Siskel & Ebert Review The Crow

[TheDeeFormed]

Ebert makes me gag

[blinkzone1]

The look of The Crow reminds me of The Joker.

[southrules]

Blade Runner and The Crow are totally different films, they had a similar look but that's it. I hope Brandon slaps you in the afterlife Siskel! I kid

[sixarmspiderman]

The Crow Is not only visiually stunning or even musically geniusly, it is a emotional rollercoster ride and a instain Cult Classic. Not all people get or like films like this but,

It does have a Large Fan Following no matter what.

[DatEnigmatic]

Why does Siskel always gotta be so negative about good films?

[metalni1]

@DatEnigmatic beacose he is an asshole.

[DatEnigmatic]

You gotta really love movies in order to do reviews, just like you have to love video games.

[07foxmulder]

i wonder if ledger was influenced by lee in this movie.... am i the only one who sees parallels between the two characters? or am i reaching lol

[tony11251]

@07foxmulder agree

[sammycut1]

I love it. Even better than the clips make it look.

[symble]

The Crow was a better than average movie and nothing more-had Brandon Lee not died it p'rolly wouldn't have garnered the attention that iy did

[British0Pixie]

Great bloody film, really ace!

It is rather sad that Brandon (like his LEGENDARY dad)

left us way too soon. Both were on the verge of stardom

and both died mysteriously. I really enjoyed this film and

Brandon (like his dad) was HOTT! = ]

R.I.P. Brandon (and Bruce) Lee

[zatoichiyojimbo24]

These two are retarded

[phxsns1]

Ebert is so wrong about Blade Runner here.

[natedoggrevolution]

@phxsns1 No, he's pretty right on that one. Even the cast and crew couldn't agree on whether or not Deckard was a replicant himself.

[tupac1983]

Im suprised these guys didnt sBrandon Lee's grave them assholes

[switchbuckle5th]

@bgg1175 You're absolutely right. I've been checking siskel - ebert . org for early reviews lately myself and the inconsistencies are hilarious. I remember seeing Gene for instance knocking one of the Rocky sequels, claiming it couldn't live up to the greatness of the original...but then you see the original Rocky review and Gene said it was schmaltzy or something similar. haha.

[gstephensmith]

Man, Gene was really short changing a great film here. I thought that the film looked as good if not better than TB's Batman.

[superhuman295]

@gstephensmith i thought it looked alot better than batman 1989

[switchbuckle5th]

@bgg1175 for as much as I respect him , That's the biggest failing of Gene Siskel as a film critic in a nutshell. Often he was reviewing movies based on what he thought they should have been rather than what they actually were. He'd often give movies less credit than they deserved because they weren't the movie he thought they should have been, and that's not fair.

[BalladoftheWindfish]

I had no idea he was killed during the movie. THAT IS FUCKED UP.

[sammycut1]

I didn't expect this film to be good. I finally watched it and I loved it! Good call Roger!

[Skyrift]

A shame that Brandon's death often overshadows the movie itself. This is still one of my very favorite movies, and probably always will be.

[menertes]

a great movie, is like ebert said, its a experience.

[BatManFan55]

10/10

[farneyblakeley]

"all these stories are just made-up anyway", great point Ebert, Siskel laughs

[superhuman295]

Luv this movie. It's stylish, beautiful, fun, awesome, and a really cool,slick take on The Crow

[longgoneblind]

Shame siskel saw it as a straight forward revenge fantasy, he really missed some great element's that The Crow offers.

The fact that he can't be hurt physically because he's crippled emotionally is so obvious i can't believe that neither picked up on it

[wackywankavator]

Siskel liked artsy films, Ebert likes films that are well done. Regardless the subject matter.

[KingOfRock8887]

Siskel seriously has lame taste in films.

[qwuezalothus]

6/10

[sthenolagniac]

And why the hell would anyone want to remake this? It's Brandon Lee's presence and Alex Proyas' vision that made the movie timeless. Without those, it would be just another revenge film (like all those crappy Crow sequels).

[kellygreen5556]

OMG is Ebert fuckin ugly. Who needs his advice ?

[InfiniteWhizBang]

Siskel always has a stick up his ass when it comes to these type of films.

[IggyTthunders]

Why is it that Hamlet, an alleged epic has a spectre father appear before and compell his own son, Hamlet from beyond the grave__so, classic vengeance beyond the grave theme, and nobody calls that trite? It's such a contraditory demeanor in films and books. Revenge is probably the most controversial human condition because it's the premise that justice is for the victim.

[hypes411]

he looks so much like Heath Ledgers' Joker.......

[HAWKEYE21343]

@hypes411 i think you might have it backwards

[leeloo1967]

I love this film!!! ~~~R.I.P. Brandon Lee~~~

[MrBuch169169]

I love it when they disagree.

[TheInvisibleCollege]

I'll compare the crow favorably to burton's batman any day. Blade Runner, on the other hand....

[TheDeeFormed]

oh what did fatso ebert say about it? tell us what to think! you have such great taste, you ugly freak and failed script writer

[bobstyk]

@TheDeeFormed Ebert gave it thumbs up, dude.

[SpikeD1]

@TheDeeFormed

Yeah, Ebert liked the film. I bet Ebert didn't like a film you liked and now you resort to personal attacks on the man rather than deconstruct his criticism let alone even bother to hear/read his reviews.

[TheDeeFormed]

@SpikeD1 You lost that bet. You are a loser who tolls old shows

[madjack18]

Batman '89 was just a money printing plate, messy and with a weak narrative; The Crow is a cult movie with a simple story that revels in indiosyncracies and quirks and doesn't pretend to be anything bigger than what it is. Brandon Lee put his whole heart in this movie and enjoyed it something none of the Batman actors have done; backed up by a great soundtrack this movie directly appeals to everyone's inner teenage goth

[jacoblonewolf]

SHUT UP GENE!

[ZarahLean]

"The Old Crow" would be Ebert and her fans except crows look better and are cleaner as they only eat from garbage bins

[eboromir]

I agree with Ebert.

[EmptyWalletStudios]

All the scenes they showed to showcase Brandon's performance.....are scenes that his Double did....HAHAH

[DaManEX1983]

FUCK GENE SISKEL

[mindstormsabrewin]

For all it's darkness and violence The Crow is actually a beautiful movie.

[JonLambert89]

One of the dumbest things a reviewer can do is criticise a movie for sharing similarities to a movie said reviewer likes. I suppose Bladerunner invented using darkness and rain to set a mood? 

[buttercremehonda]

THE Dark Knight of the 90s. Steve Borden, fuck you.

[geek9830]

Siskel doesn't seem to be able to adjust his expectations much.

[ForeignGoran32]

I just watched a bunch of these reviews... does Siskel like anything?

[spence798]

@MikroBadass, ebert is still alive dude

[mychannelisgone]

Siskel was spot on about Blade runner.

[atari2602]

The Cure is heavy metal?

[usernameregrets]

@atari2602 imagine it's the 90s and you're in your 50s. the cure will sound like heavy metal to you.

[sugreev2001]

Fantastic movie that still holds up today.Brandon's death overshadows the movie's legacy unfortunately,which is understandable.

[ThreeEyedGod]

I'm addicted to these reviews, hah.

[Ekit357]

@ThreeEyedGod Me too. Time flies when you're watching Siskel & Ebert.

[mrbrianmccarthy]

The Crow wasnt bad---The old revenge story always works well---ask Clint Eastwood---or Shakespeare. Too bad he,like Heath ledger died so young

[MikroBadass]

@mrbrianmccarthy ironically both deceased at the very same age

[PorkFrog]

Some movies just work. They suck you in, whether its story or visuals, doesn't matter. Questions like this do:

Am I checking the time? Thinking about what I got to do tomorrow? Or am I absorbed, 'into' it?

This isn't my kinda flick at all, easy story, reliance on visual appeal

but the motherfucker works. The outrageous characters & violence lend unpredictability too

great movie

Skank Lives!

[kpernod30]

Classic movie with a great soundtrack. The death of Heath Ledger before The Dark Knight was released reminded me of Brandon Lee with this film. Both were great performances.

[nWo24life]

This film was great. It's a classic, and it's priceless. History will show that, not a review.

[Kousaburo]

@nWo24life These 2 morons didn't like Aliens, shows what they know.

[thejoexman]

@Kousaburo Actually, Ebert gave Aliens a good thumbs up.

[Kousaburo]

@thejoexman Ebert gave Aliens a  thumbs up, but at the same time said he wouldn't recomend it.

[thejoexman]

@Kousaburo He said he wasn't SURE if he would recommend it. He said it was a fantastic film, very well made, but was so intense and scary that he left the theater shaken and that he would recommend it only if people were in the right mood. It's an understandable thing to say; Black Swan was a phenomenal film yet at the same time I couldn't say, "Go out right now and see it" since it IS disturbing and has terrifying images.

[TheEvilelvis89]

they also gave scarface a bad review. Some times they are just WAY off lol this film is a classic

[WinterSoilder]

Hard to pick my favorite Proyas movie. It's always a tie between this and "Dark City". "Dark City" usually wins in the end, tho.

[CrashLanden]

They both gave Blade Runner (one of the best movies and as they said most influential films of all time) thumbs down...

[ThreeEyedGod]

@CrashLanden Whether you personally like something or not is irrelevant to its degree of how influential something is: I think Siskel and Ebert would have understood that concept. For example, I hate the band Nirvana but I understand it would be foolish to deny how influential they were.

[help4343]

@CrashLanden

Ebert never gave Blade Runner and thumbs down

[CrashLanden]

@help4343 You're right. I mistook Ebert for Sparky the Wonder Dog. Gene hated it, too. Roger didn't like the story or the characters, though. He said it was only worth seeing because of the FX.

[cinecrazedotcom]

EBERT FTW!

[Leftysfive93]

The Crow was much like Highlander in the fact that it didn't need any "sequels."

[cinecrazedotcom]

@Leftysfive93: Right on. A great comparison of two truly unique films. Being that they are so unique, they sort of spearheaded their own genre. The temptation to spin-off, even though one should not, was inevitable.

[Leftysfive93]

I love the music from The Crow as much as the film.

[blindthrall]

Siskel is amusing and makes good points occasionally, but he kinda sucks at his job. Blade Runner's only accomplishment was taking a 30 page story and bloating it to three hours. Blade Runner<Crow<Batman

[PumaSweat]

I know I'm in the absolute minority, but I really think Blade Runner is over rated.

I totally agree with the incredible art direction, but It's over produced to me, and WAY to slow and long to make the point that's very simple. Sure there may be more and all these deep concepts, but a film that abstract and silently poetic just didn't move me like I wanted it to.

[TomatoeAssassin]

@PumaSweat *

Blade Runner was - in one word - BORING! The novel sucked and the movie, while visually stunning, was confusing and pointless.

Loved The Crow but hated the sequels. Branden Lee cannot be replaced.

[EdTV20]

Siskel's a cunt

[Retardretroguy]

3:00 Blade Runner explained :-)

[kid66625]

The Crow  was better than bat man

[HolySasquatchTurd]

@kid66625 Both are fantastic. I couldn't pick one over the other.

[DARKDURELL2]

@kid66625 i agree

[TheAltair4]

Yet again Gene Siskel FAILS as a critic! lol.

[Johnlindsey289]

@TheAltair4

This movie is a true masterpiece of horror/fantasy/action combined and one of the best comic book movies i've ever seen and saw it twice in theaters when i was 12 turning 13. What a movie! one of my favorites.

[TheAltair4]

@Johnlindsey289 Yeah, i saw this one in theaters as well and it really did remind me of a cross between Blade Runner and Batman.

[WiseGuy5674]

You can see where "Dark Knight" got its perfect Joker right here. Bruce would have approved.

[13set11]

some people like the movie, other people don´t like

that doesn´t mean that "The Crow" wasn´t a great idea and that the performance of Brandon, has not been spectacular



[ECL28E]

How would have Siskel felt about Sin City

[Switchbuckle2nd]

@ECL28E Probably would have given it a marginal thumbs up saying something to the effect of "visually stunning and exciting, but the characters and the story seem barely fleshed out." At least that's what I imagine based on watching him review movies for close to a decade.

[gruntora]

Ironically, Ebert got a bit of the plot summary wrong at the beginning. Part of why I personally love this movie is that, unique for a comic book movie, the hero and the villain don't actually get on each other's bad side until the last third of the movie. So in actuality, the character is going after the gang members, not the gang leader.

[Bestial1985]

Wow, its funny how I just saw this film again since like 10 years and absolutely loved it and the biggest reason for that is that I LOVED the look and atmosphere of film, which is funny that Ebert described it as Batman Blade Runner hybrid consider those are my two all time favorite films. Man, I gotta get the dvd now

[basterdkill]

RIP Brandon Lee

[orgixvi3]

Honestly, sometimes Roger Ebert recognizes good film, like this and Princess Mononoke, but pans other great ones like Batman Returns, and it's backwards for Siskel. Honestly, these 2 piss me off...

[Dragonstorm787]

1:18 - Hey! Way to spoil it Ebert!

[SparksDrinker]

@Dragonstorm787 . wasn't eberts fault, he talked about the clips that the movie producers sent to him.

[underbightdog23]

brandon lee gave his life for this performance, and gene didnt even say thank you

[klasicktha1]

siskel is such an ass!!!!!!!!!

[switchbuckle]

Siskel was incredibly spot on with his comment on Blade Runner's art direction

[nightcrow90]

This movie was really good for a 90s superhero movie.

It was dark and had good music in it. This was way better then other 90s superhero movies like Batman and Fantastic Four/Captain America.

[NocturneKing]

Although often criticized by certain people this is one of my favorite movies...It is however hard for me to watch because of the tragedy of Brandon Lee's death.

[KahlerHahn]

@NocturneKing this was my fav flick when i was about 18 and i haven't watched it for years since, but i have great memories bout this... and lee owns this movie

[NocturneKing]

@KahlerHahn I most definitely agree with you.

[raiderfan89ify]

Roger Ebert always had better taste than Siskel. lol. 

[UgurTamer1991]

men had pulled a real bullet in the weapon, but there is no

accidental situation because I think Brandon Lee was shot by those

actors because of his charisma. Brandon was too good for this actors.

shooting some man is very easy for a serial killer. but killing a star is difficult.

[Nightavenger2]

This movie is excellent. Repitive. You could make the same complaint about more than a dozen other movies that all take place in one city. No problem as long as the enviorment is not crap.

[natedaug1]

Wtf? How could a prop gun, have a real bullet in it?  That is terrible.

[ivenstorm]

they had a hollow in the gun which would just look like the gun had fired but no bullet would be launched, problem was there were 2 hollows in the gun, one got jammed and the guy fired again thinking it was just a problem with the gun. the impact of the 2 hollows caused the primary hollow to fire out like a real bullet

[LiquidSolidRaiden]

I thought everyone would have sympathy for this film because of the way he died on set, but I guess not.(not in the Heath Ledger way at least)

[KevsHardLemonade]

Ebert is always more on point than siskel.

[41181131815239]

The Crow is one of my favourite graphic novel to movie adaptations

[sayastra]

i would like to see these guys just get it over with and just bare knuckle box and then have "i said i forgave you, but i didn't" angry make up sex.....

[TaiwanAmilam]

@sayastra

That was pretty good!

[sayastra]

@TaiwanAmilam not if you had to watch it though.......that wouldn't be so good.

[Mattprole]

My sister loved this film ... when she was a 16 year old girl.

[skeilak]

I miss Siskel & Ebert...

Gene just didn't "get" this movie. Roger did.

The Crow, Rocked!

[OLTJOE]

how did I know that posting a negative comment about this pos flick would get all the angry NIN fans out of the basement to rail against anyone not being in love with this horrid movie? It IS a super hero movie, and a bad one. He's a protagonist that has been killed and returns from the grave to avenge the events of his life. How does that not have 'comic-book' written all over it?

[help4343]

@OLTJOE

What does it being a comic book have to do with being about a superhero? Not all comic books are about super heroes.

[TheTaskmaster]

fuck you Siskel

[Lachicabien]

@TheTaskmaster yeah!!!!

[OLTJOE]

Haven't watched this review, but this movie is one of the worst superhero movies ever made - right up there with Batman & Robin

[curak76]

@OLTJOE You havent watched this review? So you search The Crow on Siskel and Ebert, click on the video and choose not to watch it. Fuckin retard

[OLTJOE]

@curak76 relax man, of course I watched the review, I just chose to comment on the actual movie before I watched the review. I should've known that the legions of eternally loyal fans of this crappy flick would rise up and try to get some kind of personal vindication on a you tube message board. Not everyone has to like your teenage boyhood fantasies ;)

[nicklang319]

@OLTJOE Batman and Robin? Are you for real? this movie is far better then that! I seriously question your taste in films.

[octogirlpretty]

Really great film. It's quite a bit deeper than Siskel leads on.

Man I haven't thought of this film in years. One of the best soundtracks too!

[AORMETALGORE]

Siskel is right.The whole plot is too straightforward and repetitive.

And i must say its boring.

[philipdr88]

Brandon had so much potential and one gunshot took it all away. I think he would've been a fantastic actor in other films after this. THE CROW is one of my favorite movies and Brandon Lee is a legend to me.

[tylermane77]

This solidifies the fact Siskel is a douche. He never likes anything that isnt safe Oscar bait.

[Craigmin]

@tylermane77 He liked David Lynch's Wild at Heart... and he liked John Carpenter's Vampires!!

[egretdingo]

@tylermane77 He liked Steven Seagal films :P.

[TheTaskmaster]

@tylermane77  YES!

[bladerunner951]

I love this movie.

[ringadong]

I've got to go with Ebert on this one, credit where it's due!

[KahlerHahn]

the flick is extremely stylish. I love it.

[Fahstudios13579]

the crow was amazing siskel needs to shove it

[connaught2008]

they r like a married couple

[Xenda]

One of the best action films ever made. I can still remember the feeling I had after coming out of the theaters. It's also hard to believe that this film is 16 years old! I was like 17 when it came out, sheesh!

[ezesaw]

This movie is wonderful, hurts that alex proyas lost this dark style that the crow and dark city had

[darkestred666]

gene...betcha wish the crow would bring you back from the dead

[woollybully100]

i really liked this film. but a very sad film to watch for obvious reasons.

[SeanConnery9000]

I think it's overrated but not as bad as Siskel points it out to be

[TheMaskedDonut]

Wow. Sounds like Avatar [please note I haven't actually seen this or that movie and was merely making an observational note about reviews I've seen. Please don't spam me into oblivion]

[Riddler95]

Siskel & Ebert really take movies seriously.

It is funny when they argue.

[D119heavy]

@Riddler95 movies, just like teh interwebs, are serious business!!

[BLACKIESBOY]

@Riddler95

Movies r srs bizness. ;)

[mrbrianmccarthy]

@Riddler95 They were a good team tho---between the two of them,they really peeled the onion of every movie they reviewed,I've watched many of the movies they reviewed,and for the most part,between the the two of them,they generally got it right.

[Headbanger142]

The filmmakers murdered Brandon - I've seen the deleted scene where he got shot during the death scene and it looked WAY too forced. Couldn't they have just stuck to holding him down and then throwing him out the window? Great movie, jerk filmmakers.

[Redrally]

How was it possible for you to have seen the deleted scene if they destroyed the footage?

[JaredV81]

@Headbanger142. I don't think so. Any such video or image of that particular scene was destroyed after it was examined by investigators. Try again.