Siskel & Ebert Classics - 6/24/87 - Dragnet, Adventures in Babysitting, Innerspace
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- Опубліковано 3 січ 2021
- Another Summer of '87 show from the official Andyfilm archives.
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_Innerspace_ is goddamned amazing and deserves so much more love...
Rest in peace the both men
The bit I really liked in Dragnet was when they kept trashing their patrol cars and they ended up driving a Yugo. "The cutting edge of Serbo-Croatian technology".
11:44 "But in a quiet moment, Quaid wants to know more about the man he's inside" 😐
I'm surprised they gave Dragnet so much love. It was a fav of mine for a long time.
I've probably seen Dragnet 50 times. I'm glad they liked it. Muzz Amil Amil Muzz
Holy crap, I love all 3 of those movies
I forgot all about Inner Space. I loved that movie when I was kid.
LOL the Dragnet review was great. Ebert went NUTS over the Dragnet Art of Noise remix theme. I liked the theme.
Hook kids in with some disco thing. In 1987.
It’s 2022 and I’m still laughing 😆 with my family
You have to give dragnet thumbs up just for the rap video at the end.
I was born in early 1979 and these 3 movies were so huge among kids my age
True true true
Did anyone other than Gene and Aykroyd’s family think Aykroyd should get an Oscar for Dragnet 😂
No, he did a good job, but come on! I was more on the side of Roger wanting Fred Willard to get nominated for "Best in Show".
Maybe not. But he did get nominated for Driving Miss Daisy
Siskel in rare form enjoying something silly
I was very surprised to hear him say that, but when you watch the film, you can see it's a good performance worthy of a nomination. The Academy rarely favors comedic performances, but they should regard comedy on the same level as drama
Adventures in babysitting is a guilty pleasure of mine. Seen it many times.
Roger went ballistic during the Dragnet review ! He hated the Art of Noise remix of the Dragnet theme. I thought it was pretty good.
To be fair, the remix (which I also love) is a little long-winded. The album version is more of a classic reworking of the original theme; I never understood why they didn’t use that version.
@@PetersPianoShoppe Is the album version the same one they use in the Dragnet 87 music video?
Loved the movie version. I bought every variant of the Art Of Noise version that was commercially available at the time, 1987/88’. Including a remix tape that was produced. None of them were as good as the one used in the film. I had to connect a cassette player to my VCR back in the day to get a copy I could play in my truck.
All the movies in the history of Cinema, and all the movies that they reviewed over the years… Dragnet was not one that I thought Gene Siskel would like… But it warms my heart to know that he loved it
These 2 are in great form, and I'm really glad they hit the sweet big and sweet small spots of DRAGNET and INNER SPACE... excellent casts in both excellent films. 👍 👍
Great summer. I was 16. Watched them all. Used to watch this in syndication too.
That was a great tribute to Fred Astaire. He was a class act.
My take on the films reviewed:
Dragnet - I liked Aykroyd's Joe Friday impression a lot and Hanks does a fine job playing counterpoint to his straight laced act. (7/10)
Adventures in Babysitting - I really like Elisabeth Shue and this is a great showcase for her. But, one question: did you really believe for a second that she was seventeen? Me neither. (7/10)
Innerspace - Now, here's my favorite of the movies reviewed in this episode. I love how this movie flows. There is never a dull moment and there is so much of interest going on that the movie just flies by. The special effects are damn good for a late '80's flick and I laughed hard at a lot of the gags (my favorite is a sight gag involving a telephone booth). This is Joe Dante's finest hour outside of the Gremlins movies. (8/10)
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I didn’t care Elisabeth Shue didn’t look her supposed age bc I couldn’t take my eyes off her. This is a classic from when I was young. She is engaging, charming, and you want to see her just get through this night alive. The Disney channel remake sucked ass bc it took out all the danger and cursing and made it another plastic fantastic crapfest
Each of these movies is worth watching, even if only once.
They play the original Dragnet theme BEFORE the Art of Noise remix in the movie, right at the start.
Sounds like Ebert wanted them to play the original theme at the end especially!!
I absolutely love all 3 of these moves! ❤
What a year this was! Once again, I liked all the movies reviewed here.
I love how disco had been stone dead for 8 years at this point and early hip hop was on life support and both are calling this early R&B/hip hop mix of the Dragnet theme "disco".
3 of my favourite films.
As a kid, I know I liked Adventures in Babysitting more than Ferris Bueller, but I haven't seen Adventure in Babysitting since then, so I can't say for certain that would still be the case. After all, Babysitting included a girl my age I could identify with and the Ferris Bueller kids were all older.
Not sure a critic could get away with expressing their unalloyed love of “Swing Time” these days
All-3-are-great
Fred Astaire was also a top notch singer. No, he didn’t have the gorgeous pipes of Crosby, but he had a natural singing voice. I’ve been told that Tin Pan Alley songwriters preferred Astaire over just about anyone else because he sang THEIR songs….he never stylized, or crooned, took unnecessary liberties with the rhythm and melody.
I liked innerspace
Dan Aykroyd did an excellent job with this role and almost like a hybrid impersonation of jack webb.But the script was only so -so I thought.they also didn't make tom hanks character very interesting 😐
Completely agree 👍🏻
Dragnet: I absolutely love this movie. This is Aykroyd's finest hour. I don't know if I would have good as far as Gene would in praise (and that says more about how much praise Gene had than me.) What is interesting about Dragnet is that it sort of goes in "The Princess Bride" approach to its comedy, playing everything straight, only occasionally tipping the hat to its parody.
Adventures in Babysitting: I haven't seen that movie in almost 20 years when it would play in Disney Channel reruns, but I do recall enjoying it slightly. I may have to go back to see it again to think about Roger's criticisms of the racial issues he had with the film.
Innerspace: While I definitely disagree with Roger (and to an extent, Gene) in that opinion that Martin Short did not realize his potential in Three Amigos, I think they are also spot on with praising him for this film. It is sad that this film was not a hit when it came out, and only later did it gain an audience with VHS/DVD and TV airings.
I agree with them in DRAGNET, great
Cast, great performances all around, good scenes & no bad scenes, good moments & the chemistry between Aykroyd & Hanks is fun. Aykroyd's performance funny because he talks like a robot most of the movie, before Tom Hanks, Aykroyd originally wanted James Belushi to be his partner but unavailable. 👍🌟🌟🌟🌟
If they had Memo To The Academy specials back then, I can easily imagine Gene wasting his recommendation on Dan Aykroyd. Not that he wasn't great as Joe Friday, but this kind of performance wouldn't get an Oscar nomination in any year. Gene is the same guy who stumped for Keanu Reeves to be nominated for "Speed" and James Woods for "Vampires". That's hardcore maverick shit.
Dragnet is great. Way underrated. Millennials wouldn't get it at all they probably don't even know what Dragnet is.
You are aware that the oldest of Millennials would've seen this movie as kids right and nearing the age of 40 now. So to correct yourself, direct that stupid comment to Generation Z
@@fredcasdensworld Sorry Fred, can you ever find it in your heart to forgive me?
I was born in '87. The film wasn't much but I think the casting of Hanks and Akroyd was totally on point. I also enjoy the 1960's Dragnet show.
@@fredcasdensworld True dat.
How did they like Dragnet over Adventures of Babysitting? I thought they were both good, but I liked Adventures in Babysitting better
I think it's funnier if you had grown up watching the Dragnet TV show so you'd see what a great impression Aykroyd does of Jack Webb.
Those two guys wouldn’t be the target market for adventures in baby sitting
@@williamshaw9047 Totally agree. I think Dragnet holds up well and is held in high esteem if you ever listened to the old radio programs or saw the original TV series. I did both so this parody is hilarious to me. Without any previous Dragnet knowledge it would probably be so-so.
Marty Is a Star
So far as full body dancing, guess they forgot Travolta dancing to "You Should be Dancing" in Saturday Night Fever.
They really downplayed Tom Hanks in Dragnet by omission. Its probably a generational thing. I was about 8 when this movie came out and I would have talked more about Hanks, who was very funny in the 80s. I am not sure if Aykroyd made me laugh at all in this flick.
When I first saw this movie Hanks stuck out to me like a sore thumb because of his popularity from Big and Forrest Gump alone. But if you have ever listened to the old Dragnet radio programs or ever seen the original television show Aykroyd gives a magnificent performance playing the original Joe Friday’s nephew. Hanks was still warming up. After all his only true hit at this point was Splash. Big the following year turned him into a mega star.
Dragnet was super funny
Riunite on ice - that's nice.
Gene really overrated DA’s performance in Dragnet. I mean he was fine but Oscar??
Well when you consider Robin WIlliams got nominated for an Oscar for just doing his stand up routine in Good Morning Vietnam Gene has a point.
@@fredcasdensworld Precisely what an episode of Duckman stated !
I loved DA performance in this film.
Adventures In Babysitting is great and much better than Ferris Beuler.
One of Gene’s worst moments imo
-Thinks Aykroyd should have won an OSCAR for Dragnet
-Thinks Adventures in babysitting is better than Ferris Bueller
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Gene obviously doesn't know the difference between a performance and acting.
Adventures is better than Ferris
@@sahej6939 Blasphemer.
Hahaha how is that dance a "Daring symbol of seduction"?! lol that doesn't even make sense! 🤣
1933 and dance is definitely seduction
"... cigarette?"
CHICAWGO
Interesting insight on how modern dance films only show the face and not the body because the actors these days can't dance as well.
That same year (1987) _Dirty Dancing_ didn't cut away from Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey and often showed them in full view.
Make parades great again for 2022
sdventures in babystting is funny but ferries is better
Nope
@@sahej6939 nope?
He'll yes! I watch adventures in babysitting over ferries any day !!
Dragnet could have been a good movie but wasn't. The movie goes south when they go undercover investigating the pagan cult. We lose the classic Joe Friday for a large chunk of the movie and it strays too far from the straight forward criminal investigations of the original series.
Ebert is so wrong about the Dragnet music
they wanted everything OG like their childhood memories… kids are the same today 🎉
I enjoy watching some of Siskel and Ebert’s reviews but sometimes I have to wonder what movie these guys were watching. They made Dragnet sound like a comedy classic. There are some funny moments in it but it’s not that good. And I’m a huge admirer of Aykroyd and Tom Hanks, Christopher Plummer, Elizabeth Ashley, etc. But the whole P.A.G.A.N plot was just stupid. And Ebert was right on the money when he criticized the music that plays over the end credits. If you can even call that crap “music.” Horrible stuff.
God, these nit-picking nitwits.
They were clearly paid to like Dragnet. They really oversold it.
People don't really remember it now, but Dragnet was the 5th highest grossing movie of Summer '87. And just outside the Top 10 for the entire year. It was actually really popular and got a lot of good reviews on top of it.
@@andyfilm5785 Dragnet was a movie neither of them should have liked.
@@andyfilm5785 And it should be noted it was parodying a TV show that was like 25-30 years old at the time, a show a lot of moviegoers of that generation had grown up watching.
87 was a great year for us kids! Dirty Dancing, Adventures in Babysitting, Hello Again etc etc
It’s a different generation than these guys 😂Elizabeth Shue was perfect in this movie 🍿 such a great kids movie
No one ever paid those boys to ever like or dislike a movie in their careers. Anyone who says that has no idea who Siskel and Ebert were, or of their backgrounds. Yo appreciate the movie Dragnet you had to be old enough to remember the great Jack Webb in his 60s and 70s TV versions of the show. That's exactly how he spoke and dressed.