Gonna sound weird, but I actually had a little well-up of tears just listening to how excited Gene was about T2, which then made me think back to seeing it the first time and what a truly amazing experience that was. Ah, simpler times (cliche I know, but damned if that’s not how I feel).
@slyjokerg3 жыл бұрын
Music... TV... and movies... are a part of our personal and collective histories. I haven't cried about T2, but nonetheless, I get what you are saying. Things like that make an impact on us as timestamps in our lives that make us recall (sometimes TOTAL Recall... LOL) all sorts of things, often just the general way things made us feel. What you said isn't weird. Just watching this review gives me the kind of feeling I think you were describing. The nostalgia of Gene and Roger reviewing it isn't unlike the thoughts about the movie itself. Things become a part of you as you live out your life, and movies are commonly part of that.
@seereadnhear2 жыл бұрын
I do movie reviews on my other channel and I and the rest of us INTERNET MOVIE COMMUNITY youtubers still can't hold a candle to these guys.
@seanrc86422 жыл бұрын
Weird, I know what you mean. Great movie. Love their enthusiasm for T2.
@archstanton11612 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this as a ten year old kid. S&E was a staple in our household. Much like Charlie Rose. Saw T2 three times that summer. My older bros were huge movie buffs so naturally I became one as well. Simpler times.
@JustWasted3HoursHere Жыл бұрын
It's sad that both of them are gone too.
@slyjokerg6 жыл бұрын
T2 still holds up. It is 27 years old and, with almost no changes, could be released today and be just as good.
@gurtejbauer6596 жыл бұрын
slyjokerg Terminator 2 is Awesome Movie
@slyjokerg6 жыл бұрын
Gurtej Bauer Yes, it is. It is an action movie masterpiece. There is almost nothing to criticize, and like I said, if it was released now, it would be just as successful. Cameron might be an asshole as a person, but he was/is ahead of his time in movie making.
@djsosonut5 жыл бұрын
T2 is the standard that no other Terminator film as managed to remotely get close to. It'll always be a classic.
@bassage134 жыл бұрын
It's so sad that every Terminator movie after this is shit.
@FreshCutFrenchFries4 жыл бұрын
Purchased the bluray like 12 years ago. Never watched until this weekend before Dark Fate and not only does it hold up, it really could be the greatest action movie of all time!
@andrewstallings59425 жыл бұрын
It's nice to see how excited Siskel and Ebert got when they actually enjoyed a movie like Terminator 2.
@painkillerjones62324 жыл бұрын
At least he didn't want it to be a romance movie, like he did in the original.
@beetlejuice43573 жыл бұрын
Yeah Siskel is an idiot. He didn't like Predator, T1, or Alians.
@apoc30374 жыл бұрын
Just found this show, their excitement about Movies is really infectious and this is very entertaining love it
@cliffslatterly28938 жыл бұрын
The Naked Gun and Terminator movies are superb. Glad Siskel and Ebert liked them.
@thecoolj452218 жыл бұрын
siskel didn't like the original terminator, but he loved the second one as u see
@mrchopsticks38 жыл бұрын
In that case, I won't spoil the big twist in The Empire Strikes Back for you.
@christianhafer98195 жыл бұрын
@Jaegar Ultima Absolutely tremendous.
@michaeltischuk79728 ай бұрын
George Kennedy with the dildo attached to the revving-chainsaw, one of the funniest things ever,
@FeverDog4204 жыл бұрын
They spent a lot of money on this picture. They're going to get it back.
@branagain8 жыл бұрын
I saw Terminator when it first opened so I didn't get the spoiler that Arnold was a good guy. I added to the suspense.
@DeathBringer7696 жыл бұрын
Nice. I imagine that was a pretty suspenseful moment given that in the first movie he's a villain. Probably was a good twist back in the day if you didn't have it ruined ahead of time.
@CelestialWoodway6 жыл бұрын
Ditto.
@pauljohnson75486 жыл бұрын
Same here. I saw the movie on my graduation day from basic training, so I knew nothing about the plot going into the movie. That twist came as a huge surprise.
@bassage134 жыл бұрын
Same here. Saw it in the theater the week of release. I was 13.
@markbrinton67904 жыл бұрын
I think that was the case for most people, it wasn't widely publicized and of course no internet. It was just as you describe for most who saw it in the theater.
@chriss16724 жыл бұрын
I'll never forget being 10 years old watching t2 with my dad on the big screen, I've never been so blown away, sitting in tunnel vision on the edge of the seat. So ahead of its time,
@BlahBlah-em2ed2 жыл бұрын
T2 melted my brain as a young kid. Such a good movie that still holds up.
@ilovebrandnewcarpets4 жыл бұрын
Best Terminator movie, hands down.
@yuampi57073 жыл бұрын
Sadly we got Genysis and Dark Fate
@mroriginalabides67304 жыл бұрын
This show is chill af
@aaronjohnson46815 жыл бұрын
the naked gun movies are terrific
@johnjacobjingleheimer-schm4914 жыл бұрын
Wesson oil is definitely a vital part of a heart healthy choice. Thank you Mrs. Brady.
@reneedennis20114 жыл бұрын
😁
@machineofadream7 жыл бұрын
How you know it's a good movie: it's a violent action film with a plot revolving around a child in danger, and Gene Siskel liked it.
@orbison6 жыл бұрын
That's right, he was tough on movies that featured a child in danger, he thought that few situations in movies justified that.
@Mr22thou4 жыл бұрын
I love these guy's various shows as much as anything else on TV back then. I tended to go along with Ebert more than Siskel, but I always enjoyed the two of them together. I saw more movies than I can remember based on their recommendations. Really miss them.
@SNESdrunk Жыл бұрын
3:36 "As a human, he looks like a mean waiter who's been to the health club a lot" LOL
@wsjustice2 жыл бұрын
I wish Siskel and Ebert could have lived forever just so we could see their discussions.
@jaydy714 жыл бұрын
"Schwarzenegger has this uncanny ability to hit the right note (...)", very well said! As spectacular the special effects were (and still mostly hold up), it's the spectacular acting throughout this movie that makes it such a timeless classic. Also, The Reflecting Skin was such a fantastic, sadly overlooked gem. Glad to hear Ebert liked it as much as I did.
@Abbadonhades4 жыл бұрын
I love both of these movies.
@danielwilliamson61808 жыл бұрын
A shame Linda Hamilton was not considered for an Oscar nomination for her performance in Terminator 2: Judgment Day.
@tnawcwvictoria4 жыл бұрын
Agreed, she deserved to be nominated for this and deserves to win an Oscar
@Laceykat664 жыл бұрын
The Academy never recognizes science fiction movies even if they had the best acting of the year.
@noneofyourbusiness27664 жыл бұрын
Cameron tried.
@guyansell96594 жыл бұрын
Oscar??? Why ? Give me one 90’s actress that couldn’t of played that role. Rosie trumpdonald could of nailed it better than cartipilious
@danielwilliamson61804 жыл бұрын
@@guyansell9659 Linda Hamilton did a fantastic job in T2.
@BradiKal614 жыл бұрын
It's good to see Gene liked a popular movie for a change. I am surprised at how many plot points they give away on the show and I dont remember that many spoilers when I used to watch Siskel and Ebert religiously.
@briankarcher8338 Жыл бұрын
To be frank it's hard to talk about T2 without giving away that Arnold is the good guy. It's revealed in the first shootout. What clips would they show to hide the secret? Arnold is with the boy like 90% of the movie. What would they even talk about if they couldn't talk about Arnold's dynamic with John?
@jonathanbillings9847 Жыл бұрын
I’m from the UK and discovering Siskel and Ebert for the first time having grown up with Barry Norman on the BBC. What I love from these guys is that not only do they show their genuine passion for good movie making, their openness to all genres and their appreciation that comes through is really refreshing. In the UK there would be a snooty snobbish review of films like Terminator 2 and Naked Gun and as a consequence we lacked real reviews despite Barry Norman being pretty good. Film is an American art form like Jazz and Rock N Roll and Siskel and Ebert are the best critics of film as they exhibit and understand this inherently.
@michaelj.r4576 жыл бұрын
19:09 - Gene seemed to predict Julia's movie Notting Hill several years later (which, of course, he did not live to see.)
@infasis2 ай бұрын
I remembering loving the movie, but T2 always remind me of the arcade machine with the cop and stuff on it. It was one of the few games they had at this little bowling alley that all us delinquent kids would hang out at, because the owner didn't seem to care if we smoked cigarettes and stuff. I really miss those days of just being able to walk somewhere and there was a bunch of friends and acquaintances just hanging out. My house was the hangout house too so basically every day was meeting new people and getting into mischief together. So much different to these days where I'm basically just always alone :/
@jmag5793 жыл бұрын
Who else saw T2 in the theater when it came out?
@erichodosh29334 жыл бұрын
I really don't care for action movies but T2 is a true classic.
@takemyshoesoff33502 жыл бұрын
I like some action movies. And I'm a girl!
@jedijones3 ай бұрын
@@takemyshoesoff3350 My kind of woman!
@takemyshoesoff33503 ай бұрын
@@jedijones I like "some" action movies.
@djcedric7 жыл бұрын
Someone I knew named their band 2 MILION SUNBLOCK
@emmaduncan29917 жыл бұрын
I really loved Europa Europa, and Marco Hofschnider was just beautiful.
@stevenhaas96222 жыл бұрын
As was a young Julie Delpy who played the love interest
@CraigMcfly19855 жыл бұрын
Both T2 & Naked Gun were the best! And coincidence that the promo of Leslie as the Terminator lol!
@natalieps23875 жыл бұрын
T 2 was a fantastic sequel
@happydayz78577 жыл бұрын
Robert Patrick did have a lot of charisma.
@BuckRolly14 жыл бұрын
@Bönzeaux Bleugrëne Robert Patrick as T-1000 WAS charismatic. What you talking about?
@oldDNU4 жыл бұрын
He was kind of a blank slate in that film, but that’s why his performance was perfect.
@Skeletal332 жыл бұрын
I remember watching this on Sunday (?) nights as a kid. Loves these guys
@jedijones3 ай бұрын
They kept changing the day and time here. I remember poring over the TV guide to find out when it would be on each week.
@mcqueenfanman8 жыл бұрын
Man I'm glad I didn't see this back in 91. It was a total surprise to see that Arnold was the good guy.
@TobeyStarburst8 жыл бұрын
You are kidding right?
@babybird8715 жыл бұрын
I didn`t like that...he made such a good villain..then got popular after the first movie...seemed like they had to make him a villain..and I thought the John Conner was annoying...I know I`m in the minority
@natalieps23875 жыл бұрын
It wasnt a surprise for me bc all the reviews stated this
@24james3 жыл бұрын
I learned so much about film making, the arc of a story & suspension of disbelief from these guys💯🎭
@jpsned2 жыл бұрын
I remember reading--in a body building magazine--about Linda Hamilton's exercise regimen to get her buff for T2. It was a ferocious program! 💪
@JaredGriffiths20004 жыл бұрын
The only ones of these movies I've seen are Terminator 2 and The Naked Gun 2 1/2 and they're both awesome movies.
@daakrolb4 жыл бұрын
Awesome trip back in time. Thank you.
@ilovebrandnewcarpets6 жыл бұрын
T2 is my go-to when someone asks if a sequel has ever been better than the original.
@natalieps23875 жыл бұрын
I agree also godfather 2 and empire strikes back . The 3 best sequels that I think are better than the original
@mymangodfrey5 жыл бұрын
The Road Warrior... Evil Dead 2 (arguably)... Dawn of the Dead (arguably)... Bride of Frankenstein, maybe... As good as Aliens is, Alien is still the better movie. Not a lot of examples out there, it’s true! (I love T2, but I’m in the minority that thinks the first movie actually holds up better.)
@MDK2_Radio4 жыл бұрын
Can't agree, there are plot holes in T2 and none in the original, plus it drags when they detour to go take care of Dyson and Cyberdyne Systems. The original is perfectly paced and perfectly plotted.
@oldDNU4 жыл бұрын
Addams Family Values. The first one is merely watchable, but the sequel, particularly the summer camp scenes, is hilarious. A lot of superhero movies do better with the sequel. X2 and Spider-Man 2 immediately come to mind. Thor: Ragnarok is way ahead of the first two Thor films.
@reneedennis20114 жыл бұрын
Lethal Weapon 2 is a good sequel, too. It's better than the original, in my opinion.
@dancepiglover8 жыл бұрын
Siskel was particularly sensitive to movies where children suffered.
@Clay36135 жыл бұрын
For the wrong reasons.
@titusmccarthy3 жыл бұрын
Poor baby
@frankpalancio84714 жыл бұрын
Siskel and Ebert are on the money again with T2. We forget that these reviews come out before the movie was released.
@ScottMartinD3 жыл бұрын
Can't believe Roger didn't even mildly like _Europa Europa_ . I also just noticed he didn't like _An American Werewolf in London_ .
@publican905 жыл бұрын
Wow i didn’t know Wesson’s Olive oil was good for your heart as well as tasting great
@mymangodfrey5 жыл бұрын
publican90 For a heart-smart treat that will bring a smile to all of your dinner guests’ lips: just add a tablespoon of Wesson’s oil.
@ShamrockParticle4 жыл бұрын
Yeah but when her hair appears that almost gave me a heart attack
@malafakka85304 жыл бұрын
Nice to see that Gene could also just enjoy a movie like T2 for a change.
@michaelperkowski6415 жыл бұрын
Terminator 2 is a great sequel a lot fun. Naked Gun 2 half also is funny sequel. Fun summer blockbuster 1991.
@RandyHawkeye4 жыл бұрын
Good on Gene for talking up Top Secret in the home video segment. Airplane has rightfully gone down in movie history as one of the greatest comedies of all time. It was a game changer. And yet, a case could be made that Top Secret is even better than Airplane. I'm not trying to start an argument here. I'm saying that if you haven't seen Top Secret, stop reading my comment and go watch it right now.
@ricardocantoral76724 жыл бұрын
Top Secret is frickin' hilarious !
@blogocramTrioFerdydurkE Жыл бұрын
Much better, even…
@StillLateToTheParty4 жыл бұрын
These old reviews are great
@Brandon-rq3ys5 жыл бұрын
*3:38* *_Gene Siskel:_* "As a human, he looks like a mean waiter who has been to the health club a lot" *Dude...What!?!? LMAO!!*
@chubbycatfish45734 жыл бұрын
Sounds like an inside joke.
@crunchygoodness4 жыл бұрын
Gene definitely got bullied at some point by a buff waiter. 😄
@jainee45072 жыл бұрын
Gene's T2 review is spot on. Word for word.
@the_mike_essen_show24847 ай бұрын
Roger was so analytical, I'm more impressed than ever
@LukeLovesRose Жыл бұрын
I'm glad to see these two finally appreciate James Cameron. Still, they're a long way from recognizing him as the greatest Hollywood action director.
@scottaznavourian37202 жыл бұрын
30 years later were still asking the same thing about Julia roberts
@georgesimpson77897 жыл бұрын
That Flo Henderson olive oil ad...
@mymangodfrey5 жыл бұрын
I’m so confused when it comes to picking an olive oil
@FeverDog4203 жыл бұрын
It's got Wessonality! The ad running in the same ep as the Naked Gun review is nice because Florence Henderson was a guest star on Police Squad. Surely that wasn't intentional.
@zipgow4 жыл бұрын
T2 lives on because of its special effects, but it isn't nearly as tense as the first one. The sequel ups the ante with a more unkillable machine, but here they have the help of another Terminator. The first one was an unstoppable force and nobody knew if they could kill it with 20th century technology. The villain of the first movie was Michael Meyers. The villain of the second movie was Non from Superman 2 with Cyborg of the Teen Titans to defend them.
@peterlenham31802 жыл бұрын
Terminator 2 doesn't just live on because of its legendary special effects. It also lives on because of its story, characters and message. Watch the film again. Terminator 2 is a masterpiece which is superior to the original in EVERY way possible.
@neildennis72944 жыл бұрын
Pity Furlong’s career tanked after American History X. The guy was a hell of an actor.
@Jamyes99094 жыл бұрын
He'll be back
@rustyshackleford72654 жыл бұрын
Heroin.
@gspendlove Жыл бұрын
He's in one my favorite underrated horror movies from the '90s, _Brainscan._
@neildennis7294 Жыл бұрын
@@gspendlove a hidden gem film, nothing groundbreaking, but I liked that film.
@xxcrysad3000xx3 жыл бұрын
The Reflecting Skin looks like a film I need to see. Their description of it sort of reminded me of the extremely weird movie "Parents" with Randy Quaid--another movie about experiencing fear through the eyes of a child.
@js-pb2kf3 жыл бұрын
God lord, I freaking LOVED Parents. Quaid is just chilling.
@Halbmond7 жыл бұрын
Wow, Ebert was so far off on Europa Europa it's embarrassing. I totally agree with Siskel, it was about the protagonist's conflict of being himself and having to hide his identity in an environment that is so hostile towards his kind. About the unimaginable pressure. And it's about providing insights into the nazi world. Ebert talks condescendingly about the girl who wants to birth little Nazis, but at her age, she's a victim, too-a victim of propaganda and indoctrination. Of course she's an awful character, but you also have to feel bad for her because she's born into this environment. But mainly, and I'm surprised they didn't pick up on that-in fact, Ebert even stupidly asks what the message of the movie is supposed to be-I think one main point of the film is to ridicule the Nazis and expose how phony their ideology really was. It's been years since I've watched the movie, but I remember a scene where they are in school and the teacher talks about how Germans are supposed to be genetically superior and how you could even see that. All that pseudo-science BS, and then he looks at the Jew in hiding, and he says something like: you're a perfect Arian! As a viewer you sigh in relief and chuckle in disbelief of how ridiculous all of this is. The emperor has no clothes. It was an amazing movie, and I think it was good that they cast amateur actors rather than established actors.
@jadezee63166 жыл бұрын
Was it as hostile when alone with the young girl who was feeling only what normal reens feel? Matbe he thought so.....but maybe he didnt have too
@tonysoottinanchai5016 жыл бұрын
This is the first movie I can recall where I am a total 180 from Ebert. I was the same age as the main character, so maybe that's why it had a bigger impact. Ebert didn't catch that it's a coming of age movie with the added stakes of war and genocide, and your Jewish identity will get you killed. So maybe it's better to abandon that. He felt the most like a normal teenager when he was at Hitler youth camp and had friends. Ebert doesn't know what the point of the movie is. Wer ist mein Freund? Mein Feind? That's the point of the story. Who your friends and enemies are are more often a matter of circumstance than anything. And if that is true, then war is pointless. (For the record, sometimes the most important heroes are the ones that "just survived." Often the people who need heroes the most are the one who have been through the most heinous shit in their lives and just need to know it's possible for someone to make it.)
@HoldenNY223 жыл бұрын
@@tonysoottinanchai501- I agree. Please see my earlier comment.
@cognitivedissident28813 жыл бұрын
Sorry but I'm with Ebert on this one, the main character was unconvincing to me, they could have got a better actor.
@flixsymmetry3 жыл бұрын
So we’ll said. I remember seeing this on cable late at night a few years after it came out and I was mesmerized. At the time I was dating a woman whose grandparents were Holocaust survivors so it made it more personal for me.
@lentzadam5333 жыл бұрын
Naked Gun 2 and Terminator 2 in the same weekend? Man they had it good.
@tomservo50074 жыл бұрын
I'm glad I missed this episode before watching T2 (and yes, I did watch the show on TV at the time).
@Angyali8 жыл бұрын
Didn't remember the 2. Naked Gun came out same year as the 2. Terminator.
@thescott75393 жыл бұрын
There was a trailer made for 2 1/2 where Nielsen was dressed like Arnold saying Hasta La Vista Baby (or at least a TV spot). I remember seeing them both the same day at the theater Think I saw Bill And Ted's Bogus Journey that day too.
@rentoptional15246 жыл бұрын
Major spoilers here. If you hadn't seen the movie, Arnold was not revealed as a "good Terminator" until the release of the movie.
@trojandarkhorse20225 жыл бұрын
Youre 100% right. You would think that these two "movie experts" would not spoil that but I guess not. I meaN they get to go in fresh when watching films but why not their audience? They should've been more careful.
@patrickshields52515 жыл бұрын
@@trojandarkhorse2022 Well some trailers already gave away the fact that Arnold is a good Terminator in T2. Also, how else are they going to explain the plot without addressing that The Terminator is a good guy this time?
@gspendlove5 жыл бұрын
@@patrickshields5251 Yeah, after the release the studio spoiled that. One of the taglines was "This time he's back....for good."
@patrickshields52515 жыл бұрын
@@gspendlove Ouch.
@waterdamnaged4 жыл бұрын
I remember that tidbit being spoiled long before the movie released by the Theatrical trailers. When the movie came out it was obvious that was the idea, but they had already given up the ship by all the hype and promotional material. There was even a story where Cameron was furious that the studio had went behind him and "ruined" his movie ... he got over it.
@mrchopsticks38 жыл бұрын
"A mean waiter who has been to the health club a lot" - that's the best Gene could come up with?
@AmericasComic6 жыл бұрын
Mr. Chopsticks yeah, I thought it was a weird comparison, especially how I always thought he was supposed to be a sort of yuppie type
@utahwanderlust7004 жыл бұрын
Hey, Gene finally got one right!! T2. Congrats.
@Punko19694 жыл бұрын
Well... He also said at the end that it's the best action movie since Die Hard 2, which means he thinks Die Hard 2 is better. Leave it to Gene to miss sticking the landing.
@MDK2_Radio4 жыл бұрын
@@Punko1969 no, that doesn't mean that he thinks Die Hard 2 is better.
@Punko19694 жыл бұрын
@@MDK2_Radio When you say something is the best since something else, that something else would have to be better, or even less likely, exactly as good. There would be no other reason to make the other thing a milestone for comparison. What am I missing here?
@danerman734 жыл бұрын
Gene Siskel tended to be tougher on action movies than Roger Ebert. But he also nailed Robocop, even more so than Roger who also liked it. He saw it for the absolute classic it was, few critics did. He was horribly wrong about Total Recall and Roger was right about how great a movie that was.
@DouglasZwick4 жыл бұрын
I'm really glad I watched this video because up until now I have been a little confused when it comes to picking an olive oil
@amphitheatre4 жыл бұрын
the reflecting skin needed more attention. great kino!
@tomjones86103 жыл бұрын
Eccch it was awful
@wildwest18323 жыл бұрын
A sequel better than the original? T2. I think T2 might be the best action movie ever made.
@gblatt84723 жыл бұрын
Compare to many of the modern KZbin film critics who do bite sized reviews. Siskel & Ebert are pack so much insight into their segments that many (not all) of their digital decedents feel tongue tied in comparison.
@fredloeper85794 жыл бұрын
Top Secret was a spoof on a Cornell Wilde movie called Operation Secret.
@hamupinhere4 жыл бұрын
I've never seen 'Operation Secret'. Is it essentially the 'Zero Hour!' (to 'Airplane!') of 'Top Secret', if you catch my slightly convoluted drift? I'd always known it to be a parody of 50's spy films and Elvis flicks, but come to think of it, I can't recall any actual direct parodies of certain scenes from any particular spy/Elvis film (except for the obvious 'Wizard Of Oz' joke toward the end), which is S.O.P. for Zucker/Abrahams movies.
@fredloeper85794 жыл бұрын
@@hamupinhere I saw "Operation secret" when I was very young and have not heard hide nor hair of it since. However, yes, I do believe Top Secret is a parody of that.
@maskedmarvyl47746 жыл бұрын
What the hell was Ebert expecting from the young actor in the Nazi film? if he displays his shock and horror, he immediately gives away that he is not one of them, and the audience won't buy that he can emote openly and the Nazis won't notice it.
@cognitivedissident28813 жыл бұрын
I think he was expecting a better actor.
@Charliem19943 жыл бұрын
Just watched it, actor did a great job. The scene where he confides in Leni's mother was really powerful
@jasonkrug79284 жыл бұрын
T2 is maybe the best movie sequel ever
@michaelscimeca69494 жыл бұрын
It's in the running along with Cameron's Aliens and Star Trek 2 The Wrath of Khan.
@jasonkrug79284 жыл бұрын
@@michaelscimeca6949 Fair
@FeverDog4204 жыл бұрын
T2 to The Reflecting Skin is the oddest juxtaposition.
@trikkerman17 жыл бұрын
@3:17 regular tv stations edited out the sound of the guy smacking into the wall. And some cut out the scene when he pushes the woman down.
@drzerogi4 жыл бұрын
Also the part where they showed John Connor's foster father's head cut in half by the T1000; as soon as the ominous pan to the right begins, they chop it and move to the next scene. I was so disappointed about that edit especially.
@BullToTheShit5 жыл бұрын
Surprised Roger didn't like _Europa Europa_ . Not a great movie, but definitely worth seeing.
@Croweyes11213 ай бұрын
How “Shamelessly Stupid” wasn’t plastered all over Naked Gun 2 1/2’s marketing materials is beyond me. What a great compliment, lol
@MAFion Жыл бұрын
Reflecting Skin is a gem. A midwestern gothic. With Vigo Mortenson too!
@HoldenNY227 жыл бұрын
I agree with the Previous Comment by Willi Kampman. I thught Europa, Euopa was a Great Movie. Actually, It reminded me a lot the Novel- The Painted Bird by Jerzy Kosinski. I think Europa, Europa is the best Movie I've seen on the Holocaust. I thought it was better than Schindler's LIst
@katrinaolsen24443 жыл бұрын
I agree! I found the movie incredibly touching.
@Mitchell_E_Underscore2 жыл бұрын
Commercial: Are you a little confused when it comes to picking an olive oil? Me: No.
@collinsnider4179 Жыл бұрын
Glad to know I'm not the only one who thinks Julia Roberts keeps making the same movies
@spb78833 жыл бұрын
Terminator 2 is I think an interesting study in how a culture changes, how an audience’s attitude toward a celebrity can change that celebrity’s career. Of course Schwarzenegger was known before the first Terminator, but that film which pit him on the map with the general public. And what role did he play in the first film? The villain. Fast forward nearly a decade later and Schwarzenegger has become so popular and played so many heroic roles that by the time Terminator 2 was released American audiences could no longer accept him as a villain. He *had* to play the hero.
@jeepthing983 жыл бұрын
I read your response but I don't get it. He played the hero in most of his films, even pre-T2. Conan and Conan the Destroyer, Commando, Twins, Total Recall, Kindergarten Cop.... If anything, playing the bad guy in T1 was a rare reprieve.
@bobthebear12466 жыл бұрын
Some observations: Roger Ebert really couldn't pronounce "Schwarzenegger." REFLECTING SKIN is basically FRIGHT NIGHT as a period piece meets BLUE VELVET. Gene Siskel's "molested" comment in that review was a truly unfortunate choice of words. Finally, Julia Roberts *did* try to move beyond that formula with MARY REILLY in 1996. Unfortunately, almost no one went to see it.
@finnsterling65142 жыл бұрын
TOP SECRET is absolutely hilarious.
@Skeletal332 жыл бұрын
They give away toooo much of the plot during the T2 review
@dallesamllhals91612 жыл бұрын
..good thing i was a danish 12yo kid in late 1991.
@SamJohnsonAZ5 ай бұрын
It’s true though they give away crazy spoilers in their reviews every time
@LukeLovesRose Жыл бұрын
Linda Hamilton was totally robbed of a nomination for Best Actress
@Jbaxter853 жыл бұрын
0:00 Intro 0:54 T2 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟🌟 5:36 The Reflecting Skin 👎🌟🌟 8:44 Naked Gun 2 👍🌟🌟🌟 11:14 Europa Europa 👍🌟🌟🌟 15:31 Commercials 16:00 Julia Roberts top female star Home video 20:20 Top Secret 20:40 The reviews
@footofjuniper82126 жыл бұрын
The original idea for the first Terminator was to cast Michael Biehn as the Terminator, since they were supposed to look like normal-sized, non-threatening nobodies, as infiltration units.
@photoninjazz587 Жыл бұрын
Lance Henrickson. Not Michael biehn
@adgtheone3 жыл бұрын
Terminator 2: Judgement Day is one of the greatest movies of all time, I don't care what anyone says!
@davidhutchinson78883 жыл бұрын
FACT
@jeepthing983 жыл бұрын
Who would disagree? It's the quintessential 90s action movie.
@Boogyman40508 жыл бұрын
I miss the old days of Siskel and Ebert. The way they argued with each other and shit. Terminator 2 is a lot better than the original. I got T2 as best Sci Fi film of all time. Blade Runner 2nd best. I'd put Star Wars Ep 4 and 5 at number 3 and 4. Jurassic Park at 5. Picking 6-10 are tight calls. Original Terminator is in that zone. I still haven't figured out where 2001 Space Oddessy fits in the top 10. Maybe 7th? War of the Worlds 1953 is in there for sure.
@junkienurseable7 жыл бұрын
no one cares.
@DeathBringer7696 жыл бұрын
It's funny how much they disliked Blade Runner when it first came out, and even still gave it a hard time with the Director's Cut later in their re-review, although slightly more nice.
@IrishCarney4 жыл бұрын
They shouldn't have given away that Arnold is a good guy in the sequel. The movie carefully makes that ambiguous until the big moment when he shoots at the other terminator instead of at John.
@j.farmer83454 жыл бұрын
Disagree it’s that ambiguous. In their initial encounters the T-800 hurts but doesn’t kill a biker gang, and the T-1000 kills a cop.
@IrishCarney4 жыл бұрын
@@j.farmer8345 It's not actually clear that the T-1000 kills the cop. You don't see what it does. The cop just grunts and falls down, no blood visible.
@j.farmer83454 жыл бұрын
IrishCarney After the T-1000 runs up on him and then steals his gun. I think it’s pretty clear.
@IrishCarney4 жыл бұрын
@@j.farmer8345 In between clearly running up to the cop and clearly taking the cop's gun, the T-1000 does something OUT OF FRAME. It's carefully blocked and storyboarded out so that you can't see exactly what the T-1000 does or, what (other than being unconscious) has happened to the cop. There's not even any sign the T-1000 is anything other than a human being like Kyle Reese was. Note the T-1000 does NOT now have the cop's face - it retains the face and body it had on arrival, so a viewer could think that it is a human who just took the cop's outfit. Later on, after the "Get down!" scene establishes who is good and who is bad, and that the T-1000 is not a human, THEN the camera explicitly, in frame, shows the T-1000 killing people - you see it impaling John's foster father, the fat guard, etc. I think there's a reason a careful director like Cameron made those choices.
@j.farmer83454 жыл бұрын
IrishCarney I agree with everything you described, but I see it as more an effort to conceal the physical nature of the T-1000 rather than his antagonist status. The entire scene is much darker and more ominous than the T-800’s introduction, which ended with a semi-comic scene (e.g. sunglasses, George Thorogood on the soundtrack). Having the T-1000 confront a sympathetic character and the T-800 unsympathetic characters further gives it away. Nonetheless, I do agree that the film was edited to make the confrontation in the mall corridor a reveal movement. Earlier the T-800 spots John on his dirt bike, and the POV display says “Target acquired.” My only point is that there are plenty of cues earlier to the reveal that make it pretty unsurprising. When the T-1000 spots John at the mall, he intensely pursues him and shoves his friend out of the way. A little more obscure but one more: the T-1000 uses the police computer to find the home address and then gets a photograph of John from the adoptive parents. They reveal Arnold was already there, and he already knows what John looks like. Admittedly, you could argue that either way. Plot never really explains how the T-800 knows to go to the mall.
@logicn.reasoning9744 Жыл бұрын
Wow, they got to see the very rare "T2 'purple cut'".
@MrZackavelli3 жыл бұрын
*before 'no spoilers' was a thing*
@ccourt46 Жыл бұрын
Siskel basically calling the future Julia Roberts movie Knotting Hill.
@stevenhaas96222 жыл бұрын
Ebert got things wrong sometimes. Raising Arizona was one of them as was Europa Europa. That was a good film.
@jmorrison230582 Жыл бұрын
Funny how Gene gives the plot to Notting Hill @19:05 about 8 years before it was made.
@RSEFX4 жыл бұрын
Yes, Stan and Dennis Muren deserve so much credit for so many of the efx........but also keep in mind my brother and I had to deal with the incredible difficulty of the transformation of the shattered T-1000 into a re-formed T-1000 again. Stan and Dennis Muren were not involved in those efx,
@ilovebrandnewcarpets6 жыл бұрын
LOL they always loved giving away 90% of the movie in the review
@CraigMcfly19854 жыл бұрын
That maybe true.
@crystalshaw8744 Жыл бұрын
They break the plots down to their common denominations....smile
@johnconnors11125 жыл бұрын
I thought Terminator 2 was Great.
@avisco014 жыл бұрын
20:00 They’re totally right. Too Secret is wonderful.
@jec1ny3 жыл бұрын
I saw three of these movies. T2 was the best of the Terminator franchise. I give it 4 stars. I saw and liked Europa Europa which I found very moving. 3.5 stars. The Naked Gun sequel was OK but nothing to write home about. 3 stars. I have not seen The Reflecting Skin, but I am now intrigued and may seek it out.
@scottaznavourian37202 жыл бұрын
I like that gene didn't care much for the first one bit kept an open mind.
@Brandon-rq3ys5 жыл бұрын
The Terminator was a fantastic movie. It was terrkfying as well as a great story. That said, Terminator 2: Judgement Day was even better! One of the _only_ sequels in existence that's arguably better than the original. I've never even met anyone who thinks the first one is better than Part 2. Part 3 is a totally different story, though. 😂
@NovaFeedback19795 жыл бұрын
AlphaDeltaXray First one is the best.
@gspendlove9 жыл бұрын
It's time again for a Naked Gun/Police Squad! viewing binge. I've missed it. In fact, I may go full ZAZ. I might even give An American Carol another try.
@itsRabbitSeasonYo7 жыл бұрын
gspendlove the opening scene in the naked gun had oj simpson wearing a mask..a premonition???
@bobthebear12466 жыл бұрын
Darth Devoknieval Your comment gave me life.
@KarstensCreationsKC4 жыл бұрын
Everything the zuckers have ever touched has been gold except for the American carol, which was nothing more than right wing, hateful propaganda disguised as humor... it was mean, petty and just plain not funny...