@@georgeromero941 I remember taking my 6-year-old Daughter named Zoe, to see My Neighbor Totoro, and She Liked it too, then a year later I took her and my 7-year-old son named Ben, to the movie theater to see Once Upon a Forest, and They Both Loved It, also around Christmastime, Zoe was excited that She got the VHS of My Neighbor Totoro, and Ben was even more Excited when He got the VHS of Once Upon a Forest, also I remember My Husband Jim, Zoe, Ben, and I went to See Jurassic Park when it was in theaters, and for the next few hours, we sat there in spellbound silence, except for the part of when the T-rex was about to attack, Ben fell asleep, he had a small bag of half eaten popcorn on his lap, We, Jim, Zoe, and I, didn't tell Ben that he had missed the movie on our way home from the movie theater, God I still Wish that Siskel and Ebert were still alive, I wonder what they would thought about other movies, Like, Dolittle. Jurassic World. Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom. The Avengers Of The Galaxy Vol. 2. Aladdin (2019) The Jungle Book (2016) Beauty and The Beast (2017). Terminator Dark Fate. The Addams Family (2020). Trolls World Tour. How To Train Your Dragon The Hidden World. Onward. Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation. Maleficent. Maleficent Mistress Of Evil. Wonder Woman. Black Panther. Thor Ragnarok. Thor Dark World. Sing. Despicable Me. Despicable Me 2. Despicable Me 3. Hotel Transylvania 2. Hotel Transylvania. Cats & Dogs 3. Call Of The Wild (2020). Rouge One A Star Wars Story. Solo a Star Wars Story. Star Wars The Force Awakens. Star Wars The Last Jedi. Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker. The Smurfs Movie (2011). The Smurfs Movie 2 (2013). The Smurfs Movie 3 (2017). Pokemon Detective Pikachu. Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014) Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out Of The Shadows (2017). Jem and The Holograms (2015). Ferdinand (2017). Toy Story 4 (2019). Cinderella (2015). Abominable (2019) etc. etc.
Loved Jurassic Park, saw it in the theater. Then waited for a couple years till we could buy the vhs tape. My dad knowing how much we loved it, went to Tower Records at midnight to be one of the 1st in line to get it. He got it and then since it was a regular school day we couldn't watch it till we got home, there was a hurricane warning so all public schools were canceled and we got to stay home and watch the movie all day. I think we watched it 3 or 4 times 😂. One of the best days of my childhood.
I actually found the sense of wonder amd awe in JURASSIC PARK, though. It comes in the Brontosaurus scene in which Sam Neill said, "He [John Hammond] really did it." It was very effective.
Bob Schneider That’s exactly what they said mate XD They said they wanted more scenes like that beginning scene (in reference to the Brontosaurus scene)
@@stiimuli My Husband Adam and I, our two children, our 6-year-old Daughter named Zoe and our 10-year-old son named Aiden, went to see this movie when it was in theaters, It was amazing, during the first few minutes of the movie, Zoe fell asleep, she fell asleep at the part of when the T-Rex attacked, Adam, Aiden, and I continued watching the movie, We didn't tell Zoe that she missed the movie, also I wonder what they would've thought about Jurassic World and Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom?.
My aunt and uncle took my brother, sister, and me to see "Jurassic Park." Wow it was nearly thirty years ago. But I don't know where the years went. Wow. And this was the same year Spielberg did "Schindler's List," which our dad took us to. Spielberg did the two movies the same year. Let that sink in.
Luis Carlos Alvarez Rebaza yeah as soon as I heard gene take a short quick shot at ‘Cop and a Half’ I had to smile! I wonder how many times that’s happened over the years? Gene should’ve mentioned it whenever he had to critique a cop movie, just to give roger a hard time!
Jurassic Park is my favorite movie of all time, must have seen it at least 50 times as an adult (never mind the times I watched it as a child) and even though I now know every single line by heart, I'll still pop it in every couple of months.
It's one of my all time top ten Favorite Movies, I remember some friends of mine and I went to the movie theater when this was in theaters, It was amazing, Awesome, and Great.
Its because it has a lot of subtle and intelligent things to say about family in it, it isn't just a dinsoaur monster movie as these two dingbats seem to think. Also it also says a lot about the nature of life, they seem to have missed those bits.
That following Monday everyone at school had seen it,some had seen it twice by that point. It doesn’t really seem that long ago but I guess it was there are 31 year olds who were babies at the time….damn I realized that as I was writing it😂
Last Action Hero is an awful lot of fun. The biggest laugh for me is when they go to the video store and see the stand-up display of "STALLONE: TERMINATOR 2." Just a funny little peek into an alternate reality where Ahh-nold never existed, and other action stars are huge and step up to take his most famous roles. Who would've been in Commando? The Conan movies? Predator? Red Heat? Raw Deal?
I think they did. They both gave the movie a thumbs up, despite not liking most of the characters or the plot direction after the 1st act. Those thumbs up were bought by the action and cgi accomplishments.
If you hate the characters and the plot, it's hard to enjoy the special effects. This movie was one of only two times I ever walked out of a movie before the end.
@@Deftonesdsm Didn't you just hear the boy's review, where they said this movie LACKED a sense of awe, and Roger called it... first words out his mouth.. a missed opportunity... That's why I too walked out when it first came out, oh so many years ago now. Only time in my life I did. I sensed, but could not articulate as smoothly as S&E, the missed opportunity as well. Jaws had great human characters, this one did not. That they gave it thumbs up was my only disappointment. The only Spielberg movie I've ever hated.
Wow, I was nearly a geezer when I first saw this film in 93, and I was blown away. I'm sadly disappointed that you two did not see how big this movie would be....
I totally disagree with Ebert at 11:31. He references that early shot (shown on this episode) of the brachiosaurs roaming as being the only "majesty of these animals" moment in the picture.... Off the top of my head without having seen this movie in a decade, there are like 10+ scenes that all dwell on the miracle of having these creatures back on earth. Where they are saving the poisoned Triceratops and Dr. Grant lays his entire body on the creature and listens to it breathe, Hammond urging the newly born Raptor out of it's egg, the scene also shown in this episode where the brachiosaur is eating in the tree tops while grant and the kids watch, Grant admiring the flock patterns of the running dinos, the closing shot of the flying Pterodactyls, and more. I would also include the last shot of the T-rex as it deus ex machina'd it's way into the finale, roaring in the lobby and reclaiming the island and kind of transcending it's role as movie monster. They could have had more shots of Dinosaurs peacefully grazing but we got plenty of it, too much more and the pacing would be off.
I remember seeing Jurassic park for the first time as a kid of 6 and still love it now and in 4K and great classic reviews by Ebert and siskel rip to true lovers of film
When the lawyer runs out of the Jeep and into the outhouse and Jeff Goldbloom says, "Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go" I nearly died. One of the funniest parts of the movie.
I agree with their complaints about Jurassic Park, but the effects and intensity are just so spectacular, that it overrides whatever flaws the story carries.
Siskel was wrong; I was under the age of ten when I first saw it in the movies, and I wasn't scared. I was extremely thrilled by it, and It started my lifelong fascination with dinosaurs.
Well, it worked for you. I STILL wouldn't recommend little kids see the movie until they're older. Maybe 10 is a little old but I remember seeing it again recently and I had forgotten how intense it was. For little kids, especially sensitive kids, I wouldn't push it on them. Ultimately, every parent has to make that kind of decision for themselves.
I was 12 and it was the scariest film I'd seen to date. It felt really long at the time and when it was over I felt like I'd survived an ordeal. I did enjoy the movie, though. Seeing it again this year it was a bit disappointing that after the promise of the opening scenes it really devolved into a pure action movie when a bit more humanity along the way would have deepened the story. That said I liked the characters more than Siskel and Ebert, from how Grant put the little kid in his place at the beginning to Nedry's sniveling greed and Hammond's eccentric egoism.
Jurassic Park was one of their best top reviews ever done, the movie was a knockout in June of 93 red hot summer month and still remains one of my favorite dinosaur movies, but Last Action Hero had some funny but cheesy moments but didn't approve to S&E, but I miss their kickass show growing up watching it sometimes late at night when I couldn't sleep, thanks for the upload bro.
Before Jurassic Park was a movie, I read the book in one absorbing Sat. afternoon. When finished, I thot, "This is gonna be an awesome movie". Movie followed the book, except for the finish. I loved it!
JP 1 is terrific more than the lost world and the shortness of JP 3. The special effects in JP 1 are state of the art computer effects and I enjoyed it for Richard Attenborough and Jeff Goldblum
JP is little more than Crichton reworking Westworld, his first script. An amusement park where SOMETHING GOES WRONG and people are then chased by robots or dinosaurs.
Crichton wasn't a very original writer in that way. It always "something goes wrong" with SCIENCE and then some plucky characters come together to fight for survival.
I love the human characters in Jurassic Park, especially Sam Neills Alan Grant . Hes the Indiana Jones of this franchise. And theres plenty of awe. It's a timeless classic with great fun all around. It's the sequels that have no awe.
They were right about the homogenisation of the film industry and every film being the number one movie star doing his thing and also commenting on it at the same time.
Chicago, the world, it was so different back then, I'll always be nostalgic about the late 80s-early 90s, so this is a refreshing look back (Liked LAH but it ended up coming short overall) Loved they put THE conversation in Jurassic Park that you understand and appreciate it as you get older (loved the dinos as a kid but the coversations as an adult)
Man, I liked the world a lot better in the 1980's and 1990's before the internet. It seemed like such a more simple, reasonable, and peaceful time. Getting reviews from these guys rather than all of these angry internet trolls.
8:08 just goes to show how dense both of them could be. The absence of parents is invariably used because it forces the kids to deal with dramatic problems on their own--obviously, if the parents were around then the kids would run to them and the conflict would revolve around the parents instead.
I remember seeing this episode in 93 and feeling just the same as I do know... they were off base in their criticism of Jurassic Park, but I was so thankful they gave a spotlight to The Music of Chance, a terrific film that was completely overlooked at the time and forgotten today.
People in these comments are seemingly so hung up on their relatively minor criticisms of Jurrasic Park that they fail to see the overall positive review. I guess when a movie is regarded as a “classic” people seem to believe that means it’s unassailable or entirely beyond any criticism.
Vibrolux Yeah, I never thought even the original Jurassic Park, was that great, it’s a good film, but I always thought it was weaker than most of Spielberg’s other movies.
it actually makes my brain hurt that there was genuine belief among the people behind _Last Action Hero_ that _theirs_ was the movie to see that weekend - that Steven Spielberg, that hack, was a washed-up has-been after _Hook_ and that NOTHING could stop their movie because it had Arnold Schwarzenegger in it. and the _most_ mind-blowing part? they weren't THAT off the mark with Hollywood's general thinking in '92/93 - that Arnold was SUCH a huge star that nothing could possibly stop _Last Action Hero._ it's one of the all-time greats in terms of Hollowood Hubris; they KNEW [see: THOUGHT] they could do _anything_ they wanted because they KNEW [see: THOUGHT] that they could totally get away with it. the lame jokes, the farting corpse, the smug, detached air of intellectual superiority to their audience . . . _fuck_ Steven Spielberg and his dinosaurs, man! our movie's got Arnold? our movie's gonna play all Summer and beyond! we CANNOT FAIL. then the dailies started coming in. then the test audiences rejected it with the hateful force of a thousand atomic bombs. then the trailer for _Jurassic Park_ dropped, and so did the world's collective jaw. then the word in town was nearly religiously rhapsodic about what Mr. Spielberg & Co. had made. i imagine that for the people responsible for _Last Action Hero,_ those final two weeks leading up to that weekend in May '93 were like the last days of the Reich in Berlin once Russian artillery had opened up near enough to be heard in the city center. i imagine a _lot_ of petulant, cruel blame was hurled with abandon AND at the people probably deserving it the very _least._ probably on that poor, young kid who i'm sure did he best and who wasn't even there to defend himself . . . or old enough to fully understand that they were never gonna let him act again. things were probably completely relaxed yet somehow even more ridiculous in the Schwarzenegger palace, though; a completely firm knowledge that his movie was going to come out on top, because _screw_ the critics and the people who actually know about making movies. Arnold in movie? Movie do well. Arnold _not_ in movie? What's there to see? Also, what's a dinosaur?
Just goes to show you how wrong they were. Jurassic park was one of if not THE most ground breaking and influential movies of the time. 30 years later and it's still impressive. The actors were spot on and they are still making the films. I thought the choices in actors was fantastic and it did NOT get boring at all. But, these two have gotten it wrong so many times and they over analyze everything when if the movie keeps you interested, it did its' job. Not appropriate for kids under 10? I think it appealed to them MOST. Thumbs down to you both for getting yet another one WRONG again.
I actually quite like Last Action Hero, though I feel it could have been done a lot better, the idea was better than the execution, and Gene was right, they could have cut at least 30 minutes from it.
They were bang on about JP-it did need more scenes of awe and it was too intense for kids 10 and under. I was 10 and was unprepared for what I saw but still loved it all the same.
Despite both recommending it, they’re completely out to lunch. I guess I’m not as deep or smart as they are or were, because I found ALL the characters interesting. And there was a sense I’d “awe” to seeing the dinosaurs. They got this wrong.
I think they over emphasized their negative points. Hammond is an interesting character, but I agree with them about Grant and Satler being a bit dull. There certainly were attempts to bring in awe in the 2nd half of the movie, but they were kind of right that the movie turns into a monster flick instead pf a Spielberg "wonder" movie. I love Jurrassic Park but the first act is certainly the best part.
@@ThePete1081 the book and the movie are about surviving dinosaur encounters after the power shuts off. Wtf else could he have done differently? The whole movie was an "awe"moment
I agree with Gene& Roger saying that Jurassic Park was too intense for kids under the age of 10.... one time (I saw this 4 times in the Theater; Thank you, Mr. Spielberg!!!) there was this kid about 7 or 8 years old sitting in the row in front of us, and I said to my date:"I don't think he's going to be able to handle this movie" His mother overheard me & rudely said"yes, he can, he's very mature for his age" "yeah, right; we'll see" I thought.....no more than 35 minutes later did she have to drag out her screaming crying kid out of the theater because he was too freaked out- heed our warnings!!
The Last Action Hero is a cult classic. People didnt know how great a movie like that could be. It was Deadpool two to three decades before Deadpool. This movie didnt just break the 4th wall. It blew the wall to smithereens
i wonder if there were any weeks where _every_ movie got Two Thumbs Down? i'm sure there were _several_ weeks where that happened, though i may never know which ones.
Every time I rewatch one of these reviews I’m always surprised at 1) how sensitive, fearful, and weak stomached both are, 2) how absolutely overprotective of kids’ sensibilities they seem to be, 3) how they either seem to only watch parts of the movies (in that they seem to critique a film for not having a certain quality and ignore all the parts of the movie that demonstrate said quality 4) and lastly, how they seem very narrow minded in the quality of a film based on how a particular demographic will view and understand the picture. They are two vary intelligent and skilled reviewers so I’ll have to assume that many of these shortcomings were a product of the show format (in that they only had 3-4 min per movie to talk and discuss their thoughts), rather than them being cultural snobs....
Thanks war guild! The only thing I liked about Last Action Hero (which was badly overblown for my taste) was the music on the soundtrack CD my dad and sister mysteriously bought for me. I never really liked Once Upon a Forest either. Jurassic Park is my FAV of the movies Gene and Roger talked about here.
it's a bit funny how the Home Video Pick of the Week that _Jurassic Park_ opened was _The Lost World._ because . . . y'know . . . what the SEQUEL to _Jurassic Park_ turned out to be called. probably not by accident.
Hilarious how wrong they were about every popular movie ever, but I still loved them growing up. Like you could roll dice and be more correct about movies than they were, haha.
They are right when there are right and wrong when they are wrong.Theyre opinions are no better than anybody elses, and the review of jurassic park proves it.
That was by far better and more scintillating than the film as a whole, which I didn't think was all that good then, or now. FX cool, movie, er, kind of a bore.
Jurassic Park is one of my Top Ten All Time Favorite Movies of 1993, Because It was Awesome, Amazing, Wonderful out of all the Five Jurassic Park Movies, The Second One was Kind Of Lame, The Third One was also Lame, The Fourth One was also Lame, and The Fifth one was also Lame, But Of Course Jeff Goldbloom did make a Cameo Appearance In Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, So anyway I remember going to the movie theater with a friend of mine named Hannah, she had her three children with her, Hannah's Husband was a Serviceman Fighting overseas, anyway It was Hannah's oldest Son named Jason's 10th Birthday, and we went to the movie theater to see Jurassic Park, and It was Amazing, From Start to finish, Also Last Action Hero wasn't any Good, also Once Upon a Forest is One of My Top Ten All Time Favorite Animated Movies, Second To Batman Mask Of The Phantasm, Third To Thumbelina, Fourth To Pokemon The First Movie, Fifth To Kiki's Delivery Service, Sixth To My Neighbor Totoro, Seventh To Spirited Away, Eighth To Howl's Moving Castle, Ninth To Nasuscia Of The Valley Of The Winds, Tenth To When Marnie Was There, Eleventh To Mary and The Witch's Flower, 12th To Castle In The Sky, 13th To Pokemon The Movie 2000, 14th To Pokemon 3 The Movie, 15th to Pokemon 4ever, 16th to Pokemon Heroes (and the other Pokemon movies, including I choose You, and The Power Of Us, and Pokemon Detective Pikachu), 17th To The Castle Of Caglistro, 18th To Cat's Don't Dance, 19th To A Troll In Central Park, 20th To Little Nemo Adventures In Slumberland, etc. etc.
What was funny about this show was after they did the big two films, I was thinking, "What else are they going to review?" The last one was very touching the way they talked about it.
While it's true that Jurassic Park wasn't big on character deelopment, I think they kind of missed the point. Dinosaurs and special effects aside, it's more of a thinking movie; lots of scientific, philosophical, and ethical questions to consider. Even Crichton himself admitted that his stories were not driven by characters, but by concepts. To each his own, and it's a fair criticism that weak characters are not a great way to make a movie, but I feel that if you approach the film with an almost academic mindset then it comes off as being much better. Probably helps if you have read the book, too.
The Jurassic Park review was interesting considering that Gene said in the review for Carnosaur a month before this movie came out that the humans are much more interesting (most particularly Diane Ladd) than the dinosaurs and in here, the dinosaurs are much more interesting than the humans other than Jeff Goldblum.
I wish they would review the newest Jurassic Park that came out in 2018. That was one of the absolute worst movies of all time..coming down from the original Jurassic Park which was a masterpiece.
S & E think every movie should be a character study. Maybe if the T rex had a complex about being the only T rex in the world they would have liked it more.
First, it's Herbs not Erbs...good grief. I was 10 when I saw Jurassic Park twice in the theatres. I was shaking in my seat but never felt I wanted to shut my eyes. In fact I was glued to the screen. Awesome movie, even in 2017.
Are you British? They say "erbs" in America generally. It's accepted as common usage there. I know Brits like to pronounce the "H" in Herbs but you should respect the cultural difference even if you think it's silly personally. Language evolves differently when you are separated by region. Canada, Australia, America, Britain. There's nothing wrong with it changing differently in different places. It's just natural ;)
It wasnt a missed opportunity. it pretty much follows the book up until the end and is still an amazing movie with good characters regardless of what these ass clowns say.
Once Upon a Forest is one of my top ten Favorite Animated Movies, Second to The Land Before Time, Third to An American Tale, Fourth to The Lion King, Fifth to The Secret Of N I M H, Sixth to Ferngully The Last Rainforest, Seventh to Rock-A-Doodle, I still have both the VHS and DVD of this too.
It’s crazy how these guys are pretty much saying what we say about movies now. I think it’s unfair to critique a movie by comparing it to a masterpiece like Jaws.
What Ebert is saying is nonsense ... As a teenager watching this my jaw was on the floor the whole time any dinosaurs were on the screen. It had an equal amount of awe inspiring imagery as something like Close Encounters. ... I'd definitely agree with them that a lot of the acting was a bit cringeworthy though.
It was great special effects at the time but seriously without googling....Can you remember the characters names??....probably not because it was about the special effects and not the humans.
Siskel calling the Jurassic park scientists archaeologists - just goes to show again, how he didn't really watch the films unless they were dialogue riven art house films. More wrong than right.
Well, I really disagree with Siskel and Ebert. I liked "Last Action Hero", and I had a good time. I think they were too hard on it. I thought it was enjoyable, and really exciting. Arnold Schwarzenegger is really funny as Jack Slater. He said those funny lines, like "The bad guys ain't there!", "I'm a famous comedian actor, Arnold Braunshweiger.", and of course, my favorite line, "Ruby Baby Buggy Bumpers." Austin O'Brien as Danny Madigan was a good kid as a comedy sidekick. Some characters from other movies is a good thing. Some I like, Robert Patrick as T-1000, a poster of Sylvester Stallone in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", and Danny was flying on a bike of an Amblin Entertainment. Now Siskel and Ebert really have to admit that it was fun, and so hilarious. I know that this movie is critical and commercial failure at the box office as a disappointment during its initial theatrical release by critics and fans, but I do think it is entertaining, and really, really cool than people giving credit for it. Sorry, Siskel and Ebert, but I enjoyed it as a fine popcorn movie cult film. Thumbs up for me on "Last Action Hero". Last Action Hero (1993) 3/4 👍👍
Well it was not a cult film in 1993 obviously. I remember seeing it at the cinema. It was a big mess, and a huge flop aswell. But i think it has aged pretty well. Some movies do.
@@drumtum I think something that has made it more relevant today is that it embraces the magic of those old picture houses and how theatrical they were - little did they know back then how little would be left today, mostly replaced by soulless multi screen cinemas running on automation.
Gotta love that Ebert plugged My Neighbor Totoro, a film not distributed in North America.
I bought my daughter My Neighbor Totoro when she was little and she loved it in fact she now lives anime because of it
@@georgeromero941 I'm so sorry.
@@georgeromero941 I remember taking my 6-year-old Daughter named Zoe, to see My Neighbor Totoro, and She Liked it too, then a year later I took her and my 7-year-old son named Ben, to the movie theater to see Once Upon a Forest, and They Both Loved It, also around Christmastime, Zoe was excited that She got the VHS of My Neighbor Totoro, and Ben was even more Excited when He got the VHS of Once Upon a Forest, also I remember My Husband Jim, Zoe, Ben, and I went to See Jurassic Park when it was in theaters, and for the next few hours, we sat there in spellbound silence, except for the part of when the T-rex was about to attack, Ben fell asleep, he had a small bag of half eaten popcorn on his lap, We, Jim, Zoe, and I, didn't tell Ben that he had missed the movie on our way home from the movie theater, God I still Wish that Siskel and Ebert were still alive, I wonder what they would thought about other movies, Like,
Dolittle.
Jurassic World.
Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom.
The Avengers Of The Galaxy Vol. 2.
Aladdin (2019)
The Jungle Book (2016)
Beauty and The Beast (2017).
Terminator Dark Fate.
The Addams Family (2020).
Trolls World Tour.
How To Train Your Dragon The Hidden World.
Onward.
Hotel Transylvania 3 Summer Vacation.
Maleficent.
Maleficent Mistress Of Evil.
Wonder Woman.
Black Panther.
Thor Ragnarok.
Thor Dark World.
Sing.
Despicable Me.
Despicable Me 2.
Despicable Me 3.
Hotel Transylvania 2.
Hotel Transylvania.
Cats & Dogs 3.
Call Of The Wild (2020).
Rouge One A Star Wars Story.
Solo a Star Wars Story.
Star Wars The Force Awakens.
Star Wars The Last Jedi.
Star Wars The Rise Of Skywalker.
The Smurfs Movie (2011).
The Smurfs Movie 2 (2013).
The Smurfs Movie 3 (2017).
Pokemon Detective Pikachu.
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles Out Of The Shadows (2017).
Jem and The Holograms (2015).
Ferdinand (2017).
Toy Story 4 (2019).
Cinderella (2015).
Abominable (2019)
etc. etc.
I still remember seeing this when I was 12 in June of 1993. The feeling of seeing the dino's and the special fx and music brings back great memories.
I was 13 I feel the same
Last Action Hero is a guilty pleasure
Loved Jurassic Park, saw it in the theater. Then waited for a couple years till we could buy the vhs tape. My dad knowing how much we loved it, went to Tower Records at midnight to be one of the 1st in line to get it. He got it and then since it was a regular school day we couldn't watch it till we got home, there was a hurricane warning so all public schools were canceled and we got to stay home and watch the movie all day. I think we watched it 3 or 4 times 😂.
One of the best days of my childhood.
That's such an awesome memory.
Last Action Hero is awesome. It never gets old. I still watch it 2-3 times a year. "To be or not to be ... **explosion** ...Not to be."
I don’t always agree with them, but I love their writing, and their appreciation for what makes a film work.
Last action hero is a great movie, fun for kids and adults,
I actually found the sense of wonder amd awe in JURASSIC PARK, though. It comes in the Brontosaurus scene in which Sam Neill said, "He [John Hammond] really did it." It was very effective.
Bob Schneider That’s exactly what they said mate XD They said they wanted more scenes like that beginning scene (in reference to the Brontosaurus scene)
It was a Brachiosaur. And it was Goldblum (not Neil) who said "He did it. The crazy sonofabitch did it"
@@stiimuli My Husband Adam and I, our two children, our 6-year-old Daughter named Zoe and our 10-year-old son named Aiden, went to see this movie when it was in theaters, It was amazing, during the first few minutes of the movie, Zoe fell asleep, she fell asleep at the part of when the T-Rex attacked, Adam, Aiden, and I continued watching the movie, We didn't tell Zoe that she missed the movie, also I wonder what they would've thought about Jurassic World and Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom?.
@@blakestacy5405 There were plenty of those types of scenes, Ebert is way off base here.
My aunt and uncle took my brother, sister, and me to see "Jurassic Park." Wow it was nearly thirty years ago. But I don't know where the years went. Wow. And this was the same year Spielberg did "Schindler's List," which our dad took us to. Spielberg did the two movies the same year. Let that sink in.
He actually referenced Cop and a Half, made me laugh so hard hahahahaha
Luis Carlos Alvarez Rebaza yeah as soon as I heard gene take a short quick shot at ‘Cop and a Half’ I had to smile! I wonder how many times that’s happened over the years? Gene should’ve mentioned it whenever he had to critique a cop movie, just to give roger a hard time!
Jurassic Park is my favorite movie of all time, must have seen it at least 50 times as an adult (never mind the times I watched it as a child) and even though I now know every single line by heart, I'll still pop it in every couple of months.
It's one of my all time top ten Favorite Movies, I remember some friends of mine and I went to the movie theater when this was in theaters, It was amazing, Awesome, and Great.
I didn't like it.
Its because it has a lot of subtle and intelligent things to say about family in it, it isn't just a dinsoaur monster movie as these two dingbats seem to think. Also it also says a lot about the nature of life, they seem to have missed those bits.
That following Monday everyone at school had seen it,some had seen it twice by that point. It doesn’t really seem that long ago but I guess it was there are 31 year olds who were babies at the time….damn I realized that as I was writing it😂
8:02 - Ebert's laugh used in the thumbnail 🙂 Always loved to see him laugh/smile (RIP both you greats)
The dilophasauraus scene I remember traumatized me as a kid, lmao!
Last Action Hero is an awful lot of fun. The biggest laugh for me is when they go to the video store and see the stand-up display of "STALLONE: TERMINATOR 2." Just a funny little peek into an alternate reality where Ahh-nold never existed, and other action stars are huge and step up to take his most famous roles. Who would've been in Commando? The Conan movies? Predator? Red Heat? Raw Deal?
I’m assuming Stallone occupied all of Schwarzenegger’s roles in this alternate universe, and perhaps Dolph Lundgren played all of Stallone’s roles lol
I dont think either one of them really understood what an accomplishment Jurassic Park was at the time
Nope
I think they did. They both gave the movie a thumbs up, despite not liking most of the characters or the plot direction after the 1st act.
Those thumbs up were bought by the action and cgi accomplishments.
If you hate the characters and the plot, it's hard to enjoy the special effects. This movie was one of only two times I ever walked out of a movie before the end.
@@robgronotte1 u walked out of jurrasic park? Damn you must not enjoy alot of things. I mean isnt there a child in you somewhere who felt some awe ?
@@Deftonesdsm Didn't you just hear the boy's review, where they said this movie LACKED a sense of awe, and Roger called it... first words out his mouth.. a missed opportunity... That's why I too walked out when it first came out, oh so many years ago now. Only time in my life I did. I sensed, but could not articulate as smoothly as S&E, the missed opportunity as well. Jaws had great human characters, this one did not. That they gave it thumbs up was my only disappointment.
The only Spielberg movie I've ever hated.
Wow, I was nearly a geezer when I first saw this film in 93, and I was blown away. I'm sadly disappointed that you two did not see how big this movie would be....
I totally disagree with Ebert at 11:31. He references that early shot (shown on this episode) of the brachiosaurs roaming as being the only "majesty of these animals" moment in the picture....
Off the top of my head without having seen this movie in a decade, there are like 10+ scenes that all dwell on the miracle of having these creatures back on earth. Where they are saving the poisoned Triceratops and Dr. Grant lays his entire body on the creature and listens to it breathe, Hammond urging the newly born Raptor out of it's egg, the scene also shown in this episode where the brachiosaur is eating in the tree tops while grant and the kids watch, Grant admiring the flock patterns of the running dinos, the closing shot of the flying Pterodactyls, and more. I would also include the last shot of the T-rex as it deus ex machina'd it's way into the finale, roaring in the lobby and reclaiming the island and kind of transcending it's role as movie monster.
They could have had more shots of Dinosaurs peacefully grazing but we got plenty of it, too much more and the pacing would be off.
Agreed. Good points.
I remember seeing Jurassic park for the first time as a kid of 6 and still love it now and in 4K and great classic reviews by Ebert and siskel rip to true lovers of film
I saw jurasic park when i was a little kid athe drive in with my ma, it was awesome.
Oooh please, Jurassic Park came out when I was 5 and I loved it! Sure it frightened me sometimes, but I loved it and I watched it over and over again!
When the lawyer runs out of the Jeep and into the outhouse and Jeff Goldbloom says, "Hey, when you gotta go, you gotta go" I nearly died. One of the funniest parts of the movie.
I agree with their complaints about Jurassic Park, but the effects and intensity are just so spectacular, that it overrides whatever flaws the story carries.
Siskel was wrong; I was under the age of ten when I first saw it in the movies, and I wasn't scared. I was extremely thrilled by it, and It started my lifelong fascination with dinosaurs.
Yeah they where too disconnected to realize how great the movie was
Well, it worked for you. I STILL wouldn't recommend little kids see the movie until they're older. Maybe 10 is a little old but I remember seeing it again recently and I had forgotten how intense it was. For little kids, especially sensitive kids, I wouldn't push it on them. Ultimately, every parent has to make that kind of decision for themselves.
I was 12 and it was the scariest film I'd seen to date. It felt really long at the time and when it was over I felt like I'd survived an ordeal. I did enjoy the movie, though. Seeing it again this year it was a bit disappointing that after the promise of the opening scenes it really devolved into a pure action movie when a bit more humanity along the way would have deepened the story. That said I liked the characters more than Siskel and Ebert, from how Grant put the little kid in his place at the beginning to Nedry's sniveling greed and Hammond's eccentric egoism.
Jurassic Park was one of their best top reviews ever done, the movie was a knockout in June of 93 red hot summer month and still remains one of my favorite dinosaur movies, but Last Action Hero had some funny but cheesy moments but didn't approve to S&E, but I miss their kickass show growing up watching it sometimes late at night when I couldn't sleep, thanks for the upload bro.
Before Jurassic Park was a movie, I read the book in one absorbing Sat. afternoon. When finished, I thot, "This is gonna be an awesome movie". Movie followed the book, except for the finish. I loved it!
Thot?
JP=The epitome of Movie Magic
JP 1 is terrific more than the lost world and the shortness of JP 3. The special effects in JP 1 are state of the art computer effects and I enjoyed it for Richard Attenborough and Jeff Goldblum
JP is little more than Crichton reworking Westworld, his first script. An amusement park where SOMETHING GOES WRONG and people are then chased by robots or dinosaurs.
Crichton wasn't a very original writer in that way. It always "something goes wrong" with SCIENCE and then some plucky characters come together to fight for survival.
Love Roger's quiet appreciation of A Heart in Winter.
I love the human characters in Jurassic Park, especially Sam Neills Alan Grant . Hes the Indiana Jones of this franchise. And theres plenty of awe. It's a timeless classic with great fun all around.
It's the sequels that have no awe.
Jurassic Park, absolutely fair to question weather that film was appropriate for kids.
This video helped me in an unexpected way. I had completely forgotten Once Upon A Forest.
1993 seems like it was yesterday. Last action hero and Jurassic park.
Back when movies were fun to watch.
They were right about the homogenisation of the film industry and every film being the number one movie star doing his thing and also commenting on it at the same time.
Chicago, the world, it was so different back then, I'll always be nostalgic about the late 80s-early 90s, so this is a refreshing look back
(Liked LAH but it ended up coming short overall)
Loved they put THE conversation in Jurassic Park that you understand and appreciate it as you get older (loved the dinos as a kid but the coversations as an adult)
I remember watching the show as a kid..when a movie I've never heard of was gonna be reviewed, I was always like, it'll be 2 thumbs up of course.
Much appreciated. Thanks for uploading.
Man, I liked the world a lot better in the 1980's and 1990's before the internet. It seemed like such a more simple, reasonable, and peaceful time. Getting reviews from these guys rather than all of these angry internet trolls.
Derek Gabrys dude your literally subscribed to geeks and gamers 🤔
I enjoy geeks and gamers. I feel the same way as them about the decline of Star Wars. Thanks for taking the time to check out all of my subscriptions.
8:08 just goes to show how dense both of them could be. The absence of parents is invariably used because it forces the kids to deal with dramatic problems on their own--obviously, if the parents were around then the kids would run to them and the conflict would revolve around the parents instead.
I remember seeing this episode in 93 and feeling just the same as I do know... they were off base in their criticism of Jurassic Park, but I was so thankful they gave a spotlight to The Music of Chance, a terrific film that was completely overlooked at the time and forgotten today.
They're right about the animated movie... I don't even remember it at all.
The previous comment was written by Steven Spielberg.
My mom said I was asleep for most of the first Jurassic Park, and I was only two months old when it first came out
I'm very certain you wouldn't remember anything at two months old.
Imagine if Siskel and Ebert were around to review the _Saw_ franchise. LMAO
last action hero is an underrated film !!!
Would’ve loved to hear these guys review Dunkirk and 1917
Most other action films can only hope to have as good characters as Jurassic Park.
They hadn’t yet realized it was the 90s
Pretty fair reviews if both Last Action Hero and Jurrassic Park.
I like Last Action Hero, but agree that the concept is better than the execution.
People in these comments are seemingly so hung up on their relatively minor criticisms of Jurrasic Park that they fail to see the overall positive review. I guess when a movie is regarded as a “classic” people seem to believe that means it’s unassailable or entirely beyond any criticism.
Vibrolux Yeah, I never thought even the original Jurassic Park, was that great, it’s a good film, but I always thought it was weaker than most of Spielberg’s other movies.
it actually makes my brain hurt that there was genuine belief among the people behind _Last Action Hero_ that _theirs_ was the movie to see that weekend - that Steven Spielberg, that hack, was a washed-up has-been after _Hook_ and that NOTHING could stop their movie because it had Arnold Schwarzenegger in it.
and the _most_ mind-blowing part? they weren't THAT off the mark with Hollywood's general thinking in '92/93 - that Arnold was SUCH a huge star that nothing could possibly stop _Last Action Hero._
it's one of the all-time greats in terms of Hollowood Hubris; they KNEW [see: THOUGHT] they could do _anything_ they wanted because they KNEW [see: THOUGHT] that they could totally get away with it.
the lame jokes, the farting corpse, the smug, detached air of intellectual superiority to their audience . . . _fuck_ Steven Spielberg and his dinosaurs, man! our movie's got Arnold? our movie's gonna play all Summer and beyond! we CANNOT FAIL.
then the dailies started coming in. then the test audiences rejected it with the hateful force of a thousand atomic bombs. then the trailer for _Jurassic Park_ dropped, and so did the world's collective jaw. then the word in town was nearly religiously rhapsodic about what Mr. Spielberg & Co. had made.
i imagine that for the people responsible for _Last Action Hero,_ those final two weeks leading up to that weekend in May '93 were like the last days of the Reich in Berlin once Russian artillery had opened up near enough to be heard in the city center.
i imagine a _lot_ of petulant, cruel blame was hurled with abandon AND at the people probably deserving it the very _least._ probably on that poor, young kid who i'm sure did he best and who wasn't even there to defend himself . . . or old enough to fully understand that they were never gonna let him act again.
things were probably completely relaxed yet somehow even more ridiculous in the Schwarzenegger palace, though; a completely firm knowledge that his movie was going to come out on top, because _screw_ the critics and the people who actually know about making movies. Arnold in movie? Movie do well.
Arnold _not_ in movie? What's there to see? Also, what's a dinosaur?
Just goes to show you how wrong they were. Jurassic park was one of if not THE most ground breaking and influential movies of the time. 30 years later and it's still impressive. The actors were spot on and they are still making the films. I thought the choices in actors was fantastic and it did NOT get boring at all. But, these two have gotten it wrong so many times and they over analyze everything when if the movie keeps you interested, it did its' job. Not appropriate for kids under 10? I think it appealed to them MOST. Thumbs down to you both for getting yet another one WRONG again.
I actually quite like Last Action Hero, though I feel it could have been done a lot better, the idea was better than the execution, and Gene was right, they could have cut at least 30 minutes from it.
They were bang on about JP-it did need more scenes of awe and it was too intense for kids 10 and under. I was 10 and was unprepared for what I saw but still loved it all the same.
Despite both recommending it, they’re completely out to lunch. I guess I’m not as deep or smart as they are or were, because I found ALL the characters interesting. And there was a sense I’d “awe” to seeing the dinosaurs. They got this wrong.
I think they over emphasized their negative points. Hammond is an interesting character, but I agree with them about Grant and Satler being a bit dull.
There certainly were attempts to bring in awe in the 2nd half of the movie, but they were kind of right that the movie turns into a monster flick instead pf a Spielberg "wonder" movie. I love Jurrassic Park but the first act is certainly the best part.
@@ThePete1081 the book and the movie are about surviving dinosaur encounters after the power shuts off. Wtf else could he have done differently? The whole movie was an "awe"moment
2:43 "All dese yeeurs-uh-dacademy"
I agree with Gene& Roger saying that Jurassic Park was too intense for kids under the age of 10.... one time (I saw this 4 times in the Theater; Thank you, Mr. Spielberg!!!) there was this kid about 7 or 8 years old sitting in the row in front of us, and I said to my date:"I don't think he's going to be able to handle this movie" His mother overheard me & rudely said"yes, he can, he's very mature for his age" "yeah, right; we'll see" I thought.....no more than 35 minutes later did she have to drag out her screaming crying kid out of the theater because he was too freaked out- heed our warnings!!
The Last Action Hero is a cult classic. People didnt know how great a movie like that could be. It was Deadpool two to three decades before Deadpool. This movie didnt just break the 4th wall. It blew the wall to smithereens
i wonder if there were any weeks where _every_ movie got Two Thumbs Down?
i'm sure there were _several_ weeks where that happened, though i may never know which ones.
Furlings, younglings. George Lucas must have watched Once Upon a Forest while writing Star Wars Attack of the Clones.
Every time I rewatch one of these reviews I’m always surprised at 1) how sensitive, fearful, and weak stomached both are, 2) how absolutely overprotective of kids’ sensibilities they seem to be, 3) how they either seem to only watch parts of the movies (in that they seem to critique a film for not having a certain quality and ignore all the parts of the movie that demonstrate said quality 4) and lastly, how they seem very narrow minded in the quality of a film based on how a particular demographic will view and understand the picture. They are two vary intelligent and skilled reviewers so I’ll have to assume that many of these shortcomings were a product of the show format (in that they only had 3-4 min per movie to talk and discuss their thoughts), rather than them being cultural snobs....
It's curious to think about what they would say regarding how films have changed over the last 20+ years (and how they might review them).
They were snobs. It's quite evident from their reviews of more commercial horror films.
If the kid entered the movie....where were all the cameras?
Thanks war guild! The only thing I liked about Last Action Hero (which was badly overblown for my taste) was the music on the soundtrack CD my dad and sister mysteriously bought for me. I never really liked Once Upon a Forest either. Jurassic Park is my FAV of the movies Gene and Roger talked about here.
it's a bit funny how the Home Video Pick of the Week that _Jurassic Park_ opened was _The Lost World._
because . . . y'know . . . what the SEQUEL to _Jurassic Park_ turned out to be called. probably not by accident.
No sense of awe in Jurassic Park lol. I like watching these vids to see how often they were wrong - a lot!
Hilarious how wrong they were about every popular movie ever, but I still loved them growing up. Like you could roll dice and be more correct about movies than they were, haha.
They are right when there are right and wrong when they are wrong.Theyre opinions are no better than anybody elses, and the review of jurassic park proves it.
Sometimes, it's hard to tell what films are really going to last until a great passage of time has happened.
shoot. it was too intense for children under, say, 40!
Jurassic park gets 2 thumbs up!.......just barely?? Jesus!
There were dinosaurs in that movie? I just wanted to look at Laura Dern in those shorts
That was by far better and more scintillating than the film as a whole, which I didn't think was all that good then, or now. FX cool, movie, er, kind of a bore.
Enough already with the constant comments about The Music of Chance. I know its all anyone ever talks about.
Jurassic Park is one of my Top Ten All Time Favorite Movies of 1993, Because It was Awesome, Amazing, Wonderful out of all the Five Jurassic Park Movies, The Second One was Kind Of Lame, The Third One was also Lame, The Fourth One was also Lame, and The Fifth one was also Lame, But Of Course Jeff Goldbloom did make a Cameo Appearance In Jurassic World Fallen Kingdom, So anyway I remember going to the movie theater with a friend of mine named Hannah, she had her three children with her, Hannah's Husband was a Serviceman Fighting overseas, anyway It was Hannah's oldest Son named Jason's 10th Birthday, and we went to the movie theater to see Jurassic Park, and It was Amazing, From Start to finish, Also Last Action Hero wasn't any Good, also Once Upon a Forest is One of My Top Ten All Time Favorite Animated Movies, Second To Batman Mask Of The Phantasm, Third To Thumbelina, Fourth To Pokemon The First Movie, Fifth To Kiki's Delivery Service, Sixth To My Neighbor Totoro, Seventh To Spirited Away, Eighth To Howl's Moving Castle, Ninth To Nasuscia Of The Valley Of The Winds, Tenth To When Marnie Was There, Eleventh To Mary and The Witch's Flower, 12th To Castle In The Sky, 13th To Pokemon The Movie 2000, 14th To Pokemon 3 The Movie, 15th to Pokemon 4ever, 16th to Pokemon Heroes (and the other Pokemon movies, including I choose You, and The Power Of Us, and Pokemon Detective Pikachu), 17th To The Castle Of Caglistro, 18th To Cat's Don't Dance, 19th To A Troll In Central Park, 20th To Little Nemo Adventures In Slumberland, etc. etc.
Summer of 1993 was a great year for motion pictures
What was funny about this show was after they did the big two films, I was thinking, "What else are they going to review?" The last one was very touching the way they talked about it.
8:04 *The song's aren't memorable?? Screw you Siskel. The "Once upon a time with me" song at the end brought me to tears every time!*
These guys really downplayed one of the highest grossing movies of all time.
killing off the parents in children's stories wasn't started by Disney. Dickens liked orphans too.
These 2 w mild thumbs up?. Ducking film is 5 stars!
Siskel calling the paleontologists in Jurassic Park "archaeologists." Good grief.
He was dumb.
The best review of The Last Action Hero was by the late Mike Royko
While it's true that Jurassic Park wasn't big on character deelopment, I think they kind of missed the point. Dinosaurs and special effects aside, it's more of a thinking movie; lots of scientific, philosophical, and ethical questions to consider. Even Crichton himself admitted that his stories were not driven by characters, but by concepts. To each his own, and it's a fair criticism that weak characters are not a great way to make a movie, but I feel that if you approach the film with an almost academic mindset then it comes off as being much better. Probably helps if you have read the book, too.
The Jurassic Park review was interesting considering that Gene said in the review for Carnosaur a month before this movie came out that the humans are much more interesting (most particularly Diane Ladd) than the dinosaurs and in here, the dinosaurs are much more interesting than the humans other than Jeff Goldblum.
Furlings?!? Did George Lucas write this movie?
I wish they would review the newest Jurassic Park that came out in 2018. That was one of the absolute worst movies of all time..coming down from the original Jurassic Park which was a masterpiece.
Ian Texas well, they’re dead, sooo...
Ian Texas Fallen Kingdom wasn’t very good, but one of the worst movies of all time? Excuse me, have you watched Troll 2, Birdemic, or the Room?
S & E think every movie should be a character study. Maybe if the T rex had a complex about being the only T rex in the world they would have liked it more.
First, it's Herbs not Erbs...good grief.
I was 10 when I saw Jurassic Park twice in the theatres. I was shaking in my seat but never felt I wanted to shut my eyes. In fact I was glued to the screen. Awesome movie, even in 2017.
Are you British? They say "erbs" in America generally. It's accepted as common usage there. I know Brits like to pronounce the "H" in Herbs but you should respect the cultural difference even if you think it's silly personally. Language evolves differently when you are separated by region. Canada, Australia, America, Britain. There's nothing wrong with it changing differently in different places. It's just natural ;)
Anita Grace Americans and British people pronounce things differently
The Last Action hero was review before Jarassic Park lol
Jurassic Park review is dead on. Missed opportunity. Just like most movies today.
It wasnt a missed opportunity. it pretty much follows the book up until the end and is still an amazing movie with good characters regardless of what these ass clowns say.
Once Upon a Forest is one of my top ten Favorite Animated Movies, Second to The Land Before Time, Third to An American Tale, Fourth to The Lion King, Fifth to The Secret Of N I M H, Sixth to Ferngully The Last Rainforest, Seventh to Rock-A-Doodle, I still have both the VHS and DVD of this too.
Ebert missed a sense of awe in Jurassic Park. What the hell was he watching. Makes no sense?
Last Action Hero is kind of funny now, except for the drug.dealers
Jurassic Park yes!!
TIM AND ERIC SHOULD REMAKE THIS INTRO
R-r-r-rumatism!
It’s crazy how these guys are pretty much saying what we say about movies now. I think it’s unfair to critique a movie by comparing it to a masterpiece like Jaws.
What Ebert is saying is nonsense ... As a teenager watching this my jaw was on the floor the whole time any dinosaurs were on the screen. It had an equal amount of awe inspiring imagery as something like Close Encounters. ... I'd definitely agree with them that a lot of the acting was a bit cringeworthy though.
It was great special effects at the time but seriously without googling....Can you remember the characters names??....probably not because it was about the special effects and not the humans.
okay you include the title. but also including the commercial for McDonalds featuring said title. that's weird.
Siskel calling the Jurassic park scientists archaeologists - just goes to show again, how he didn't really watch the films unless they were dialogue riven art house films. More wrong than right.
Well, I really disagree with Siskel and Ebert. I liked "Last Action Hero", and I had a good time. I think they were too hard on it. I thought it was enjoyable, and really exciting. Arnold Schwarzenegger is really funny as Jack Slater. He said those funny lines, like "The bad guys ain't there!", "I'm a famous comedian actor, Arnold Braunshweiger.", and of course, my favorite line, "Ruby Baby Buggy Bumpers." Austin O'Brien as Danny Madigan was a good kid as a comedy sidekick. Some characters from other movies is a good thing. Some I like, Robert Patrick as T-1000, a poster of Sylvester Stallone in "Terminator 2: Judgment Day", and Danny was flying on a bike of an Amblin Entertainment. Now Siskel and Ebert really have to admit that it was fun, and so hilarious. I know that this movie is critical and commercial failure at the box office as a disappointment during its initial theatrical release by critics and fans, but I do think it is entertaining, and really, really cool than people giving credit for it. Sorry, Siskel and Ebert, but I enjoyed it as a fine popcorn movie cult film. Thumbs up for me on "Last Action Hero".
Last Action Hero (1993) 3/4 👍👍
Well it was not a cult film in 1993 obviously. I remember seeing it at the cinema. It was a big mess, and a huge flop aswell. But i think it has aged pretty well. Some movies do.
@@drumtum I think something that has made it more relevant today is that it embraces the magic of those old picture houses and how theatrical they were - little did they know back then how little would be left today, mostly replaced by soulless multi screen cinemas running on automation.
They forgot about the triceratops scene where Grant is in childhood awe and Ellie is in tears. Come on guys.
Or the other brachiosaur scene where they are feeding it from a tree. Ebert was a tired old snob even by this point (June 1993)
Last Action Hero is incredibly under rated...