So sad to hear Gene’s voice struggling knowing he’s so close to the end. Appreciate him and Ebert so much, their old vids are my go to comfort viewing ❤
In hindsight, Gene was weeks away from death, and you can see with his slurred speech and manicured look that he was deteriorating in health. His mind remained sharp, though. Sad.
I'm from the UK so I didn't grow up watching Siskel and Ebert (unfortunately no TV network here broadcast their shows), but I've been watching clips and episodes of their shows online for about 15 years now, and I'll be rewatching them for many years to come. I hope their families take comfort from the legacy they left.
The fact that Ebert put a, no pun intended, very dark sci fi film tipping into horror sci fi, Dark City, on his best of the year list as number 1 even, speaks to the appreciation he had, and chance he would give, for and to all genres of film. And let me tell you, he was spot on when he called it a masterwork. It truly is. That film is incredible in premise, vision, writing, performances, twist at the end and is, even in our modern age of spectacular digital effects, a feast of wonder for the eyes. Brilliant work of sci fi, doesn’t get nearly enough recognition.
My top 10 from 1998: 1. Saving Private Ryan 2. American History X 3. Shakespeare In Love 4. The Big Lebowski 5. The Prince of Egypt 6. Dark City 7. Pleasantville 8. The Parent Trap 9. Ever After 10. The Thin Red Line
Everyone has their own "things" re: movies, but I have never understood the appeal of Lebowski. I don't think that seeing it again is going to change my mind. I found it dull and dumb. Saving Private Ryan is a classic. American History X is often overlooked, but is really good. Ed Norton is A-one.
My Top 10 of 1998: 1-Saving Private Ryan (1998) 2-The Truman Show (1998) 3-Dark City (1998) 4-The Thin Red Line (1998) 5-Central Station (1998) 6-Ringu (1998) 7-After Life (1998) 8-A Simple Plan (1998) 9-Hilary and Jackie (1998) 10-Pi (1998)
This is a great list. I LOVE HILARY AND JACKIE! Hills and Jacks ❤️ No one ever mentions this film, EVER, and it was very under the radar when it came out even. It’s an incredible picture with two incredible performances, based on real life sisters and their promising, gifted, at times tragedy filled, lives and their ultra unique relationship with one another. I’ve owned it for a long time but haven’t watched it in years. Think I’m going to watch it tonight. Thanks for reminding me about this excellent piece of filmmaking.
There are holes to be poked in A Simple Plan, but it is one of those movies that is so entertaining and good that it doesn't matter. (Perhaps the best example of that of all time is Back to the Future.)
Interesting number 1 choices. Gene really loved him some Babe, and weird that Roger thought so highly of Dark City, but didn’t think much of The Matrix.
Might be because Dark City came first so some of the style of The Matrix feels less original. Also unlike Dark City, The Matrix relies heavily on its action set pieces. Dark City is a more cerebral movie in comparison.
My top 10 of 1998: 1) Saving Private Ryan 2) Dark City 3) Life Is Beautiful 4) Affliction 5) The Big Lebowski 6) The Wedding Singer 7) You Got Mail 8) Deep Impact 9) Dirty Work 10) Soldier Some other mentions : Patch Adams : Armageddon : X-Files-Fight The Future : Waterboy : A Bugs Life
The whole world wanted Gene Siskel to be around in 2017, 2018 and 2019 being mentioned by Ricky Khamis from AmeriFirst Financial at the end of the Home Hunter show on June 4, 2017.
One chose a family film, the other picked a sci-fi film, as the best film of that year. Shame critics these days can't be so open-minded (an a bigger shame the Oscars never were).
But the biggest of all shames, gotta say, is that films like these from the 80s and 90s simply aren’t really made anymore. There are exceptions of course, but in general, least in America, this has been true at least the past 10 years. Every time I read a comment from somebody that is similar to what I am making now, there is always somebody trying to point out that good movies are still being made, gotta look for them harder, and to stop crying that “back in the day” stuff. But it’s true, most movies now are assembly manufactured and must include “the message” and always, ALWAYS turn into political drab.
@@schmeltingaccident eh movies are exactly the same. They were always factory assembled, they always had heavy handed messages in them. They always jammed no talent actors down the audiences throat. You're just remember the goods ones that have survived the test of time and forgetting about the 99% that didn't.
If Gene Siskel is alive in 2021 he will get infected with COVID-19 and watch Tiffany Hunter, Christine Jackson Brackman from People's Mortgage, Joe Conner from Homeowners Financial Group and Renee Sacco from Union Home Mortgage review Blood Simple, Muriel's Wedding, Mystery, Alaska, High Fidelity, Corky Romano, Out Cold, The Last Castle, Signs, Sorority Boys, One Hour Photo, Calendar Girls, Shanghai Knights, The Ladykillers, I Heart Huckabees, Stay Alive, Deja Vu, Annapolis, The Prestige, Miracle at St. Anna, Burn After Reading, Jobs, Nocturnal Animals, La La Land, Tully, Down a Dark Hall, Hellboy and Her Smell on the Home Hunter show on October 3, 2021 on his laptop computer.
1. The Truman Show 2. The Big Lebowski 3. Rushmore 4. American History X 5. Pleasantville 6. Saving Private Ryan 7. The Thin Red Line 8. Happiness 9. After Life 10. Mulan
1. The Thin Red Line 2. Dark City 3. The Truman Show 4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas 5. The Big Lebowski 6. A Simple Plan 7. High Art 8. Wild Things 9. The Faculty 10.Saving Private Ryan
Hacksaw Ridge was/is highly overrated. It is just another finite event that serves as an excuse to make yet another WW2 movie. Plus, the glorifying of SDAs is gross and inexcusable, but what should we expect from Mel Gibson but the promotion of ridiculous religious ideologies?
Gene's illness made them both kinder and gentler. But Roger's comment on The Thin Red Line is interesting. Didn't think it was realistic that soldiers were talking like poets and philosophers. But in the same episode they praise Shakespeare In Love. That's how Shakespeare's plays work. Characters are always speaking in poetic and philosophical ways and they aren't all scholars like Hamlet. Many of them are themselves soldiers. It's a type of storytelling. Heightened realism. And Malick was going for the same thing.
My Best of 1998 Shakespeare in love A Bug's Life A Simple Plan Babe: Pig in the City Happiness Elizabeth The Truman Show The Thin Red Line Saving Private Ryan Antz Out of Sight The Big Lebowski There's something about Mary Dark City Wild Things Pleasantville Fireworks
Wild Things is an interesting one. Much like another Neve Campbell movie, the first Scream, I have a problem with the implausibility of the viewer figuring out what happened/who did it, before it is revealed and spoon fed to the audience. But, it is still a pretty fun ride, and the mood/feel/look of it works well.
1. The Big Lebowski 2. After Life 3. Festen (The Celebration) 4. Thin Red Line 5. American History X 6. The Truman Show 7. The Hole 8. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels 9. Rushmore 10. Ringu
1. Big Lebowski 2. Rounders 3. Half Baked 4. Baseketball 5. Mafia 6. Chairman of the Board 7. Wrongfully accused 8. The Waterboy 9. There's something about Mary 10. The Truman show.
My Favorite and Best Flim of the Year 1998 on my opinion 6. Armageddon 5. Saving Pravite Ryan 4. Deep Impact 3. Madeline 2. A Bug's Life 1. Dance with Me
Australia has a great film industry. Never discount female filmmakers like Genevieve Clay. Forget greta gerwig and Kathryn Bigelow. Ms Clay directed, among others, a short film called The Interviewer.
So sad to hear Gene’s voice struggling knowing he’s so close to the end. Appreciate him and Ebert so much, their old vids are my go to comfort viewing ❤
Amen!
he ded
@@CR055FIRE You cringe
@@whatdothlife4660 facts are cringe
You said it, Paul❤
In hindsight, Gene was weeks away from death, and you can see with his slurred speech and manicured look that he was deteriorating in health. His mind remained sharp, though. Sad.
It's hard for me to watch these episodes near the end of his life. I can only focus on his struggle. It's a shame.
@@EGOS42 he was still doing the work he loved right up to the end
That'll do, Gene. That'll do.
14:55 Hearing Gene talk about what's important in life, so close to his won passing (whether he knew it or not) is a poignant moment.
I'm from the UK so I didn't grow up watching Siskel and Ebert (unfortunately no TV network here broadcast their shows), but I've been watching clips and episodes of their shows online for about 15 years now, and I'll be rewatching them for many years to come. I hope their families take comfort from the legacy they left.
I didn’t grow up with Siskel & Ebert I was born in 1996 I been watching these old clips since 2015
The fact that Ebert put a, no pun intended, very dark sci fi film tipping into horror sci fi, Dark City, on his best of the year list as number 1 even, speaks to the appreciation he had, and chance he would give, for and to all genres of film. And let me tell you, he was spot on when he called it a masterwork. It truly is. That film is incredible in premise, vision, writing, performances, twist at the end and is, even in our modern age of spectacular digital effects, a feast of wonder for the eyes. Brilliant work of sci fi, doesn’t get nearly enough recognition.
So true. I never hear anyone talking about this movie anymore, it’s a shame, it’s so good!
@@Umo2000 He was right about it destined to be a classic. Just that its a cult classic instead.
But he did kinda spoil the shi!t out of the movie lol
I agree with Genes number 1 of Babe pig in the city being the best I could watch it again and again.
It was my second favorite film of that year, behind Saving Private Ryan.
A Simple Plan -- what a film. It's in my video collection in the same DVD book as Bill Paxton's Frailty.
Many, many formative movies from 1998. Thanks S&E for the highlights.
My top 10 from 1998:
1. Saving Private Ryan
2. American History X
3. Shakespeare In Love
4. The Big Lebowski
5. The Prince of Egypt
6. Dark City
7. Pleasantville
8. The Parent Trap
9. Ever After
10. The Thin Red Line
Everyone has their own "things" re: movies, but I have never understood the appeal of Lebowski. I don't think that seeing it again is going to change my mind. I found it dull and dumb. Saving Private Ryan is a classic. American History X is often overlooked, but is really good. Ed Norton is A-one.
What a year.
My spliff nearly flew out of my mouth when I saw what Gene had picked for his number 1
You my friend is a genius I forgot about splifs lol the weed up here is to harsh lol
bro's rated dark city and babe pig in the city higher than SPR
My Top 10 of 1998:
1-Saving Private Ryan (1998)
2-The Truman Show (1998)
3-Dark City (1998)
4-The Thin Red Line (1998)
5-Central Station (1998)
6-Ringu (1998)
7-After Life (1998)
8-A Simple Plan (1998)
9-Hilary and Jackie (1998)
10-Pi (1998)
This is a great list. I LOVE HILARY AND JACKIE! Hills and Jacks ❤️ No one ever mentions this film, EVER, and it was very under the radar when it came out even. It’s an incredible picture with two incredible performances, based on real life sisters and their promising, gifted, at times tragedy filled, lives and their ultra unique relationship with one another. I’ve owned it for a long time but haven’t watched it in years. Think I’m going to watch it tonight. Thanks for reminding me about this excellent piece of filmmaking.
There are holes to be poked in A Simple Plan, but it is one of those movies that is so entertaining and good that it doesn't matter. (Perhaps the best example of that of all time is Back to the Future.)
Interesting number 1 choices. Gene really loved him some Babe, and weird that Roger thought so highly of Dark City, but didn’t think much of The Matrix.
Might be because Dark City came first so some of the style of The Matrix feels less original. Also unlike Dark City, The Matrix relies heavily on its action set pieces. Dark City is a more cerebral movie in comparison.
My top 10 of 1998:
1) Saving Private Ryan
2) Dark City
3) Life Is Beautiful
4) Affliction
5) The Big Lebowski
6) The Wedding Singer
7) You Got Mail
8) Deep Impact
9) Dirty Work
10) Soldier
Some other mentions
: Patch Adams
: Armageddon
: X-Files-Fight The Future
: Waterboy
: A Bugs Life
The whole world wanted Gene Siskel to be around in 2017, 2018 and 2019 being mentioned by Ricky Khamis from AmeriFirst Financial at the end of the Home Hunter show on June 4, 2017.
One chose a family film, the other picked a sci-fi film, as the best film of that year. Shame critics these days can't be so open-minded (an a bigger shame the Oscars never were).
But the biggest of all shames, gotta say, is that films like these from the 80s and 90s simply aren’t really made anymore. There are exceptions of course, but in general, least in America, this has been true at least the past 10 years. Every time I read a comment from somebody that is similar to what I am making now, there is always somebody trying to point out that good movies are still being made, gotta look for them harder, and to stop crying that “back in the day” stuff. But it’s true, most movies now are assembly manufactured and must include “the message” and always, ALWAYS turn into political drab.
@@schmeltingaccident eh movies are exactly the same. They were always factory assembled, they always had heavy handed messages in them. They always jammed no talent actors down the audiences throat. You're just remember the goods ones that have survived the test of time and forgetting about the 99% that didn't.
Sadly Gene wouldn't be around in 1999.
If Gene Siskel is alive in 2021 he will get infected with COVID-19 and watch Tiffany Hunter, Christine Jackson Brackman from People's Mortgage, Joe Conner from Homeowners Financial Group and Renee Sacco from Union Home Mortgage review Blood Simple, Muriel's Wedding, Mystery, Alaska, High Fidelity, Corky Romano, Out Cold, The Last Castle, Signs, Sorority Boys, One Hour Photo, Calendar Girls, Shanghai Knights, The Ladykillers, I Heart Huckabees, Stay Alive, Deja Vu, Annapolis, The Prestige, Miracle at St. Anna, Burn After Reading, Jobs, Nocturnal Animals, La La Land, Tully, Down a Dark Hall, Hellboy and Her Smell on the Home Hunter show on October 3, 2021 on his laptop computer.
It was a great year for film. It’s a shame Gene wasn’t around :(
1. The Truman Show
2. The Big Lebowski
3. Rushmore
4. American History X
5. Pleasantville
6. Saving Private Ryan
7. The Thin Red Line
8. Happiness
9. After Life
10. Mulan
1. The Thin Red Line
2. Dark City
3. The Truman Show
4. Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas
5. The Big Lebowski
6. A Simple Plan
7. High Art
8. Wild Things
9. The Faculty
10.Saving Private Ryan
I think these two would’ve loved Hacksaw Ridge.
Hacksaw Ridge was/is highly overrated. It is just another finite event that serves as an excuse to make yet another WW2 movie. Plus, the glorifying of SDAs is gross and inexcusable, but what should we expect from Mel Gibson but the promotion of ridiculous religious ideologies?
@@slyjokerg So you don’t like it because you’re an atheist.
Gene's illness made them both kinder and gentler.
But Roger's comment on The Thin Red Line is interesting. Didn't think it was realistic that soldiers were talking like poets and philosophers. But in the same episode they praise Shakespeare In Love. That's how Shakespeare's plays work. Characters are always speaking in poetic and philosophical ways and they aren't all scholars like Hamlet. Many of them are themselves soldiers. It's a type of storytelling. Heightened realism. And Malick was going for the same thing.
Did they do the faculty reviews can someone send me a link comment on this thanks
That sax intro sounds like someone is murdering it
My Best of 1998
Shakespeare in love
A Bug's Life
A Simple Plan
Babe: Pig in the City
Happiness
Elizabeth
The Truman Show
The Thin Red Line
Saving Private Ryan
Antz
Out of Sight
The Big Lebowski
There's something about Mary
Dark City
Wild Things
Pleasantville
Fireworks
What did they gave
“The Thin Red Line” and
“Saving Private Ryan”
back then???
Two have my favorites!!!
@@bligamerplayer3299 both thumbs up 👍
Wild Things is an interesting one. Much like another Neve Campbell movie, the first Scream, I have a problem with the implausibility of the viewer figuring out what happened/who did it, before it is revealed and spoon fed to the audience. But, it is still a pretty fun ride, and the mood/feel/look of it works well.
I can’t believe Alex proyas went on to be such a hack after making the crow and dark city
How do you go from Dark City to Gods of Egypt?
Wow.
Dark City?
I think Babe "Pig in the City" held up much better.
And yes George Miller's "Mad Max Fury Road" directed Babe.
1. The Big Lebowski
2. After Life
3. Festen (The Celebration)
4. Thin Red Line
5. American History X
6. The Truman Show
7. The Hole
8. Lock, Stock and Two Smoking Barrels
9. Rushmore
10. Ringu
The Big Lebowski having the following it has is still a mystery to me. It isn't terrible, but it is nothing more than "meh" to me. Rather dull.
Sad to see Gene so sick.
1. Big Lebowski
2. Rounders
3. Half Baked
4. Baseketball
5. Mafia
6. Chairman of the Board
7. Wrongfully accused
8. The Waterboy
9. There's something about Mary
10. The Truman show.
Rounders... now we're talkin'! I have been a poker player for many, many years, so I suppose I may have a bias, but that is a fantastic film.
My Favorite and Best Flim of the Year 1998 on my opinion
6. Armageddon
5. Saving Pravite Ryan
4. Deep Impact
3. Madeline
2. A Bug's Life
1. Dance with Me
Roger you only gave eight movies four stars, but a four star movie didn't make your top ten. Roger, THUMBS DOWN.
Australia has a great film industry. Never discount female filmmakers like Genevieve Clay. Forget greta gerwig and Kathryn Bigelow. Ms Clay directed, among others, a short film called The Interviewer.
For a change, both Chicagoeans pick cult classics and dark horses and avoided the cliche'd picks.
The Thin Red Line>Saving Private Ryan
Anyone that likes A Simple Plan should watch One False Move,also with Bill Paxton&Billy Bob Thornton.
@@ryangettig274 Nice call. Sadly, that movie got no props at all.
No way. TtRL is a solid movie, but it isn't in the class of SPR.
Sid Vicious
Shakespeare in love made the list but the Truman show didn't? Terrible judgement.
Truman Show and Dark City are the redpill movies 🎬 of the century.
Babe and Dark City better than Saving Private Ryan?
Bullcrap movie critics produce.
Dark City is certainly better.
EH think about Saving Private Ryan again. Outside of the incredible Normandy sequence the rest is a pretty boring and ridiculous story.
@@plaidchuckcrazy talk that knife fight alone
@@plaidchuck How you can say that the bulk of SPR is ridiculous, and especially to say it is boring, is baffling to me.
@@CheefChaos Right there with you. I don't know wtf Chuck is talking about.
50s maybe not so fabulous, but 90's was pure shit.
Siskel is obviously very sick here.