The tough part of watching this was seeing that guy in the opening give the cashier 2 bucks for a movie ticket and getting back change.

@thomasauslander3757

Жыл бұрын

Last century..

@scannon90

Жыл бұрын

Minimum wage was USD3.35 at the time, if that gives you perspective.

@ElectrickSoundz

Жыл бұрын

Hmm

@mikesilva3868

Жыл бұрын

Agreed 🥜

@JoeyArmstrong2800

Жыл бұрын

Right? It's easy to forget that S&E were the only thing preventing you from wasting your hard earned money on a turkey.

Caligula was genuinely a one of a kind film experience that can’t be duplicated. To assemble that top tier a cast, create insanely impressive set pieces, and then let the producer make every wrongheaded decision possible to a point where it was disowned by the cast, the writer, and even the director is an impressive feat.

@reneedennis2011

Жыл бұрын

😂😂😂😂

@Thagomizer

Жыл бұрын

It's one of the most fascinating failures in movie history.

@Shorty_Lickens

Жыл бұрын

After I saw this I looked up Tinto Brass and all his other movies are very low budget skin flicks. He's actually pretty consistent over about 60 years of film making. Still alive, too.

@bobcobb3654

Жыл бұрын

@@Shorty_Lickens and even Tinto disowned Caligula.

@davidmcmaster2083

Жыл бұрын

The 70s was a Golden Age of sensational movies, and, the flip side, a Golden Age for god awful movies. Can't Stop The Music and The Apple are wonderfully god awful, and inexplicable, particularly The Apple. I went to see a flick about a fish that saved Pittsburgh as I recall, the weekend it came out.

Both Siskel and Ebert were in their 30s here. Their 30s! Siskel just NEVER changed throughout all the versions of this show -- he never looked young, but he also didn't age. He just consistently looked middle aged.

@Grandizer8989

2 жыл бұрын

Exactly right. He looked 45 his whole life

@spb7883

Жыл бұрын

People looked older back then. Thanks the stress of change in the post-WW2 era, not to mention worse diets. But there was a positive aspect to this, too: back then, people embraced growing up.

@sahej6939

Жыл бұрын

Imagine seeing him with hair

@ricardocantoral7672

Жыл бұрын

Roger Ebert was 38 and Gene Siskel was 36.

@fenderjazzbrian

Жыл бұрын

@@spb7883 not sure about diets being worse then, on average. Absolutely everyone smoked up until the late 60s or so and I’m sure they both did at some point.

Roger was dead right when he said that “Airplane!” would kill off the disaster movies.

@gaywizard2000

Жыл бұрын

I still laugh at Airplane!

@mattkaustickomments

Жыл бұрын

@@gaywizard2000 Absolutely. Holds up.

@Zodroo_Tint

7 ай бұрын

Another great achievement from that movie.

@andrewfox368

Ай бұрын

It’s tough to recover from a parody that outshines its source material. That’s also why the Wholesome Western genre disappeared for 20 years after Blazing Saddles.

We need a show like this today.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

But how can anybody be as witty as Siskel & Ebert? 😕

It was always more fun to watch their "worst" movies show. The lines poking fun at the bad movies were priceless. God bless them both.

@reneedennis2011

Жыл бұрын

Yup! I love ❤️ these episodes!

@shivasirons6159

Жыл бұрын

Ebert gave 3 stars to a movie that made my top ten worst of all time , Godfather 3. I couldn't trust him after that.

@assmane999

Жыл бұрын

@@shivasirons6159taste is subjective. He may also have been reluctant to rip into it because of how legendary the first 2 films were and the fact that he may have given the benefit of the doubt to Coppola

@TroubleToby3040

Жыл бұрын

@@shivasirons6159 Listen, there is NO doubt that Roger's final judgements could be occasionally questionable, but he was one of the finest critics of his generation. All of us can look back and say that we have had some bad "first takes" on films we saw. It happens. I will say, in particular that I wasn't on the same page with Ebert about comedies a lot. I love silly (stupid) comedies. He did not. 🤷‍♂️

@metalmacabre9991

Жыл бұрын

These mainstream critics, thought their word was the only word. I spit on your grave, had rape but they didn't mention the part where she got even, and fucked them up.

As a 50+ year Chicagoan, I can now really appreciate the treasure that was Siskel and Ebert. Their Chemistry with each other was priceless. Self-confident while respecting the others' reputation and expertise. There will never be another film critic duo like them.

@johnhouston9764

Жыл бұрын

Absolutely must see gents. Loved them. Both were tormented by illnesses.

@davidcurry332

Жыл бұрын

It was James I liked the fact that Gene was more Open to Horor and sci-fi flicks that Roger was R.I.P Guys

@chrisfreeman9960

Жыл бұрын

This was always such a treat on Sunday evenings. You knew you were in for a thoughtful and complete experience from two seasoned pros who played so well off the other one. Locally, the show was always on at 6:30 p.m. (Los Angeles time). After that, "60 Minutes" began at 7:00 p.m. It was a combination that worked well for many years. Certainly miss those two gentlemen very much. Countless hours of enlightened information and entertainment. "60 Minutes, of course, continues on.

@redadamearth

9 ай бұрын

I hear you, man. There was nothing like growing up in Chicago and being a movie geek as a kid, waiting for their show every week. Watching the old episodes now, it's not only nostalgic and comforting watching them again - but it's ASTONISHING to continually remind oneself of the stunning quality of films that were coming out every single year in the 70's and 80's. I mean, in 1980, which they call a "bad year for movies", here - we had "The Shining", "Superman 2", "The Empire Strikes Back", "Mad Max" (U.S. release), "Raging Bull", "Airplane!", "The Blues Brothers", "Dressed to Kill", "Stir Crazy", "Altered States", "Coal Miner's Daughter", "Private Benjamin", "Atlantic City", "Caddyshack", "The Changeling", "Cruising", "The Elephant Man", "Fame", "The Fog", "Flash Gordon", "Friday the 13th", "Inside Moves", "The Long Riders", "My Bodyguard", "Nine to Five", "The Ninth Configuration", "Ordinary People", "Permanent Vacation", "Popeye", "The Private Eyes", "Stardust Memories", "The Stunt Man", "Where the Buffalo Roam", etc. It's insane.

@jimringomartin

9 ай бұрын

@redadamearth Wow! I am blown away by this list. And I always say I hated the 80's. The music scene was actually not as bad as I thought as well.

I have to say that listening to Malcolm McDowell’s commentary on Caligula is one of the most hilarious and interesting experiences

@cjmiller6741

Жыл бұрын

Malcolm MacDowell was known for his willingness to be a conduit for male nudity in cinema. A Clockwork Orange was also nearly a porno.

@kmetcalfe

Жыл бұрын

They did a commentary track for Caligula?!? And McDowell offered himself to be on it ?!?

@Bigbadwhitecracker

Жыл бұрын

I've got to hear that.

@Captain-Cosmo

8 ай бұрын

Many years after Caligula was released, I did some work on a Malcom McDowell movie. One day, he came out of his trailer a little late, and the AD got on his bullhorn and announced that "Ladies and gentlemen, now presenting the star of the award-winning film, Caligula, Mr. Malcolm McDowell!" He found the remark genuinelly offensive and cursed the DA all the way to the set.

As a youth Siskel and Ebert sparked my love of film.

The Final Countdown is a great cult classic type movie. Sure it's rough around the edges, but time-travel concept of the movie is interesting and Sheen and Douglas do a decent job with their characters.

@preahko

Жыл бұрын

Right? It's an awesome film of its time. Really impressive concept. Yeah, it's a commercial for the US Navy, but so was Top Gun! Just rewatched it again yesterday.

@AvengerII

Жыл бұрын

I was impressed enough by The Final Countdown to buy it in deluxe editions on DVD and 4K Blu ray. Never got around to getting the Blu ray version but the DVD had extras that were not ported to the later releases. The 4K Blu ray deluxe also has the CD soundtrack (sadly out of print now) which has that wonderful main theme music on it. The great thing about the DVD (and what was ported from that to the later home video releases) was that they interviewed the VF-84 Jolly Rogers aircrew who did the stunt flying for the movie. One of these aviators is unfortunately deceased now but he was the guy who did the dive in the F-14 during the dogfight with the Zeros. Word is they nearly had a TF30 (the powerplant of the F-14A) compressor stall in the pullout from that which would have been a MAJOR disaster for that fighter jet! He was an excellent fighter pilot nonetheless. Given the fact that Super Dimension Fortress Macross (1982) debuted 2 years after The Final Countdown (1980), I've always wondered if The Final Countdown influenced the look of the VF-1S Valkyrie Skull One in the anime TV series. I don't know if they showed The Final Countdown in Japan during this timeframe because World War II is still a touchy subject in Japan. Skull One definitely copied the paint scheme from the VF-84 Jolly Rogers F-14 Tomcats.

@johnnyskinwalker4095

Жыл бұрын

@@AvengerII OK you intrigued me about buying that DVD lol

@allenjones3130

Жыл бұрын

In my book, this film is much better than Kirk Douglas's previous venture into sci-fi, "Saturn 3".

@StevenFallonOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Maybe I'm a little biased because I love movies and TV shows that involve time travel, but I enjoyed "The Final Countdown." Good cast too, big Martin Sheen fan especially. I'm glad Siskel and Ebert didn't put 1980's other big time travel film, "Somewhere in Time" which is a fave of mine, on their list.

My mom and I watched these every Saturday evening on PBS. Great chemistry. RIP siskel and ebert.

@nonyabiz9487

Жыл бұрын

Eh... entertaining yes but I never agreed with any of there reviews of movies. In fact any movie they said was bad I would purposely go out and find to see it because there movies opinions werent worth a squat!

@katethegreat2222

Жыл бұрын

@@nonyabiz9487 your agreement is not needed for a professional critic to proffer his opinion. They knew a great deal academically about films, they were trained journalists and published authors. They had what’s called clout. I don’t recall seeing your tv show on PBS?

@nonyabiz9487

Жыл бұрын

@@katethegreat2222 LOL professional critics give me a break... theres tons of those too at the drunks bar down the road

@katethegreat2222

Жыл бұрын

@@nonyabiz9487 you reveal your ignorance by your comments. And arrogance.

@ROBYNMARKOW

Жыл бұрын

My mom loved her some "Sisk & Ebe" & so every Sunday night at 6:30 ,she'd have a glass of wine ,turn on the TV & we'd join her on the sofa & watch them go at it: Guys ,it's just a MOVIE! 😅

Hey, I was 8 when I saw The Final Countdown and I can assure you that movie was AWESOME.

Thank you for posting these great episodes of classic Siskel & Ebert. It’s like my childhood in front of my eyes again. I used to love watching these two all the time. They are missed. May they both R.I.P.

@ATMyles

3 жыл бұрын

I second this comment. These videos are greatly appreciated. Thank you.

@reneedennis2011

2 жыл бұрын

I third this comment. I really enjoy watching these episodes as well.

@lowbridge7070

2 жыл бұрын

My childhood too. As I was growing up, my then best friend and I were a couple of fanatics about the movies. We talked, read, ate, drank, and slept the movies. And we went to the movies together once a week for a lot of years from the 1970s-1980s. After seeing our movie, we'd retreat back to his place to watch even more movies on his living room tv. And yes, we religiously watched Siskel and Ebert together every week. Going to the movies with my friend every week back then is among my most fondest, happiest memories.

@katethegreat2222

Жыл бұрын

Very well stated.

@jcraigshelton

Жыл бұрын

I liked them too, but they need to get their facts straight. I Spit on Your Grave was released in 1978 and not 1980.

It's been so long since I've seen the opening credits! It's like an old friend has returned! I watched this religiously thru the 80s!

Listening to Siskel & Ebert discuss their problems with these movies, I began to see a real parallel between movies in 1980 and movies today, and a lot of today's movies are made for the same reasons these were made. In the last 42 years, very little has changed; if anything, it's gotten even worse. Maybe those moviemakers back then were onto something about their target audience: If you hype something enough in the right way, the moviegoing public will buy ANYTHING. Today's strategy seems to be "make a blockbuster hit, then churn out sequel after sequel, and other studios will do their thinly veiled copy versions of it, and on and on, ad infinitum, mo money, mo money!"

@Unknown17

Жыл бұрын

Oh, I know! Let's make another superhero movie! There have only been three already this week!

@scottclauscreations

Жыл бұрын

Totally agree (and love seeing these Siskel/Eberts again, in a world where you no longer need credentials to be an online critic I miss them, ha ha)...Vito Russo always said Hollywood won't make a thing (a movie--nowdays, a series) unless people will buy it, and that if people want quality stuff they have to support that stuff--the smaller, more thoughtful, independent projects--as happened in the 90s...in other words, you can't blame "Hollywood," it's just a type of machine giving people what they want (will pay for)--if it's successful, there will be more of it, if it isn't, there won't be. Thoughts...?

@elc1960

Жыл бұрын

@@scottclauscreations I think that's true to an extent, but I also think that the studios and producers believe that they can tell us what we want to see; in other words, "when we want your opinion, we'll give it to you." When people want better stuff they will get it, but they also know how easily suggestible we are here in North America. There's still a market in other countries for the better quality stuff, but here they know that if they hype something enough in the right way, that those who regularly attend the blockbusters will buy tickets because they perceive something to be an "event" that they can't afford to miss. They think that we're simpletons being led around like sheep and told we like something (the "Jedi mind trick"?). We cannot resist going to see something if they tell us it's something "everybody" wants to see, and if we hear that we don't want to be left out. As a result, we've been force-fed franchises since they saw how successful they can be. They appeal to the lowest common denominator because we have short attention spans and won't sit still for something that takes a while to develop, so they give us instant gratification with simplistic, familiar characters in familiar situations (like the Tyler Perry movies, in particular, the "Madea" movies), or comic book superheroes, suspenseful spy movies or the "Fast & Furious" series; high-tech special effect laden productions that give us lots of explosions and car chases, but little else of any consequence. It's like that children's show Boobah: they know that we aren't really that far advanced from the 1-3 year old mentality that show was geared for, so these movies are their equivalent; flashing lights, attractively colored sets and sounds to get our attention, but nothing else of any intrinsic value. Sorry for the long explanation, but you asked for thoughts, and these are my thoughts on why we get the same old same old with no real variation.when it comes to movies. I personally haven't been to a movie theater to see a new movie since about 2008, and the modern movie scene is a big part of why.

@MajorSeventh

Жыл бұрын

Bad movies of the past were occasionally fun. Look at 1982's "The Pirate Movie" or "Grease 2". Bad movies today are just unwatchable.

Man I loved The Final Countdown as a kid.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

3 ай бұрын

I usually agree with Roger Ebert but on this one, he just plain missed. Siskel is one of those high-brow guys that wants to fit in with the wine-and-cheese crowd, so him screwing this up is expected.

2:19 When Time Ran Out 5:12 The Mountain Men 8:03 The Blue Lagoon 10:24 Ffolkes 13:25 Can't Stop the Music 15:46 Windows 18:23 Caligula 21:08 The Final Countdown 24:11 I Spit On Your Grave

@queenglamazona8789

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much.

@freebee8221

Жыл бұрын

Thanks buddy

@ArtVandelayOfficial

Жыл бұрын

Thank

@luislaplume8261

Жыл бұрын

Of all those movies, I only saw Ffolkes and for me it was a good suspenseful movie.

@chrisfisher7288

Жыл бұрын

Thank you 😊

If these two had lived long enough to see what the current cinematic state had become, they would be more charitable to the films being panned here, I have NO doubts!!!

@phayzyre1052

Жыл бұрын

I agree. Paired with the garbage we have nowadays coming out of Hollywood all of the bad movies they listed here were pretty damn good!

The Final Countdown is one of my favorite movies.

Ha! If Gene thought there was something wrong with the film industry in 1978, imagine what he would have thought of 2018

@sabrinatscha2554

Жыл бұрын

2018? Was that a year?

@ceciliaramos2280

Жыл бұрын

I can’t believe they are both gone now. I used to love their reviews.

@SA-bq1us

Жыл бұрын

Or 2022

@johndodo2062

Жыл бұрын

He was on epsteins plane so I highly doubt he would have given much of a shit

@johndodo2062

Жыл бұрын

Plus if they were still around they would be woke af too and playing ball with the studios just like they always did

Siskel’s appraisal of Irwin Allen and the whole disaster film genre of the 70s could easily apply 40 years later to the Marvel and Jurassic Park franchises; which, unlike When Time Ran Out, are sadly rewarded at the box office.

@jimroscovius

Жыл бұрын

Except the Marvel movies are good!!

@ricardocantoral7672

Жыл бұрын

Hollywood has always gone through trends.

@jasonblalock4429

Жыл бұрын

Also, they turned out to be right. Airplane! did basically kill off the disaster movie until Roland Emmerich revived the genre in the 90s.

@waynej2608

Жыл бұрын

@jasonblalock4429 Yes. And where is the 2020s' version of Airplane when we need it!

@tom-

Жыл бұрын

@@waynej2608 Top Gun Maverick may have done it

How delightful to see Spot the Wonderdog again! I hope he had a good life.

@robertbirch5676

Жыл бұрын

He still is watching

As a 12 year old in 1980, Blue Lagoon was NOT a bad movie! 😂😂😂

@mikebeesley5458

Жыл бұрын

It wasn't a bad movie it was a BORING movie.

@jasonmuller1199

Жыл бұрын

I was about 11 or 12 when I first saw blue lagoon and I was totally freaked out because I thought they were brother and sister lol

@jackmorrison7379

Жыл бұрын

Just an illegal one now disowned by Brooke Shields. Underage nude scenes of sex and pure exploitation marketed as wholesome family sex. Unrealistic silly plot, and just an excuse to film nude teenagers. Under US Federal law it was then and still is (in its original not cut form) considered unlawful. Neither actor was 18 or over when filming was done.

@ronswansonsdog2833

Жыл бұрын

@@mikebeesley5458 I think my humor may have been missed here. When I was in 6th grade it was literally all everyone in class could talk about. I wasn’t allowed to see it, but judging by the kids who did, it sounded like an Oscar winner.

@mikebeesley5458

Жыл бұрын

@@ronswansonsdog2833 got ya

In college we watched Caligula. I woke up the next day ashamed.

@josron6088

25 күн бұрын

I saw it in my mid-teens. Certain scenes made me feel like I needed to take a shower.

I miss these guys. Rest in Peace Siskel and Ebert.

Any one else watch the intro and miss the hell out of the old style ticket stubs? It was the process and the atmosphere of the cinema that entranced me as a child.

Man looking back, I still can't believe a movie theater in Times Square let me & my friends in to see Caligula - We were in Junior High School!!! Truly different times in NYC back then.

It's wild how they unintentional gave I Spit on your Grave a huge cult following. Almost everyone I knew during the 1980's saw this movie. It was just as popular as Faces of Death in most teenage households as the movie you rent when your parents aren't home but all your friends are.

@n.miller907

Жыл бұрын

As of 2023, "I Spit on Your Grave" is readily available online through streaming services, DVDs and bittorrent sites. There's no means to kill off this movie if you wanted to. I question the appeal such a movie has with people. Everything from incels to the curious are watching the movie. Back when it was first released, people didn't have as many viewing choices as they do today. I can only imagine how many young boys and girls have watched those rape scenes without any sense of understanding or context. But relative to what kids have access to these days, it's a wonder they aren't all psychologically damaged in some way.

@AngelJohnson-oq8mq

Жыл бұрын

@@n.miller907 what made matters worse is that S&E would mention this movie all the time for many years. I even think they made a 90 minute documentary on why this movie is bad, haha.

@n.miller907

Жыл бұрын

@@AngelJohnson-oq8mq Bad publicity is every bit as good as good publicity. The makers of this movie knew the critics would pan it even before the film started rolling. I've seen worse movies than this one by far though. Just when you think you're scraping the bottom of the barrel another crap movie comes along. And there is different kinds of bad movies too.

@TimFarrellsenna

Жыл бұрын

Three sequels. Enough said.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Such a gross horror movie, it makes Death Ship look like Forrest Gump. 🤮

The final Countdown is good and great for a watch today. Two thumbs up for this time travel adventure flick 🎉

I loved Siskel and Ebert, and followed them every week in Denver, Colorado. They helped me with my film choices over and over. Thank you, guys! I miss ya!

@Revelian1982

6 ай бұрын

Siskel was almost always wrong. 😂

The intro really stirred up the memories.

I did not realize I Spit on your Grave was in 1980. I thought it was a 70s flick. Thank you fo this classic.

@kevincampbell9526

Жыл бұрын

It was originally released under the title "Day of the Woman" in '78. When it flopped, Jerry Gross re-released it in '80 under a new title and put Demi Moore on the poster art.

@alohaohana901

Жыл бұрын

They should have been more gentle in the bumholing scene.

@robertbirch5676

Жыл бұрын

@@alohaohana901 more lube

@kevinr.3542

Жыл бұрын

The first few years of any new decade always has more in common with the previous one. Like early 90s stuff still has that classic 80s look, then grunge hit and it changed. And stuff from the early 80s looks WAY 70s still. It has that gritty look.

I remember Ebert saying that "I spit on your grave" he ranked as his all time worst movie. I also think they'd be in the minority with Final Countdown. It wasn't bad at all and had a nice twist at the end. Doesn't belong on this list.

16:40 you’d think by the 20th time the door slammed on his hand he’d move it out of the way 😂

@dos3622

Жыл бұрын

lol I hope that stunt guy got extra pay for that.

@ameddayr

Жыл бұрын

I thought that scene was hilarious! 😂

Miss these guys. Down to earth yet sophisticated takes. They really knew the business too and didn’t hesitate calling it out. Everything is so dumbed down now. Their analysis was well rounded and smart. RIP.

A local independently owned television station always play the Blue Lagoon in the 80s. After watching this video, I wish Charlton Heston would have played a downed aviator living on the island for his entire life and he chases after the kids- “GET THE HELL OFF MY ISLAND YOU DAMN KIDS!”

The Final Countdown seems like a movie where the creators knew they had a great concept and assumed that the concept alone would be enough to carry the film (that, and being a commercial for the navy). There were so many places they could have gone with that premise, but my recollection is that they stand around wondering what happened, discuss the philosophical implications for a bit, and then return to the future before anything can be changed (without having to do anything). I know that is somewhat reductive, but it definitely fell far short of its potential, and could probably benefit from a remake. I don't recall thinking, "This must have been one of the worst movies of 1980" while I was watching it though, .

I haven’t seen this since it aired! Now most of these are on Blu-ray and enjoyed!

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Even Can't Stop The Music? 🤮

I saw I Spit On Your Grave on cable somewhere (maybe IFC) unedited/no commercials and hosted by Joe Bob Briggs. He told a story about how the director of ISoYG had found a naked woman who had been raped and beaten and discarded. He helped her and got her to the police or a hospital. The director was inspired to make the movie and determined to show the harsh reality and degradation that makes rape horrific. In the film the rape is harrowing and goes on for awhile. It’s ugly and hard to watch, nobody rides in on a white horse and rescues her. Then a few days later she kills the rapists one by one including cutting the ring leaders dick off.

@kimberlyeley5816

Жыл бұрын

I've seen the remake, had no idea it was a remake. I was 12 in 1980. After seeing this review, I want to see the original.

@lustthomas6033

Жыл бұрын

@@kimberlyeley5816 no you don't,the rape scene is horrific.

@toshiojohnston3732

Жыл бұрын

Yah sure Kimberly it's a hard movie to view.

@cheechicana

Жыл бұрын

Dude went full dahmer

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Be thankful Dario Argento wasn't behind that grindhouse Grand Guignol. 🤮

Wow, the music at the beginning... that hit all the nostalgia buttons. Thank you, KZread algorithms.

Something that could not be mentioned in this episode was how Casablanca Records was basically destroyed by Can't Stop the Music, because the label was still a going concern (if barely) when this show was taped. Here was a label that had as artists a collection of one-hit wonders (if they were lucky enough to have a hit at all) until KISS and Donna Summer both hit big in 1975. They decided to make a movie starring The Village People, but had no idea whether they would be popular once the movie was released. The release of the movie coincided with the end of the disco era, and the people that invested in it took quite a sizable bath when the shit hit the fan. By the end of 1982 Casablanca had for all intents and purposes ceased to exist. In the end KISS signed with Mercury/Polygram, and Donna Summer went over to Atlantic.

@visaman

Жыл бұрын

Jenner is also in this, when he/she was Bruce.

@greggmitchell2392

Жыл бұрын

Donna signed with Geffen after Casablanca - and didn't sign with Atlantic until the late 80s...

@SweptAway529

Жыл бұрын

Did they actually release the movie? Wikipedia says the movie was produced by EMI Films and no association to Casablanca is mentioned. I think Casablanca's involvement was the release of the soundtrack, which went platinum in Australia, but peaked at #47 here in the US. You left Parliament/Funkadelic off the list of prominent Casablanca artists, and it's worth mentioning they had tremendous success with the Flashdance soundtrack (20M overall - 6M in the US alone) in 1983. I think Casablanca's undoing was mismanagement and not keeping up with shifting tastes in pop music related to their artist roster. Summer leaving the label for Geffen didn't help either.

@AvengerII

Жыл бұрын

@@SweptAway529 Can't Stop the Music was released in theaters but bombed hard. I'm sure it was yanked very quickly from release and BURIED in a film vault for decades. I've never seen or heard of that film until that least 5-7 years. I think it was mentioned on Gilbert Gottfriend's Amazing Colossal Podcast. That's where I probably heard about it. Shout Factory licensed the movie a few years ago and it's been out on Blu ray for at least 2 years now. I doubt the Blu ray sales have been great! 😂 Out of everything they could have licensed, why did they release a Village People movie?!? I'm looking forward to buying Brain Candy (the KITH motion picture) a lot more!

@SweptAway529

Жыл бұрын

@@AvengerII I was around for its original release and recall it was a dud. Had they timed the movie's release somewhere between YMCA and In The Navy, they might have had a modest hit on their hands. like Sgt. Peppers . Sometimes it's all in the timing and not the subject matter. Musicals were fading away coming into the 80s.

I loved Siskel and Ebert! Theyre the only movie critics I trusted.

Paul Newman used the money from When Time Ran Out to start his Newman's Own business. And Lloyd Kaufman, who later founded Troma Entertainment, produced The Final Countdown but had so much of a bad experience he vowed to work as little as possible on Hollywood studio movies.

@leec7519

Жыл бұрын

Wasn't Lloyd in the film too, in a small role?

@zanethomas6865

Жыл бұрын

@@leec7519 Yes, he has a small role as a Naval officer with Kirk Douglas.

@sanjivjhangiani3243

Жыл бұрын

The irony is, The Final Countdown went on to become a cult classic.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Really? I didn't know that. 😯

@reneedennis2011

5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the info.

The Final Countdown was bad ass! Ffolkes was a decent film as well. Sometimes I think Siskel And Ebert were on drugs!

@davidwesley2525

Жыл бұрын

Roger Ebert hit the snack bar a bit Too often. 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

@davidradich9342

Жыл бұрын

@@davidwesley2525 And possibly some strong narcotics and booze to come to the conclusion that the Final Countdown sucked.

@Attmay

Жыл бұрын

After Gene died, I think Roger admitted to being an alcoholic.

Ffolkes was a bomb, but it played forever and a day on HBO in the '80s. So did The Final Countdown. My sister and her then-fiance went to see that Village People movie in a theater when it was originally released, and including them there were only 7 people in the theater.

@amberlopez7477

Жыл бұрын

Ffolkes was a good film. It had a few different title names. Something to do with whom owned the rights to the film. Roger Moore with funny in the film.

@TheHappipuppi13

Жыл бұрын

Of course it played on HBO...they had to make bzvk most of the money they lost. That's why so many bad films ended up.there, HBO wanted a 'captive' audience, that wouldn't mind tuning in to a bomb.retrieved

@Nicksonian

Жыл бұрын

I saw Ffolkes by accident a few months ago. Pretty bad film. Moore was playing Bond without being called Bond.

@Paul-vf2wl

Жыл бұрын

Luckily all I remember about Can't Stop the Music is Valerie Perrine in the hot tub.

@elc1960

Жыл бұрын

@@Paul-vf2wl Very wise man. Just focus on the good things and ignore the rest of that steaming turd of a movie.

I actually tried to watch “Caligula”. When Caligula shoved his arm halfway up a man’s ass, that’s when I knew it wasn’t the movie for me!

They think it was bad in 1980 their heads would explode if they saw what is going on today!!

I’ve never heard anyone refer to “The Final Countdown” as a bad movie. The others are bombs but I always liked Countdown and I’m sure I’m not alone

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

3 ай бұрын

Hearing these guys' description of it, I doubt they even watched it. They probably just heard the report of some anti-military staffer and ran with that. Really, everybody in the movie was a complete moron running around confused, that's their take on it? I'd like to see Siskel's reaction to going back 40 years in time and see how he deals with it. He'd wind up in some rubber-room.

I actually liked The Final Countdown - not nearly as bad as depicted here IMHO. It was a fun movie

@jcraigshelton

Жыл бұрын

Great soundtrack too.

@talkingthetalk3640

Жыл бұрын

It was bland

@mymangodfrey

Жыл бұрын

Agreed. Harmless fun-like a big-budget Twilight Zone episode.

@heatherporterfield7343

Жыл бұрын

I was a kid when it came out. Good movie. 😎

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Sure it had its rough patches, but at least it was more credible than The Philadelphia Experiment. 😅

The Final Countdown wasn't a masterpiece but still fun nevertheless

@iluvmylovebirdandmybudgiet7729

2 жыл бұрын

it`s in the 2 -2 and 2 and 1/2 star ramge

@Pupda

2 жыл бұрын

Though it’s minor, gotta teach Gene that the battleships with airplanes are called aircraft carriers….

@players7686

Жыл бұрын

@@Pupda You can't. He's dead.

Even when I don't agree with them at all I still think these old episodes are fascinating. Love it

"I Spit on Your Grave" is a 1978 film ... Roger saw it on re-release

@ianfindly3257

2 жыл бұрын

No, it was FILMED in 1978 and RELEASED in 80 is what the deal was. Back in THOSE days movies - especially more underground or independently made non-Hollywood ones, like THIS one was - would often get distributed some time after they were made (sometimes even several years afterward). it was quite common.

@monte68x

Жыл бұрын

@@ianfindly3257 It played at Cannes in May 1978 and was released in the U.S. in September 1978. "Day of the Woman" was the original title. It was re-released as "I Spit on Your Grave" in 1980.

@sahej6939

Жыл бұрын

@@ianfindly3257 oooh got your booty kicked

@jcraigshelton

Жыл бұрын

@@ianfindly3257 It was released in 1978.

As far as the Final Countdown goes, the problem with the carrier, not a battleship, communicating with ANYONE in 1941 was that no one would believe them and as well as at least some of the head honchos on board didn't want to pollute the 1941 timeline with news of the future. That was well fleshed out in the script. The real problem was that the movie seemed like a documentary of the actual USN Carrier Nimitz it was shot on.

I am not a movie buff, probably only watching two or three a year. So why the hell have I seen Caligula, Blue Lagoon and (against my will) I Spit On Your Grave?

@jaex9617

Жыл бұрын

Wait, are you me? Although, now that I think of it, seeing those three movies is a good way to become the kind of person who rarely watches a movie. What nightmares!

@kevinsturges6957

10 ай бұрын

Your Sick! (Just like I am…..). Lol😂

The final countdown was actually a cool idea....I watched it not long ago

I miss these guys I watched them all the time

@reneedennis2011

5 ай бұрын

Same here.

I love You Can't Stop The Music! Seen it hundreds of times! Can recite most of the dialog from memory! I know it's bad but it's magic! "It takes more than a pretty face to get around this town" How did Xanadu escape this list???

Caligula blew my mind it was so bad but i couldn't pull my eyes away😯😯😱👀👀👀🙈🙊

I sure miss these guys. Roger Ebert Chicago Sun-Times and Gene Siskel Chicago Tribune. When I visited Hollywood went to the Hollywood Walk of Fame and they both have stars. WTTW means Windows To The World.

These guys...for the most part, if they both hated a movie, I knew I would love it.

@genki2genki

Жыл бұрын

Because they were articulate and made you feel dumb?

Yes, you can criticize “The Blue Lagoon” and “The Final Countdown” as ridiculous illogical fluff but at the same time I can understand how these two films could end up on someones guilty pleasure film list.

@Revelian1982

6 ай бұрын

That's how I feel about Caligula. I love that movie.

@michaelterry1000

6 ай бұрын

@@Revelian1982 I wish I could comment, but I have never seen it. I only know a little of the history of the film.

If you can turn off your mind and maybe even have a drink or two "The Final Countdown" is actually kind of fun.

@jcraigshelton

Жыл бұрын

Such a great film!

What do critics know? I Spit on Your Grave, Caligula and even The Blue Lagoon are considered great cult movies.

@edbears5725

Жыл бұрын

lol, do you know what a cult movie is. It means the movie has a small but devoted following. It doesn't mean the movie is any good.

@jeffneptune2922

Жыл бұрын

@@edbears5725 lol...For any movie, what review is most important ? Hint, yours! Many examples of movies that where originally panned by professional "critics" then decades later considered in a positive light by contemporary critics. BTW, professional "critics" often change their minds when it comes to music too as time passes.

Now I Spit on Your Grave is a franchise!

@curly_wyn

2 жыл бұрын

We let this happen.

@coleslaw9181

2 жыл бұрын

THAT pertains to the REMAKE - not THIS original 1980 film.

@jjstraka1982

2 жыл бұрын

They were so right about this film. I had the EXACT same reaction watching the remake with my GF. I was repulsed.

@gspendlove

2 жыл бұрын

Well, unless I'm wrong, one of the movies in the franchise IS a direct follow-up to the original 1980 film.

@bink

2 жыл бұрын

@@jjstraka1982 Oddly, Ebert gave an ecstatic 4 star review to Wes Craven's The Last House On The Left eight years earlier, which was almost the exact same movie. He didn't express any of the same moral outrage over that and it was even worse- not only are two girls repeatedly tortured and raped but they're eventually killed, so they don't even get to even the score (one of the girls' parents do though). It was completely pointless exploitation trash but he claimed it was well made and scary so the premise didn't negate that. I'll never understand that conclusion.

I guess I have bad taste but I thoroughly enjoyed Ffolkes (aka North Sea Hijack) and The Final Countdown. Roger Moore is on record saying that Ffolkes was his favorite role.

This channel always rocks.

The Final Countdown probably is a terrible movie. But I saw it with my dad when it first came out when I was 12. He was in the Navy and had worked on an aircraft carrier in the Pacific (not the Nimitz). We enjoyed it. I think I’ll leave it there in my memory, though, and not revisit!

@Kruppt808

2 жыл бұрын

I saw some truly awful movies with my dad, but those memories are still golden. I don't take offense to smart critics point of view on movies I just stare at and say, pretty good, junk😂

@ronmailloux8655

2 жыл бұрын

I kind of was angery the final battle didnt take place the destruction of the Japanese fleet so anti climatic.

@KasumiKenshirou

Жыл бұрын

I saw The Final Countdown for the first time within the last couple of years and thought it was OK, so I was surprised to see it on a "worst" list. I didn't know anything about the movie going into it or that it involved time travel. You as the viewer do figure out that they've gone back in time, but the characters didn't take too long to figure it out. The characters don't know they live in a world where time travel exists, so they don't all immediately jump right to the idea that they've gone back in time. Eventually they do realize what has happened and discuss whether or not they should intervene in the attack on Pearl Harbor. They actually DO try to warn people about the attack, but nobody will believe them because they sound crazy.

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

Жыл бұрын

I was 10 when I saw it at the theater and it's a big reason why I joined the Navy at 18. When I had a chance to get an assignment to an aircraft carrier, of course I did!

@Skank_and_Gutterboy

Жыл бұрын

@@ronmailloux8655 That was a letdown. The whole freakin' movie building up to it then, "Just kidding, time-warp is back, you get nothing!"

Final Countdown is a cult classic today

By today's standards "Caligula" would be considered high art.

@anthonyarguien7785

Жыл бұрын

No doubt.

@gern7535

Жыл бұрын

@@scograham It's OK Scotty. Find an adult to teach you about sarcasm, hyperbole and maybe even a little something people call....opinions.

@sabrinatscha2554

Жыл бұрын

it makes anyone watching, so uncomfortable that you feel as though you are living each scene. Definitely not a movie you forget about.

@ElJefe3126

Жыл бұрын

Parts of it would. But parts of it would just be considered second-rate porn. There's a big lesbian scene in the middle that was added in by Guccione. It's confusing to watch because it has nothing to do with the rest of the movie save that the characters start in Roman garb before it comes off, and by today's standards, it's not even good lesbian porn. Then there's the infamous barge scene, which was just straight porn in what was probably the most expensive set ever made for a porn scene, complete with a performance by some guy who was probably the most well-hung porn star in Europe. Then there was the scene that wasn't inserted, one where McDowell as Caligula crashes a wedding and rapes both the bride AND the groom. Considering what the scene was, it wasn't done too badly, but how could you ever do a scene like that well?

@heatherporterfield7343

Жыл бұрын

You think ???

Final Count Down was an awesome movie! I watched it many times when I was a kid and loved it everytime. Caligula was also a great movie! Thankfully I never watched it as a kid because its an adult only movie but I think it displays the corruption of power the best I ever seen in a political movie. Also the scenery and imagery looks like it was really filmed during the time of the ancient Romans.

@robertfaulkner1824

Жыл бұрын

I actually really like I spit on your grave. If exploitation could be said to have classics that’s the one

@johnhareiel5118

Жыл бұрын

Caligula should've won an Oscar! Better than the Godfather Trilogy!

@queenglamazona8789

Жыл бұрын

Me and my friends had a Toga Party once and tried to Recreate the Roman Orgay Festival Scene in Caligula back in the day. We couldn't really match the Spectacle of the film, But we still had fun anyway.

@GrnXnham

Жыл бұрын

@@queenglamazona8789 Back in the day I used to try to recreate the Roman Orgy scene from Caligula, too. But it would have been more fun with at least one partner.

@knockedoutloaded279

Жыл бұрын

Caligula had v sexy scenes........

I saw Caligula in college. I’ll never see it again. Plus there is the uncensored uncut version that’s even worse with actual pornography thrown in.

Thank you. I remember watching these guys as a kid.

I loved Ffolkes and The Final Countdown! And I Spit on Your Grave was a 1978 film, not a 1980 film.

I didn’t mind the Mountain Men. Not the greatest western but served its purpose & entertained.

I have fallen asleep during Caligula....three different times.

Siskel calling out the entire cast of The Final Countdown for being stupid, then in the same breath calling the USS Nimitz a "Battleship" LOL

I loved the Final Countdown as a kid. That was a cool concept to me back when I was young. I saw it at the local Drive In!! I remember years later in the early 90's going to rent I Spit On Your Grave AND GOT CARDED!!! I think I was able to drink yet they questioned my age to watch that movie!! It was a "gross out" revenge film that had a huge reputation. It was a disturbing film....but it has a cult following. Oh it wasn't good, far from it. But ...yeah I would SKIP. I never heard of Can't Stop The Music among a few others on here.....thankfully.

"...and this movie is hardcore all right, but it's not artistically respectable and didn't make millions." --says the man who wrote "Beyond the Valley of The Dolls.

@Attmay

Жыл бұрын

Exactly. Fox treated that movie as a pariah for two decades until they released it on video after Rupert Murdoch about the studio. Not only that, if he were alive today and wrote that exact same screenplay, he would be on the receiving end of cancel culture. Then again, Rex Reed was in *Myra Breckinridge* the same year for the same studio.

S & E were never better when they worked with WTTW/PBS in that high period of 'yuppie chic' circa 1975-1983 - their commentary was savvy but accessible, the film clips longer (because there no commercial breaks) and they themselves represented the kind of sensitive, intellectual, forward thinking male who grew out of the second wave feminist movement; each had his own kind of sex appeal because of that - and neither had to be particularly beautiful to warrant that. The show suffered as little when it went commercial (and we lost both the marvellous title sequence and Spot the Wonder Dog), and the loss of Siskel (which I found personally a little devastating), encumbered it more: Gene's 'replacements' always felt like they were temporary guest stars, and though Roger Ebert extended himself wholeheartedly, it was never same. They were in short, one of the great 'vaudeville' teams of television. If there is a hereafter, we can only hope they are seated on those red velvet fold down seats with Spot panting beside them as they review the best and worst of life itself.

I have never seen Caligula but do remember I Claudius! The corruption at Mar a Lago is sadly about as disgusting as Ancient Rome!

It’s interesting how the late Roger Ebert would call Caligula trashy, But he originally wrote screen plays for Russ Meyer films which were trashy such as beyond the valley of the dolls and beyond the valley of the supervixens. And for those who are not familiar with Russ Meyer movies, they are the ones where he frequently casted big breasted women usually in the starring roles while the men are complete psychotic creeps who are often obsessed with the female leads with the big breasts. They would be rated X or NC-17 but with Roger Ebert’s writing credits.

@GarandLuvr

Жыл бұрын

Russ Meyer movies were supposed to be stupid, Caligula was just awful. 🤪🤕

@the9-2-5outlawgamer

Жыл бұрын

@@GarandLuvr But in beyond the valley of the dolls, John Lazar played a trans character who goes on a homicidal rampage, Decapitates a man he has tied up, puts a 1911 pistol in a woman’s mouth and pull the trigger kills her. Then shoots her lover in the face point blank. That’s Roger Ebert’s screenwriting. If that’s not trashy, then Caligula should not be considered trashy. He was still a hypocrite. And in Beyond the valley of the Supervixens, the mere mention of sodomy is referred and depicted.

@GarandLuvr

Жыл бұрын

Your point is well taken, and I agree that trash is trash but if it's meant to be trash instead of coming out as just plain awful, I think that a distinction (small as it may be) can be made. 🆗

The Final Countdown is not a terrible movie and shouldn't be on this list. I am surprised reading Ebert's reviews of Friday the 13th that it didn't make the list.

@xdmaster7888

Жыл бұрын

You know what's interesting? Roger Ebert's print review for The Final Countdown gives it 2 stars out of 4. That doesn't even come close to "worst of" status in any year ever, not least 1980 because that was not a good year at the movies (several movies that S&E gave ZERO stars to did not make the Worst Of list). I think they included it here more as an example of a genre misfire--too much FX and a lame story--than because it was really THAT bad. The movie that they spotlighted as horrible in every way was I SPIT ON YOUR GRAVE, which did get Zero stars from both critics.

Memories , not only of the movies, but the S&E PBS review. Of course many of the movies they didn’t like, I thought were great back then.

Compared to 90% of movies made today, Caligula is a smash hit.

@Bigbadwhitecracker

Жыл бұрын

I saw it at an art theater in Fort Lauderdale probably a year or two after this. Interesting experience.

@ElJefe3126

Жыл бұрын

Well, someone got smashed.

I've never seen You Can't Stop The Music but for some reason one of the TV networks in Australia plays it every single new years eve.

@jbjacobs9514

Жыл бұрын

I saw this in the movies at age 12. I was so excited to see the Village People. Man, this movie was SO bad. I was okay with it in the movies but upon rewatching much later, it was just hideous. LOL Valerie Perrine, Village People, and Bruce Jenner (before he became a punchline).

The real problem with ‘The Final Countdown’ was that they didn’t head for Venus, mainly because, in the words of Kirk Douglas ‘someone has seen us.’

@MarkLewis...

Жыл бұрын

Sadly... I don't think many people are going to get your reference... But it was funny!!!

The Final Countdown did have a rather hokey plot but the cinematography and musical score was awesome.

On Can't Stop The Music, a major problem is that disco was dead by 1980.

@richarddixon7855

Жыл бұрын

"Funkytown" spent 4 weeks at #1 the month of June 1980. "Can't Stop the Music" was released in late June. Disco wasn't actually dead, but it was definitely on its way out. At least the movie is a fun time capsule.

@heatherporterfield7343

Жыл бұрын

And a year later, Studio 54 went out of business.

@Attmay

Жыл бұрын

In the United States, maybe, but in other countries, it seemed to be a different story.

@Attmay

Жыл бұрын

Because Steve Rubell didn’t pay his taxes.

Couldn’t have been more right about the warning about the anti-independent woman theme…today it’s mainstream, and we even ended up with president Trump, Donald J

WHAT!!! No Xanadu talking about missing the mark. Lol

I remember this! particularly the review of "I Spit on Your Grave"!

@georgejuniorleedom4476

Жыл бұрын

Worst movie and the first I walked out on. Left my date. She HAD to see it. All the sex in the world could NOT make up for it! ( waited outside the door to take her/us home.)

It was 1980, the 70s were now over and people wanted it to be over. Had "Can't Stop the Music" came out 2 to 3 years earlier, it would have made money, may not have been another Grease, but still would have been a hit. Timing is everything and no matter how popular a trend is at one point, in this case Disco music, nothing will ever be permanent. Most trends only last a season, if they are lucky a year. Disco was already dead by 79.

Can't Stop the Music was great. Saw it twice when it was in theaters. Of course, I was 7, so my tastes were obviously crap, but I still love watching it every once in awhile!

@michaelloparco2173

Жыл бұрын

Everyone was on Coke during that film…

@queenglamazona8789

Жыл бұрын

A Pre-Caitlin Bruce Jenner.

@atsukorichards1675

Жыл бұрын

I still enjoy the movie, too.

@Webbgurl2000

Жыл бұрын

Loved 🥰 the VP

@straycatttt2766

Жыл бұрын

@@Webbgurl2000 I loved the other VP in that movie: Valerie Perrine.

Problem with the Heston mummy movie “The Awakening” is that it leads to a big final reveal of something the audience knew from the beginning.

@queenglamazona8789

Жыл бұрын

The Awakening was a Remake of a Hammer Film called Blood From the Mummy's Tomb.

0:52 - "Major Garbage Movies" is hilarious

@sarahsilverlight6161

Жыл бұрын

And Spot, too! 🙂

The scene with that woman slamming into the door 8000 times (which begins at 16:34) is priceless.

Caligula is a fantastic film that gained a bad reputation due to its producer Bob Guccione and director Tinto Brass inserted pornographic scenes, though they fit the story perfectly. Great acting, cheap sets but charming in a theatrical way. Highly recommended.

@Revelian1982

6 ай бұрын

I love that movie.

@ScottShedd123

2 ай бұрын

It's a unique film

16:27 this scene from "Windows" is hilarious. I legit reminds me of something we'd see in Evil Dead 1 or 2. I was expecting after she relaxes leaning on the door after beating his arm out in victory for one more huge bang on the door as that's what Evil Dead did in their movies.

@luisreyes1963

Жыл бұрын

Just wondering, is Windows available on streaming video. Just asking for a friend. 😁

@kevinsturges6957

10 ай бұрын

I have to find that movie “Windows”, now after seeing that clip. I burst out laughing!

I am shocked that they could show this much nudity on regular TV like when they showed the scene on "I Spit on Your Grave".

@tkingsley5761

Жыл бұрын

This was on PBS and prior to the Janet Jackson costume mishap at the Super Bowl. Prior to that, non gratuitous nudity was a feature of some PBS offerings, particularly content purchased from the BBC. Post-Jackson, PBS obscures naked body parts. The FCC has everyone scared.

@TheRedScareIsAlive

Жыл бұрын

Probably because it was on PBS

@ricardocantoral7672

7 ай бұрын

​@@TheRedScareIsAlive Exactly. Public Television has had a habit of getting away with a little more than what is permissable on major networks.

I really wish you could post these without the TV effect. It'd make it easier to watch