Jbaxter85]

Rocky 2 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟 The In-Laws 👍🌟🌟🌟 Lost & Found 👎🌟 Escape from Alcatraz 👍🌟🌟🌟 The Main Event 👎🌟🌟

[@freddyfurrah3789]

F THAT LAST COMMERCIAL.

[@nicklengyel356]

What a guy, what a guy?

[@Ken_Scaletta]

The In-laws is one of the funniest movies ever made. Gene had no sense of humor.

[@joedimaggio3687]

Siskel didn't like Rocky, but he liked Rocky 2. Go figure.

[@hevyonez97]

He actually did like it, he just didn't love it like everyone else...huge difference...