I was watching Ebert & Roeper today, and towards the end of the show, Roeper revealed that in this upcoming week (either August 2nd or 4th, couldn't quite remember) there will be over 20 years and 2,000+ video reviews of the show, including specials as well (If We Picked the Oscars, director-centric episodes, etc.), will be put up at www.atthemoviestv.com. Unless I missed something, everything will be streamed completely for free.
Moreover, Roger Ebert will introduce the archive and hold a live chat about the site and "whatever other questions you want to ask."
How I missed the bickering between Siskel and Ebert--it'll be an absolute blast to watch again!
Again, the website: http://www.atthemoviestv.com
GoldenJCJ
07-28-07, 11:22 PM
I saw this on the show today as well. I'm really looking forward to watching some of the old review clips between Ebert/Siskel and Ebert/Roeper. I'm sure there are plenty of classic arguments over the 30+ years of the show.
I'd like to hear what Roger has to say during the live chat but it'll probably be too much of a bitch to get into on Thurs. that I'll probably pass. I'll visit the site when the excitement has died down.
Puzznic
07-28-07, 11:32 PM
That would be amazing if they sperated everything so that you could search for a certain movie and get the reveiw clip for just that movie.
SkipKassidy
07-28-07, 11:51 PM
If I remember correctly, Roeper mentioned that there will be a search engine and that reviews will be accessible by movie title, by director and by actor.
Decker
07-28-07, 11:59 PM
I wonder if we'll ever get to see Roger again on the show :(
sauce07
07-29-07, 03:13 AM
nice can't wait. Always loved watching the show as a kid, it'll be great to go back and watch some first impressions of classic movies. Wonder if they will put up outtakes of some of the classic arguements (like the ones on youtube)
Legolas
07-29-07, 04:02 AM
They better have the "two thumbs up" reviews for Speed 2 and Under Siege 2. :)
Artman
07-29-07, 04:37 AM
I remember Home Alone 3 being a good one, Siskel saying something like "Roger, are you okay?" and Roger firing back with "better than you were when you gave thumbs up to Starship Troopers." Good stuff.
wm lopez
07-29-07, 07:57 AM
How about when Gene Siskel gave HALLOWEEN 3 a good review.
The look on Roger's face.
nateman
07-29-07, 09:04 AM
^^^ :lol: Classic comedy.
GreenVulture
07-29-07, 03:49 PM
I remember a review, can't remember the title, but it was in the mid-90's. Siskel gave a thumbs down to the movie, but Ebert gave it a thumbs up; Siskel was so shocked at this, that he and Ebert debated it to the point that the latter retracted his thumbs up and changed it to a thumbs down.
Then Siskel tried to get Ebert to look directly into the camera and apologize for giving the thumbs up to that Burt Reynolds movie Cop and a Half (I think Ebert was the only critic that liked that film). :lol:
Michael Corvin
07-29-07, 04:57 PM
I'd like to hear what Roger has to say during the live chat but it'll probably be too much of a bitch to get into on Thurs. that I'll probably pass. I'll visit the site when the excitement has died down.
I thought he couldn't speak anymore?
Groucho
07-29-07, 05:29 PM
I'm sure it's keyboard chat, not audio/video chat.
worrywort
07-30-07, 12:22 AM
This won't be upped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmnYCSwt2Js
GuessWho
08-01-07, 11:39 AM
I got to hang out in the Ebert & Roeper tv studio today. Very small.
zekeburger1979
08-01-07, 11:42 PM
The website is up and running now.
worrywort
08-02-07, 12:58 AM
I've never changed my bookmark and find it funny that http://www.siskelandebert.com/ still takes me to the right place.
Norm de Plume
08-02-07, 01:21 AM
This is going to be a very entertaining resource. Pity one has to sit through that increasingly rage-inducing "This is Amanda Congden reporting from New Orleans for my latest update on the Members Project" again and again and again. I'll have to keep my fingers on the volume knob. It is also unfortunate that one doesn't have an alphabetically browsable list of reviewed movies.
Edit: A couple of other reservations I have: The search engine is poor, and the reviews don't go back any further than about 20 years.
Puzznic
08-02-07, 02:59 AM
Yeah that intro commercial gets old fast.
I was disappointed to see that they accidently attached the review of Batman Forever to the listing for Batman and Robin.
zekeburger1979
08-02-07, 09:41 AM
Yeah that intro commercial gets old fast.
I was disappointed to see that they accidently attached the review of Batman Forever to the listing for Batman and Robin.
The review of Million Dollar Baby goes to the very short second one that they had the week after the first review which was very long. I hope they fix it.
Groucho
08-02-07, 09:44 AM
Edit: A couple of other reservations I have: The search engine is poor, and the reviews don't go back any further than about 20 years.On the show, they mentioned that a lot of the older tapes have been lost or destroyed, unfortunately, which is why they only go back 20 years.
The live chat is this afternoon at 8pm Eastern, right?
Zen Peckinpah
08-02-07, 02:19 PM
This is so great.
Siskel's phoning in describing the plot of the original Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles had me rolling. Almost too deadpan.
hapgilmore
08-02-07, 02:26 PM
this is great!...I just listened to their review of Child's Play 2 (i'm a big fan of the series, leave me alone lol) and I can't believe how close Ebert was to giving it thumbs up! He says "it delivers the goods, is truly terrifying and well made" yet he was so "disturbed" by it it gets a thumbs down...isn't a killer doll SUPPOSED to be disturbing?? And would the movie be "truly terrifying" if it wasn't disturbing? lol I know this movie and the others in the series are rather humorous now (bride and seed intentionally), but it seems to me that if you found the movie to be well made and scary, shouldn't it get a thumbs up? I guess it just wasn't an enjoyable experience for him...I however love CP2 and have no shame in admitting it lol
PacMan2006
08-02-07, 02:42 PM
I get a lot of starting and stopping when watching the videos
Mondo Kane
08-02-07, 02:53 PM
Kick Ass!!!
I never thought I'd get to re-live the chick-flick beatdown of Moonlight and Valentino!
Oh, and I guess the mention of Fellini and Steven Segal wasn't a figment of my imagination when brought up for the enthusiastic review for Under Siege:2!
Norm de Plume
08-02-07, 04:18 PM
On the show, they mentioned that a lot of the older tapes have been lost or destroyed, unfortunately, which is why they only go back 20 years.
I see. Too bad.
Found a few other gems:
-Friedkin's The Guardian: Siskel cracks up at the beginning while describing the plot; later, Ebert tells a bomb of a joke badly.
-I love how they viciously rip into Frozen Assets, Mad Dog Time, She's Out of Control (Siskel was actually resigned to quitting his job after this one), Speed Zone (Smothers Brothers "cinematic hookers"), et al. Those heavy pans are my favourites.
dhmac
08-02-07, 06:29 PM
Here's a 1982 "Sneak Previews" clip with Siskel & Ebert's "infamous" review of Blade Runner (at least Ebert said people should see it for the special effects, although he mispronounces "replicant"):
Given that it's from before 1985, will this make it to the new site one day?
whitetigeress
08-02-07, 07:50 PM
I was able to get the first video to load, but now none of the reviews are loading. But, of course the ads load just fine.
BTW
if you are trying to look up Amelie. They spelled it wrong. Look it up by director Jean-Pierre Jeunet.
dhmac
08-02-07, 07:58 PM
Roger Ebert is online right NOW with his chat
http://chat.go.com/BVTV/index
Brent L
08-02-07, 08:20 PM
:)
Omar:
Which director do you like better: Francis Ford Coppola or Martin Scorsese?
Roger Ebert:
Do you prefer apples, or peaches?
Drexl
08-02-07, 08:21 PM
I liked seeing the Species review again where Roger laments how cheesy it is that Natasha Henstridge as the alien takes her top off, and Gene says he enjoyed that. Roger: "I'll bet you did."
Groucho
08-02-07, 08:26 PM
Hey, he answered my question!
Chris:
Why on earth would anyone want to watch a subtitled movie??? Especially if its in a theatre were you cannot go back if you missed anything. This is a no brainer, sure they may be good movies,but I want to watch the actors ACT , if I am constantly reading to keep up with the movie I miss seeing the film , this is what books are for.Then there is the problem of not being able to read whats on the screen when it is against a white background,Yellow should be the default colour not white. This is my big point how can you review a movie if you can not watch the expressions on the faces etc. of all the actors.
Roger Ebert:
Because you don't just WATCH actors act, you HEAR them. Why rob an actor of his or her instrument? Dubbed movies sound phoned in on amateur night. And many of the best films are foreign, so don't deprive yourself. Also, don't tell a lot of people you won't go to subtitled movies. They may leap to assumptions.
Brent L
08-02-07, 08:27 PM
:lol:
Hulkabrgr
08-02-07, 08:50 PM
The old clips are great to watch. I was rolling watching Siskel try to pronounce Darabont at the end of his Shawshank review.
Numanoid
08-02-07, 09:10 PM
Here's a 1982 "Sneak Previews" clip with Siskel & Ebert's "infamous" review of Blade Runner (at least Ebert said people should see it for the special effects, although he mispronounces "replicant"):
Given that it's from before 1985, will this make it to the new site one day?That's awesome. :lol: Heck, that's so old, they didn't even have the thumbs yet.
And though it's sacrilige to say so amongst all these fanboys, they're right about Blade Runner. The story is rather weak, and certainly plays second (or third) fiddle to the special effects.
dhmac
08-02-07, 09:37 PM
That's awesome. :lol: Heck, that's so old, they didn't even have the thumbs yet.
And though it's sacrilige to say so amongst all these fanboys, they're right about Blade Runner. The story is rather weak, and certainly plays second (or third) fiddle to the special effects.
A decade later, in 1992, Siskel & Ebert reviewed the Director's Cut of Blade Runner. By then, Siskel did pretty much a 180 degree swing on the movie and went to a positive review, but Ebert was again mostly positive on the special effects yet still down on the storyline (and he still mispronounces "replicants"):
Sad to see Siskel's decline towards the end of his life there, around late-'98 to early-'99. In the review for "Urban Legend", for example, with the benefit of hindsight he looks slightly drugged and sluggish.
Mondo Kane
08-02-07, 10:20 PM
Sad to see Siskel's decline towards the end of his life there, around late-'98 to early-'99.
Yeah, just watched them do Thin Red Line earlier and noticed that. Do want to point out that Ebert's solo review appears to be just slightly above average. Where as in this clip, he praises the film as much as Siskel does. Guess he was showing a lil' bit of sympathy there on camera.
Norm de Plume
08-02-07, 10:43 PM
According to IMDb, the last movies he reviewed were "Message in a Bottle", "My Favorite Martian", "God Said 'HA'", "Blast from the Past", and "Bacheha-Ye Aseman", but if one pulls up those reviews on the site Ebert appears by himself.
Numanoid
08-02-07, 10:51 PM
A decade later, in 1992, Siskel & Ebert reviewed the Director's Cut of Blade Runner. By then, Siskel did pretty much a 180 degree swing on the movie and went to a positive review, but Ebert was again mostly positive on the special effects yet still down on the storyline (and he still mispronounces "replicants"):I think you may be mischaracterizing Siskel's "conversion". Seems like he's saying that much hasn't changed, but at least it's fun to see the old actors again.
Count Dooku
08-02-07, 11:12 PM
According to IMDb, the last movies he reviewed were "Message in a Bottle", "My Favorite Martian", "God Said 'HA'", "Blast from the Past", and "Bacheha-Ye Aseman", but if one pulls up those reviews on the site Ebert appears by himself.
At the end of his time on the show --when Siskel was sick, he didn't appear in the balcony and reviewed by audio only.
On the last show Siskel appeared on, they reviewed five new movies. The first was AT FIRST SIGHT. I can't figure out what the other four were.
Norm de Plume
08-02-07, 11:29 PM
^Oh, I didn't remember that. Given his slurring, stumbling over words, and drawn face (none of which I recall noting at the time), it took a certain amount of courage to continue appearing until the surgery.
whitetigeress
08-03-07, 03:50 PM
Is there a list of the movies that Kevin Smith reviewed while Ebert was out?
Puzznic
08-03-07, 03:56 PM
Is there a list of the movies that Kevin Smith reviewed while Ebert was out?
I stumbled across a Kevin Smith review when I was browsing. It was for Bridge to Terabithia, so you might be able to look up the movies that came out around the same time as that one.
rabbit77
08-03-07, 04:57 PM
I'm going to have to make a list of my favorites, and I'll start with
North
Mad Dog Time
BobSchlapowitz
08-04-07, 01:47 AM
Anyone know if they're going add reviews going back further than 20 years?
cardsfan111
08-04-07, 02:22 AM
Thanks for posting this OP! I'm looking forward to checking some of the old reviews out.
dcprules
08-04-07, 02:28 AM
Wow, this site is awesome. It's fun revisiting old reviews that I've never seen (I've been watching the show since the later 90s, so I've missed a ton of gems), and man when Siskel and Ebert went at they really went at it. Great site that I am going to have a lot of fun playing around with. This could be my new you tube.
GreenVulture
08-05-07, 03:37 AM
I remember a review, can't remember the title, but it was in the mid-90's. Siskel gave a thumbs down to the movie, but Ebert gave it a thumbs up; Siskel was so shocked at this, that he and Ebert debated it to the point that the latter retracted his thumbs up and changed it to a thumbs down.
Then Siskel tried to get Ebert to look directly into the camera and apologize for giving the thumbs up to that Burt Reynolds movie Cop and a Half (I think Ebert was the only critic that liked that film). :lol:
I stumbled upon this review, by the way: it was Broken Arrow. Mixed up the critics thumb directions, though.
sauce07
08-05-07, 04:09 AM
This site is amazing, been going through it for a few days now and it never gets old (except the members projects and Roeper yelling that some movie sucks). I even like finding reviews for mediocre movies, so much fun.
TheMovieman
08-05-07, 08:30 PM
Is this limited or something? Will they start charging after today?
Drexl
08-08-07, 03:12 PM
Check out the review for Kids in the Hall: Brain Candy. :lol:
astroblade1
08-08-07, 03:29 PM
I was browsing through a number of their reviews and I found it funny that Ebert didn't like the original Die Hard but liked 2 and 3. Heh.
TruGator
08-17-07, 12:06 PM
Does anyone know what movie they are reviewing when Ebert asks Roeper, "How can your heart be so cold?"
I keep trying to see if I can read the title in the image behind Ebert, but I can't make it out.
pjflyer
08-17-07, 12:16 PM
Does anyone know what movie they are reviewing when Ebert asks Roeper, "How can your heart be so cold?"
I keep trying to see if I can read the title in the image behind Ebert, but I can't make it out.
Looks like "World's Fastest Indian" to me.
pjflyer
08-17-07, 12:17 PM
I have had a good time going through these reviews.
So far, the best movie with two thumbs down that I have found is "Rushmore."
TruGator
08-17-07, 12:51 PM
Looks like "World's Fastest Indian" to me.
:thumbsup: Thanks.
sauce07
08-17-07, 03:45 PM
I watched the review for "Raising Arizona" yesterday and Ebert tells Siskel that in five years they will look back and Siskel will realize that "True Stories" was a better film.
Now I love "True Stories", mainly for my obsession with the Talking Heads, but even i will realize that RA is a classic and TS is found in the Wal-Mart bargin bin
CreamyGoodness
08-20-07, 10:07 AM
Too funny.....
Silence Of The Lambs review (http://bventertainment.go.com/tv/buenavista/ebertandroeper/index2.html?sec=6&subsec=silence+of+the+lambs)
Buy: