Siskel & Ebert Classics - 5/8/92 - Poison Ivy, Folks!
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- Опубліковано 18 жов 2024
- Plus K2, ONE FALSE MOVE and LEAVING NORMAL in this early May 92 episode. As a reminder, if you're looking for the latest home video reviews -- from Blu-Rays of classic catalog titles to the latest releases -- be sure to check out my own review site at www.andyfilm.com
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Like many people, I would never have seen One False Move without their recommendations - it's every bit as good as they said. Nice to see this episode up again (one of those rare ones featuring films on both their best & worst lists).
That was arguably the greatest service Siskel and Ebert provided - informing moviegoers of quality films they wouldn't otherwise know about.
Thank you for uploading this! I have never seen this episode!
I saw Poison Ivy when I was a kid. All I remember is Tom Skerritt banging Drew Barrymore doggy style over a piano (I think?). 🤣
"Thank you for that trenchant analysis." Lol
I hated when they took pointless bitchy little shots at each other, it was odd and unnecessary. I understood Siskel's point, and so did he.
Oh thank you so much man!! I've been waiting for this episode for such a long time.
You are quite welcome, glad to get this one uploaded :)
@@andyfilm5785 Yep, nice upload. This is another long lost one that was never online, except, I guess, if the old Disney site had the individual reviews posted.
@@andyfilm5785 Thank you very much. I was also waiting for this one to surface someday.
@@jedijones indeed, I don't think I have many left in the stable here that weren't uploaded before in some form. I suppose people could try to "reconstruct" some shows from the individual reviews that were online but many have that horrible video degradation that's baked into the file that makes Gene and Roger look like the blob from Altered States. I don't think that can be overcome, regrettably
@@andyfilm5785 Eric Haynes channel was posting some of those and he found a way to clean that up. I think from the Disney 1986-1999 era there are about 100 missing episodes, and probably only enough "single" reviews out there to fill in 20% of that. I'm talking to someone who may have a lot of episodes on VHS from that era but he doesn't know how to digitize them.
I love watching these old episodes. I can’t believe I’ve never heard of most these movies. Especially Folks, I thought I knew of all of Roger’s least favorite.
Now that I’ve finished the episode, I have to say this is easily one of my favorite. I love hearing of a underrated classic, more than that, I love hearing them rip apart movies.
K2! So underrated! My first cinematic exposure to Hans Zimmer! Underrated soundtrack! Exclamation points!
Note Zimmer's score isn't in the U.S. version and was replaced (but the CD was always available!).
@@andyfilm5785 I didn’t know that. Fascinating
Although I didn't particularly enjoy K2 either, their entire argument about it being exactly like every other mountain climbing movie was niggling to me because I just know they both gushed over Das Boot even though I was exactly like every other submarine movie made before.
4:50 Part of the foreign financing for _Folks!_ and other films that Siskel and/or Ebert panned at the time (such as _House of Cards,_ _Man Trouble_ and _Love Potion No. 9_ ) came from Silvio Berlusconi, who also owned the MediaSet group in Italy and (let's just say) went on to have a long and fruitful career in Italian politics.
"Thank you for that trenchant analysis."
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"Now they got a movie and they can take it home and look at it" lol. What a couple of beastly savages👍
17:54 "Thank you for that trenchant analysis." 💀
One false move is an all time great movie!!! Gene and Roger both recommended it to bob Costas and David letterman when they were on their shows!!! It's a great movie and so good and original and smart!!!! One of the best movies I've ever seen and one of the best movies of 1992!!!!! Well acted and scripted and written and very good production!!!!!
Obviously this episode’s discovery was One False Move. I’m glad Gene zeroed in on Bill Paxton. When we meet his character he seems like a dimwit with a badge at first. Then we get to know him and nothing can be further from the truth. The relationship between him and Cynda Williams is fascinating. Roger is right. All of the performances are right on the money. It was an Oscar caliber performance from Paxton and an original character. Just like six years later in A Simple Plan. RIP to him. A great actor he was. Carl Franklin’s direction is assured. The writing is airtight. A great thriller. 4/4 👍🏾
The only other film I’ve seen in this episode is Poison Ivy. I’m in agreement with them. It’s a very tasteless movie. Keep in mind Drew was only 16 here. I agree with Roger. She plays more of a tease than a wicked character. The movie should have been about Sara Gilbert’s character Sylvie. 2/4 👎🏾
Superb. Never seen this one.
If only both of them come back alive and teach the new generation about the art of filmmaking.
Damn Drew looked good there
Poison Ivy wouldn't get made today that's for sure but it wouldn't have worked with a 34 year old Sharon Stone or something, it needed Drew Barrmore as this wild troubled girl who slow implants herself into this famiky and gets her claws into the father, daughter and mother. It's quite a dark and scary film that was what made it work. The two girls in the film talk in a very coarse and dirty way together, it's not a sanitised or watered down version, if you're going to tell a story like this it needs to be frightening and real.
My reviews
Folks (two thumbs down, way down)
K2 (two thumbs down)
One False Move (two thumbs up, way up)
Poison Ivy (two thumbs down)
Leaving Normal (two thumbs down)
Siskel was OBSESSED with the idea of learning something from all the movies he encountered.
Not all movies have to be educational; not all movies are documentaries.
It's because even if your story is fiction, the realities that your story takes place in can make it feel more real with actual details. Otherwise, who cares where your story is taking place.
There are always things you can learn. Well, smart people can.
Imax was around back then!?
I must be losing my mind but I thought Alicia Silverstone starred in Poison Ivy.
@aoggrta74 I knew about "The Crush" but it just seems weird to me that Drew Barrymore starred in Poison Ivy. I'm getting old.
@aoggrta74 or that weird ass babysitter movie
Me too. That’s why I clicked on the thumbnail. Unfortunately it’s just a 16 year old Drew Berrymore. Typical Hollywood.
@@philliplewis6964 same here dude
Weird seeing Tom Selleck without a mustache.
Had NO idea Billy Bob co-wrote One False Move. Crazy.
The more disappointing thing about Folks is that it was written by the guy who did Weekend at Bernie's.
One False move is one scary crime thriller.K2 is up there with Vertical Limit,Cliffhanger,Alive:)
Cliffhanger? That movie stinks.
I'm glad Siskel gave The Hand That Rocks the Cradle its place as a superior movie, even if comparing it to a turd like Poison Ivy.
By the way, correct me if I'm wrong, but wasn't around this time (1992)when drew Barrymore was struggling with drugs and partying?
"Jooguler"?
It's a different vein or artery, parallel to the jugular 😂
Folks! is a family favorite for me. They hated it, but I still love it. It’s a dark comedy, but also a dark SLAPSTICK comedy. Nothing special but still love it.
Damn, Drew looks... wait a second, ET was in 1982... this came out in 1992... lemme Google this...
So, Drew had just turned 16 when she filmed this. Harumph! Buncha pervs in these comments! Tsk tsk!
I don't care, I still want to see Tom Select in Folks, looks fun
K2 was awesome they have their heads up their asses
LOL! The irony!
I saw One False Move on their recommend and it sucks.
Poison Ivy is excellent. I mean, hooking up with your best friend's father in secret, that's HOT!!
Drew Barrymore was born in 1975 so she wasn't an adult yet when she played this role in Poison Ivy. I find that a bit disturbing.
The movie is meant to be disturbing. It wouldn't get made today that's for sure but it wouldn't have worked with a 34 year old Sharon Stone or something. It's quite a dark and scary film that was what made it work. The two girls in the film talk in a very coarse and dirty way together, it's not a sanitised or watered down version, if you're going to tell a story like this it needs to be frightening and real.
That isn't unusual at all in Hollywood.