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Very surprising thumbs up from Gene Siskel

posted 9 years ago by Dan_Garten
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There were quite a few movies Roger Ebert liked that stunned Gene Siskel, but what about the other way around?

The only ones I can think of:

Rocky IV (1985)

Lambada (1990)

Career Opportunities (1991)

Any more?

[–] BillySlater (4125) 5 years ago

Die Hard

[–] Moonglum9 (10790) 3 years ago

The time he slipped it up Roger’s butt. That was surprising.

[–] JediJones (235) 3 years ago

Carnosaur
Brain Candy
Starship Troopers
Batman
Batman Returns
Batman Forever
Spaceballs
Adventures in Babysitting
A Very Brady Sequel

Remember, the current site that's archiving their old shows is https://siskelebert.org/

[–] Wuchak (8236) 3 years ago

Probably the most surprising thumbs-up by Siskel was the infamous "The Island of Dr. Moreau" (1996), which you can watch here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YYX3KIi6ZJ4. Ebert gave it thumbs-down. This showed that Gene was willing to break from the snobbish critical consensus if he honestly enjoyed a movie, even if he'd be ridiculed for his opinion.