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Gene Siskel's favourite movie of 1997.

posted 9 years ago by powermandan
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Famed film critic Gene Siskel for the Chicago Tribune and co-host of At The Movies, called this the best movie of the year; beating out Titanic, As Good As It Gets, The Sweet Hereafter, LA Confidential, The Full Monty, Good Will Hunting, Starship Troopers, Boogie Nights, Face/Off, The Game, Jackie Brown, Scream 2, Con Air, Donnie Brasco, Cop Land, Austin Powers, Wag The Dog and Air Force One. I personally would not rank it number 1, but defiantly in my top 10.

[–] DreamsAgain 9 years ago

Yieks,if I'd been asked , back in 1997, I don't think I would have given this movie a higher rating than Titanic, or Sweet Hereafter, or LA Confidental, or Good Will hunting , or Boogie nights nor Full Monty!
Beegadz, I'm truly amazed that Siskel rated this movie higher~!

Don't get me wrong. I really did liked this movie. But the other movies in direct competition were pretty darn amazing too.

[–] yatzo376 9 years ago

Mine also
"You work your side of the street, and I'll work mine"

[–] ovpower 9 years ago

Definitely a no-brainer. It's easily better than ANY of those films listed. Maybe The Game comes close, but that's the only one.

[–] gmwanner 9 years ago

Defiantly, or definitely?

[–] torfarrells 8 years ago

LA Condential is #1 IMO but Ice Storm is a close second.

[–] Dan_Garten 8 years ago

Cool.

[–] YuunofYork 8 years ago

Have to seriously question listing things like Austin Powers / Scream 2 / Con Air / Face/Off / Donnie Brasco etc. in a tops list. Is there a joke I'm missing? 1997 was a good year for movies - just not necessarily these movies. (see also '99 and '07)

I love Starship Troopers and Jackie Brown, but they're not in the same league either. Same with Wag the Dog. These are a 7.5-8.0 for me.

For my money The Ice Storm would be #1. LA Confidential, maybe Boogie Nights as runner-up. Honorable mentions to As Good As It Gets, Titanic.

[–] powermandan 8 years ago

Not saying those were better than The Ice Storm, I'm just pointing out how such an unknown film can wind up so high.

[–] Boromir (10005) 3 hours ago

Let’s start by saying the movie deserves more than zero Oscar nominations. I think that’s a fair statement, even though it had tough competition from great films like Boogie Nights and L.A. Confidential.