{"id":49916,"date":"2022-08-03T16:15:46","date_gmt":"2022-08-03T20:15:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49916"},"modified":"2022-08-03T16:32:15","modified_gmt":"2022-08-03T20:32:15","slug":"flashback-friday-siskel-and-ebert-stand-up-for-star-wars","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.moviefanfare.com\/?p=49916","title":{"rendered":"Siskel And Ebert Stand Up for Star Wars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/Ky9-eIlHzAE\" width=\"640\" height=\"385\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/center>Some context: In May of 1983, <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=return+of+the+jedi&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Return of the Jedi<\/a><\/em> was released, concluding the original <a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/search?q=star+wars&amp;mod=AP\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Star Wars<\/a> trilogy and raking in millions of dollars in movie tickets and merchandising. As successful as the film was, it still had some detractors. And so on an episode of ABC&#8217;s <em>Nightline<\/em> legendary film critics Gene Siskel and Roger Ebert (who were both firmly in the pro-<em>Star Wars<\/em> camp) defended the space saga against New York critic John Simon &#8212; who ridiculously suggests that parents take their kids to see the Robert Duvall downer <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.moviesunlimited.com\/tender-mercies\/012236103738\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\">Tender Mercies<\/a><\/em> instead. Watch this and be amazed. I mean, <em>Return of the Jedi<\/em> is most definitely not without its problems, but it hardly deserves the scorn that Simon thrusts upon it here. I give this clip two thumbs up, and I think you will too.<\/p>\n<p><em>We originally ran this post in 2017, and are reprinting it as part of our Summer of Blockbusters series.<br \/>\n<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Some context: In May of 1983, Return of the Jedi was released, concluding the original Star Wars trilogy and raking in millions of dollars in movie tickets and merchandising. 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