Siskel & Ebert (TV Series)
Corrina, Corrina/In the Army Now/Clear and Present Danger/The Mask/In the Land of the Deaf (1994)
Roger Ebert: Self - Host
Quotes
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Gene Siskel - Host : As you can see, "The Mask" is a lot of fun. It's more of a jumble of stuff than a plot, but with so many juicy elements, and Jim Carrey held in check, "The Mask" is really hard to resist, and I didn't. I liked it.
Roger Ebert - Host : So, you LOVED this movie, but...
Gene Siskel - Host : No, I LIKED it.
Roger Ebert - Host : ...You're so grudging toward poor Jim Carrey. You even attacked his overbite. I have an overbite, too.
Gene Siskel - Host : You do?
Roger Ebert - Host : In fact, so do YOU, as a matter of fact.
Gene Siskel - Host : Not the same kind.
Roger Ebert - Host : When you say it's "annoying", what's annoying about it?
Gene Siskel - Host : I find that what's annoying about him is it's kind of
[showing top teeth]
Gene Siskel - Host : EHH EHH, predatory animal-like!
Roger Ebert - Host : I, well, look, we didn't like "Ace Ventura"...
Gene Siskel - Host : Right.
Roger Ebert - Host : So you probably walked into this movie with kind of a negative attitude and maybe...
Gene Siskel - Host : No, I don't, as a matter of fact...
Roger Ebert - Host : I feel that Jim Carrey is extremely important to the success of this movie, and somebody else in that character might not have done as good a job. And you give credit to everyone: The special effects, to Cameron Diaz, who is very beautiful, to the dog, who's very funny, why not give some credit to the guy who played the title role?
Gene Siskel - Host : I- I was trying to give some credit. When he is held in check...
Roger Ebert - Host : Grudgingly.
Gene Siskel - Host : No, when he is held in check... I don't, I don't give positive reviews grudgingly. That's a, that's a...
Roger Ebert - Host : You just SAID...
Gene Siskel - Host : Wait a second!
Roger Ebert - Host : You just finished saying that Pauly Shore hadn't been held in check in the other movie
["In the Army Now"]
Gene Siskel - Host : Uh, no, I had said that he had warmed up and was nicer. I'm gonna stay right on Jim Carrey. I don't give positive reviews grudgingly. That's a rough characterization, because think about it: That means that I don't like to like something. I'm not like that. I LOVE to like pictures.
Roger Ebert - Host : What a wonderful, warm...
Gene Siskel - Host : What I'm saying is...
Roger Ebert - Host : ...Terrific guy.
Gene Siskel - Host : ...Specifically, thank you. What- not the guy YOU think you're working with, apparently. What I don't like about Jim Carrey is he's got that EHH EHH predatory thing. Held in check as an ingredient in the film, okay? He works.