Thanks for the upload, I've always loved their take down on Spy Hard, this was at that point when movie spoofs where starting to decline during the late 1990s though it is interesting to point out that Spy Hard was written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (or as I like to call them Satan's spawn) who were notorious for their low-brow, unfunny, would-be parody comedies such as Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet The Spartans, Disaster Movie etc etc etc.
Watched this, then watched The Arrival. Charlie Sheen is really good in this role (I did wonder if he was maybe the inspiration for Gordon Freeman in Half Life..) and the story was really good! A very pleasant surprise!
I love MI . it's still my favorite of the series . It's more closer to the Connery Bond films. And The Arrival is a great Sci-Fi film . 1996 And both films will always remind me of the winding days of Laserdisc. I own both films during the final years of Laserdisc. Great memories
1996 wasn't even the best year of the 90's hell I'd only put 99 beneath it. When compared to the 70's and even the 80's 96 is nowhere near as good as those decades. 1939 is usually seen as the best year Hollywood ever had and with The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Ninotchka, Dark Victory, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Goodbye Mr. Chips, the Women, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Gunga Din, the Roaring Twenties, Young Mr. Lincoln, of Mice and Men, and Stagecoach it's hard to argue with that assessment.
I agree with Ebert about Dragonheart. It's a very goofy film but you can't help but love it. The Braveheart and Rob Roy comparisons are unfair, as those were violent, bloody, R-rated movies that were going for a completely different tone and audience. The action in Dragonheart is perfectly serviceable for kids, and I liked Dennis Quaid's performance too. It's an underrated movie.
Eddie - I think Roger used the exact word to describe this movie: innocuous. The concept is ok, which the standard story of an ordinary person being catapulted into a situation that is extraordinary. I laughed only in spurts, and I think the humor came entirely from Whoopi Goldberg as the capable comedic actress that she is and not because of the situation. The movie never makes the situation funny. Outside of Whoopi’s usual sassy attitude, the only thing left is for the movie to predictably disintegrate into formula. I will say that the NBA players do a good job, especially John Salley. Other than that, the picture can simply be written off as a summer of 1996 quickie, and Whoopi's box office appeal began to dwindle. ⭐️⭐️ 👎🏾. Dragonheart - this film is a real nostalgia kick for me. It’s my childhood. Whenever they play it on TV, I watch it all the way through and get into the feels. I liked the story. It’s ok that it doesn’t make much sense because it’s a FANTASY. David Thewlis is maniacally wicked as Einon and yet he gains my sympathy because he is bent on not being compared to his equally tyrannical father. Therefore, one of the movie's underlying themes is the influences of both fathers and mentors. Dina Meyer is very good as the beauty, as she is both tough and beautiful, but not just a pretty damsel. Sean Connery is monumental as Draco’s voice. The creation of Draco is marvelous. Dennis Quaid is intrepid as Bowen even though he does talk as though he swallowed the contents of a gravel truck, but I grew accustomed to it. Randy Edelman’s music is wonderful, bringing about excitement and sadness. If there’s a flaw, I think the movie ends too abruptly. A moment of sadness and joy occurs almost simultaneously, and we are left with a voiceover narration of what is happening or going to happen. The filmmakers seemed not to know how to end the movie. Or they wanted to keep it under 105 minutes. It felt too rushed. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏾. The Arrival - this is an absolutely intriguing sci-fi movie. Everybody, especially around this time 1996, remembers having to tune a car radio or the antenna on your TV for better reception to get rid of static. I always wondered what caused static. This movie says static from a satellite is from an alien presence. What an enticing premise, and we got a similar setup the very next year in 1996 in Contact with Jodie Foster. The production design is very impressive, especially the inside of that power plant that is a front for the aliens’ lair. Charlie Sheen is shaky at first as the astronomer but after a while he won me over. Lindsay Crouse who plays the climatologist, I’m sorry, has never compelled me as an actress. She’s just blah to me. SPOILER ALERT 🚨 I was not upset when her character gets killed by those scorpions lol. S&E are right that the film is more interested in the element of surprise than pyrotechnics. It wows us with its brain. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏾. Mission: Impossible - here’s where it all started. S&E are absolutely correct. Much like the James Bond films, the Fast and Furious series or name your superhero franchise, plot is the least important factor. If you can pack your picture with witty and smart dialogue, ferocious thrills and likable characters, then you’re home free. Just like those aforementioned pictures, the Mission: Impossible movies play like cinematic travelogues taking us all of the world with impressive set pieces. The plot is basically Tom Cruise is set up and spends the rest of the movie trying to clear his name. The double dealing is kind of predictable. SPOILER ALERT 🚨 sometimes the casing in a movie can tip an audience off when it comes to a double cross and in two movies that summer it happened: in Eraser it was James Caan and here it’s Jon Voight, both actors considered the “veterans.” The Chunnel chase is exhilarating, the break in at Langley is pulse pounding, but my favorite scene is at the restaurant with Henry Czerny. The way De Palma directs that scene is awesome and the infamous shot of Cruise running out of the restaurant is vintage Cruise. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏾. Spy Hard - whenever Leslie Nielsen made a parody film without the words “Naked Gun” in the title, you couldn’t help but compare them to the Naked Gun films. This, Wrongfully Accused and Dracula: Dead and Loving It were wanting by comparison. All three were intent on recreating famous scenes from popular movies without a point and flooding the movie with endless celebrity cameos that never pay off. The film’s title suggests it to be a parody of Die Hard, but Leslie’s character is a 70-year-old 007. That didn’t seem fresh because the Bond films were in hiatus but for the release of Goldeneye. There wasn’t a plethora of spy movies released at this time enough to lampoon the genre. Nielsen is good but the script underserved him. ⭐️⭐️ 👎🏾.
Tom Cruise works his arse off for Paramount, he never gives anything but the fullest effort in all his characters, even if the script is weak. Lucky for him, De Palma's MI was strong!
I’m split between Roger and Gene here when it comes to Dragonheart. For every good thing about that movie, there’s a bad thing weighing it down. Overall I like the movie, but I think nostalgia plays a big part in that.
The only film I've seen in the lot was _Spy Hard,_ which is an incredibly awful _Naked Gun_ ripoff that was, unsurprisingly, written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who wrote some of the worst so-called parody movies ever made. _Repossessed_ was worse, and I am glad Siskel and Ebert never wasted a minute on it, per its absence from their episode guide.
I did not realize Spy Hard was a Friedberg Seltzer. Looks like you know what those guys did to the sub-genre of farce comedies like Airplane. Astonishing how successful they were for how long. I THINK it's about over, now. At least they don't put them in theaters anymore. 🤷♂️
Never saw the first one, but after watching MI:2 in theaters back in the day, turned me off to the rest, including this one. It can’t be worse than MI:2, felt like I was in that theater for like 6 hours.
My reviews for each film Eddie (thumbs down; didn't really care for it) Dragonheart (thumbs down; didn't really care for it either) The Arrival (thumbs up; this was actually a damn good movie) Mission Impossible (thumbs up; perfect start to a legendary franchise) Spy Hard (thumbs down; even if this was a spoof comedy, it didn't really make me laugh even at all)
ALRIGHT, LOOK. MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME ARE: 1. THE JACKSONS: AN AMERICAN DREAM 2. WES CRAVEN'S "THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS 3. TOP GUN (1986 FILM) 4. THE BODYGUARD (1992 FILM) 5. THE ERASER 1996 WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER 6. THE SPY kids TRILOGY 2001-2011 7. COMMANDO (1985 FILM) 8. TOTAL RECALL (1990 FILM) & MANY MORE. 🙂👍✌️❤️🎥📀📼🎞️🎬🇺🇲💪🍿 YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL! ☺️
In all seriousness--thank you for leaving the commercials. It completes the experience.
Thanks for the upload, I've always loved their take down on Spy Hard, this was at that point when movie spoofs where starting to decline during the late 1990s though it is interesting to point out that Spy Hard was written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer (or as I like to call them Satan's spawn) who were notorious for their low-brow, unfunny, would-be parody comedies such as Date Movie, Epic Movie, Meet The Spartans, Disaster Movie etc etc etc.
Their best work was on the Scary Movie films
I thought SPY HARD was funny.
@@commanderkeen3787Well according to the Wayans family, they had little to no impact on the final film.
I dunno. I haven’t watched the film, but I’m laughing at every joke here.
I hated the 90s
Watched this, then watched The Arrival. Charlie Sheen is really good in this role (I did wonder if he was maybe the inspiration for Gordon Freeman in Half Life..) and the story was really good! A very pleasant surprise!
great observation. the timeline adds up.
Thank you so much for this one!!!!! My personal reviews are coming shorty on this page if you don’t mind!
Glad Ebert liked "Dragonheart". Still a wonderful fantasy film.
I love MI . it's still my favorite of the series . It's more closer to the Connery Bond films. And The Arrival is a great Sci-Fi film . 1996 And both films will always remind me of the winding days of Laserdisc. I own both films during the final years of Laserdisc. Great memories
TY!!! 18:50 would have loved to have seen that discussion.
The clip in Arrival talked about terraforming Mars which doesn’t seem as far fetched now.
1996 was probably the best year ever for movies.
1996 wasn't even the best year of the 90's hell I'd only put 99 beneath it. When compared to the 70's and even the 80's 96 is nowhere near as good as those decades. 1939 is usually seen as the best year Hollywood ever had and with The Wizard of Oz, Gone with the Wind, Ninotchka, Dark Victory, Mr. Smith Goes to Washington, Goodbye Mr. Chips, the Women, Hunchback of Notre Dame, Gunga Din, the Roaring Twenties, Young Mr. Lincoln, of Mice and Men, and Stagecoach it's hard to argue with that assessment.
I agree with Ebert about Dragonheart. It's a very goofy film but you can't help but love it. The Braveheart and Rob Roy comparisons are unfair, as those were violent, bloody, R-rated movies that were going for a completely different tone and audience. The action in Dragonheart is perfectly serviceable for kids, and I liked Dennis Quaid's performance too. It's an underrated movie.
Charlie Sheen's best work...playing a conspiracy nut who turns out to be right about everything.
Central casting
Eddie - I think Roger used the exact word to describe this movie: innocuous. The concept is ok, which the standard story of an ordinary person being catapulted into a situation that is extraordinary. I laughed only in spurts, and I think the humor came entirely from Whoopi Goldberg as the capable comedic actress that she is and not because of the situation. The movie never makes the situation funny. Outside of Whoopi’s usual sassy attitude, the only thing left is for the movie to predictably disintegrate into formula. I will say that the NBA players do a good job, especially John Salley. Other than that, the picture can simply be written off as a summer of 1996 quickie, and Whoopi's box office appeal began to dwindle. ⭐️⭐️ 👎🏾.
Dragonheart - this film is a real nostalgia kick for me. It’s my childhood. Whenever they play it on TV, I watch it all the way through and get into the feels. I liked the story. It’s ok that it doesn’t make much sense because it’s a FANTASY. David Thewlis is maniacally wicked as Einon and yet he gains my sympathy because he is bent on not being compared to his equally tyrannical father. Therefore, one of the movie's underlying themes is the influences of both fathers and mentors. Dina Meyer is very good as the beauty, as she is both tough and beautiful, but not just a pretty damsel. Sean Connery is monumental as Draco’s voice. The creation of Draco is marvelous. Dennis Quaid is intrepid as Bowen even though he does talk as though he swallowed the contents of a gravel truck, but I grew accustomed to it. Randy Edelman’s music is wonderful, bringing about excitement and sadness. If there’s a flaw, I think the movie ends too abruptly. A moment of sadness and joy occurs almost simultaneously, and we are left with a voiceover narration of what is happening or going to happen. The filmmakers seemed not to know how to end the movie. Or they wanted to keep it under 105 minutes. It felt too rushed. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏾.
The Arrival - this is an absolutely intriguing sci-fi movie. Everybody, especially around this time 1996, remembers having to tune a car radio or the antenna on your TV for better reception to get rid of static. I always wondered what caused static. This movie says static from a satellite is from an alien presence. What an enticing premise, and we got a similar setup the very next year in 1996 in Contact with Jodie Foster. The production design is very impressive, especially the inside of that power plant that is a front for the aliens’ lair. Charlie Sheen is shaky at first as the astronomer but after a while he won me over. Lindsay Crouse who plays the climatologist, I’m sorry, has never compelled me as an actress. She’s just blah to me. SPOILER ALERT 🚨 I was not upset when her character gets killed by those scorpions lol. S&E are right that the film is more interested in the element of surprise than pyrotechnics. It wows us with its brain. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏾.
Mission: Impossible - here’s where it all started. S&E are absolutely correct. Much like the James Bond films, the Fast and Furious series or name your superhero franchise, plot is the least important factor. If you can pack your picture with witty and smart dialogue, ferocious thrills and likable characters, then you’re home free. Just like those aforementioned pictures, the Mission: Impossible movies play like cinematic travelogues taking us all of the world with impressive set pieces. The plot is basically Tom Cruise is set up and spends the rest of the movie trying to clear his name. The double dealing is kind of predictable. SPOILER ALERT 🚨 sometimes the casing in a movie can tip an audience off when it comes to a double cross and in two movies that summer it happened: in Eraser it was James Caan and here it’s Jon Voight, both actors considered the “veterans.” The Chunnel chase is exhilarating, the break in at Langley is pulse pounding, but my favorite scene is at the restaurant with Henry Czerny. The way De Palma directs that scene is awesome and the infamous shot of Cruise running out of the restaurant is vintage Cruise. ⭐️⭐️⭐️ 👍🏾.
Spy Hard - whenever Leslie Nielsen made a parody film without the words “Naked Gun” in the title, you couldn’t help but compare them to the Naked Gun films. This, Wrongfully Accused and Dracula: Dead and Loving It were wanting by comparison. All three were intent on recreating famous scenes from popular movies without a point and flooding the movie with endless celebrity cameos that never pay off. The film’s title suggests it to be a parody of Die Hard, but Leslie’s character is a 70-year-old 007. That didn’t seem fresh because the Bond films were in hiatus but for the release of Goldeneye. There wasn’t a plethora of spy movies released at this time enough to lampoon the genre. Nielsen is good but the script underserved him. ⭐️⭐️ 👎🏾.
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Don't know how Americans put up with so many ad break 😂
Tom Cruise works his arse off for Paramount, he never gives anything but the fullest effort in all his characters, even if the script is weak. Lucky for him, De Palma's MI was strong!
0:25 ok did I just watch a commercial about a creepy dad taking his daughter out on a date?!? Those Mormons are freaks!
I’m split between Roger and Gene here when it comes to Dragonheart. For every good thing about that movie, there’s a bad thing weighing it down. Overall I like the movie, but I think nostalgia plays a big part in that.
The only film I've seen in the lot was _Spy Hard,_ which is an incredibly awful _Naked Gun_ ripoff that was, unsurprisingly, written by Jason Friedberg and Aaron Seltzer, who wrote some of the worst so-called parody movies ever made. _Repossessed_ was worse, and I am glad Siskel and Ebert never wasted a minute on it, per its absence from their episode guide.
I did not realize Spy Hard was a Friedberg Seltzer. Looks like you know what those guys did to the sub-genre of farce comedies like Airplane. Astonishing how successful they were for how long. I THINK it's about over, now. At least they don't put them in theaters anymore. 🤷♂️
Brian DePalma did the very best Mission Impossible:)
It's the only one that actually feels like a director is behind the camera.
@@ricardocantoral7672 Good taste as always,Good Sir:)
Never saw the first one, but after watching MI:2 in theaters back in the day, turned me off to the rest, including this one. It can’t be worse than MI:2, felt like I was in that theater for like 6 hours.
My favorite is the 4th, but this one feels the most cinematic. DePalma's direction was excellent.
My reviews for each film
Eddie (thumbs down; didn't really care for it)
Dragonheart (thumbs down; didn't really care for it either)
The Arrival (thumbs up; this was actually a damn good movie)
Mission Impossible (thumbs up; perfect start to a legendary franchise)
Spy Hard (thumbs down; even if this was a spoof comedy, it didn't really make me laugh even at all)
0:00 In 1996, the Mormons wanted you to date your own dad?
C’mon, guys. The plot of Mission: Impossible isn’t Mulholland Drive. It’s not that confusing.
The Arrival is pretty good, but in retrospect seems very slight in comparison to Contact which came out the next year.
Nah, the arrival had great suspense and story beats...plus it was about an invasion where contact was not. Different pictures.
ALRIGHT, LOOK. MY FAVORITE MOVIES OF ALL TIME ARE:
1. THE JACKSONS: AN AMERICAN DREAM
2. WES CRAVEN'S "THE PEOPLE UNDER THE STAIRS
3. TOP GUN (1986 FILM)
4. THE BODYGUARD (1992 FILM)
5. THE ERASER 1996 WITH ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER
6. THE SPY kids TRILOGY 2001-2011
7. COMMANDO (1985 FILM)
8. TOTAL RECALL (1990 FILM)
& MANY MORE. 🙂👍✌️❤️🎥📀📼🎞️🎬🇺🇲💪🍿 YEAH, IT'S BEAUTIFUL! ☺️
You need to watch more films lol
Horrifying list
DragonHeart isn't perfect, but it is definitely better than those long and pretentious and tedious Lord of the Rings movies.
I really love Dragonheart it's one of my favourite movies
Nah I love Dragonheart, but Lord of the Rings are next level