Siskel & Ebert (1997) - Contact, Shall We Dance?, This World Then the Fireworks, A Simple Wish
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- Опубліковано 27 лип 2022
- In this episode, Siskel and Ebert review: Contact, Shall We Dance?, This World Then the Fireworks, A Simple Wish, 4 Little Girls and The Big Sleep.
I utterly adore Shall We Dance? It was my favorite movie for a few years. The characters are utterly unforgettable.
Back in the 90s, I took some grief from friends for watching Siskel & Ebert. But if not for their program, I would have never have watched little gems like the Japanese version of Shall We Dance. Eve's Bayou and The Secret of Roan Inish also come to mind.
contact is a masterpiece . im so happy they both liked it.
Contact and Shall We Dance hold up in their ways as philosophical and dramatic entertainments.
"Contact" and "Shall We Dance" are terrific..."4 Little Girls" is documentary perfection...
The GOOD version of Shall We Dance!!! GREAT MOVIE. It's totally worth seeking out if you haven't seen it.
Lucky! It's on youtube! ua-cam.com/video/Tlf5cLizJ_A/v-deo.html
I have. It's a good movie 🎬.
Saw it in the theater with my Mom first run we both loved this great film.
Yeah, it’s the 4th best film on this list. Must’ve been quite a week at the theaters.
I love Contact, even as a kid. The last act, I admit, is a bit of a sentimental cop-out, just like Interstellar, but still 9/10.
Shall We Dance? and Four Little Girls are good.
In "4 Little Girls" how, how, HOW does a parent even begin to explain this incomprehensible, unconscionable, egregious thing called racism to their 6-year-old girl. I can't even conceive of how you do that. In "The Big Sleep" Warner panicked when he saw how Lauren Bacall was panned in her second movie. "The Big Sleep" is in my top 20 all-time favorites, and I've seen the comparisons many times, and it is really interesting. (for me at least) Love watching these Siskel and Eberts, thanks.
Regarding "Contact", I haven't read the book, but in the movie when Foster asks her "outer space" father about who built the device and he responds, "We didn't build it. We don't know who did." It makes me wonder Foster's deceased mother had anything to do with it.
Contact is a very special movie. My favorite part is when Jodie Foster's character discovers a celestial event so magnificent that it shakes her to her core and inspires her to finally find her faith and serenity in a benevolent higher power. "They should have sent a poet." Her performance really moved me.
She never stops being an atheist. You can have a powerful emotional and moving experience, that doesn't mean that you believe there is a god.
@@rodrigosebastianpagano8198 Yeah, I'm not really sure where OP got that from. It's obvious she continues to be an atheist with a belief in extra terrestrials basically.
@@rodrigosebastianpagano8198 quibbling nit. you know what she means.
@@hungwilliam44 it tries to force a religious narrative where there's none.
What movie were you watching?
Wait, FAULKNER wrote The Big Sleep screenplay? Wow, I had no idea .
Gina Gershon was (And still is.) sooo hot!
I think the rabbi rabbit think honestly wasn't a bad joke
One thing I hated about Contact is how they portrayed Matthew McConaughey’s weak, slow pitch, bush league theological questions to Jodie Foster like they were some super clever “gotcha” questions that would cause an atheist to get flustered and unable to respond. Much like that idiot McConaughey himself. He doesn’t make one strong argument for the existence of god, but he’s written like he’s some genius. Big fail.
Indeed, "Contact" is a vapid theologically illiterate movie. What would you expect from something based on a book by Carl ("billions and billions") Sagan?
Contact would be better if Jodie Foster was karate fighting aliens, making loud noises like they do as they chop wood
See? SMH
@@hungwilliam44 I was joking lol
@@bobbya9722 I was deadly serious.
would that make Short's character a fairy godfather? also the effects look dated especially hen Short is flat.
I Love SHALL WE DANCE.... The Hollywood version with J-Lo is God Awful.
Stereotyped shop owner? Wonder what he said about Menace to Society.....
Contact was a MASSIVELY disappointing film
It was so intriguing and good right up until the final act.
I dunno. Contact was pretty boring IMO.
I remember it as having mixed reviews and that was a complaint back then.
Yeah, there weren't enough car chases and dragons and superheroes and stuff. There was an explosion, but it wasn't cool enough. Contact wasn't made by Disney, that's the problem.
@@gspendlove how reductive and, ironically, stupid.
Contact was gripping right up until the final act. I saw it when I was 12 years old and wasn’t bored by it, just very disappointed with the ending.
@@sonnyblack0870 South Park made fun of the ending.