Worst of 1999 with Ebert & Siegel part 2 of 2

[JesseL85719]

If the Lord Thy God saw Baby Geniuses....

"For making this flaming turd of a movie, I curse you, Bob Clark, with progressive supranuclear palsy. Baby Sly, you will forever be known as that gay hobbit who fails at kicking butt. And you, Whit, the greatest offender, are condemned to a life as a dumbass creationist. Kathleen Turner and Christopher Lloyd, you're just way too cute to punish, and I can't stay mad at you."

[Akumatrunigga]

cruel intentions was ok it wasnt as bad as joel was claiming.

[goodgodgreg]

I love cruel intentions and Jawbreaker. Sure jawbreaker wasn't cinema at it's best but it sure as hell wasn't your typical teenager/highschool movie. Both films are cult classics now. Show's how much they know.

[localcrew]

I liked "Lake Placid", "Cruel Intentions", and "The Messenger". Shows how much I know about films, I guess.

[MrMisterpeanutbutter]

"Magnolia" was, in my opinion, the best film of the 90s.

[ratchet5]

I liked the way ebert looked at the screen at 6:51

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

I liked Cruel Intentions myself. It will never be Les liaisons dangereuses, but for what it is, I think it works.

[skinwalkerxxx]

I actually like Lake Placid. It wasn't 100% serious and I think this was an interesting. Also, strangely, I hated Wild Wild West when I saw it but after the various times it appeared on tv, i've started to like it. Kevin Kline is especially good. Joan of Ark was so cold and stupid and ugly. The director had an obvious agenda. He decided she was crazy and took out all the spitituality from it.

[JayDee284]

Cruel Intentions was a bad movie but it did have really good soundtrack and made Placebo rock-stars and there song Every You Every Me a big hit so some good came out of it

[tthomaselli2]

'Pokemon: The First Movie' as the worst movie of 1999???????????????

[tthomaselli2]

5:51.; What's he talkin' about???

[breanntheartist1989]

I'm surprised South Park: Bigger, Longer, & Uncut didn't make the list. I did like Pokemon: The First Movie, even though I desperately wanted to see it in theatres, but my folks for some reason didn't take me. :-(

[Dreamline78]

@breanntheartist1989 Ebert liked the South Park movie.

[madjack18]

Kevin Klein and Will Smith might not have been able to save Wild Wild West, but Salma Hayek certainly did

[farneyblakeley]

I stopped watching Magnolia when the frogs? fell also. Anyone with the last name Anderson should not be directing movies

[joemj413]

I really hate William H Macey

[ddl74]

@joemj413 Why? He's an amazing actor.



[1bassley]

11:06 aren't you glad we don't have to watch this commercial anymore?

[1bassley]

The biggest reason Pokemon is such a bad movie is because the message is ludicrously hypocritical.

[1bassley]

I shuddered when Ebert said "Baby Geniuses".

So many horrible memories all at once.

[AliminiumHydroxide]

As a kid, I felt a weird chill come over me when Ash nearly died in Pokemon. It was one of the first moments I felt emotionally attached to the events in a fictional film. Everyone may hate it, but Pokemon the first movie holds a special place in my heart.

[jaketurner61]

Baby Geniuses: Please tell me for the life of me this was made? What a waste of such great supporting actors. Kathleen Turner's career hasn't been the same. It's a story about babies that can learn karate, talk at an adult level and save the day? Talk about embarassing on every level. Not even worth a star. 1/2 star.

[jaketurner61]

Jawbreaker: This is the worst high school adaptation of the 90's. It's about a woman who is killed for choking on a Jawbreaker. Um, wow. How was this greenlit again? If you want to see how three actresses can give razzie-worthy performances in a film like this. Jawbreaker is that movie. Pathetic and sociopathic. *

[jaketurner61]

The award for the worst parody of a monster movie: Lake Placid. What a mess of a film. We're staged with a bunch of thin characters trying to stop a killer crocodile and it's fast pace just doesn't fit. Nothing really spectacular happens. It's a genre bender and that's not a good thing. Bill Pullman, call your agent and Bridget Fonda's career ended when the credits rolled *1/2

[JMcauley211]

@lifeanddeathofsadman Aw right, sorry (:. Fair enough I guess. It is Ludicrous how Magnolia is in the same category as Baby Geniuse& Pokemon but that's film critics for you. Will hate something just for the sake of it.

[JMcauley211]

@lifeanddeathofsadman He's not wrong, he just had a different opinion from yourself. Maybe his opinion doesn't make sense or his points are bewildered, but an opinion in film reviews can't be wrong if he backs it up and gives reason. I disagree with most film critics but I don't think their opinion is wrong per say. I disagree with Siegel about Magnolia, it shouldn't be on the worst at all, I can't see his point but he is entitled to opinion.

[JMcauley211]

@lifeanddeathofsadman His opinion isn't wrong, no one's opinion is wrong in film reviews, it's only if they can back it up in a good way. What's true to him may not be true to others in vice versa.

[davewriter100]

I'm thinking "Baby Geniuses" would fared better as a Saturday morning cartoon.

[SteezeWizard99]

My jaw dropped when he said Magnolia. I think it's the best film of all time. How did the frogs not have anything to do with the film? And PTA could obviously weave the stories together. Siegel said it himself "The film was great for the first two hours."

[MrDarkcatify]

you know what i think is the worst film in 2000 is?

Thomas and the magic railroad

[ForceMaximus84]

Joel was such a pussy.

[nativewizard]

I keep hoping someone will put worst of 2000 only one I never could find

[femmefatale1990]

Fuck that dude, Cruel Intentions was great!

[moviemaniac14]

Magnolia on someone's WORST of 1999?! No wonder Siegel was never asked to do another review with Ebert after that. Magnolia is CLEARLY one of the BEST of 1999. Hail Ebert for seeing the true genius in filmmaking.

[humanconvertile]

@moviemaniac14 I didn't even understand Siegal's criticism, I didn't even hear a complaint, but he still had it on the list of the worst. If I hated the movie (I didn't even see it), I would have given examples and legible criticisms

[EricAKATheBelgianGuy]

@moviemaniac14 I think he liked parts of it, but felt that it felt short. I've heard a lot worse about the film.

[thejoexman]

Magnolia is one of those films I'm on the fence about. It is well-written and intriguing, but it goes on WAYYY too long and gets too wrapped up in its own intelligence. Some of the storylines, Philip Seymour Hoffman's and John C. Reily's, are really great, but others, like the kid's and William H. Macy's, are just pointless and go nowhere. And I especially hate how the film will cut away from a conversation, cut back while its till going on, cut again, and it will STILL be going on. Only a 6/10.

[sugreev2001]

I am extremely surprised at Magnolia's inclusion in Siegel's list.Siegel was just too conservative to be a contemporary movie critic.

[Thomasmemoryscentral]

@sugreev2001 Well I heard it was a good film but everyone has their own opinion. So even good films like that will have some people dislike it.

[sugreev2001]

@Thomasmemoryscentral Of course a person opinion differs on many things.Siegal's review sounded like someone from the Christian monitor reviewing a movie,which is why I said that he was too conservative to be a contemporary critic.Everyone DOES have their own opinion,and I didn't enjoy Paul Thomas Anderson's There Will Be Blood at all,and it's probably his best reviewed movie.

[SonicThunderBYG]

Come on. Lake Placid kicks ass.

[NeoShadowX2000]

Pokemon the first movie did suck. And so did baby geniuses.

[Mrcool210]

hey i like pokemon the first movie

[TheSonomaDude]

Hmm, Cruel Intentions was good...but on the other hand, Pokeman did suck balls...so, I like Siegel.

[jns0202]

so what he said was that Cruel Intentions was soo good he didn't like it?? FU** him!!! Cruel Intentions was freakkin awesome!!

[15willywonka]

I loved Lake Placid (1999).

[CelestialWoodway]

@15willywonka I didn't love it but it was okay. Don't think it deserves to be on a worst film list.

[LostBoy76]

Mr. Siegel, you are an idiot. Magnolia and Cruel Intentions are brilliant films. Who asked this twit to be on the show?

[UndyingFury]

Magnolia one of the worst of 99? Fuck outta here Siegel! It's probably in my top 10 for 99.

[lollerz16]

@UndyingFury +1. Can't believe he thought that. I'm not gonna knock the guy for having an opinion but that is absurd.

[thecoolj45221]

@UndyingFury MAGNOLIA WAS A TERRIBLE PICTURE IT JUST SUCKED . it made sense why do people like you think that's is good writing it makes no sense

[ThatGuywhoSpillNerd]

Cruel Intentions was awesome

[ashcarl116]

thanks very much, first time ever, a film on one's best while on the other one's worst!!

[Malcham7]

Pokemon the first movie is the second videogame spin off to be the worst film on this show

[lordtufty]

Also, Pokemon was great! I loved it as a kid

[lordtufty]

Siegel is a piece of shit reviewer... go learn from the likes of Ebert and Kermode

[hyrdrogenalpha]

@lordtufty Who is Kermode?

[lordtufty]

@hyrdrogenalpha Mark Kermode, a british film reviewer. search him on youtube!

I personally think that he is brilliant, and he has a weekly radio show which is the bomb!

[queenrocks21]

@hyrdrogenalpha A brilliant British critic

[Superfreaxx]

@hyrdrogenalpha

Mike Kermode is a critic on BBC radio. His reviews are fairly vicious and against mainstream tastes.

[ImagiKing]

@Superfreaxx It's MARK Kermode!

[Kickboxer848]

@hyrdrogenalpha He is a a film critic from the UK. Arguably the best film critic in the UK.

[vibeuk2003]

@hyrdrogenalpha youtube him and his review of the sex and the city movies

[QuatermassMan]

@lordtufty Kermode is the shit! He's my kinda guy!

[027220]

@lordtufty Ebert and Siegel are both good. And who's Kermode?

[lordtufty]

Search Mark Kermode on Wikipedia if you want

I don't agree with some of his opinions, but he knows his stuff and by and large gets it correct. Oh and he is entertaining/nice to boot

[027220]

@lordtufty I'll check his reviews.

[ralphyetmore]

@lordtufty Ebert's a goofball, and a horrible reviewer.