Siskel & Ebert (TV Series)

GoldenEye/It Takes Two/Toy Story/The Crossing Guard/Theremin: An Electronic Odyssey (1995)

Roger Ebert: Self - Host

Quotes 

• Roger Ebert - Host : Whoops, I see I neglected to describe the plot to "GoldenEye". Well, it pits Bond against a criminal mastermind from the old Soviet Union, whose plan is to seize control of a satellite and use it to destroy earthbound communication systems, giving him global domination. In other words, this is more or less the plot of every James Bond picture. I enjoyed "GoldenEye" for what it was, though, and I give it thumbs up.

  Gene Siskel - Host : Well, that thumbs up comes as a surprise, because I didn't get a sense at all that you enjoyed this picture.

  Roger Ebert - Host : I'm sorry.

  Gene Siskel - Host : I certainly didn't. I certainly didn't.

  Roger Ebert - Host : You didn't?

  Gene Siskel - Host : No, I didn't. I think that he isn't an interesting Bond. I liked Connery, and everybody else has been NOTHING compared to Connery. Frankly, Roger Moore is a, has a more commanding physical presence than this guy. I thought this was an average picture, it's a routine story just like you said, uh...

  Roger Ebert - Host : Well, they're ALL routine stories, let's face it.

  Gene Siskel - Host : No, some, let me tell ya...

  Roger Ebert - Host : Most of them are.

  Gene Siskel - Host : No no, the classic ones, the Connery ones.

  Roger Ebert - Host : Well, there are, the first three.

  Gene Siskel - Host : Of course, those are classics. And those are the ones I recommend, I can't recommend this picture at all.

  Roger Ebert - Host : What I'm saying is, it did have some amazing shots in it.

  Gene Siskel - Host : Only in the beginning! Only in the beginning!

  Roger Ebert - Host : When the guy is free-falling after that airplane...

  Gene Siskel - Host : Only at the beginning.

  Roger Ebert - Host : That's kind of amazing.

  Gene Siskel - Host : Roger, you're talking about thirty seconds. If a good friend of yours asked you whether they should go see it, would you say yes?

  Roger Ebert - Host : What about- what about the chase scene? What about the chase scene with the two cars? What about the tank? That was pretty neat.

  Gene Siskel - Host : If I asked you, "Should I go see it?", would you tell me yes?

  Roger Ebert - Host : I, do you know what I'd tell ya? Do you like James Bond? Then you'll probably like this better than some of the others.

  Gene Siskel - Host : No, if you like James Bond, you WON'T like this.