tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post8514183481257218543..comments2024-02-10T01:22:29.316-08:00Comments on Hugo Stiglitz Makes Movies: Question of the Day: What do you think of Phillips and Scott’s version of “At the Movies”?Kevin J. Olsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17275402809912728035noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-84586150844342813402010-02-08T15:04:12.381-08:002010-02-08T15:04:12.381-08:00I like Phillips and Scott quite a bit.
I didn...I like Phillips and Scott quite a bit. <br /><br />I didn't mind Mank, but that other bloke was a damn turkey.<br /><br />Phillips and Scott articulate their choices well and clearly know and love their field of endeavor.<br /><br />It's easy to criticize minor personality traits, but I think anybody would get irritating now and then with intimate TV exposure.<br /><br />I saw the original Siskel and Ebert and, yes!, a dog did skip onto the set to cue that week's 'Dog of the Week'.<br /><br />'Dogs' I remember are 'The Burning' (how terribly unfair), 'Butcher Baker Nightmare Maker' (also unfair), 'Savage Weekend', and 'Final Exam'.Phantom of Pulphttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03684169251989469824noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-85159713455068817052010-01-11T14:21:39.890-08:002010-01-11T14:21:39.890-08:00In the few episodes I watched, I liked them quite ...In the few episodes I watched, I liked them quite a bit. The fact that I respect both of them as reviewers helps (as I did with both Siskel and Ebert, but never really did with anyone else who's been on there).<br /><br />The banter between the two isn't quite as good as when Gene and Roger were at their peak, but they both seem to be having fun with the show and they look like they will improve on that aspect of things.Troy Olsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14843741571724231174noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8785859730868628316.post-33606816449785878462010-01-11T12:46:29.085-08:002010-01-11T12:46:29.085-08:00I think they're still very much into their jou...I think they're still very much into their journalist mode (i.e. they use some staggering puns at times). In person, Roger and Gene would speak like actual people; this trend started when Roger had to leave the show, and even Richard started speaking as if reading his own newspaper article.<br /><br />But they have interesting things to say and are far more insightful than Mank and that gibbering idiot Lyons. Sometimes I wonder, though, if they've somewhat mainstreamed their tastes a bit. Like, their lists for the best movies of the decade/2009 were significantly more mainstream than what I normally expect from them as writers.<br /><br />Still, I've never seen anything more than the briefest of clips of Siskel and Ebert's starting days -- did they really have to let a GD dog on to announce the "dog of the week" or some such insanity? -- but I'm sure it took them longer to get comfortable than it's taken Mike and Tony. I think they're great. I burst out laughing when they mentioned Couples Retreat in the worst of special and asked for no more yoga jokes and Tony just deadpanned "Some of us take yoga quite seriously"Jakehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09078001374402400232noreply@blogger.com