At the Movies with Siskel & Ebert, 1983-Stinkers of '83 (1 of 2)

[JesseL85719]

CONTINUED

"Of course, the new film is [Sting II] also missing a great deal of the first picture played by the late Robert Shaw. This film has nothing. The Sting II starred Jackie Gleason as one of the good guy Stingers this time. Karl Malden is the bad guy, Sting-E, and Teri Garr as the femme fatale. But instead of a fresh script, we just get recycled one-liners from a Dean Martin roast." **

[JesseL85719]

From Gene Siskel himself:

"In 1973, The Sting proved not only to be an Oscar-winning best picture, but also the wonderful entertainment featuring more double crosses than even a movie critic can anticipate. It also could take one of the most charismatic performances of Paul Newman or Robert Redford had ever given. About 10 years later, they finally gave us Sting II, and you guessed it. No Newman, no Redford."

TO BE CONTINUED

[Ramubay]

Just to name a few: Superman II (1980), The Empire Strikes Back (1980), Star Trek, The Wrath of Khan (1982), Rocky III (1982), Return of the Jedi (1983), Aliens (1984), Rambo, First Blood Part II (1985), The Color of Money (1986), Indiana Jones and the Last Crusade (1989).

[jmactemin]

rocky IV

[adfg]

they managed to make an even worse jaws movie with the Jaws 4 the revenge.

[Capt777harris]

Never saw Jaws 3D, but man does it look like a stinker.

[padddy5]

It was actually illegal in the 1980s in the United States to have a comedy movie without Neo-Nazis or the KKK.

[bloboshitful]

STINKERS......is that about Ebert's body parts?

[TruthfromMama]

Friends don't let rubberjaws flap!!!!!

[UglyoldFranny]

I got syphilis from Ebert in 1965

[squ10id]

One word answer: Aliens.

[CCharmanderK]

The eighties gave us Star Wars and Indiana Jones. The complaint in the description is invalid.

[Kitsuneranger]

@CCharmanderK Star Wars came in the 1970s

Your argument is flawed

[CCharmanderK]

@Kitsuneranger *pokerface*

[Ramubay]

@Kitsuneranger You are wrong. This was referring to SEQUELS. The Empire Strikes Back and Return of the Jedi were 1980 and 1983.

[TERRORKLOWNS]

porkys 2 was kool, but the frist was the best

[generalcircle]

THE NUMBER ONE STINKER = ROEPER

[cochranexyz]

03:15  The buffet is served.

[TheBitchinbabs]

EBERT=UGLY

FANS=NERDS

[Schantz82]

@TheBitchinbabs (people who troll videos they hate to leave comments / lack of sexual contact) hatred of your stepdad = winner

[TheBitchinbabs]

@Schantz82 You must be writing about yourself: up all night alone with old shows. A loser

[Schantz82]

@TheBitchinbabs Yes, the guy watching videos he hates time after time again to leave comments, he's contributing to the debate and indeed, to society. Enjoy the tentacle porn I'm sure you're watching.

[TheBitchinbabs]

@Schantz82 here is your jack off matter: EBERT. Look at him! LOL

[Schantz82]

@TheBitchinbabs jack off matter...wasn't that your nickname in high school? Oh, that's right, you're a dropout. BTW, unemployment office opens at nine. Get that check!

[mrfunderful]

Amityville 3-D wasn't a very good movie, I agree... but I still liked it. I liked alot of the 80's movies/sequels, just because they were from the 80's.

[ZarahLean]

Ebert is a real stinker

[ZarahLean]

Kelly, I looked on your home page and laughed. But Ebert is so outdated for the 1980's here. Those giant xartoon glasses and beatlemania hair do's...yuck

[kellygreen5556]

I look like ole Roger in female and now find I am alone at night seeking a date and thinking of old movies. The best ever was Plan Nine from Outer Space

[nirdjha2000]

It's funny - I forgot until hearing their rant against theater owners that, back then, there were no theater "Mega-Plexes" - Your local theater had 2 to 4 screens and the theater manager had to pick which movie to show each week or month. So, in light of that, it does make sense to hold the theater owners "responsible" for which movies show, since they couldn't show them all.

[Cropsy25]

Jaws 3-D wasn't really that bad i mean sure was it stupid and not at all logical? yes and were the effects cheesy as hell? yes but does it entertain? yes, it atleast provides a new atmosphere, fair acting and the shark actually causes some mayhem in cool places, was it great? no, does it match up to the original? not at all, but if you like goofy monster movies its actually pretty enjoyable and it pretty much looks like gold next to the revenge.

[SonicThunderBYG]

@ Description: The Empire Strikes Back, The Wrath of Kahn, Aliens, Day of the Dead, Jaws: The Revenge, etc., etc... I'm kidding about Jaws: The Revenge, but seriously. That movie is a masterpiece. Actually, I'm seriously kidding: It's a crapsterpiece!

[UncleErnie71]

Wow, 3D and sequels galore? 2011 is the new 1983.

[Blackboilingrobotoil]

Little did they know that in another 20 years 3-D would be back AGAIN.

[TheMagmagoblin]

How dare they insult the great Porky's!

[ZarahLean]

it is 1983 and he still has "beatlemania" hair

[ZarahLean]

Stinker is a great name for fatso Ebert

[Dottiecurran]

Stinker is the name for Roger Ebert...a hidieously ugly failed screenplay writer who is now rotting out from cancer while she is still alive. Still trying to get publicity by kicking a dead man before his family can bury him, Ebert was an alcoholic herself. Soon his hired wife will have the money!

[J0MBi]

Some great points here, still all true today.

3D is back with a vengence and the comments about sequels giving more bad experiences than just about anything else. I think this is even more true of the never ending wave of remakes we have now.

[parlowderick]

There was lots of good sequels in the 80's . Some much better than the original movies. Star Trek 2, Superman 2, The Road Warrior are three good examples. Each are some of my favorite movies ever and much better than the original in my opinion.

[RantanplanX]

Shitty sequels and annoying 3d. Wow, nothing has changed

[97garfieldfan]

You can tell that the clip of Jaws 3-D was in fullscreen. If you take a good look, you can tell that they cropped it in the 4:3 Format.

The Movie itself is terrible. i remember the phony, so called, ''3-D Effects'', the poor, silly lines, and Redicules Story.

[shenloken2]

Awww...I like the little skunk they used as their 'Stinkers' mascot.

Cute n' clever. X-3

[gdhuertas07]

"Paid 5 dollars?" Jesus, bring me back to the 80s, please.

[WeaponXXIV]

Every twenty years they bring back 3D...

[igottabigwon]

What's really sad is that the worst movies of 1983 beat the crap out of the best movies of the 2000s...

[NotNamedJones]

I think its annoying how they describe themselves as "survivors" for seeing these bad movies, as if their job implies some sort of real danger.

[jkoff76]

5 dollars!! Films used to cost 5 dollars??  Has it been that long.

[Retardretroguy]

Funny how 3D keeps popping up every 25-30 years, even though it serves no purpose and always sucks. A holodeck style 3d could work, but the amount of audience would be too small for it to make profit.

[HoserSaysWhat]

Porky's forever!

[TURBODORK2]

JAWS 3 MUST BE RE RELEASED IN 3D

[iamready2go]

@TURBODORK2 totally!!!!!!!!!!

[zestyguy87]

The Back to the Future sequels werent too bad. Well, at least not the last one. Was the last one still in the Eighties? 89 maybe?

[SteveJ2008]

@zestyguy87 Part 2 was 89 and Part 3 was 1990. 

[zestyguy87]

@SteveJ2008 Thanks, that wouldve bugged me until i found out! I knew they pounded out the last one the very next year after the sequel. First and the last were the best ones

[CrashLanden]

"We're much better than that. Obviously."

Hilarious. I miss Siskel & Ebert...

[sidmute00]

@ NegativeNick

Wasn't Chomsky still old as sh*t back in 83?

[Angthor92]

Bad sequels and crass 3D? Oh...

[BUDDY6414724297]

ALIEN was the sequal to SILENT RUNNING.

[KatarinaSu]

The skunk in the reels is so cute!

[yaywhewclips242]

might have comm this B4: whatta cute skunk!! Was this when S&E left PBS for syn.??

[md65000]

I think Rocky III & IV were decent sequals.

[FrankHoboMaster]

The eighties didn't produce one good 3-D movie, but it did produce a lot of good sequels.

[ifilmstuf24]

It looks to me that history repeats itself, 3D movies are back even more of them

[jkoff76]

Jaws 3D was terrible. Pass.

[TURBODORK2]

JAWS 3 ROCKS

[WiiFolderJosh]

JAWS 3D isn't as bad as critics make it out to be.

[thebestofsopherboys]

Star Wars Episode V

[zooeyhall]

Why I thought was always wierd about the "Porky's" movies is that the "teenagers" all look like they're almost 30.

[d9y8l7a6n5]

This is quite an entertaining bit. And it brings an odd fact. Ebert said the 3-D fever was big in the 1950's and then disappeared for 20 years before resurfacing, or maybe 30 since this is the 80's. And 20-30 years after this look whats happening, another 3-D fad, perhaps its every 20-30 years.

[Toxbox2008]

Superman II was pretty awesome! Star Trek II was great, and ALiens. I do agree the many sequels of the 80s were pretty shitty.

[CJ076]

@Toxbox2008

I don't think that many of them were shitty, just hit or miss.

[lckrause]

Well, at least Ebert is consistent on hating 3D.

[Razersun]

Ebert was not a bad piece of ass back then. I'd tap.

[drumtum]

I agree about Porkys 2. Infact i hate those movies. They aren´t funny at all, and the characters are a total bore. Just to compare, i know that Siskel & Ebert didn´t like the Police Academy movies but they were fun, and had likeable characters.

[KahlerHahn]

great to see that this 3d bullshit was dumb back then and will always be. Make better movies and fuck 3d man... i don't give a shit if Avatar was in 3D - the plot SUCKED ASS!!!

[theretrogamer14]

@KahlerHahn which avatar

[TheBimmyandJimmy]

Its just amazing how weak movies have gotten in the last few years. With all attention focusing more on gimmicks and special effects, movies really don't have that emotional level anymore, resulting in the same boring old crap over and over again. My guess is that people don't like to feel emotion anymore since they think stuff like that in movies are considered "gay", even though movies like Blade runner debunk idiotic theories like those.

[d9y8l7a6n5]

It's pretty obvious that's a super fake shark fin at 3:02, correct me if I'm wrong but with the fin behind about 1 inch behind the skiers, wouldn't that mean that the front of the shark would be directly under their skiboards? I mean the fin of a shark is in about the middle of the shark's body, so they were skiing right on top of the shark!!

[sharpsuitedmod]

1983-D

[combinownage]

$5.00 in 1983 for a ticket, in 3D?!

Try $10.00 for a ticket IN A REGULAR THEATRE.

[totalbliss1]

@combinownage try more like $14 for a 3-D nowadays...that's why they're making more of it now, they can get away with charging that much

[snopp9000]

Well, they did a Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid-sequel without Redford and Newman too...

[RCoehrs]

I recall a world where sequels were rare and even looked down upon, wasn't really until Batman returns, atleast in my mind, when that tide changed, anyone remember anything older then that?

[AngryAgain]

i saw every 3D movie in 83. At the time I thought they were kinda cool but I was always expecting more to jump out at me then what ended up happening. The best 3D movie from that time was Friday the 13th Pt. 3. I remember seeing SpaceHunter and MetalStorm also that year

[Skulldini]

@AngryAgain What about Ahhhh,.. Treasure Of The Four Crowns, Commin At Ya, Parasite and Man Who Wasn't There ? .. Remember THOSE ? .. All awfull movies !! .. Had some pretty good 3D though,.. and were fun to see in a theater.

The best 3D that I ever saw was in Andy Warhols Flesh For Frankenstien ( especialy the big spear with the gut on it ) .

[AngryAgain]

@Skulldini Unfortunately I didn't see any of those. I do remember them advertised. I think "comin Atcha" was sued by Spielberg for ripping off "Raiders of Lost Ark" ??  or maybe that "Treasures of 4 Crowns" I am thinking of...

good memories.

[acholl980]

@AngryAgain It was Treasure. Comin was a western. (both were made by the same team)

[TURBODORK2]

heres some great sequels, ALIENS, ALIEN 3 , GHOSTBUSTERS II, STAR TREK II III IV V VI , EMPIRES STRIKES BACK , JEDI, INDY II,

[septrenarion]

Roger is doing good, just lost his voice, he's a big boy he can handle it.

[SatansMullet]

@dutchkollman

yeah, i didnt agree with them alot. but god

i dont wish pain on anyone :( and i feel so bad

for Roger.. at LEAST Gene died.. i mean,

some rather live on but jesus christ not me i dont

want to go on like he is... well right now anyway

best of luck to him, and much love

[TELEVISIONARCHIVES]

Jaws 3d is interesting for one reason. You get to see Sea World in Orlando and how it looked back then. 3D will fail again also .

[stableshadow]

Dude, artificial shark tales are very dangerous...3D is back again!

[stableshadow]

They must be mistaken--these are ALL great flicks!

[foodonface]

When I was little, Jaws 3 was my favorite.  But looking back at it... Megaladon 3......

[eekoutasignal]

Everything's coming out in 3-D these days....it's gonna be 1983 all over again real soon.

[sugreev2001]

@eekoutasignal  Couldn't agree with you more,brother.

[mgayles05]

To Gradepoint, there were good sequels in the 80's (Empire Strikes Back, Aliens).

[redbandmagic]

@mgayles05 I'm glad someone said it before I had to.  :)

[Panorama1981]

I really miss these guys. They lived and breathed movies.

[Cropsy25]

i definatly think jaws 3 was over the top rediculous but i kindof cant help but love it cause i remember watching it when i was like 10 and thinking it was so cool how it took place at a park and being in 3-D the effects r awful but i think the shark and being in a park is just amazing

[astrastella12]

@ the description box:

Yes, the 80s did produce a good sequel. Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan. Much better than the first Star Trek movie. Took a plot from TOS's Space Seed, frankly not a good episode, and made it gripping.

But I get your point.

[gradepoint]

I stand corrected. Star Trek II is an excellent move. For that matter, Aliens, and Empire Strikes Back are also quality sequels from the eighties (how'd I miss those??).

[astrastella12]

:) I'd agree with you on those as well.

[arnyjk]

What about Back to the Future II or the Indiana Jones films?

[stableshadow]

@arnyjk What about Godfather II? It was the 1970s, but it was a great sequel...

[Quadzilla99]

@gradepoint Aliens is a solid 100% on rotten tomatoes. It really is a modern sci fi classic.

[drclark922]

@gradepoint:

And the Indiana Jones sequels.

[JacobDragyn]

@gradepoint Alien was much, much better than Aliens.

[Whackooyzero]

@JacobDragyn Very debatable. They are just very different kinds of movies.

[yaywhewclips242]

@gradepoint ESB best of the original SW trillogy.

[Mikemaniax]

@gradepoint Ghostbusters 2. I don't care what anyone says, I loved Ghostbusters 2. I thought it was almost as good as the original, but it was still great!

Also, Return of the Jedi, not as good as A New Hope or Empire Strikes Back, but still awesome.

And, Star Trek 3 & 4. Search for Spock was definitely gripping too, and The Voyage Home was both well acted and funny. Come on, it practically invented the catchphrase "Nuclear Wessels"!

[pundar]

@gradepoint don't forget about star trek III and iv, return of the Jedi, indiana jones and the temple of doom, indiana jones and the last crusade, Rocky III and IV also all the bond films that came out in the 80's.

[YoJimBoHugabaJoe]

@astrastella12 wasnt aliens also 80's or was that early 90's?

[astrastella12]

@YoJimBoHugabaJoe

Yeah, Aliens was from '86.

[frantic1971]

Little could Gene and Roger know that 25 years after this show, that "sequel-mania" and "remake-mania" would be stronger then ever in Hollywood. And still with the same dismal results.

[MrHorrorFan]

My friend, truer words were never spoken. Siskel has probably rolled over in his grave so many times since he died, he's corkscrewed himself into the core of the Earth...

[Fairia]

@frantic1971 Exactly what I was thinking

[CW69Atlanta]

What a treat to be able to watch these episodes...Siskel & Ebert were a great team...Thanks for posting...

[deadlyshoesalesman]

Sequels should be made to movies with characters whom you'd expect to have continuing adventures: Charlie Chan, Tarzan, Superman, Batman, James Bond, Luke Skywalker, Indiana Jones, etc. Who the hell would expect the citizens of Amity to find themselves at the mercy of a series of super-killer sharks? We can suspend our disbelief the first time, but not two or three more times. Occasionally a totally unnecessary sequel like "Bride of Frankenstein" (1935) will turn out great. But that's very rare.

[NegativeNick]

5:06 is that a young Noam Chomsky?

[TheWuCepticon3]

"Aliens" was a really good sequel from the 80s.

[kasrkinmullet]

After a good 20 years, we brought back the gimmick of 3D in theaters again. I think it looks okay, but to have it with every single animated movie that comes out is getting pretty annoying.

[murdlok]

i know, i preffered it only in live action movies where it really shows off like in MY BLOODY VALENTINE 3D or THE FINAL DESTINATION 3D,not oscar winning titles but they where fun to watch.

[allnaturalhemp]

The 80s produced seven good sequels: Friday the 13th part 2, part 3, part 4, part 5, part 6, and part 7, and part 8.

[clashrogers]

and Silent Night Deadly Night Part 2.

"Garbage Day!"

[allnaturalhemp]

Oh, man, you are so right about that! Make that 8 good sequels!

[LeavesinTibet]

Why don't they produce DVDs of At the Movies? (That'd be a lot of DVDs, in any case.)

[gradepoint]

Main reason is because they destroyed the tapes. Anything prior to 1986 when they went over to Siskel & Ebert & the Movies with Buena has been lost. The only surviving copies are from what people taped. Now, they could relase post 1986 on DVD, because Buena Vista did save the recordings. In fact all of the reviews at least are available to view right now on the At the Movies website (Google At the Movies).

[Rbatty2]

Oh, that's a shame. Well thank you very much for posting these!

[YoJimBoHugabaJoe]

@gradepoint well if all the reviews are on that site then that must mean some master copies are still floating around surely

[juliusyeung0330]

Can't they record the entire thing?

i want the mad max review

[MrJtorg]

@gradepoint Wow, were they legally obligated to destroy the tapes or something? That's crazy!

[gradepoint]

@MrJtorg I wouldn't say they were legally obligated. I think they just felt that after awhile the tapes were of no further use, and they either decided to re-use the tapes to save money, or they just discarded them to make space.

[MrJtorg]

@gradepoint That's a damn shame. There's so many movies from back then that I was hoping to find 'at the movies' videos for. thanks for the info.

[97garfieldfan]

@gradepoint Where can i possibly find episodes prior to 1986? Also, do you digitalize this? Why i'm asking this is because the video is of very good quality, considering this is from 1983.

[ZyxthePest]

0:22 IMMA FIRE'N MY LAZAR!

[ord1711]

"Empire Strikes Back" is 1980.

[martinwilliamrandall]

Return Of The Jedi is good to

[ord1711]

The shark in "Jaws" looks pretty phony, too. But it's still an amazing movie (mostly because it's primarily about a) the fear of the shark and b) the interplay between Quint, Hooper, and Brody).

[martinwilliamrandall]

Back To The Future Part 2 & 3, Rocky 3 & 4, Evil Dead 2, Nightmare On Elm Street Part 3 & Aliens. To name a few.

[ord1711]

Only "Evil Dead 2" and "Aliens" are good movies on that list.

[martinwilliamrandall]

You dont like the Back To The Future Trilogy. I admit the Rocky & Elm Street series are an enquired taste. Like marmite you either love em our hate them. But I would of thought a fellow movie buff would have a grudging respect for the BTTF Trilogy

[RotoPlasmX]

Aliens

[yak6ex]

What's with Wendy's boobs? I forgot the plot. It's been almost 30 yrs.

[yak6ex]

Does the tail of the shark even move?

[yak6ex]

It looked damn fake. I didn't notice that when I was a little kid in the theater. The shark doesn't even ziz zag. He or she moves in a straight line.

[pdennis93]

i think back to the future II played on this. when the big shark "ate" marty he looks up and says "the shark still looks fake"

[yak6ex]

When I was young I actually liked Burt Reynolds.

[grahamkeegan]

one good sequel my ass! how about temple of doom and last crusade?!?

[TobeUK]

hahaha that weird music at the start is great :P

[landosalemchainsaw]

Marty McFly - The shark still looks fake

[JanoSeishu420]

Yeah most sequels falls short in quality compared to the originals.But films like Rambo 2, Empire strikes back and allmost every single Friday the 13th movie surpasses the originals.

[SeanConnery9000]

Agreed!

[lcw123]

I just want to say the skunk in the beginning is so adorable ^.^

[DemonmachinE]

Gene's hair looks hoooooorrible in this one!

[acholl980]

they did give 4 stars to Return of the Jedi that year.

[ShitStains7676]

I love that line - "Saturday Night Fever was Brooklyn gritty, whereas Staying Alive was Hollywood Phony"

[blaxican77]

I love Gene's line at the beginning-"The theme is sequels.The theme is sequels.See,even less interesting the second time around". These two were awesome

[dionysus17]

I love when he says "there are sometimes even funny people in Neil Simon movies". Oh Gene..

[Cropsy25]

jaws 3-d was a great movie i mean there r things in it that r stupid but i thaught it was still a good movie much better then the revenge but i mean yea its def not as good as 1 and 2 i still love it though

[Headbanger142]

True true. And I still find it hard to believe how many 3D movies are being released today. Beowulf, Coraline, Up, My Bloody Valentine and last time I heard, Toy Story 3 will be in 3D too!

Roger has said himself that "3D Sucks!" lol he would rather watch 2D instead. I don't blame him really.

[acholl980]

But the 3D"s have improved over the years. particulely the ones in IMAX. When Roger saw The Polar Express in that format he gave commented that the glasses that were use allowed him to fit his regular glasses and accually see the film.

[kid66625]

friday the 13 3d good

[Hotshotter3000]

I born in 1983, so I find it interesting what were the worst and the best of that year.

[dbreiden83080]

Staying Alive, yeah that was terrible..

[blueeyesofice]

in amityville 3 tess harper sitting over the boiling liquid in the hole should've said 'i'm boiling eggs. would you like one?'

[blueeyesofice]

jaw 3's shark fin didn't look that fake. and that scene freaked me out. ebert's a pompous ass.

[dubzy81]

Aliens, good sequel

[Ballardian]

"Did the eighties produce even one good sequel?"

Um..... 'The Road Warrior' (Mad Max 2) ???

[Fujikorific]

The Empire Strikes Back?