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[Thebeardofknowledge]

Fuck I miss him and siskel

 

[stump sock]

“It is true that I am fat, but one day I will be thin, and he will still be the director of 'The Brown Bunny.'

this is still one of the best film critic burns ever

 

[Timu]

The Village was not that good of a movie.

 

[Aselith]

His commentary on Dark City is great. He was a wonderful critic.

 

[Rabbi_Vole]

No memorable lines in Tommy Boy? What?

 

[adj_noun]

Hocus Pocus is the Citizen Kane of Midler/Parker/Najimy witch comedies.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Nah it's just an ensemble movie that is all about trying to find the culprit with an ending twist. Nothing pretentious about it.

Fun performances too. Especially Spacey and Del Toro. Not a classic like some people try to paint it as but it was fun imo.

Ah, an old friend made it sound like some must see magnum opus. Spoiler it for me what's the twist? I'm never going to see it.

 

[TheAbsolution]

That Village blurb is fucking hysterical.

 

[MattKeil]

One of my favorite Ebert blog posts, I'm A Proud Brainiac, in which he destroys the weirdos screaming at him for not liking Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.

Ah, an old friend made it sound like some must see magnum opus. Spoiler it for me what's the twist? I'm never going to see it.

The core mystery of the movie is a cop interrogating small time hood Kevin Spacey as to the identity of super criminal Keyser Sose, as Spacey tells him the story of the big heist gone wrong.

Spoiler

It turns out that Spacey himself is Keyser Sose, which is incredibly obvious from the very first scene in which Sose is mentioned if you're paying attention even a tiny bit whatsoever. A bunch of the names and details of the story he told the cop come from objects sitting around the cop's office, so in the end how much of the story was true and how much was bullshit is entirely up to the viewer.

 

[jello44]

I mean... I quote The Room all the time

I did naht hit her, it's not true. It's bullshit. I did naht hit her. I DID NAHT.

OH HAI MARK!

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Another nice thing about Ebert is that he wasn't above revisiting films years later to review them again. Originally, he gave Unforgiven 2.5 stars, but he revisited it years later to award it the 4 star review. Big Lebowski was a 3 star film originally, but eventually elevated to 4 stars.

 

[The Last Wizard]

How can you hate Hocus Pocus? It's the quintessential Halloween movie.

 

[Adam_Vania]

Saw Brown Bunny on a date in a tiny art theater and we both really enjoyed it. It was like listening to one of his albums.

 

[Fuu]

17. The Village, one star.

“Eventually the secret of Those, etc., is revealed. It’s a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It’s so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don’t know the secret anymore. And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we’re back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets.”

roflmao!!

I think all of the Ebert reviews I read were of movies he thought were at least decent. Looks like I've been missing out.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

One of my favorite Ebert blog posts, I'm A Proud Brainiac, in which he destroys the weirdos screaming at him for not liking Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen.



The core mystery of the movie is a cop interrogating small time hood Kevin Spacey as to the identity of super criminal Keyser Sose, as Spacey tells him the story of the big heist gone wrong.

Spoiler

It turns out that Spacey himself is Keyser Sose, which is incredibly obvious from the very first scene in which Sose is mentioned if you're paying attention even a tiny bit whatsoever. A bunch of the names and details of the story he told the cop come from objects sitting around the cop's office, so in the end how much of the story was true and how much was bullshit is entirely up to the viewer.

Oh snap so kinda like Se7en then? Man love spacey I was a teenager when usual suspects came out. I think I might watch it anyway spoilers do not bother me in the slightest.

 

[Socreges]

The Usual Suspects is great. The rest...nod.

this is still one of the best film critic burns ever

Nah. It's just a good homage to an oft-spun Winston Churchill quote:

Lady Astor: "Winston, you're drunk!" Winston Churchill: "But I shall be sober in the morning and you, madam, will still be ugly."

 

[MattKeil]

Oh snap so kinda like Se7en then? Man love spacey I was a teenager when usual suspects came out. I think I might watch it anyway spoilers do not bother me in the slightest.

I'd say Seven is better.

Spoiler

And I hate Seven.

 

[Vyer]

Wrong about usual suspects, tommy boy and looks like die hard, but I still miss his work.

 

[PeskyToaster]

He was fighting for us and trying to save our most valuable resource from lazy film. I miss him.

 

[Doc Holliday]

Love ebert! But he's wrong about The usual suspects!

He also didn't like Raising Arizona, Blie velvet and clockwork orange

 

[Vilix]

I loved The Usual Suspects and Tommy Boy.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

I'd say Seven is better.

Spoiler

And I hate Seven.

Really? Why?

 

[Makonero]

Glad to see others feel the same as I do about Tommy Boy. Incredibly forgettable film.

 

[ISOM]

He isn't lying about The Village. The twist is so damn lame. It ruined my whole enjoyment of the movie.

 

[VenomousCoffee]

Jason X is the masterpiece of the Friday the 13th oeuvre. Everything else is spot on.

 

[blame space]

I miss Roger Ebert

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Ebert also gave me one of my favorite quotes about films: "It's not what your movie is about. It's how it is about it."

 

[Dereck]

Ebert also gave me one of my favorite quotes about films: "It's not what your movie is about. It's how it is about it."

Swag

 

[Pagusas]

Ebert and I had very different opinions on what was good and what wasn't. Honestly Armageddon is my closet passion film. Probably one of the most beautiful shot and edited films ever. Yeah it's an assault on your ears and eyes, that's the point of it!

 

[PhoncipleBone]

Swag

I mean, Speed isn't exactly the most thought provoking film in any way, but I completely agree with his 4 star review of it. It is just masterfully put together.

Same with Halloween.

 

[Glendemonium]

There was a Demi Moore movie him and Siskel tore to shreds... trying to recall what it was. Think that got one star.

 

[KingHenrik30]

Theres some good snark in there but the guy was clearly out to lunch on both Usual Suspects and Tommy Boy.

 

[Arozay]

If Ebert was like two generations younger and he was introduced to GAF, I bet he would've been an active and provocative and (famous) GAF member.

A lowercase edgelord.

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

I'm reading Your Movie Sucks right now.

Even when he isn't flat-out demolishing a movie he hates, he's an excellent writer.

 

[Zackat]

He had some interesting thoughts on Freddy Got Fingered

"But the thing is, I remember 'Freddy Got Fingered' more than a year later. I refer to it sometimes. It is a milestone. And for all its sins, it was at least an ambitious movie, a go-for-broke attempt to accomplish something. It failed, but it has not left me convinced that Tom Green doesn't have good work in him. Anyone with his nerve and total lack of taste is sooner or later going to make a movie worth seeing."

http://www.cnn.com/2013/04/04/showbiz/roger-ebert-obituary/


Stuck with him I suppose lol.

 

[FTF]

I agree with most on that list except two...The Village, which isn't a great movie, it's just not as terrible as his review makes it out to be, and the one I vehemently disagree with him on is The Usual Suspects. That's a great damn movie Ebert. But RIP good man.

Also, Freddy Got Fingered might be the biggest piece of shit I've ever seen. Regardless of the fact I laughed at the Helsinki joke.

Edit: oh yeah, he's wrong about Tommy Boy too.

 

[Subpar Spatula]

Why do movie critics always talk about things in exaggerated insults?

 

[Lijik]

Another nice thing about Ebert is that he wasn't above revisiting films years later to review them again. Originally, he gave Unforgiven 2.5 stars, but he revisited it years later to award it the 4 star review. Big Lebowski was a 3 star film originally, but eventually elevated to 4 stars.

I remember he warmed up to Donnie Darko between the theatrical and home releases as well

 

[PepsimanVsJoe]

Why do movie critics always talk about things in exaggerated insults?

Because it's fun.

 

[MattKeil]

Really? Why?

Because it's the most vapid imaginable treatment of the Seven Deadly Sins concept, I dislike everything about Fincher's directing style, Pitt's performance is embarrassingly bad, and it's constantly touted by wannabe film school rejects as some kind of masterpiece.

However, it's at least about something, and even if I hate the visual style, it does have a visual style, so I have to put it above The Usual Suspects.

 

[Data West]

My favorite episodes of At The Movies was when there was some simple, dumb movie that one of them liked and the other didn't. You'd rarely hear them argue over some artistic, revolutionary, controversial film that vehemently.

But boy they'd swing for each others heads over Baby's Day Out, Spawn, and The Mask

 

[Professor Beef]

Siskel and Ebert made me want to become an entertainment critic

 

[Violence Jack]

Didn't he ream I Spit on Your Grave as well? Either it was left off of his list accidentally, or he just didn't even bother giving it a real review.

Still, those back and forth comments between him and Gallo about The Brown Bunny was hilarious.

 

[CarpeDeezNutz]

Because it's the most vapid imaginable treatment of the Seven Deadly Sins concept, I dislike everything about Fincher's directing style, Pitt's performance is embarrassingly bad, and it's constantly touted by wannabe film school rejects as some kind of masterpiece.

However, it's at least about something, and even if I hate the visual style, it does have a visual style, so I have to put it above The Usual Suspects.

WHATS IN THE BOX THO?!?!


Not a film geek tho I liked Se7en, what do you think of Gasper Noë?

 

[mcw]

Can we talk about this shit, though?

Eh? What's the issue? Everyone knows that Garfield: A Tale of Two Kitties is a classic. That scene at the end where he covertly swaps places with Heathcliff at the guillotine, man... getting a little dusty in here...

 

[Rentahamster]

17. The Village, one star.

“Eventually the secret of Those, etc., is revealed. It’s a crummy secret, about one step up the ladder of narrative originality from It Was All a Dream. It’s so witless, in fact, that when we do discover the secret, we want to rewind the film so we don’t know the secret anymore. And then keep on rewinding, and rewinding, until we’re back at the beginning, and can get up from our seats and walk backward out of the theater and go down the up escalator and watch the money spring from the cash register into our pockets.”

Bwahahaha, holy shit.

 

[Aurongel]

Totally agree with him on The Usual Suspects. That film was the Iron Man 3 of its' day where it pulls the rug out from under the viewer then has nothing beyond that to show for it.

 

[C4Lukins]

Outside of The Usual Suspects, I do not disagree with most of those choices.

There is some stuff on there like Tommy Boy. But outside of The Usual Suspects, I would rate everyone of those films a five or below out of ten. The Village I may give a 5.5.

He really was my favorite, and if these are his controversial reviews then I am impressed.

 

[Bravocado]

I agree with everything he said except for Hocus Pocus (though it probably hasn't aged well either).

Can we talk about this shit, though?

This must be some kind of joke.

 

[YuShtink]

Totally disagree about Tommy Boy and plenty of his others reviews over the years, but I love Ebert. His reviews were always enjoyable reads. My parents had a book of his reviews that I used to read all the time when I was younger.