>Hang on, I have to watch the safe opinions from some out of touch geriatric fuck and his gay best friendWere boomers really this reliant on stuffed shirt retards to choose their entertainment?
Movie snubs only like what other people like first
>>221222886It was hard to have access even to movie trailers back then, so the show was one place where you could have a better idea of what whatever movie was coming out that week was about. I'm sure people still went to see a movie after one of his bad reviews if they were intrigued enough.
I agreed with Siskel more than Ebert, but I was happier when I agreed with Siskel. I was always begrudgingly more in line with Ebert. Siskel's had a more pretentious comportment, but I think his love of film came from a deeper purer place. I'm probably just projecting, I just like the review where Blue Velvet broke Ebert's mind and Siskel had to remind him it was just a film.
>>221222886Ebert gave gladiator 1 star.Ridiculous
>>221222966>It was hard to have access even to movie trailers back then,Brown zoom larp alert.Unless it was an art film with a limited release, every major hollywood film would have trailers ran as commercials for the entire duration of their theatrical run.>>221222991I think if a snob like Gene could enjoy something, that was a sign you had genuine kino that deserved a watch. While Roger was a good at reviewing for the common man, a lot times he could be too forgiving to shit movies, while on occasion bashing good movies for autistic reasons.
>>221222886>Hang on, I have to watch the safe opinions from some out of touch geriatric fuck and his gay best friendreport e-celeb threads as off-topic
>>221222886I only watch stuff like this about movies I've already seen or movies I have no interest in seeing
>>221222886>>221222934he wasn't bad. he would go out of his way to talk about how based anime is. He was way better than the shills we have now who rate vidya, films and tv shows based on how many blacks and sodomy scenes they have
>>221223084They had a TV show
When Ebert gave reviews that didn't make sense to me it usually came from some sort of emotional reaction he had to the movie, like with The Doors. When Siskel reviews didn't make sense it's usually because he went in with high expectations and was disappointed like with Apocalypse Now. They're both good critics though and their show was very entertaining by itself, which is the real reason they were famous.
>>221223169my bad I thought this was the rlm thread
>>221223124Ebert liked weebshit?!
>>221222886I love AI so much sometimes:Roger Ebert 0 star movies.Africa, Goodbye (1966)Fathom (1967) †The Green Berets (1968)I, a Man (1967)If He Hollers, Let Him Go (1968)The Devils (1971)The Statue (1971)The Female Bunch (1971)Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)Prison Girls (1972)The Master Gunfighter (1975) †Death Race 2000 (1975)Mandingo (1975)Survive! (1976) †Guyana: Crime of the Century (1979)The Exterminator (1980)I Spit on Your Grave (1978)Caligula (1979)Mother’s Day (1980)Hardly Working (1981)Death Wish II (1982)10 to Midnight (1983)Police Academy (1984)Fever Pitch (1985)Key Exchange (1985) †The Hitcher (1986)Dangerously Close (1986)Jaws: The Revenge (1987)Walker (1987)Last Rites (1988)She’s Out of Control (1989)Speed Zone (1989)Rude Awakening (1989)Erik the Viking (1989)Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) †Dice Rules (1991)Breaking the Rules (1992)Frozen Assets (1992)North (1994)The Doom Generation (1995)
>>221222886based ebert making chuds seethe from beyond the grave
>>221223538yeah he gave great reviews to Akira, Ghost in the Shell, Princess Mononoke, Spirited Away and I'm sure a bunch of others, but I've seen his reviews of those 4 and he loved them
>>221223585Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead was a really forgettable slog
>>221223585I didn't know Ebert was so base-oh that's the list of movies he hated...
>>221223610Yes because those are the few bright spots. Most anime is tranny shit. I bet you have an anime pfp somewhere in your accounts boyo
>>221223585He gave Rosencrantz and Guildenstern a thumbs down, not zero starts.
>>221223585OK found the other half:Little Indian, Big City (1994)Mad Dog Time (1996)B.A.P.S. (1997)Pink Flamingos (1972)Murder at 1600 (1997)Burn Hollywood, Burn (1998)Sour Grapes (1998)Frogs for Snakes (1998)Tomcats (2001)Freddy Got Fingered (2001)Slackers (2002)The Life of David Gale (2003)The Texas Chainsaw Massacre (2003)Chaos (2005)Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo (2005)Dirty Love (2005)Wolf Creek (2005)September Dawn (2007)The Human Centipede (First Sequence) (2009)The Human Centipede 2 (Full Sequence) (2010)(no idea why he went to the same movie twice - Boomer Professionalism I guess)I Spit on Your Grave (2010)
>>221223662>go on an anime site>seethe about animeyou have to go back
>>221222886>I have to watchZoomers don't know about print media
>>221223585>>221223616he didn't even hate Rosencrantz and Guildenstern. he said it should have been a play and it doesn't work as a movie but would as a stage play
>>221223691>he doesn't start flame wars in the comment sections of his ideological enemiesngmi
>>221222886>watch the safe opinions from some out of touch geriatric fuck and his gay best friend
>>221223696Zoomers don't know about that one stoner you knew who had surprisingly good taste in films
>>221223713It isn't a strong adaptation, but a 0 from him on it is surprising. The source material is pretty well liked. Im not into myself, but not even half star. He's done half stars, a full 0 is pretty damning. Like I can tell you, I'd rather watch the original Police Academy over North, so I think he may have been in a bad mood for some of these.
>>221223585Oh Africa, Goodbye is that famous racist movie called Africa Addio. It now has a 7/10 IMDB which is good. I think after seeing it, I think of it as a important historical artifact of the time. If he reviewed it when it came out it probably pissed Ebert off being a hipster liberal of the day. Fathom looks like softcore porn of the day basically but damn I might watch this during dinnerGreen Berets looks like jingoistic trash in the middle of Vietnam so no wonder people hated it.I, a Man - Warhol slopIf He Hollers, Let Him Go (1968) looks like a nigger reference probably trashThe Devils (1971)The Statue (1971) nobody saw theseThe Female Bunch (1971) - wow these women are busted as fuck to Zoomer standards they would be 1/10 and not allowed to be taken by smartphones, AI would scrub them outGoodbye Uncle Tom (1971) - more retarded racism corePrison Girls (1972) - pic related its Prison Girls huge boobs damn yeahThe Master Gunfighter (1975) - looks like trashDeath Race 2000 (1975) - CRIMINALLY underrated but Ebert probably was being gay because of the ultraviolence, I notice Ebert really hates the more gonzo shockers out thereMandingo (1975) - he hates BBC so I think that makes Ebert 4chan and Siskel RedditI Spit on Your Grave (1978)Caligula (1979)Mother’s Day (1980)Hardly Working (1981)Death Wish II (1982) - saw most of these and yeah they are pretty much evil and I can see someone giving 0 stars to a wide newspaper audiencePolice Academy (1984) - this is a great take because nobody should be making light of the police when they suck so much Rude Awakening (1989) - ya nothing like a bad comedyErik the Viking (1989) - most people forgot this existed for a reasonRosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead (1991) † - this is perhaps his worst all time take, its a really good movie on this play and its hard to top
>>221223662>anime>tranny shityou're an obsessed faggot
>>221223900>The Devils>nobody saw itare you retarded? it's very well liked despite it's controversial censored release, it's finally getting a remaster because the kike exec at WB who hated it probably finally croaked
>>221223769you gotta be more subtle than that if you want to do that. I saw a good one about how they had those things to stop people from stealing $10 steaks and some guy wrote>they don't have those tags on pork for some reason
>>221223068>Unless it was an art film with a limited release, every major hollywood film would have trailers ran as commercials for the entire duration of their theatrical run.We weren't glued to screens as much back then. In the 80s, we would go the multiplex and pick a movie to watch from the ones available based on the posters. This was often the first time we had heard of the movie
>>221223068>I think if a snob like Gene could enjoy something, that was a sign you had genuine kino that deserved a watchCritters 2, for instance
>>221224604Well I grew up in the 90s and saw tons of trailers for movies and lived in the bumfuck south.You sound like a normalfag.
>>221224743I'm sorry that you spent your childhood glued to a screen. I lived in the bumfuck south until 1982 and we played outsideYou sound angry
>>221224941>I lived in the bumfuck south until 1982 and we played outside>until 1982I'm sorry you're spending your advanced years on 4chan. You sound like you led a failed life.
>>221223900>Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971) - more retarded racism coreIt's by the exact same people as Africa Addio.
>>221223662The anime that got wide theatrical release back then was actually good since it was so rare.
>>221225048I have it. It's actually kino race propaganda.
>>221222886But enough about red letter media
>>221225031I think that you have it backwards anon. I have free time. I have lived my life. When you are young, you should be out doing stuff, not shitposting.
>>221223585>Death Race 2000 (1975)>Erik the Viking (1989)I've seen these and they're kino. Makes me curious about the other films on this list
>>221222886>Were boomers really this reliant on stuffed shirt retards to choose their entertainment?So basically like zoomies reliant on social media to make their moral social decisions for them?
>>221225146Jokes on you, I'm working while also shitposting. >image>spic languageOh that explains why you didn't see many trailers on TV.
>>221223900You sound like a faggot
>>221223610He even went to bat for Roujin Z, Royal Space Force, and even actual bad ones like Rintaro's Metropolis.
He gave The Devils a 0 star rating and that's one of the best films of its era.
>>221225329Controversial opinion: Roujin Z is better than Akira
>>221223585Giving I spit on your grave a 0 is being generous
This guy gave some made for tv quality movies 3/4 stars so I don't think I can trust his opinions.
>>221225300You must not have a very demanding job. Are you also a phone poster? This might explain your poor post quality, aggressive anger, and lack of images
>>221225351They're not really comparable considering one's a comedy and the other's more serious. Roujin does have the benefit of being written for the screen where as Akira was Otomo having to reconfigure his own manga (that hadn't even ended) into a screenplay and condense and remove so much that it's almost a different story. Akira does have the advantage in visuals, while Roujin has a tighter, original script.
>>221223014>Ridley Scott>one starSounds about right to me.
Siskel and Ebert were great, and genuinely not out of touch. I'm impressed consistently by how Ebert would consciously stay within his era.If you like them, or find watching their vids cozy on YouTube - buy the book Opposable Thumbs, it's the story of their rise to fame. There are a few absolutely adorable moments.
>>221225464No, I don't have a very demanding job, and it provides me with a livable wage. Posting on my work computer.>Are you also a phone poster? This might explain your poor post quality, aggressive anger, and lack of imageslol nice projection pablo
>>221223585Africa Adio is not a 0-star movieErik the Viking isn't either.>>221223900>>221225183Death Race 2k is an ass movie. Maybe not 0 stars, but not kino.
>>221222886I'm not going to read any of the posts in this gay thread, but I will give this free tip: If you are reading the 'critical response' section on a Wikipedia page and it has a generally low score, look further until you see his name highlighted in blue. If it is at least 4 stars it's probably worth watching.
>>221223585>The Hitcher (1986)what a dumb sack of shit. i hope he died as slowly and painfully as possible.
>>221225541I wonder if that's why modern movies suck, being that he died in 2012, he's not here to grace any movie with his 4-star approval, so they're all crap.
>>221225517I posted one image of a Spanish PSA out of the 4 that I have posted in this thread, yet you have focused on that exclusively.Perhaps it is you that is projecting. Or maybe you are just flailing around in an impotent rage at strangers on the internetIf you are on a computer, it should be easy for you to post an image. Why haven't you done so? This is an image board
>>221225541Meant to say 3 stars. I forgot he capped it at 4.
>>221223585why do 99% of these have women or some sort of female affiliation in the titles? He sounds mysoginistic after this
>>221224085Niggers love pork, though.
>>221223014he was kind of a retard, they both were, and they only came around towards end of life
>>221223585>Goodbye Uncle Tom (1971)>Africa, Goodbye (1966)kek these are prime exploitation kino, but Roger being an oil driller, it's understandable why he hated them I can almost understand Uncle Tom, since it involved the directors making friends with the Haitian dictatorship and basically getting permission to have a bunch of poor Haitians to debase themselves in what's supposed to be an "anti-racist" documentary>Death Wish II (1982)Vigilante kino, especially the uncut version.>Police Academy (1984)How the fuck can someone hate Police Academy?
>>221224743Fuck off, faggot.
>>221225532Shit taste
>>221225632it was in yuropistan so the implication was muslims
>>221225624You're a stupid zoomer faggot. It's the opposite
>>221223585The Doom Generation? What the hell?
>>221225622>get outed as a beaner unc>starts seething impotentlylol lmaoI've been posting here longer than you have, brownoid.>image board>very stiff, tryhard glistenI'll post an image if you post your hand, spic.
>>221222886Nobody did that. They read reviews because they had already seen the movie and wanted to read other opinions on it, or they read reviews to get a general idea of what was out and worth seeing. Nobody checked reviews for "permission" to see a movie they were interested in or anything stupid like that.Hell, back then most people just showed up to the theater and picked a movie that sounded interesting and started soon. I wonder if anyone ever does that anymore? I feel like when I was growing up that was what we did 90% of the time. It was rare that we already had a movie in mind when going.
>>221223585>Police Academy (1984)Okay. That's ridiculous.
>>221223585I recognize maybe 8 of these flicks
>>221223014He gave it 2 stars
