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

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.