I think it’s funny how Roger Ebert hit the nail on the head with his description of the film, but took the wrong idea from it. It is a movie with larger than life characters who don’t talk like normal people. It is an exhibit to witness these characters, but that’s what’s so great about it. It’s a piece that forces you to withdraw and witness the craziness that ensues.
Exactly, this movie literally has a "lone biker of the apocalypse" in it, the Cohens aren't aiming for kitchen sink realism here. Rare miss from Ebert.
Without a doubt one of the funniest movies of all time. Well written and well acted. Not a weak performance in the movie. I saw at the theater in 1987 and laughed nonstop. A classic.
Me and my Sister lit up and saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail ..and had that same kinda nonstop laffing deal ...' Much as ah despise ( mostly republican ) rednecks , I Love(d) This moo-vay which points fight at me having some Recessive Redneck Genes , too ! Lol 🐸 - licker
I saw it in the theaters when it came out also. I wasn't interested at first, but a lot of my friends were going so I joined them. I loved it and it has been my favorite movie ever since!
Yes not so much wrong its just his opinion thats the great thing about movies we dont all have to have the same opinion. I think its great but he was entitled to his opinion he didnt have to love it
@@shawndamccormick278 - me too & it happens with my favorite music, too. now in my 40s, I believe that Critics are irrelevant. they do not create, because they can’t. they’re miserable, talentless SOBs & they play their role very well.
Tbf both Siskel and Ebert had misses every now and then. Both of them hated Day of the Dead, which is now widely considered a classic in zombie subgenre
They say that sin costs people the chance at eternal life. Whatever else Roger may have done in his life, this negative review of Raising Arizona sealed his fate.
Loved these guys (Siskle and ebert). Thanks for including the opening and end show sequences. Made me realize how much I miss them. Great guys, and great critics (always worth listening to whether you agreed or not). I read Ebert’s column and blog for years and years until he passed away. Also, raising Arizona - GREAT film! 😁 That movie is a great example of what Nicholas Cage can do with a role that makes it both transcendent and uniquely his own.
@@ricarleite The only two times? Seriously? Siskel got it right and Ebert got it wrong plenty of times. Go find their reviews for The Thing, Die Hard, Batman, Batman Returns, and My Cousin Vinny just to name a few.
I didn't think the movie was funny when I first saw it either, but thankfully we watched it again and I understood the humor. Not slow, not trite, just funny. And don't forget how quotable it is. "Son, you've got a panty on your head." "Not unless round is funny." "Or my name ain't Nathan Arizona." (It isn't) This movie is Nick Cage's finest work. And for the aware, the grocery clerk fires 5 shots out of a double barrel shotgun.
Ebert is forced to watch this masterpiece every, single, day in hell. JK, Love Ebert. He introduced me to Malick and for that, I am eternally grateful.
this Film will be funny forever…& that’s a long time. it amazes me how Frances McDormand looked like a middle-aged mother of Too Many kids in this (1987), then looked like a middle-aged mother of Two in Almost Famous (2000), then looked like a middle-aged mother of 4 in Moonrise Kingdom (2012) How?! the characters in this film were too well cast to imagine anyone else playing the roles. this is & will always be my favorite Nick Cage. it may also be my favorite Holly Hunter, too. Question: .A. were the characters too well developed by the brothers? .B. were the actors too great in their roles? .C. were the casting choices too perfect? I believe it’s All the Above. it was an alchemistic ensemble of Filmmakers & Actors that can’t be replicated or reproduced. there’re so many lines from this film that I use on a weekly basis. that shows how timeless Raising AZ is & was & will be. that’s what makes a classic a classic & if you’re here, then you already know how perfect it all was. my 11, 8 & 5yr old children often have it playing when I get home & that makes me extra proud of us all.
I call it the Steve Austin trick. When you're relatively young and already look like you're in your fourties the public perception is that you're aging incredibly well!
Raising Arizona is a classic, True Stories isn’t, end of story…literally 5 years after, in the early-mid 90s, NO one even acknowledged TS and RA was one of the funniest movies of the 80s
There’s a logo there at the very end that says “Buena Vista Television.” Buena Vista Television/Buena Vista Entertainment are owned by Disney. I wish we could get the complete Siskel & Ebert television franchise on Hulu or Disney Plus.
Neither review was very good really, IMHO. These guys can do much better. Most of the movie was pretty much dismissed with only a passing reference to the plot, excellent performances by the cast, and some major laughs. I would not pass up a chance to talk about the great scene where Ed and Hi entertain their friends, or the baby knapping scene. Smalls deserves a mention too. You mean between the two of them we can only focus on a chase scene or two, plus the cinematography and some kookie offbeat characters? Every comedy stars kookie, offbeat characters. Maybe down home, country humor does not appeal to everyone.
I was probably ten years old the first time I saw Raising Arizona, likely on HBO. I wasn’t at all a fan of the movie, then. I was utterly neutral on it at the time. Over the years, I happened to rewatch it and rewatch it. In those repeat viewings, I became a huge fan of the movie. I doubt Roger Ebert ever seriously watched the movie again in his life. But, if he had, it might have grown on him.
The one thing I did find rediculous about Raising Arizona and many movies depicted and it filmed in Arizona is the hillbillyesque, southern drawl accents all the characters! Arizona isn't the South, it's the southwest and people there don't talk like that at all, and I was born and RAISED in Arizona.
@@scotttrezak674 LOL no, AZ isn't the south. This isn't perception, it's Hollywood stereotyping. If a person born and raised in Arizona sounds like they have a southern accent, they were either raised here by southern transplants OR the person listening to them has some sort of mental problem.
I always tend to side with Ebert, this is a great example to prove that nobody's perfect. And if you connect my "nobody's perfect" quotes, you get a gold star. ❤
If I were to guess before the video it would have been that Roger liked it but Gene didn't seeing as Roger usually considers the tone of the film and the audience and Gene really prefers art films. Raising Arizona is the early Coens at their most cartoonish (along the lines of Evil Dead and Crime Wave), and it's wildly expressive and over the top.
I know one of the reviews from this episode got deleted. Could you possibly post the full episode unedited so I could grab a copy and watch it as a full episode? Thanks!
The ending of Raising Arizona has one of the best endings i ever saw. I’m speaking from emotion, so pardon me. The dream sequence of the idealistic life and the question of whether he achieves it - heartbreaking and beautiful. Ps Nicolas Cage is awesome in this movie, and his dialogue is very entertaining. The big words with his drawl, it just works and makes him endearing!
Just goes to show. Don’t always take the advice of someone(Roger) that has different views and taste in movies. You be your own judge. I personally loved it.
I re-watched Raising Arizona for the first time as an adult recently, and with a more objective, informed, and critical mind, the movie is definitely not as good as I thought it was when I was younger. In fact, it’s so slow moving at times, I couldn’t get through it all in ones sitting.
I followed these guys for years when they were still on the air and I cannot remember a single time Ebert recommended something I would have otherwise passed on. And he was so very wrong on so many great movies, both movies that were acknowledged great at the time and those deemed great later. However, his written reviews on the greatest films are some of the finest pieces of film review I have ever seen. Makes me wonder if they were written by someone else....
Men and women usually have a different taste in cinema. It just tends to be true. But, if I had to pick a film that would appeal most to both men and women I would choose Raising Arizona. It's funny, surreal, heartwarming and what other Coen brothers film makes you cry
I love "True Stories" but five years after Roger makes his bet, "Raising Arizona" was the movie that had won that contest, hands down, as far as reputation and shelf life. Roger, yet again, missing the boat (although Siskel missed it more often!). Let's see: Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange", Lynch's "Blue Velvet" and now the Coen Brothers' "Raising Arizona". Three of the greatest. most essential, most emblematic and iconic films of those directors' careers. Unbelievable. How do you miss the boat on "Raising Arizona?"!
There is neither right or wrong on opinions, Ebert is entitled to his. I personally love the movie, doesn't make his opinion wrong just because his opinion doesn't align with mine.
This film is the 2001 space odyssey of comedy, all style and no content (events unrelated to each other, what some critics did not like) so that it is the viewer who creates the meaning, as impressive as the acting estranged is the same as that of the Kubrickian characters, but bent on the comic side, interesting also how watching and looking at this film its theme escapes me, (I perceive the waiting for time as Waiting for Godot, also considered the image of the poster that reflects the theme of the film, but maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's something else, or nothing)
This film was ahead of its time that Ebert seemed to not understand. Watched it last night with my 15 year old. It kept her interest which is saying a lot LOL
I must admit I wasn't a fan of Raising Arizona when I first watched it as a kid. Mostly agreed with Ebert, thought it was overly cheesy and sentimental and broad compared to other Coens' comedy favs of mine. Just rewatched it last year and boy was I wrong. I laughed and cried all the way through. Deceptively smart satire of Reaganism I had totally missed as a kid, that makes the surreal apocalyptic mad max stuff actually make sense. Got to be one of my absolute favourite films now!
@@vaportrails7943 I would completely disagree. But you are right on one thing. "Stealing a baby because others have too many when you have none is clearly wrong." So the fact the film's main characters are the perpetrator's of such a heinous crime, and it makes us sympathetic towards and root for those characters despite their moral decline, can mean only one thing. That the audience should put less blame on those characters for their crime, and more blame on the unfair situation that led them there. The unfair situation here clearly being Reagan's America. The simple truth the film is pointing to regarding reaganism, is the death spiral it puts those who are born or raised less fortune in. H.I is a good man at his core. The film is clear of that. That's why he's the main character and he's impossible not to love. Yet due to his circumstances of poverty and poor education, circumstances reaganism refuses to ail, crime has been his only option. He finally finds his path out of sin through a loving wife and a family to raise. Only due to his past, one that was exacerbated by his government, that same government stops him from adopting a child and forces him back into a life of crime. Forces him to commit the worst crime he has ever commited, stealing a baby. In the future we see what will become of this good man if he continues along this path in a libertarian paradise. He becomes evil incarnate. Sharing the exact same tattoo as the bounty hunter biker, the biker is his future self. Stealing and selling babies on the black market. Or the free market, as reaganism would put it.
@vaportrails7943 no, it's definitely a satire of lowbrow middle class values, not "socialism," c'mon, you're just reacting to the comment about Reagan.
Do these guys like any movie? Once again they are very wrong. This is a classic movie that solidified the Coen Brothers. The characters and writing are amazing. Two thumbs way up. And the music is stellar.
I think it’s funny how Roger Ebert hit the nail on the head with his description of the film, but took the wrong idea from it. It is a movie with larger than life characters who don’t talk like normal people. It is an exhibit to witness these characters, but that’s what’s so great about it. It’s a piece that forces you to withdraw and witness the craziness that ensues.
i noticed this as well.
Exactly, this movie literally has a "lone biker of the apocalypse" in it, the Cohens aren't aiming for kitchen sink realism here. Rare miss from Ebert.
Without a doubt one of the funniest movies of all time. Well written and well acted. Not a weak performance in the movie. I saw at the theater in 1987 and laughed nonstop. A classic.
Me and my Sister lit up and saw Monty Python and the Holy Grail ..and had that same kinda nonstop laffing deal ...' Much as ah despise ( mostly republican ) rednecks , I Love(d) This moo-vay which points fight at me having some Recessive Redneck Genes , too ! Lol 🐸 - licker
I saw it in the theaters when it came out also. I wasn't interested at first, but a lot of my friends were going so I joined them. I loved it and it has been my favorite movie ever since!
Raising Arizona is a masterpiece!
Raising arizona is a great movie
It's great
It just is
Love This Movie! HILARIOUS! That Roger Critic is Absolutely Wrong!
This movie rocks! Roger was wrong. 🙄
yes
Yes not so much wrong its just his opinion thats the great thing about movies we dont all have to have the same opinion. I think its great but he was entitled to his opinion he didnt have to love it
Usually if a film is panned by critics then i end up loving it!
@@shawndamccormick278 - me too & it happens with my favorite music, too. now in my 40s, I believe that Critics are irrelevant. they do not create, because they can’t. they’re miserable, talentless SOBs & they play their role very well.
Yeah, Roger was way off… no one’s perfect, I guess. He was right about True Stories though, that’s a pretty underrated film.
The motorcycle scene is cinematic gold, perfectly shot.
These guys were the Living versions of the two balcony geezers in the Muppets Show
😀😀😃😁😁😆
Seems like Raising Arizona is on HBO at least twice a day for the last 30 years.
people actually pay to watch it? Help us, jesus.
As God intended.
I like the movies style and it’s characters. Every character is beyond bizarre but also endearing.
"When there was no crawdad, we ate sand." "You ate sand?" "We ate sand."
I think that there's something almost impenetrable about The coens' films in general. But this one i enjoyed
Roger Ebert had pretty good taste in movies, but man he sure doesn't get Raising Arizona.
Making the right call on movie after movie is no easy task. He missed on this one.
Tbf both Siskel and Ebert had misses every now and then.
Both of them hated Day of the Dead, which is now widely considered a classic in zombie subgenre
One of my 5 faves all time
Roger was waaaaaaaay WRONG. If he were still alive I believe he would agree today
Absolutely.
He didn’t get the movie. Not the movies fault.
They say that sin costs people the chance at eternal life. Whatever else Roger may have done in his life, this negative review of Raising Arizona sealed his fate.
@@ralphroe5625 unfortunately
RASING THE ARIZONA WAS AND STILL THE BEST MOVIE 🍿
OR MY NAME AIN’T NATHAN ARIZONA!
Would you buy furniture from a place called unpainted Huffhine's?
Huffheim
Great line.
“I don’t know, they were his ‘jammies. They had Yodas and sh!t on ‘em.”
Loved these guys (Siskle and ebert). Thanks for including the opening and end show sequences. Made me realize how much I miss them. Great guys, and great critics (always worth listening to whether you agreed or not). I read Ebert’s column and blog for years and years until he passed away. Also, raising Arizona - GREAT film! 😁 That movie is a great example of what Nicholas Cage can do with a role that makes it both transcendent and uniquely his own.
Not a wasted syllable in the entire film. Pure genius.
One of a handful of Coen movies I genuinely enjoyed. One of the few times Siskel gets it right over Ebert.
I was just thinking ( UhOh , mah heads startin to smoke agin ) , Isnt Siskel the one that Pans "moovays "?
He got it right often. Ebert was very smart and of course knew his stuff, but included in that “stuff” was the ability to pander.
This and Spawn are the only two times Siskel was right and Ebert wrong. Usually it's the opposite.
@@ricarleite The only two times? Seriously? Siskel got it right and Ebert got it wrong plenty of times. Go find their reviews for The Thing, Die Hard, Batman, Batman Returns, and My Cousin Vinny just to name a few.
Sure miss Siskel n Ebert. And Raising Arizona is a masterpiece of comedy stereotypes and memorable lifelong one liners. 🇺🇸🤘🏻🤘🏾🤘🏿🤘🏼🤘
And this here’s the divan, meant for socializing with the family unit.
O.K. then.
I didn't think the movie was funny when I first saw it either, but thankfully we watched it again and I understood the humor. Not slow, not trite, just funny. And don't forget how quotable it is. "Son, you've got a panty on your head." "Not unless round is funny." "Or my name ain't Nathan Arizona." (It isn't) This movie is Nick Cage's finest work.
And for the aware, the grocery clerk fires 5 shots out of a double barrel shotgun.
Son, don't print that. His momma sees that, she's just gonna lose all hope!
It is funnier and more enjoyable after 2 or 3 (or 10) watches like many Coen brothers films. Big Lebowski and O Brother were also like this.
Crazy movie with one of the most beautiful endings in the History of cinema
It was a great movie. The Cohen brothers sure can make a movie
Ebert is forced to watch this masterpiece every, single, day in hell. JK, Love Ebert. He introduced me to Malick and for that, I am eternally grateful.
One of the funniest movies that I ever saw. I have watched it numerous times.
this Film will be funny forever…& that’s a long time. it amazes me how Frances McDormand looked like a middle-aged mother of Too Many kids in this (1987), then looked like a middle-aged mother of Two in Almost Famous (2000), then looked like a middle-aged mother of 4 in Moonrise Kingdom (2012) How?! the characters in this film were too well cast to imagine anyone else playing the roles. this is & will always be my favorite Nick Cage. it may also be my favorite Holly Hunter, too.
Question: .A. were the characters too well developed by the brothers? .B. were the actors too great in their roles? .C. were the casting choices too perfect? I believe it’s All the Above. it was an alchemistic ensemble of Filmmakers & Actors that can’t be replicated or reproduced.
there’re so many lines from this film that I use on a weekly basis. that shows how timeless Raising AZ is & was & will be. that’s what makes a classic a classic & if you’re here, then you already know how perfect it all was. my 11, 8 & 5yr old children often have it playing when I get home & that makes me extra proud of us all.
I call it the Steve Austin trick. When you're relatively young and already look like you're in your fourties the public perception is that you're aging incredibly well!
Raising Arizona and True Strories are two of my favourite movies. I find it hard to believe someone could like one but not the other.
So great!! Nicolas Cage, Holly Hunter John Goodman William Forsythe. Crisp comedy writing.
I LOVED this movie. So many talented actors/actresses. This movie was non-stop entertainment for me.
An ode to 50s culture like many 80s things. Good stuff
This is my second favorite comedy ever after Trading Places. I end friendships with anyone who doesn't like it.
Raising Arizona is a classic, True Stories isn’t, end of story…literally 5 years after, in the early-mid 90s, NO one even acknowledged TS and RA was one of the funniest movies of the 80s
There’s a logo there at the very end that says “Buena Vista Television.” Buena Vista Television/Buena Vista Entertainment are owned by Disney. I wish we could get the complete Siskel & Ebert television franchise on Hulu or Disney Plus.
Roger, Roger, Roger...how in the world did you give a thumbs down on one of the greatest movies ever made!? Sheesh
This is one of my favorite movies. I don’t understand how he could dislike it.
I'm sorry, guys but Raising Arizona is the best movie the Cohen brothers ever made
In my list of top 15 favorites
This did not age well for Ebert. This is one of the funniest movies of all time.
3:18 The characters are weird, on purpose
I think Roger re reviewed this in the 90's. This and the 1982 Thing where the only ones he reversed.
Everybody freeze! Everybody drop to the ground! (Nobody moves, lol)
Do these balloons come in funny shapes?
Not unless you think round's Funny.
Leave the "lol" in the 2010s
Well, what's it gonna be young fella? If'n I freeze, I can't get on the ground, and if'n I drop I'm a gonna be in motion.
“We’re about to begin the robbery proper.”
Neither review was very good really, IMHO. These guys can do much better. Most of the movie was pretty much dismissed with only a passing reference to the plot, excellent performances by the cast, and some major laughs. I would not pass up a chance to talk about the great scene where Ed and Hi entertain their friends, or the baby knapping scene. Smalls deserves a mention too. You mean between the two of them we can only focus on a chase scene or two, plus the cinematography and some kookie offbeat characters? Every comedy stars kookie, offbeat characters. Maybe down home, country humor does not appeal to everyone.
Critics were more careful
about spoilers then.
This movie was amazing
What am I talking about? What are you talking about? I'm talking about L'amour, I'm talking about sex, I'm talking about wife swappin....
One of my favorite movies of all time!!! Roger you are wrong!!!!
I was probably ten years old the first time I saw Raising Arizona, likely on HBO. I wasn’t at all a fan of the movie, then. I was utterly neutral on it at the time. Over the years, I happened to rewatch it and rewatch it. In those repeat viewings, I became a huge fan of the movie. I doubt Roger Ebert ever seriously watched the movie again in his life. But, if he had, it might have grown on him.
I love "True Stories," and "Raising Arizona."
“He’s our baby, too!!!!”
‘Maybe it was Utah’. 🤣
Thought I was gonna die.
The one thing I did find rediculous about Raising Arizona and many movies depicted and it filmed in Arizona is the hillbillyesque, southern drawl accents all the characters! Arizona isn't the South, it's the southwest and people there don't talk like that at all, and I was born and RAISED in Arizona.
Maybe they don't sound like that to you.
@@scotttrezak674 LOL
no, AZ isn't the south. This isn't perception, it's Hollywood stereotyping.
If a person born and raised in Arizona sounds like they have a southern accent, they were either raised here by southern transplants OR the person listening to them has some sort of mental problem.
Best chase scene in film history!
One Of The Best Movies of All Time‼️ Rodger Was WRONG‼️
Where does this movie take place?
It's a live action Looney Tunes movie. Brilliant move. I got to know Tex Cobb and he's nothing like Lenard Smalls😄😄
I always tend to side with Ebert, this is a great example to prove that nobody's perfect. And if you connect my "nobody's perfect" quotes, you get a gold star. ❤
If I were to guess before the video it would have been that Roger liked it but Gene didn't seeing as Roger usually considers the tone of the film and the audience and Gene really prefers art films. Raising Arizona is the early Coens at their most cartoonish (along the lines of Evil Dead and Crime Wave), and it's wildly expressive and over the top.
I lived in that very part of dowtown Chicago where those scenes were shot...it was michigan Ave...and I'll be Goddamned if that opening does't suck.
Great comedy
Okaaay then...
I know one of the reviews from this episode got deleted. Could you possibly post the full episode unedited so I could grab a copy and watch it as a full episode? Thanks!
i'll try to find it
Miss these guys... missing the 80s as well...
Also one of the funniest fight scenes in cinema history as John Goodman and Nick Cage slug it out in a double wide trailer.
The ending of Raising Arizona has one of the best endings i ever saw. I’m speaking from emotion, so pardon me. The dream sequence of the idealistic life and the question of whether he achieves it - heartbreaking and beautiful.
Ps Nicolas Cage is awesome in this movie, and his dialogue is very entertaining. The big words with his drawl, it just works and makes him endearing!
Just goes to show. Don’t always take the advice of someone(Roger) that has different views and taste in movies. You be your own judge. I personally loved it.
I re-watched Raising Arizona for the first time as an adult recently, and with a more objective, informed, and critical mind, the movie is definitely not as good as I thought it was when I was younger. In fact, it’s so slow moving at times, I couldn’t get through it all in ones sitting.
Really? The movie is awesome I watched it as a kid when it first came out and still watch it today and still find it funny it's a great movie
@@79tazman I still like it but it definitely has its flaws.
Exactly I agree with you, it’s just good not amazing
This was the BEST movie of 1989!!!
I followed these guys for years when they were still on the air and I cannot remember a single time Ebert recommended something I would have otherwise passed on. And he was so very wrong on so many great movies, both movies that were acknowledged great at the time and those deemed great later. However, his written reviews on the greatest films are some of the finest pieces of film review I have ever seen. Makes me wonder if they were written by someone else....
Men and women usually have a different taste in cinema. It just tends to be true. But, if I had to pick a film that would appeal most to both men and women I would choose Raising Arizona. It's funny, surreal, heartwarming and what other Coen brothers film makes you cry
I love "True Stories" but five years after Roger makes his bet, "Raising Arizona" was the movie that had won that contest, hands down, as far as reputation and shelf life. Roger, yet again, missing the boat (although Siskel missed it more often!). Let's see: Kubrick's "A Clockwork Orange", Lynch's "Blue Velvet" and now the Coen Brothers' "Raising Arizona". Three of the greatest. most essential, most emblematic and iconic films of those directors' careers. Unbelievable. How do you miss the boat on "Raising Arizona?"!
I wonder how hard it is to be totally wrong about what I'm supposed to be an expert at. Raising Arizona 1, Ebert 0
Raising Arizona came out in 1987. Blood Simple came out in 1984. Gene was slightly incorrect when he said “…two years ago…”
wait, was that the same Cash Cab driver?!
Miss these guys so much - even when Ebert broke my heart!
Ok this movie is absolutely hilarious. So is Roger. Hilarious.
There is neither right or wrong on opinions, Ebert is entitled to his. I personally love the movie, doesn't make his opinion wrong just because his opinion doesn't align with mine.
This film is the 2001 space odyssey of comedy, all style and no content (events unrelated to each other, what some critics did not like) so that it is the viewer who creates the meaning, as impressive as the acting estranged is the same as that of the Kubrickian characters, but bent on the comic side, interesting also how watching and looking at this film its theme escapes me, (I perceive the waiting for time as Waiting for Godot, also considered the image of the poster that reflects the theme of the film, but maybe I'm wrong, maybe it's something else, or nothing)
What is True Stories?
THAT Opened the Endorphin Spigot WIDE !!!
This film was ahead of its time that Ebert seemed to not understand. Watched it last night with my 15 year old. It kept her interest which is saying a lot LOL
Many comic writers have said Roger Ebert didn't have much of a sense of humor. He was one of the great essayists, but he struggled with comedies.
I'm surprised Roger Ebert didn't like Raising Arizona which was a brilliant movie.
Back in the days when I knew I wanted to go see a movie if the film critics hated it.
We're still living in those days bud, if anything it has intensified.
Wow! Usually Siskel is dead wrong but this time it's Ebert.
Sorry, Roger. History has proved you wrong. Gene nailed it.
I can’t believe Ebert liked that “True Stories” and not “Raising Arizona.” Yikes.
I always preferred Siskel’s opinions than Elbert’s.
Ebert was a bit pretentious.
Loved it!!!!!!
Remember Roger Ebert wrote Beyond the Valley of the Dolls , which I love but definitely don’t take that guy seriously .
"son, you've got panties on your head."
Roger missed this one
The movie holds up well over time.
One of the greatest comedies ever. Very disappointed in this review from Ebert especially.
A funny movie. Same formula worked for my name is earl😄
Crazy Roger😀
I must admit I wasn't a fan of Raising Arizona when I first watched it as a kid. Mostly agreed with Ebert, thought it was overly cheesy and sentimental and broad compared to other Coens' comedy favs of mine. Just rewatched it last year and boy was I wrong. I laughed and cried all the way through. Deceptively smart satire of Reaganism I had totally missed as a kid, that makes the surreal apocalyptic mad max stuff actually make sense. Got to be one of my absolute favourite films now!
If anything, it was a satire of socialism…stealing a baby because others have too many when you have none is clearly wrong.
@@vaportrails7943 I would completely disagree. But you are right on one thing. "Stealing a baby because others have too many when you have none is clearly wrong."
So the fact the film's main characters are the perpetrator's of such a heinous crime, and it makes us sympathetic towards and root for those characters despite their moral decline, can mean only one thing. That the audience should put less blame on those characters for their crime, and more blame on the unfair situation that led them there. The unfair situation here clearly being Reagan's America. The simple truth the film is pointing to regarding reaganism, is the death spiral it puts those who are born or raised less fortune in.
H.I is a good man at his core. The film is clear of that. That's why he's the main character and he's impossible not to love. Yet due to his circumstances of poverty and poor education, circumstances reaganism refuses to ail, crime has been his only option. He finally finds his path out of sin through a loving wife and a family to raise. Only due to his past, one that was exacerbated by his government, that same government stops him from adopting a child and forces him back into a life of crime. Forces him to commit the worst crime he has ever commited, stealing a baby.
In the future we see what will become of this good man if he continues along this path in a libertarian paradise. He becomes evil incarnate. Sharing the exact same tattoo as the bounty hunter biker, the biker is his future self. Stealing and selling babies on the black market. Or the free market, as reaganism would put it.
@vaportrails7943 no, it's definitely a satire of lowbrow middle class values, not "socialism," c'mon, you're just reacting to the comment about Reagan.
Roger was buggin
The type of review that would be changed during awards season.
Great movie
Ebert missed the mark on this one. The film is still hilarious and well done
Gene's on the winning side of history on this one.
Love it
The dialogue is ‘large’ and hilarious. It’s anachronistic.
Oh shutup Ebert.
Do these guys like any movie? Once again they are very wrong.
This is a classic movie that solidified the Coen Brothers. The characters and writing are amazing.
Two thumbs way up. And the music is stellar.